Heb 4 :1 - 2 A Promise Being Left / Mixing The Word With Faith

                          Jhn 3:35 ASV - The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
Jhn 3:36 ASV - He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
That life we live , is Christ in us the hope of glory that this carnal mind be done away with ,And the life of Jesus be made manifest.The light of the body is the eye if our eye is single our whole body will be full of light.( Manifest is to shine forth)

Colo 1:12-13    Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:
God is not coming back for the plant your flesh body !  he is coming for the fruit of that plant.   And that fruit is Christ the very life of Jesus,The zoe of God .When we died with him we were raised with him, he nailed our flesh upon the cross with him Do we still live in this flesh yes we do , but the word says not to walk in our flesh as a carnal minded man be we must walk in his spirit as men born of a new spirit .   Walk    Greek: peripateo  Occupy:  figuratively, "signifying the whole round of the activities of the individual life, whether of the unregenerate, Eph 4:17, or of the believer, 1Cr 7:17; Col 2:6. It is applied to the observance of religious ordinances, Act 21:21; Hbr 13:9, marg., as well as to moral conduct. The Christian is to walk in newness of life, Rom 6:4, after the spirit, Rom 8:4, in honesty, Rom 13:13, by faith, 2Cr 5:7, in good works, Eph 2:10, in love, Eph 5:2, in wisdom, Col 4:5, in truth, 2Jo 1:4, after the commandments of the Lord, 2Jo 1:6. And, negatively, not after the flesh, Rom 8:4; not after the manner of men, 1Cr 3:3; not in craftiness, 2Cr 4:2; not by sight, 2Cr 5:7; not in the vanity of the mind, Eph 4:17; not disorderly, 2Th 3:6."

Jesus said you must be born again ,  of the water and of the spirit . The church world is still thinking as Nicodemus did in the natural , when he ask Jesus how can a man be born again . Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
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 3:4 ASV - Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
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.

The scriptures speak of two baptisms ,  baptized of water and to be baptized of the Holy Spirit
 Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.





Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.
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?
 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.   Baptized into the name of Jesus Christ ,    the power the nature and the complete authority of Christ .  Rom 6     Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; Jesus is our example of obedience . He told John baptize me so that all righteousness may be fulfill .  Baptized into his death and baptized into his resurrection through the gift of the holy spirit .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;


Baptized 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" (RV; cp. 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; secondly, of the calamity which would come upon the nation of the Jews, a "baptism" of the fire of Divine judgment for rejection of the will and word of God, Mat 3:11; Luk 3:16.    



  Water    Greek: hudor      to His baptism in Jordan and His Death on the Cross. As to (1), the "water" would symbolize the moral and practical cleansing effected by the removal of defilement by our taking heed to the Word of God in heart, life and habit; cp. Lev. 14, as to the cleansing of the leper.   As to (2), 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 . Jesus went to John and said baptize me also John .

Mat 3:13 ASV - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 
John was baptizing with the baptism of repentance ,  Jesus had no sin in him he was sinless , the word says there was no darkness in him he was full of light there was no darkness in his turning.
Jas 1:17 ASV - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Jas 1:18 ASV - Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.   Firstfruits  Greek: aparche    The term is applied in things spiritual,    to offer firstlings or firstfruits  to take away the firstfruits of the productions of the earth which was offered to God. The first portion of the dough, from which sacred loaves were to be prepared. Hence term used of persons consecrated to God for all time.

(a) to the presence of the Holy Spirit with the believer as the firstfruits of the full harvest of the Cross, Rom 8:23;

(b) to Christ Himself in resurrection in relation to all believers who have fallen asleep, 1Cr 15:20, 23;

(c) to the earliest believers in a country in relation to those of their countrymen subsequently converted, Rom 16:5; 1Cr 16:15;

(d) to the believers of this age in relation to the whole of the redeemed, 2Th 2:13 (see Note below); Jam 1:18. Cp. Rev 14:4." *


Mat 3:13 ASV - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 
Mat 3:14 ASV - But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Mat 3:15 ASV - But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

  Fulfiling all righteousness   /        Fulfil  of persons:

(a) of the members of the church, the body of Christ, as filled by Him, Eph 1:23 ("all things in all the members"); 4:10; in Eph 3:19, of their being filled "into" (eis), RV, "unto," AV, "with" (all the fullness of God); of their being "made full" in Him, Col 2:10 (RV, for AV, "complete");

