The Excellence of Love

 1 Corinthians 13 Amplified Bible (AMP)

13 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. 2 And if I have the gift of prophecy [and speak a new message from God to the people], and understand all mysteries, and [possess] all knowledge; and if I have all [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love [reaching out to others], I am nothing. 3 If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.

4 Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. 5 It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured. 6 It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail]. 7 Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].

8 Love never fails [it never fades nor ends]. But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part [for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete]. 10 But when that which is complete and perfect comes, that which is incomplete and partial will pass away.
Perfect , Perfection Greek: teleios    Perfect         of "things, complete, perfect," Rom 12:2; 1Cr 13:10 (referring to the complete revelation of God's will and ways, whether in the completed Scriptures or in the hereafter); Jam 1:4 (of the work of patience); Jam 1:25; 1Jo 4:18.
Teleios the word in Greek in the above, perfect   Rom 12:2 KJV - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  
The word Transformed  Greek: metamorphooTransfigure: 
of believers, Rom 12:2, "be ye transformed," the obligation being to undergo a complete change which, under the power of God, will find expression in character and conduct; morphe lays stress on the inward change, schema (see the preceding verb in that verse, suschematizo) lays stress on the outward (see FASHION, No. 3, FORM, No. 2); the present continuous tenses indicate a process; 2Cr 3:18 describes believers as being "transformed (RV) into the same image" (i.e., of Christ in all His moral excellencies), the change being effected by the Holy Spirit.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma],   The gifts he spoke of are still working through an imperfect man a vessel of flesh . Even with the these gifts the flesh is still involved , Eph 4:7 ASV - But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the Measure of the gift of Christ.
Measure Greek that which is measured, a determined extent, a portion measured off," Rom 12:3; 2Cr 10:13 (twice); Eph 4:7, "(according to the) measure (of the gift of Christ);" the gift of grace is "measured" and given according to the will of Christ; whatever the endowment, His is the bestowment and the adjustment; Eph 4:13, "the measure (of the stature of the fullness of Christ)," the standard of spiritual stature being the fullness which is essentially Christ's; Eph 4:16, "(according to the working in due) measure (of each several part)," i.e., according to the effectual working of the ministration rendered in due "measure" by every part.   This was a plan of the father every man had a measure and each man had different gifts according to the gifts of Christ.
As long as we are in this body we are bound to this earth ,  The verses above are about the Love of God being established in his church , Paul is speaking this truth by knowing in part , and we are vessels of flesh and the only way the church can fulfill this plan is by Love .     Rom 5:5 ASV - and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.  With out the Holy Spirit a man cannot reach this perfection in Christ .   The father is establishing his true church or body of his son the body of Christ .
Eph 4:8 ASV - Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.
Eph 4:11 ASV - And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 

Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:


but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God]. 13 And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.

Arming Our Selfs With The Mind Of Christ

  

1Pe 4:1 KJV - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2Ti 2:10 ASV - Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.  Elect Greek: eklektos
Elect, Elected, Election:
The source of their "election" is God's grace, not human will, Eph 1:4, 5; Rom 9:11; 11:5. They are given by God the Father to Christ as the fruit of His death, all being foreknown and foreseen by God, Jhn 17:6; Rom 8:29. While Christ's death was sufficient for all men, and is effective in the case of the "elect," yet men are treated as responsible, being capable of the will and power to choose. For the rendering "being chosen as firstfruits,

Mat 22:14 ASV - For many are called, but few chosen.  Called    Greek: kletos   called, invited (to a banquet)  invited (by God in the proclamation of the Gospel) to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom through Christ .   an invitation to a wedding feast , the marriage of the Lamb
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.
Rom 11:29 ASV - For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.  God does not take back his gifts  and he is merciful in his calling . God is patient and kind he is a God of love.
He is tender to the needs of his children .  That through his grace we have the right to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom through Christ . Salvation is not a one time deal and you are set
for the rest of your life.  Salvation is an on going walk a journey of reclaiming your soul .  There are requirements of God through his word for us to walk in.   To be saved is a life time of obedience to a sovereign God , creator of heaven and earth and all things in the earth .  The bible says you are created in the image of God so therefore God is calling mankind to come and partake of his mercy and his grace .  Man has the ability to choose to follow his creator or choose to follow the world .  And as I said there are requirements of every man on this earth to follow .
If God created you than surely he has a plan for you , contrary to carnal thinking yes God gave you his breath of life and you became a living soul .  God said in regards to his son he said go through out the land the highways the by ways and invite as many as you see to the marriage feast of the Lamb , his son is to be married .  And he sent his servants to do this to proclaim the salvation of mankind through his gracious sacrifice of the Lamb . The Lamb being sacrificed for the wedding guest , the many that are called .  I feel that to you that are reading this you are either called and going to the wedding or God is calling you friend to come and dine at the wedding feast of his son .  

Isa 62:2 ASV - And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.
Isa 62:3 ASV - Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Isa 62:4 ASV - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Isa 62:5 ASV - For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Isa 62:2 ASV - And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.
Isa 62:3 ASV - Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Isa 62:4 ASV - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Isa 62:5 ASV - For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

Rom 9:25 ASV - As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
Rom 9:26 ASV - And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
Rom 9:25 ASV - As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
Rom 9:26 ASV - And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.