(b) of Christ Himself: with wisdom, in the days of His flesh, Luk 2:40; with joy, in His return to the Father, Act 2:28;

(c) of believers: with the Spirit, Eph 5:18; with joy, Act 13:52; 2Ti 1:4; with joy and peace, Rom 15:13; [from these are to be distinguished those passages which speak of joy as being fulfilled or completed, which come under FULFILL, Jhn 3:29; 15:11 (RV); 16:24 (RV); Phl 2:2; 1Jo 1:4 (RV); 2Jo 1:12 (RV)]; with knowledge, Rom 15:14; with comfort, 2Cr 7:4; with the fruits of righteousness, Phl 1:11 (Gk. "fruit"); with the knowledge of God's will  of the hearts of believers as the seat of emotion and volition .

Mat 3:16 ASV - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;


2Co 10:2 ASV - yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.  Being bold in the Holy Ghost not in the flesh
2Co 10:3 ASV - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh
2Co 10:4 ASV - (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);
2Co 10:5 ASV - casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Friend when you come into Gods kingdom there is always a spiritual battle raging about you . You cannot see it or hear it but the battle is for your mind .  The verse above speaks of imaginations and thoughts For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh . (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);   - casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ .
Rom 12:1 ASV - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.   And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.   How do we renew our mind friends , I ask the Lord that question in prayer one day as I read this verse . He spoke right back to my mind and said by my word ! you renew you mind by applying this word in your every day life . Its to be transformed by the renewing of you mind . We are not to conformed unto this world but to be transformed    being outwardly "conformed" to the things of this age is contrasted with being "transformed" (or transfigured) inwardly by the renewal of the thoughts through the Holy Spirit's power. A similar distinction holds good in Phl 3:21; the Lord will "fashion anew," or change outwardly, the body of our humiliation, and "conform" it in its nature (summorphos) to the body of His glory.

No soldier will go into battle with out his armor and his weapons of warfare , so to Gods children must put on their armor and prepare for battle . A spiritual battle (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);  Satan came to kill steal and destroy Jesus said satan is the father of all lies.   Eph 6:11 ASV - Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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 6:16 ASV - withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
Eph 6:17 ASV - And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:     I know that this helmet is made of pure silver , silver in the bible numeric s is a type of the blood of Jesus .      Is a type of redemption , The price of a soul        Silver Signifies Atonement and Redemption .    The number thirty can also represent the sacrificial blood of Jesus. He was betrayed by Judas for 30 silver coins, which was a fulfillment of prophecy (Zechariah 11:12). When Judas flung the 'blood money' he was paid back into the temple, the priests did not accept it as an offering but rather decided to buy a potter's field with it. Though they were not aware of it, what they did was also fulfilling prophecy (verse 13). In 30 A.D. Jesus suffered and shed His precious blood as God's sacrificial Lamb for the world's sins.

Doing Mighty Exploits in Jesus Name

                           
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,
To preach good tidings unto the meek , the good news of the abundant life before and after death .           

  Heb 2:13 ASV - And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.       Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham. Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.   
The promise of eternal life was not given until Christ came , the greatest most precious thing in his sacrifice was that in those three days of his death he rose again to newness of life . And the promise of eternal life was than made abundant to those that believed in him .    Jesus said I not only came to give you life but life More abundant .    Jesus said I am the door unto the father , no man can enter my fathers kingdom but through me .    There is only one way unto the father friends its the life of Christ being manifested in our mortal bodies.  
Gal 2:20 ASV - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.           1Th 5:23 ASV - And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.     Entire  Greek: holoteles   Whole (Made), Wholly, Wholesome:       "wholly," 1Th 5:23, is lit., "whole-complete" (A, No. 1, and telos, "an end"), i.e., "through and through;" the Apostle's desire is that the sanctification of the believer may extend to every part of his being. The word is similar in meaning to No. 4; holokleros draws attention to the person as a "whole," holoteles, to the several parts which constitute him.
Spirit  Greek: pneuma  Breath, Breathe:  spirit," also denotes "breath," Rev 11:11; 13:15, RV. In 2Th 2:8, the AV has "spirit" for RV, "breath."      primarily denotes "the wind" (akin to pneo, "to breathe, blow"); also "breath;" then, especially "the spirit," which, like the wind, is invisible, immaterial and powerful. The NT uses of the word may be analyzed approximately as follows:
Soul    Greek: psuche   Heart, Heartily:     the soul, or life, is rendered "heart" in Eph 6:6 (marg., "soul"), "doing the will of God from the heart." In Col 3:23, a form of the word psuche preceded by ek, from, lit., "from (the) soul," is rendered "heartily."
Body   Greek: soma           Body, Bodily:          Sometimes the word stands, by synecdoche, for "the complete man," Mat 5:29; 6:22; Rom 12:1; Jam 3:6; Rev 18:13. Sometimes the person is identified with his or her "body," Act 9:37; 13:36, and this is so even of the Lord Jesus, Jhn 19:40 with 42. The "body" is not the man, for he himself can exist apart from his "body," 2Cr 12:2, 3. The "body" is an essential part of the man and therefore the redeemed are not perfected till the resurrection, Hbr 11:40; no man in his final state will be without his "body," Jhn 5:28, 29; Rev 20:13.The word is also used for physical nature, as distinct from pneuma, "the spiritual nature," e.g., 1Cr 5:3, and from psuche, "the soul," e.g., 1Th 5:23. "Soma, 'body,' and pneuma, 'spirit,' may be separated; pneuma and psuche, 'soul,' can only be distinguished"
Gen 2:7 ASV - And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.     God said let US make man in our Image .  And God made man in his Image     Gen 1:27 ASV - And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.      So the father of all things righteous and holy conferred with Christ in his great plan of salvation and said let Us make man in our Image ,             And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.          And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!       It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.    This is a spiritual truth with a physical connotation .    A camel cannot go through the eye of a needle it is impossible , so it is with man that trust in the arm of his flesh and the riches of this world .  Jesus said where ever your heart is there is where your treasure lies .     Luk 12:34 ASV - For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.    Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God .   This verse is speaking of things in the earth and the things that men believe will save them .  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.   Money is not evil it is the Love of money that will pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Jesus was the us in that verse let us make man in our image , Jesus was the express image of his father . But Jesus said God is a spirit and if you worship him you must worship him in truth and in spirit these are whom the father seeks to worship him .                               Jhn 4:23 ASV - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
Jhn 4:24 ASV - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.   Worship in Whose spirit and whose truth .  Adam became a living soul by the Zoe of God his very life .     Life   Greek: zoe   Life, Living, Lifetime, Life-Giving:
(Eng., "zoo," "zoology") is used in the NT "of life as a principle, life in the absolute sense, life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself, and which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself, Jhn 5:26, and which the Son manifested in the world, 1Jo 1:2. From this life man has become alienated in consequence of the Fall, Eph 4:18, and of this life men become partakers through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Jhn 3:15, who becomes its Author to all such as trust in Him, Act 3:15, and who is therefore said to be 'the life' of the believer, Col 3:4, for the life that He gives He maintains, Jhn 6:35, 63. Eternal life is the present actual possession of the believer because of his relationship with Christ, Jhn 5:24; 1Jo 3:14, and that it will one day extend its domain to the sphere of the body is assured by the Resurrection of Christ, 2Cr 5:4; 2Ti 1:10. This life is not merely a principle of power and mobility, however, for it has moral associations which are inseparable from it, as of holiness and righteousness. Death and sin, life and holiness, are frequently contrasted in the Scriptures.
God breath his life in you also when you were first born and you breath that first breath it was Gods breath you breath.     Jhn 1:2 ASV - The same was in the beginning with God.
Jhn 1:3 ASV - All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
Jhn 1:4 ASV - In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Eph 1:3 ASV - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
Eph 1:4 ASV - even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
Eph 1:5 ASV - having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Eph 1:6 ASV - to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
Eph 1:7 ASV - in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
Eph 1:8 ASV - which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
Eph 1:9 ASV - making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
Eph 1:10 ASV - unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say,
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   Greek: ginomai  Arise, Arose, Arouse, Raise, Rise, Rouse  "to become, to take place," is sometimes suitably translated "arise;"    Children    Greek: teknon  Child, Children, Childbearing, Childish, Childless:  "a child" (akin to tikto, "to beget, bear"), is used in both the natural and the figurative senses. In contrast to huios, "son" (see below), it gives prominence to the fact of birth, whereas huios stresses the dignity and character of the relationship. Figuratively, teknon is used of "children"  We are babes in Christ to began our walk with him and we must continue in this walk our journey to become Sons of God huios .                                        Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
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:
Eph 4:14 ASV - 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;
Eph 4:15 ASV - but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
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.  It is not Just saying the name of Jesus it is believing on or in his name .   unbroken "continuance," is used of the continuous Priesthood of Christ, Hbr 7:3, and of the "continual" offering of sacrifices under the Law, Hbr 10:1. It is translated "for ever," in Hbr 10:12, of the everlasting session of Christ at the right hand of God; and in Hbr 10:14, of the everlasting effects of His sacrifice upon "them that are sanctified."  Jesus said in his name we as sons of God shall do greater things than he has done .   I am reminded of a verse in the prophecy of the last days    Dan 11:32 ASV - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.      Greater things shall you do in my Name !    mighty exploits shall follow those who believe in the power of his name  .
     Exploits   make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).  To exploit in the world is to is to take advantage of the weak rule over .   But in this verse its meaning is opposite ! it is to exploit the power of darkness the power of the anti Christ and his deeds.  Through the power of Christ name .  Keep in mind where we started with this thought ,  its just not saying the name it is living in his name ,  Jesus told his disciples he was going away ( speaking of his death and his resurrection ) and he said that where I am going you may come there to .   And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.   And whither I go, ye know the way.    Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The word name in the   Greek: onoma    for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers: representing the authority of Christ, e.g., Mat 18:5 (with epi, "on the ground of My authority"  in the power of Mar 16:17