The word Nations are the people of the earth all people, for God so loved the World the Jew and the Gentile . We are living in very uncertain times today and as Matt 24 reads there shall be Wars and rumors of wars .      Mat 24:6 ASV - And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.   It is more than evident we are living in those times Jesus spoke of .    But the end is not yet ! very troubling times are ahead and every nation of people will see this come to pass .  This is a calling not only to repent of your sins but to die in the sins of your flesh to be baptized in water with a clear conscience unto God and man you have repented and will walk in your repentance ,  To repent is to have a change of mind be sorry for your sins .  The bible says  2 Cor 7-10 AMP   For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death. 11 For [you can look back and] see what an earnestness and authentic concern this godly sorrow has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves [against charges that you tolerate sin], what indignation [at sin], what fear [of offending God], what longing [for righteousness and justice], what passion [to do what is right]   Our God is not only a God of Love he manifested it in the giving of his son for the sins of the world ,   but he is also a God of wrath to those that miss the mark and missing the mark is sinning against his love for us.  For God so loved the world ( you and I )
That who ever believes upon him should not Perish but have everlasting life , here is the requirements I spoke of earlier of ,   to believe with all your hearts and surrender your life unto a righteous God and receive forgiveness of your sins through the blood of his son and the promise life ever lasting.
1Jo 4:9 ASV - Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

Mat 21:42 ASV - Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
Mat 21:43 ASV - Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Mat 21:44 ASV - And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.


Rev 1:5 ASV - and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;
Rev 1:6 ASV - and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Rev 1:7 ASV - Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
Rev 1:8 ASV - I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

1Pe 4:5 KJV - Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

2Ti 2:11 ASV - Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
2Ti 2:12 ASV - if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
2Ti 2:13 ASV - if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

Luk 20:33 KJV - Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
Luk 20:34 KJV - And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
Luk 20:35 KJV - But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Luk 20:36 KJV - Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Luk 20:37 KJV - Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Luk 20:38 KJV - For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Christ In You The Perfect Man

Mar 16:9 ASV - Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Mar 16:10 ASV - She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
Mar 16:12 ASV - And after these things he was manifested in another form unto two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.  Luke 24
Mar 16:13 ASV - And they went away and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them.
Mar 16:14 ASV - And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at
meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.
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.
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;  In his name is only by his power his spirit can this be done
The Jewish converts heard by Peter that even unto the gentiles the holy ghost was given just as they had received of the Lord.  In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;      This is the gospel of God and Jesus died for this gift of the holy spirit , Jesus said I must go so that you may receive the gift .    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 16:8 ASV - And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Jhn 16:9 ASV - of sin, because they believe not on me;
Jhn 16:10 ASV - of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;
Jhn 16:11 ASV - of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
For God so loved the world that he gave his son, And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment .    Jesus was one man walking the earth and proclaiming the gospel of his father . But God had a wonderful plan ahead, Jesus was the body of the father upon the earth.  Heb 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;
Heb 10:6 ASV - In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure:
Heb 10:7 ASV - Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.   The only way God can establish his church is through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus
Not by the blood of animals  ,but by the blood of his son .   Jesus said I must go away so that you through faith will receive the Holy Spirit .  Jesus went from being one man on this earth to a corporate body world wide of believers.   Now we must also realize that only by his spirit can man know the power of sin and the righteousness of their father . And that through absolute obedience to Gods word escape the judgement to come.  This word is to the believer not the lost of the world.  This word will only benefit the doer of the word not just the hearer.
Luk 24:47 ASV - and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Luk 24:48 ASV - Ye are witnesses of these things.
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.  Clothed  Greek: enduo  Endue:
in the Middle Voice, "to put on oneself, be clothed with," is used metaphorically of power, Luk 24:49.  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.  Its the righteous robe that we are enveloped with by doing the will of the father
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.

Now this was a commandant from Jesus and it was not for the Apostles only remember in Acts 2   And these signs shall accompany them that believe . Now there were many believers than and there are many believers today .  It is sad to think that men of another gospel in times past has proclaimed that all of this died with the last apostle . 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.   Both of these are signs of the believer , have you ever cast out a demon have you ever spoke with new tongues .  Is this the message you hear from you leaders today is this practiced in your church of believers today the church is the body of Christ working in this world that corporate body of Christ Jesus.   
Eph 4:8 ASV - Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.
Eph 4:9 ASV - (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Eph 4:10 ASV - He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Eph 4:11 ASV - And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: 
The churches of today believe and teach a doctrine that is contrary to the gospel that Christ preaches his fathers gospel the true Gospel .  That the gifts of healing and prophecy and speaking in tongues the many gifts Christ gave to the church for the Perfecting of the saints.
Perfecting Greek: katartismos   Perfection, Perfecting (Noun), Perfectness:
denotes, in much the same way as No. 1, "a fitting or preparing fully," Eph 4:12.
Man with out Gods spirit cannot know the conviction of sin and righteousness and the judgement to come .  The bible says only Godly sorrow can produce repentance , worldly sorrow works unto death a sorrow not repented of.  God will only chasten those who are his children those whom he loves 
Rev 3:19 ASV - As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Heb 12:7 ASV - It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:11 ASV - All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.  There is a perfection of Christ in every mans life and it is a daily walk looking unto that day of being a full grown man .  until that day arrives we will need correction as children
Eph 4:13 ASV - till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:  This is why we 
know in part, and we prophesy in part .  that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

 The spirit is a comforter to guide us into all truth . Jesus said there are still many things I need to share with you but you at this time you can not walk in them.   But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away , it will be Christ in you the hope of glory Christ in you by his spirit
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.   For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.
1Jo 3:1 ASV - Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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( abiding in us,) we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.   If Christ abides in us  Manifested  Greek: phaneroo  Appear, Appearing:   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.
God is not coming for our flesh he is coming for the fruit of Christ Jesus in us We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.  When we look in the mirror and see Jesus and not our own flesh . 
1Co 13:12 ASV - For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.
2Co 3:18 ASV - But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Jas 1:23 ASV - For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

 This is why we need the cross in our life to perfect us , to put to death this old carnal man . its a life of obedience falling upon the rock and being broken . Jesus said if you love me you will OBEY my words why call me Lord Lord and do not the things that I say.  Jesus said the only way unto the father is buy me
I am the way the truth and the life , he had just told them and you know the way that I am going
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.    Jesus is the example we follow , we die spiritually to our fleshly life but he has shown us the way . We die to our old life through repentance we are baptized in type by water of his burial and we are resurrected to newness of life because he resurrected we to who remain faithful will meet him in the air at the end of all things.  Being born again this is what he told Nicodimus you must Be Born Again , pick up your cross and follow me.  Die to self      Mat 11:28 ASV - Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 ASV - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 ASV - For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.