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.  Adam was a living soul but Jesus was a life giving spirit .   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.
To be born again of God means we must lose our identity to this world and take on life and the nature of Christ in you the hope of glory.         1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the  .    He said he is the way the truth and the LIFE!  Rom 12-1      I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Jhn 10:1 ASV - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Jhn 10:2 ASV - But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Jhn 10:7 ASV - Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Jhn 10:8 ASV - All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Jhn 10:12 ASV - He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:   
1Ti 4:1 ASV - But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
That falling away is here now and working in the hearts of men ,  fall at his cross and ask the Lord to revel his word of truth to you . You need his spirit living in you you need the same  Holy Spirit living in you as in the book of Acts  on the day of Pentecost .  Ask the father to fill you with his spirit .                  
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?

Fire , Salt and Light

                   
Mar 9:47 ASV - And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;
Mar 9:48 ASV - where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:49 ASV - For every one shall be salted with fire.
Mar 9:50 ASV - Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.    Saltness    Greek: artuo  Season (Verb):to arrange, make ready" (cp. artios, "fitted"), is used of "seasoning," Mar 9:50; Luk 14:34; Col 4:6.
Salted with fire ,  Salt is a seasoning it brings out a flavor like no other seasoning .   Jesus is comparing Salt and Fire together they are running parallel with each other .   With out the fire of God in our lives we can have no salt or prudence in our hearts .
And to be salted with the fire of God in our daily life's we become wise to our actions .   
The bible says God chasten those whom he loves. .                                                                                                                                    
1Pe 1:6 ASV - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
1Pe 1:7 ASV - that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
  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 12:8 ASV - But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
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.       
  As you see in the verses above every child of God will be tried in his daily walk ,  it is our fathers way of getting our attention  .        But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.     And Jesus said every one shall be salted with fire.  John said the one come after me will Baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with FIRE ! 
  Jhn 1:12-13   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.   Your father is changing your spiritual identity from being born of this world to being born a son of God.   The word Son here makes a powerful comparision .  Son   Greek: teknon  Child, Children, Childbearing, Childish, Childless:    "a child" (akin to tikto, "to beget, bear"), is used in both the natural and the figurative senses. In contrast to huios, "son" (see below), it gives prominence to the fact of birth, whereas huios stresses the dignity and character of the relationship. Figuratively, teknon is used of "children" of    Jesus came in his fathers name and we come in the name of Jesus .  Jesus is the pattern we follow if we are born of his blood than we are born of his nature and character for the life is in the blood. 
                                                                