Jhn 3:3 ASV - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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!
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. Spirit being the life of God the breath of God
Jhn 3:9 ASV - Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
Jhn 3:11 ASV - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Jhn 3:12 ASV - If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
Jhn 3:13 ASV - And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.  Only Jesus descended out from his father and only the fruit of Christ will inter into the kingdom .

  John 3-11AMP   I assure you and most solemnly say to you, we speak only of what we [absolutely] know and testify about what we have [actually] seen [as eyewitnesses]; and [still] you [reject our evidence and] do not accept our testimony. 12 If I told you earthly things [that is, things that happen right here on earth] and you do not believe, how will you believe and trust Me if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has gone up into heaven, but there is One who came down from heaven, the Son of Man [Himself—whose home is in heaven]. There is only one who ascended back into heaven , Jesus was the perfect example of holy living and through his spirit we to can be holy .    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:

There Was The True Light

Mat 16:21 ASV - From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
Mat 16:22 ASV - And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee.    This is something that hinders people today also , Peter was looking at Jesus just as the world looks at Jesus .  Some religions can not see the benefit of the cross and its final out come . A man that sees his cross and endures it is scorned and spoken evil of.    Mat 10:38 ASV - And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.    Some religions keep Jesus on the cross and therefore he can not finalize his mission on this earth in there life's .  And if you decide to follow Jesus as the word of God has commanded than there will be many  come against you and try to stop you from getting on your cross and putting an end to this worldly living , the carnal nature of Adam .   Peter the apostle of God ,  concerning  this event in Matt 10:38   Happens before Peters denial of Jesus .   And there are many Christians today living in the flesh not seeing the cross of Christ and his words to us  , to get on our cross to put to death the deeds of our flesh.     Mat 16:23 ASV - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.    Get thee behind me, Satan
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.  I believe many in that day  put in that same situation will try to save there fleshly life's above the word of God.  We must have faith to rise above this worldly life have the faith to endure unto the end
 Every man will stand before the Judgement of Christ alone and without any kind of recourse ,  once a man dies he cannot not make amends for his life's choices  .   Luk 16:22 ASV - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
Luk 16:23 ASV - And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luk 16:24 ASV - And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.
Jesus was telling this parable and he is saying there is a hell fire and it is of great torment
parable Greek   Greek: parabole   Parable:    A narrative drawn from nature or human circumstances, the object of which is to set forth a spiritual lesson "a placing of one thing beside another" with a view to comparison . 
Mat 13:10 ASV - And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
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 13:14 ASV - And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
Mat 13:16 ASV - But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.  Jesus said he came to save the world not to condemn the world Jew first and than the gentile .
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:   Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they SHALL be filled .  The mystery comes through the power of the Holy Ghost the promise Jesus spoke of to his disciples before his ascension .
Act 15:14 ASV - Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Act 15:16 ASV - After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:
Act 15:17 ASV - That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
Gal 3:14 ASV - that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.  The promise was for all generations
until the end of time . There is no scripture that says this promise died after the last apostle died.
Act 2:17 ASV - And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:   Upon all flesh Jews and gentiles alike
Act 2:37 ASV - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
Act 2:38 ASV - 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.
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.    Until the end of time this promise is given and it is wonderful when he the holy ghost has come he will guide you into all truth
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.
1Co 15:6 ASV - then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;
1Co 15:1 ASV - Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,
1Co 15:2 ASV - by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.  It is one thing to just say the name of Jesus giving him lip service and believe this word in vain .  There are garments of righteousness given to those that hold fast to this great truth and the only ones entering the marriage feast will be those that are clothed with these garments.  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.  You must be born again be filled with the Holy Spirit Just as the one hundred twenty . They had gathered for a specific reason Jesus was coming to manifest himself in them Christ in you the hope of glory,    then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once above five hundred at once , This is what Paul was describing in Cor 15:2  if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.  Above five hundred in the beginning to one hundred and twenty on the day of Pentecost where were the others that were there on that day with Jesus.   Act 1:14 ASV - These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.   The promise is to those that hold fast the word of truth and through prayer and seeking the truth with their hearts seeing the fulfilling of what Jesus spoke to them .      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.

Act 19:1 KJV - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Act 19:2 KJV - He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Act 19:3 KJV - And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
Act 19:4 KJV - Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Act 19:5 KJV - When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Act 19:6 KJV - And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Act 19:7 KJV - And all the men were about twelve.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is an absolute experience for you today just as in the book of Acts 
Ask the Lord see if it is true seek him while he may be found      Luk 11:13 ASV - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?  I must say there are terrible times coming upon this earth and for some they are here , but I see a darkness beyond anything man has experience in the past an evil of darkness coming Matt 24 tells of this and today is the day to seek the Lord with all your hearts .   When Jesus died and was buried he did it for mankind he took our sins and the law of sin and death and nailed them to his cross in his flesh to redeem those who believe .  Jesus made two statements one was a promise of eternal life with him in paradise , and one was an absolute factual promise of the sin of disobedience and unbelief .    Gal 6:7 ASV - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Gal 6:8 ASV - For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

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.
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.   Notice the word should it is an act of obedience it is a walk we enter into an every day walk .    For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness ,  You must be born again Jesus told Nicodemus in the book of John  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!       Luke 17    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.  Its Christ in you the hope of glory.

There is a baptism of the holy spirit an absolute experience , not as the church of man will tell you
you get it all when you except Jesus as you personal Savior . Not so that is not a gospel verse .
The verses above are the truth of who Jesus is today and what he came for . He is the way the truth and the LIFE !

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.
1Co 15:3 ASV - For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 ASV - and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;
Paul is speaking of the forty days of Christ walking before his children , he came after his death to prove his resurrection for the dead .  then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day .   He had no regard for this beggar he lived in luxury.     Luxury    Sumptuous or extremely comfortable living or surroundings:  One totally into luxury and sensual pleasure.
Mar 8:36 ASV - For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
It is a choice to make or should I say a commandment to obey , 

1Pe 1:13 KJV - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1Pe 1:14 KJV - As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1Pe 1:15 KJV - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
1Pe 1:16 KJV - Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1Pe 1:17 KJV - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

A Smoke In Gods Face

Isa 65:1 ASV - I am inquired of by them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Isa 65:2 ASV - I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
Isa 65:3 ASV - a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;
Isa 65:4 ASV - that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Isa 65:5 ASV - that say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

Mat 21:42 ASV - Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?  To lay a foundation today in the construction of something,  there has to be a starting point a place of reference , therefore it will be put into plans or blueprints and designs saying to where all things that will built upon this foundation as to exact level and plumb .
Everything inside and out will be plumb,  level and absolutely straight .   Jesus is that foundation
the house built on solid rock  .    To count the cost Jesus speaks of    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?   There is no way to turn back once you start and he is saying here it is a matter of heaven and hell .  He is saying before you even start there is only one way he is the way the truth and the life .  A man when he is plowing the good ground does not turn to look back to see what he is leaving behind.  Or he will plow a crooked row .

Mat 7:24 ASV - Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
Mat 7:25 ASV - and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
Mat 7:26 ASV - And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27 ASV - and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.

Mat 21:43 ASV - Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

 Luk 8:15 ASV - And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luk 8:16 ASV - And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.
Luk 8:17 ASV - For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.
Luk 8:18 ASV - Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath. 

Mat 21:44 ASV - And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to [another] people who will produce the fruit of it. 44 And he who falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces; but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”  I believe this is speaking of all people Jew and the Gentile .

Isaiah 65:1-5 AMP
“I let Myself be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I let Myself be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To the nation [Israel] which did not call on My Name.
“I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious and stubborn people,
Who walk in the way that is not good, [following] after their own thoughts and intentions, The people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Sacrificing [to idols] in gardens and making offerings with incense on bricks [instead of at the designated altar]; Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And their pots hold the broth of unclean meat;
Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am too holy for you [and you might defile me]!’
These [people] are smoke in My nostrils,         Like setting around a camp fire no matter where you go the smoke is in your face , unrepentant hearts are smoke in Gods face
A fire that burns all the day.
The old testament is a type and a shadow of the true , the scripture above is speaking of all mankind .  Isa 29:13 ASV - And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them;  Can this be true of most church's in the world today.  Being overwhelmed with a gospel that does not require holiness or sanctification .  Men preaching another gospel , men that even in their ignorance  
become an enemy of the cross . The cross being the instrument of finality to our carnal man our old man the flesh . Who has God sent this word to and who is expected to embrace it with all their being the seed of the gospel falling into our hearts and bearing fruit unto righteousness .   We will all stand before the throne of Christ to answer for our life's choices , the fear of God is a clean fear and it will endure for ever.  And to you that are reading this God is calling you.
Many are called but few are chosen  , Being called is a wedding invitation to the marriage feast of the Lamb . Chosen is being the Elect, Elected, Election: lit. signifies "picked out, chosen

Mat 16:3 ASV - And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.
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.
The sign of Jonah death, burial and resurrection ,   Jonah preached to the men of Nineveh the word of repentance and the fear of God . Jesus said    Luk 11:32 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.   Is the church listening is the church humbling themselves before God,  

2Co 5:10 ASV - 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.
2Co 5:11 ASV - Knowing therefore the fear  (terror) of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

Having Faith To Eat

2Ki 7:1 ASV - And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2Ki 7:2 ASV - Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2Ki 7:18 ASV - And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;
2Ki 7:19 ASV - and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof:
2Ki 7:20 ASV - it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.    A poor confession will bring disaster in your life , When Jesus was on the mountain being tempted by the devil , he spoke only the word of God to satan , he said it is written only the word of his father.

You must read the whole chapter to understand what happens to people that doubt and disbelieve Gods promises.   This was a promise from God their father he heard their cries and and out of his mercy and love he defeated the enemy . It is a story repeated many times in the old testament God said the battle is mine I will fight for you. 