Eph 1:7 ASV - in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
Eph 1:8 ASV - which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,  Prudence Greek: phronesis  Wisdom:  "understanding, prudence," i.e., a right use of phren, "the mind," is translated "wisdom" in Luk 1:17.    PRU'DENCE, n. L. prudentia. Wisdom applied to practice.
Pro 19:25 ASV - Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.   King David wrote in Psalms Lord in my getting let me get wisdom and in my getting of wisdom Lord let me get understanding .  In the world we live today there are many wise people who have a worldly wisdom but they must have understanding also to use that wisdom wisely .  1Co 3:19 ASV - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
Salt is prudence and Fire is wisdom  ,  When we get burned in our flesh we remember that experience for ever and are careful of fire from than on.   Mat 5:12 ASV - Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
Mat 5:13 ASV - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.  Jesus is comparing this Godly experience of being salted with fire to Light he is saying that in your daily walk receive the correction of God your father in your life realizing it is the Fire that came with the Holy Ghost in you molding you and forming you into that son God has called. 
Mat 5:14 ASV - Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Mat 5:15 ASV - Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.
Mat 5:16 ASV - Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Eph 1:9 ASV - making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him.      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:    
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;

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:  
We must have the Holy spirit living in us and working out our salvation unto righteousness.
Jhn 16:9 ASV - of sin, because they believe not on me;  It says that the Holy Spirit will Convict of sin and we need the spirit in our life's convicting us of sin known or unknown ,   and working with us as to living in all righteousness ,  and to convict us of the fear of God in our life's to fear God is a clean fear . The church today does not fear God ,   he is not only a God of love but a God of wrath

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.

Psa 51:6 ASV - Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Psa 51:7 ASV - Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
  God commanded Moses to have the people kill a lamb and catch the blood of the Lamb in a basin and take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood of the lamb and Strike the lintel .    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.   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.     The hyssop was an aromatic herb and a form of medicine to the Israelite's . Strike the side post and the lintel with the blood 
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.   Gods children are the seed of Christ in his offering and Christ living in you is to prolong his days it is Christ in you the hope of glory.
When Moses took the hyssop and the blood and struck the lintel with force and the side post , there was a sweet aromatic oder that filled the whole area a savor of Gods son his sacrifice for you and I and God was pleased . God was seeing mankind and their sin and Jesus is the only remedy for our souls.  He is that savor that pleased his father.
2Co 2:15 ASV - For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;
2Co 2:16 ASV - to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Psa 51:10 ASV - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
Psa 51:11 ASV - Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
Rev 7:14 ASV - And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Mar 9:49 ASV - For every one shall be salted with fire.

                                          
                                                     Mar 9:43 ASV - And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.         Greek: aphaireo Cut:
"to take away, remove," is translated "cut off" in Mar 14:47, AV, and Luk 22:50, and "smote off" in Mat 26:51; RV, "struck off" in each place. to cut off, amputate
When we come to Christ and are filled with his spirit we are at that moment opened up into a spiritual realm .  We no longer live in our flesh but in the spirit .The word says if we no longer live in the flesh but in his spirit . And if we live in his spirit we will not carry out the deeds of the flesh.        I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.  that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.    Rom 12 says that we should present our self's a Living sacrifice .  Jesus is speaking in the spirit when he tells you if your hand your eye or your foot causes you to sin than cut it off .  You must cut off that sin in your flesh , a great example of Jesus telling you to get on your cross and stay there .         2Co 4:11 ASV - For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.


  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.    We live in the spiritual and the flesh profits nothing  , first comes lust than if we entertain that lusting temptation it becomes sin in our life's and sin when it has its perfect work in you it brings Death.  This action is the exact opposite of  James 1  the perfect work with sin is death.
  Jas 1:2 ASV - Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
Jas 1:3 ASV - knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
Jas 1:4 ASV - And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.     When we sin we allow the devil to take back ground we have conquered holding fast to this word of faith and enduring with all patience the trying of our faith .  1Jo 5:4 ASV - For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.  Jas 1:3 KJV - Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Jhn 12:25 ASV - He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.       He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.      For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.        Revelations speaks of two deaths to come in the end of all things ,  The first death is your faithfulness to his cross .   Jesus said if you do not die to self Now in this world the first death ! you will suffer the second death .   The fear of God is a clean fear Psa 19:9 ASV - The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether.     The church has no fear of a righteous God , he is a God of love and a God of judgement .   The first death is to die to all unrighteousness in your life , to present your bodies a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God and it says this is reasonable for you to do.
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.
1Jo 1:8 ASV - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1Jo 1:9 ASV - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Jo 1:10 ASV - If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
These verses above run parallel to Mark 9:43 To justify sin to over look sin and to pratice sin is not cutting away at the root of your sin . Jesus said to cut it away take it out .  You must be filled with the spirit of Christ according to the gospel Jesus preached his fathers gospel.   The church has been blinded to this truth , and who is the liar here ! satan has blinded the eyes of Gods church .  Jhn 12:46 ASV - I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
Jhn 12:47 ASV - And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jhn 12:48 ASV - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.    Jesus is saying here that in the end of this generation ,  the end of this world this word of God will stand in front of all mankind and judge our life in this earth.  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.
Jhn 12:49 ASV - For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Jhn 12:50 ASV - And I know that his commandment is life eternal; the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.