Pslams 91
Psa 91:1 ASV - He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.   Today you can and many do already dwelleth in the secret place of the most high .  Its a matter of abiding in Jesus  . Jhn 15:4 ASV - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
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.  Abide  Greek: meno  Endure, Enduring:
"to abide," is rendered "to endure" in the AV of Jhn 6:27; 1Pe 1:25 (RV, "abideth"); Hbr 10:34, AV, "enduring (substance)," RV, "abiding."
  Verse   91 :1 is the prerequisite of our faith to receive the following promises ,   with out faith it is impossible to please your father .    Many time Jesus would say after a miraculous healing or deliverance and this being something that is impossible with man.   Jesus would say Your Faith has made You whole.   Most always it would come from a person of non Jewish decent some one not of the Jewish faith.  Religion has nothing to do with the word of God . Jesus told the Jews that because of your fathers traditions  you make of no effect the word of God.  Luk 6:5 ASV - And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath. And Sabbath means a spiritual rest we yield our very life unto God and his word and cease from our works in our flesh .  Jesus said if you find your life your fleshly kingdom ! on this earth you will lose your heavenly kingdom in the end of all things.  Heb 4:6 KJV - Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Heb 4:10 KJV - For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.


Psa 91:2 ASV - I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
Here is where you confession and faith will save you confessing Gods word .  The bible says how can two walk together unless they agree , the two here is you and Gods word his promises .
Luk 12:8 ASV - And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:   Confess  Greek: homologeo
Confess, Confession: to declare openly by way of speaking out freely, such confession being the effect of deep conviction of facts .  I will say the Lord , he is my refuge and my fortress.
Jesus said say unto this mountain   Mat 17:20 ASV - And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.  It is not the amount of faith you have it is what you do with the faith you do have right now, and faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God .
 Heb 4-12        For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart. 
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.   The word of God is living ,alive and it will go where we send it
Jesus said he gives us the keys to the kingdom of God with power to bind and loose 
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.  By faith we speak the word of God and we war against powers and principality's of the air  .

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,

Psa 91:3 ASV - For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.    I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress , my only way out of this evil is to confess with you mouth God is your only deliverance .
Psa 91:4 ASV - He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.    I believe this is the heart of Gods love in speaking about his protection for his children .  A mother hen and her chicks it is amazing to watch a mother hen and how she will hover over here children to feed them and keep them warm and if need be fight to the death for her children.

Psa 91:5 ASV - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
 The fear of the Lord is a clean fear enduring for ever.
Isa 8:12 ASV - Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.
Isa 8:13 ASV - Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Isa 8:14 ASV - And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
The world is in total chaos , every nation is fearful of the all the evil coming upon them.  And all the news is very bad news so fear has torment .  Everything we read and studied in Gods word in the past is coming true the prophecies spoken through out the bible are being fulfilled even as I write this.     The word conspiracy  Heb     conspiracy, treason, (unlawful) alliance . What are we seeing today the word of God coming to fruition .   But we must understand its not a conspiracy to God he is bringing this about he has put these men in power to fulfill his word of prophecy .
1Pe 4:7 ASV - But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: 
Isa 10:12 ASV - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isa 10:13 ASV - For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones:
Isa 10:14 ASV - and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.

Isa 10:15 ASV - Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.   God has implemented these men as tools of destruction to bring the final judgement on all the earth.  God is saying these tools cannot work without my hand on them .   Fear God and live he is our psalms 91 he is our refuge from the storm , and I will tell you, now prepare your hearts now to be full of Gods word to be able to stand in that day of darkness .   Matt 24 is what he has shown us and it will happen as he said some may even die.
Rev 12:10 ASV - And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.
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.
Who is this word to who has God sent his word to does it apply to all believers you and me.
The scripture above these people that overcame the devil , they were not raptured out were they.
We have a cross to bear a foundation to build now!   Jesus said to count the cost and
Gal 6:7 ASV - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Gal 6:8 ASV - For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
Gal 6:9 ASV - And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.     Counting the cost of not selling out completely !   falling on this stone and be broken . Of letting Godly sorrow have its perfect work in you , not having a sorrow of the world that will work death in us.   A sorrow that brings no repentance ,  Jesus was the sower sowing the seed of his Father the word of God and the seed that fell into the good ground the honest heart bore much fruit thirty, sixty and one hundred fold.     Rev 3:15 ASV - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 ASV - So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.   

  Luk 14:27 ASV - Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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?
Luk 14:29 ASV - Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
Luk 14:33 ASV - So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Luk 14:34 ASV - Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Luk 14:35 ASV - It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.l and
 
Isa 10:16 ASV - Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
Isa 10:17 ASV - And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.


Pro 13:8 ASV - The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.
Pro 21:18 ASV - The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

Having done all to stand we stand ,  the unbelief  in the captain sealed his life and he was trampled because of it ! even at the gate.   God not only saved them from their enemy but he fed them also.  

Escaping The Bondage Of This Earth

Rom 8 :1-8

Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law could not do [that is, overcome sin and remove its penalty, its power] being weakened by the flesh [man’s nature without the Holy Spirit], God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His own Son], 4 so that the [righteous and just] requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not live our lives in the ways of the flesh [guided by worldliness and our sinful nature], but [live our lives] in the ways of the Spirit [guided by His power]. 5 For those who are living according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh [which gratify the body], but those who are living according to the Spirit, [set their minds on] the things of the Spirit [His will and purpose]. 6 Now the mind of the flesh is death [both now and forever—because it pursues sin]; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace [the spiritual well-being that comes from walking with God—both now and forever]; 7 the mind of the flesh [with its sinful pursuits] is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God’s law, since it cannot, 8 and those who are in the flesh [living a life that caters to sinful appetites and impulses] cannot please God.

How can man escape the law of sin , how can we as people born under sin through Adam escape
this world today .   The sin of Sodom still lives ,  it was the sin of man in Sodom that brought the fire and brimstone . And the verse below describe's the earth today as more evil than Sodom.
Mat 11:24 ASV - But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Rom 9:29 ASV - And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
How shall we escape the fire of Sodom the judgement of Gods wrath upon this earth in these last days. 
Jde 1:7 ASV - Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Isa 61:1 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Every person born upon this earth was and is today under the curse of Adam because of sin man brings a curse upon himself .  Adam could lay under any fruit tree in the garden and pick fruit sweet wonderful fruit , there was no work in his life . He was blessed beyond measure obey the commands of God his creator and live.  Adam and Eve were perfect creations of God their father
perfect in every way . Until they ate of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge .   Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’;
Gen 3: 17-19
The ground is [now] under a curse because of you;
In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it
All the days of your life.“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field.By the sweat of your face you will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,For from it you were taken; For you are dust And to dust you shall return.”     God created Angels for one purpose only , they were created to serve God in the highest .
Heb 1:13 ASV - But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?
Heb 1:14 ASV - Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
Angels were not create out of the dust of this earth they have one purpose to serve God.
God created man out of the dust of this earth therefore man kind was given the right to choose the right to serve God out their hearts their mind will and emotions . That is what God calls your souls    God created Angels to serve only , they have no choice but to serve .  
 We are bound to the earth as being created out of the earth.  Jhn 3:6 ASV - That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Listen to this scripture and hear the voice of God , 1Co 15:42 ASV - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Co 15:43 ASV - it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1Co 15:44 ASV - it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
1Co 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Co 15:50 ASV - Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.  This is not speaking to your carnal flesh its much higher than that.  Jesus said you can not see the kingdom of God with your natural eyes it is spiritually seen   1Co 2:14 ASV - Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.  
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.    This corruption must put on incorruptible , putting to death the deeds of your flesh , walking in the spirit in complete obedience to Gods word.   
Rom 8:4 ASV - that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  Jesus fulfilled the Law he nailed it to his cross all the ordinances of the law . He set us free from the Law of Sin and death.
 And to have life eternal in Gods kingdom ,   remember the soul of man will never die our only way out of this earth and to live that eternal life is through Jesus Christ  .   There is eternal life with Jesus and his blessings and there is eternal torment for ever and ever.  The soul of a man will never die.    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.   

1Jo 3:1 ASV - Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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.
1Jo 3:3 ASV - And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1Jo 3:4 ASV - Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
1Jo 3:5 ASV - And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

 Mar 10:45 ASV - For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.     Ransom Greek: lutron  Ransom:   That Christ gave up His life in expiatory sacrifice under God's judgment upon sin and thus provided a "ransom" whereby those who receive Him on this ground obtain deliverance from the penalty due to sin, is what Scripture teaches. What the Lord states in the two passages mentioned involves this essential character of His death. In these passages the preposition is anti, which has a vicarious significance, indicating that the "ransom" holds good for those who, accepting it as such, no longer remain in death since Christ suffered death in their stead. The change of preposition in 1Ti 2:6, where the word antilutron, a substitutionary "ransom," is used, is significant. There the preposition is huper, "on behalf of," and the statement is made that He "gave Himself a ransom for all," indicating that the "ransom" was provisionally universal, while being of a vicarious character. Thus the three passages consistently show that while the provision was universal, for Christ died for all men, yet it is actual for those only who accept God's conditions, and who are described in the Gospel statements as "the many." The giving of His life was the giving of His entire person, and while His death under Divine judgment was alone expiatory, it cannot be dissociated from the character of His life which, being sinless, gave virtue to His death and was a testimony to the fact that His death must be of a vicarious nature.         There is no such word as backsliding in the gospels ,  sin is sin and we must realize God hates sin .     1Co 6:20 ASV - for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.
   
1Co 11:27 ASV - Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
When a sacrifice was given for sin in the old testament the person that committed the sin must put his hand upon the head of the lamb to transfer his sin onto the sacrifice . And the blood of that sacrifice was sprinkled upon the altar , in the new testament our altar is our cross that Jesus spoke of many times             2Ch 29:22 ASV - So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

Heb 6:4 ASV - For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Heb 6:5 ASV - and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
Heb 6:6 ASV - and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Heb 10:18 ASV - Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Heb 10:26 ASV - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,   Paul himself said the if he did not obey this gospel he preached
and lived the holy life he to would be rejected . 

Heb 10:27 ASV - but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.
Heb 10:38 ASV - But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
Heb 10:39 ASV - But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.

Isa 61:8 ASV - For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isa 61:9 ASV - And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.
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.


Rom 8:29 ASV - For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
Rom 8:30 ASV - and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 8:31 ASV - What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Rom 8:32 ASV - He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
Rom 8:33 ASV - Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth;

Rom 8 :13 Living After The Flesh

1Pe 3:21 ASV - which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Baptism
 It is used in the NT in Luk 11:38 of washing oneself (as in 2Ki 5:14, "dipped himself," Sept.); see also Isa 21:4, lit., "lawlessness overwhelms me." In the early chapters of the four Gospels and in Act 1:5; 11:16; 19:4, it is used of the rite performed by John the Baptist who called upon the people to repent that they might receive remission of sins. Those who obeyed came "confessing their sins," thus acknowledging their unfitness to be in the Messiah's coming Kingdom. Distinct from this is the "baptism" enjoined by Christ, Mat 28:19, a "baptism" to be undergone by believers, thus witnessing to their identification with Him in death, burial and resurrection, e.g., Act 19:5; Rom 6:3, 4; 1Cr 1:13-17; 12:13; Gal 3:27; Col 2:12. The phrase in Mat 28:19, "baptizing them into the Name" Act 8:16, RV), would indicate that the "baptized" person was closely bound to, or became the property of, the one into whose name he was "baptized."