      Rev 2:11 ASV - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Rev 20:6 ASV - Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Rev 21:8 ASV - But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.      We die now on our cross embracing the cross so we will live with Christ for eternity .                                   
 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.
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.
 Mar 9:47 ASV - And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;
Mar 9:48 ASV - where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:49 ASV - For every one shall be salted with fire.     Salted   Greek: halas
Salt (Noun, Adjective and Verb), Saltness:               metaphorically, of "believers," Mat 5:13 (1st part); of their "character and condition," Mar 9:50 (2nd part); of "wisdom" exhibited in their speech, Col 4:6.   Being possessed of purifying, perpetuating and antiseptic qualities, "salt" became emblematic of fidelity and friendship among eastern nations. To eat of a person's "salt" and so to share his hospitality is still regarded thus among the Arabs. So in Scripture, it is an emblem of the covenant between God and His people, Num 18:19; 2Ch 13:5; so again when the Lord says "Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another" (Mar 9:50). In the Lord's teaching it is also symbolic of that spiritual health and vigor essential to Christian virtue and counteractive of the corruption that is in the world, e.g., Mat 5:13, see (b) above. Food is seasoned with "salt" (see B); every meal offering was to contain it, and it was to be offered with all offerings presented by Israelites, as emblematic of the holiness of Christ, and as betokening the reconciliation provided for man by God on the ground of the death of Christ
Salted with FIRE  Greek: pur  Fire:        of the holiness of God, which consumes all that is inconsistent therewith, Hbr 10:27; 12:29; cp. Rev 1:14; 2:18; 10:1; 15:2; 19:12; similarly of the holy angels as His ministers, Hbr 1:7; in Rev 3:18 it is symbolic of that which tries the faith of saints, producing what will glorify the Lord;
 2Co 2:15 ASV - For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;   In the old Law God demanded a sacrifice for sin ,   and that sacrifice was killed and placed upon the altar of sacrifice and the flesh was consume with FIRE !   Jesus is our Passover he was that lamb that was sacrificed for our sins ,  Exd 12:22  God said you must eat the whole lamb consume all of Jesus in your living . The hyssop was a sweet savor unto God it was dip in the blood and the word says to Strike the lintel and the door post with the hyssop and the blood .
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.  We are the seed of Christ through his word and his days are prolonged in you as you walk in holiness and his righteousness .

 You father is pleased when his children sacrifice their carnal old man on their cross and the fire of God is that holy living that righteousness of Christ is made alive in you . It is Christ in you the hope of glory.

Heb 4:12 ASV - For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.      2Ti 2:15 KJV - Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Rom 6:11 ASV - Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
Rom 6:12 ASV - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
Rom 6:13 ASV - neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Mar 9:44 ASV - where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:45 ASV - And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell.
Mar 9:46 ASV - where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:47 ASV - And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;
Mar 9:48 ASV - where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:49 ASV - For every one shall be salted with fire.
Mar 9:50 ASV - Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.Greek: aphaireo Cut:
"to take away, remove," is translated "cut off" in Mar 14:47, AV, and Luk 22:50, and "smote off" in Mat 26:51; RV, "struck off" in each place. to cut off, amputate

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Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God

       