In Act 22:16 it is used in the Middle Voice, in the command given to Saul of Tarsus, "arise and be baptized," the significance of the Middle Voice form being "get thyself baptized." The experience of those who were in the ark at the time of the Flood was a figure or type of the facts of spiritual death, burial, and resurrection, Christian "baptism" being an antitupon, "a corresponding type," a "like figure," 1Pe 3:21. Likewise the nation of Israel was figuratively baptized when made to pass through the Red Sea under the cloud, 1Cr 10:2. The verb is used metaphorically also in two distinct senses: firstly, of "baptism" by the Holy Spirit, which took place on the Day of Pentecost; 
And baptism of water unto the remission of sins , how is our sins remitted by water baptism .

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 6:10 ASV - For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

The word "Baptism" is a transliteration of the Greek word BAPTIZO which means to immerse.
To be totally immersed in water , why water and why this way .   That aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:   which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
 Jesus the Son of God came on His mission by, or through, "water" and blood, namely, at His baptism, when He publicly entered upon His mission and was declared to be the Son of God by the witness of the Father, and at the Cross, when He publicly closed His witness

 Tit 3:5 ASV - not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Regeneration:    Greek: palingenesia
"new birth" (palin, "again," genesis, "birth"), is used of "spiritual regeneration," Tts 3:5, involving the communication of a new life, the two operating powers to produce which are "the word of truth," Jam 1:18; 1Pe 1:23, and the Holy Spirit, Jhn 3:5, 6; the loutron, "the laver, the washing," is explained in Eph 5:26, "having cleansed it by the washing (loutron) of water with the word."


 Buy being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit .  Jesus himself was baptized by John as an example unto all that believe .  Mat 3:13 KJV - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.   
Mat 3:14 KJV - But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Mat 3:15 KJV - And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.   Jesus was the sinnless Lamb of God he had nothing to repent of their was no darkness in him no shadow in his turning . Just as a Chrystal 
vase he was transparent and pure the light shown through him . Jesus came to show us the way unto the father

 Jesus could not come into his ministry until John came first ,  With out repentance no man shall see the Lord . And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him Jesus said I am the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE ,  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.   Eze 43:10 ASV - Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
  Hebrew  bah'·yith     house, dwelling habitation, human bodies , those belonging to the same household . No ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit we all shall be judged for the things we have done in our bodie's whether it be good or bad.
Jhn 1:11 ASV - He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.   This prophecy in Eze 43:10 was not only for the israelite but the gentile also ,Rom 11:25 ASV - For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
Rom 11:26 ASV - and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 2:9 ASV - tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
Rom 2:10 ASV - but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:
Jesus was the pattern for us to follow its hard to believe that people that say they are christian do not follow the word given to us . This calling is for all man kind to walk in completely   Col 2:6 ASV - As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,   Luk 6:46 ASV - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Col 2:6 ASV - As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
1Jo 1:6 ASV - If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1Jo 2:6 ASV - he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
Jesus is not a social religion as some have preached , it is a matter of life and death its your soul God is interested in.  There is no degrees of holiness no levels to attain to, its a matter of sanctification.  Heb 12:14 ASV - Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
Greek: hagiasmos Holiness, Holy, Holily:
translated "holiness" in the AV of Rom 6:19, 22; 1Th 4:7; 1Ti 2:15; Hbr 12:14, is always rendered "sanctification" in the RV. It signifies  (a) separation to God, 1Cr 1:30; 2Th 2:13; 1Pe 1:2;
(b) 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).   The resultant state, the conduct befitting those so separated  we must choose to be Holy Jesus said be ye Holy as your father in heaven is Holy
1Jo 1:5 ASV - And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1Jo 1:6 ASV - If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1Jo 1:7 ASV - but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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:  Become in  Greek: ginomai
Arise, Arose, Arouse, Raise, Rise, Rouse:
"to become, to take place," is sometimes suitably translated "arise;""to become," signifies a change of condition, state or place .   This word I write is not to condemn you , but to encourage you to read and pray and search to see if it is true . There is another gospel being preached today that is not the gospel the true gospel of God given to Christ the pattern son of salvation ,  Jesus has shown us the pattern of his father .  His way his truth and his life to walk as Jesus walked.
Heb 13:10 ASV - We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.
Heb 13:11 ASV - For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp.
Heb 13:12 ASV - Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Heb 13:13 ASV - Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Heb 13:14 ASV - For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.
It has nothing to do with how long you have known the Lord , it is how you have walk in that time
what is your testimony of the truth the fruit of righteous living .  but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Are we being honest with God is our hearts ,  not condemned by our life's choices .  I will tell you  this I was filled with the holy spirit in 1972 and I walked as a young christian several years and than came the parable of the sower of the seed.    Luk 8:13 ASV - And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.    Now the question is was I truly saved at that time of my disobedience , going back to the worldly ways a sinful life . I must say this and I believe it is absolutely true
once saved always saved !  is that the apostate gospel I spoke of  that voids the scripture in.
Phl 3:10 ASV - that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;
Phl 3:11 ASV - if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

Once saved always saved has no cross to bear , but Jesus said if we do not die to our carnal life we are not worthy of him his salvation !

Mat 10:38 ASV - And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
As for myself in that time of disobedience I was in rebellion to God and his word . Iam reminded of a word erase or blot .   Rev 3:5 ASV - He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.   Remember the man at the wedding feast of the masters son.
Mat 22:11 ASV - But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
Mat 22:12 ASV - and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. He assumed he was saved by his social worldly religion another gospel other than the gospel of Jesus and Pauls .

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

1Co 15:50 ASV - Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
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.
Children of God go from Adams DNA his carnal fleshly desires to being born of God , and becoming children of their father .
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.

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.

John 12:35 Walk While Ye Have The Light

Psa 107:19 ASV - Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.
Psa 107:20 ASV - He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their destructions.
Psa 107:21 ASV - Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Psa AMP 107-19-20
     19  Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
   20  And He saved them from their distresses.
  He sent His word and healed them,
     21And rescued them from their destruction.
  Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness

The word of God is absolute it is the voice of God to his children .
Rom 3-4
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment. But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.) God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

If we read the whole word of God such as Matt 24 we see because of disobedience to Gods word unbelief and doubt there is a day of reckoning coming to this earth.    I have been pondering the events of today and the situation of the world . Its not just my country it is the whole world , and God said he loved the whole world so he gave his only begotten son that who ever believes on him should not perish but have ever lasting life.     His name is Jesus Christ the Passover Lamb , Lord of the Sabbath .
The scriptures in Psa 107 above parallel the scriptures in  Isa 61:1 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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,  I have said this before and once again it is worthy of repeating .    to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.  The poor here is you and I poor in spirit , poor in knowledge of who God was and his mercy. Jesus came to show the world who his father was every thing he said and did and spoke was God in him he doth the works.  And the captives who are the captives in this prophecy  Isa 61-1 and the fulfilling of it is in Luke 4-18 . It is every person on earth needing forgiveness of sin and freedom from sin.  

Exo 12:20 ASV - Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.  Eating Gods word in its pure form unleavened  bread ,   Jesus said 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.
Exo 12:21 ASV - Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the passover.   The sacrifice for mans sins , once for all mankind
Exo 12:22 ASV - And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.  The hyssop being the aroma of his sacrifice , the blood of his sacrifice  is applied to our hearts being the door post and the lintel our house of flesh.
Exo 12:23 ASV - For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the Destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.  remember the parables of Jesus of building your house upon the rock ,
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.    There is a saying that when a man goes into the forest to cut down a tree , when the tree falls it crushes all the smaller trees around it.   In the end not only our actions will judge our souls but all those that were our responsibility our children and others.

You see Isa 61 is not only forgiveness of sins but a life of restoration and healing of the heart and mind.  Jesus said he has the power to release to the captives ,     taken prisoner by your carnal mind and actions . Jesus walk this earth and cast out the devils of infirmity and sickness and every evil work.   And of course a man cannot cast out the flesh Jesus gave us power over the law of sin and death we do not have to sin any longer we are free from sin .
Rom 6:22 ASV - But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.  Understand there is no sin in the kingdom of God 
Rom 6:23 ASV - For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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.   The only way a kingdom can be established is to have a king with subjects under him .  Jesus said this kingdom of God is spiritual it is not physical it is in a mans heart .
So Jesus must be our king on this earth , For out of the heart flows the issues of life, with the heart man believes unto God .   For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh . Out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries
And a mans heart here is his soul and God through Jesus Christ has come to save your soul .  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,  We enter Gods kingdom as victims of a bad DNA Adams DNA we were born into sin all have sinned and fell short of Gods glory.   Captivated by sin our spiritual prisons , blinded by our lust of the flesh  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.   Jesus said to escape this world and its hold on us we must be born again of the water and of the spirit .
To set at liberty them that are bruised last but not least is the bruising the world subjects on mankind .    The word bruised is all the world can offer to man and rejection is its fruit .   Greek: thrauo Bruise:
"to smite through, shatter," is used in Luk 4:18, "them that are bruised," i.e., broken by calamity.  This world as we know it is dying the end of all things is at hand  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.
1Pe 4:7 ASV - But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
Greek: thrauo  Bruise:  "to smite through, shatter," is used in Luk 4:18, "them that are bruised," i.e., broken by calamity.
Thank God there is a remedy for this bruising of the world and the heart ache and misery of worldly living it is Christ in you the hope of glory .
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.   Jesus took all of our suffering upon himself the sin of the whole world and nailed it to the cross  the Law of Sin and Death .   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.  You are his seed that believe and his days are prolonged through your faith and the fruit of his spirit.  Jesus was one man upon the earth but now through his sacrifice he has become a corporate body of believers , we have become the body of Christ .

The world has these promises given to them by God almighty he is Love and he is a God of Judgemen  The proof of the creator is all around us he is in his creation .   And also the proof of his judgements is also all around us Jesus said you can tell it is about to rain buy watching the sky , but you cant you tell the signs of the times by the evil upon the earth.      Mat 16:3 ASV - And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.    Greek: semeion    Sign:     a "sign" as a warning or admonition, e.g., Mat 12:39, "the sign of (i.e., consisting of) the prophet Jonas;" Mat 16:4; Luk 2:34; 11:29, 30;

And  in Matt 24 Jesus spoke of these signs so we have the signs to watch for .  And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
The whole chapter is for the watchmen on the wall.   for the saints of God to prepare ,   If you read this chapter closely you will see it is speaking of a darkness coming upon the earth like no other time in history . So now I want to read in   Exo 10:21 ASV - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
Exo 10:22 ASV - And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
Exo 10:23 ASV - they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

I believe there are two ways to look at this word darkness ,  Exo 10:22  this word in Heb describes it as a place of hell .  And we must see that this was a sign to Pharaoh and to Egypt , the God of Moses is sovereign over the whole earth.    It would be hard to imagine a darkness that could actually be felt , or breathed into your nostrils.

 But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.  No light in the land at all no lamps no candle there was no light to be found in the Egyptians. But Gods people had Light they were separated from the  darkness by Gods light.  I believe this is also speaking of a spiritual light ,  a condition of a man's
 heart . John said they love darkness more than light
Jhn 3:19 ASV - And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Jhn 3:20 ASV - For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Jhn 3:21 ASV - But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

So we see that this light of truth is a Lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path . Gods word and our obedience to his word will take away the darkness and give sight to our spiritual eyes.