                             
Mar 1:12 ASV - And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.   Greek: eremos Wilderness:   an adjective signifying "desolate, deserted, lonely," is used as a noun, and rendered "wilderness" 32 times in the AV; in Mat 24:26; Jhn 6:31, RV, "wilderness"  God has to separate his children to become their only provider .  Love not the world or the things in the world ,  the wilderness is a type and shadow of the wilderness Mose led the children into for forty years . It was a place where God separate the children from worldly living and in Egypt they had their flesh pots even though they cried out to God to deliver them from their bondage.  Jesus is the pattern we are to copy he came to show us the father and his love for man.   Jesus had a cross we have a cross he died and rose again on the third day . We to must die to our old man our carnal reasoning trusting in the arm of our flesh to keep us  .   In bible numerics the number forty is a time of Probation , trials and testing. The children were in the wilderness for forty years ,  God working with them in grace and mercy . They saw the great signs and wonders God did for them . He even told Moses to take another route in their journey it led to a place of no escape .  They were fearful and with out any faith but God love them and wanted to show his great power to them . The red sea was in front of them and Egyptian army behind them , Mose said stand and watch the salvation of your God. He not only saved them through water but destroyed their enemy also.  Just as today people do not see or believe they are in a place of decision with no way out but through the water of separation.  
1Pe 3:18 ASV - Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1Pe 3:19 ASV - in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
1Pe 3:20 ASV - 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:   The ark here is Jesus we abide in Jesus and he abides in us . 
Mat 24:38 KJV - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39 KJV - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.    The church must see God is speaking through his word and his spirit , be not conformed unto the world be be transformed by the renewing of your minds and his word is that renewing that transforming of our souls .  God is speaking to us through his son and his word of grace.                         Jas 1:21 ASV - Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.     Greek: emphutos  Implanted:
"implanted," or "rooted" (from emphuo, "to implant"), is used in Jam 1:21, RV, "implanted," for AV, "engrafted," of the Word of God, as the "rooted word," i.e., a word whose property it is to root itself like a seed in the heart. "The AV seems to identify it with emphuteuton, which however would be out of place here, since the word is sown, not grafted, in the heart"                                                     In the parable of the sower Jesus is sowing the word of his father and he said the one who let the seed fall into good ground , which is an honest heart a hungry heart . And that word that goes deep into a mans heart produces  one hundred fold of fruit .  And the fruit being the very life of Christ in you the hope of Glory. 
Mar 1:13 ASV - And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.     Here again is the word forty " Mose went upon the mountain also and was alone with God forty days with out food or water .  Jesus was driven by the Holy Spirit .    And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness he was tempted by satan . Today we are in our wilderness being tempted on every side by satan , but the battle is for your mind it is a spiritual warfare .   This is the reason God gave us armor as in Eph 6 ,  and every piece of armor is very important for our victory .  
Mat 4:1 ASV - Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:2 ASV - And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.
Mat 4:3 ASV - And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
Mat 4:4 ASV - But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Luk 4:4 ASV - And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.   Jesus is speaking of the bread for the flesh to sustain our flesh . He was the bread that came down from heaven Mat 4:4 ASV - But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.  Jesus is the bread of life Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.    I am the bread of life. 

Luk 4:5 ASV - And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.     Satan is working hard to deceive many to kill steal and destroy as many souls as he can before judgement comes.
Luk 4:6 ASV - And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.  Satan says here he has all authority over this fleshly world , he says it was delivered unto him .  If God is sovereign over evil
 than God has given this evil world over to satan .  

 This lawless world belongs to satan and he says he can give it to whomsoever he wants.  This wicked world is slowly imploding and coming to a place of judgement .   1Jo 2:15 ASV - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jo 2:17 ASV - And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1Jo 2:18 ASV - Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.   This world has already been condemned by God , Just as in the days of Noah Luk 17:26 ASV - And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
1Pe 3:20 ASV - 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:   Remember the verse above    I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst ,    He says he is the bread of Life and the water of separation the cleansing .    Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.   The washing water of the word , the life of Christ in you the hope of Glory .    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:

And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.  There is another wilderness coming for the children of God , Jesus said it himself according to Mat 24:9 ASV - Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake.  His name sake is the power of his name the authority of his name casting out devils , healing the sick working all signs and wonders as to greater things shall you do in my name .          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;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Luk 21:16 ASV - But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
Mar 1:13 ASV - And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.     Wild beasts    Greek: therion Beast:
to be distinguished from zoon, almost invariably denotes "a wild beast." In Act 28:4, "venomous beast" is used of the viper which fastened on Paul's hand. Zoon stresses the vital element, therion the bestial. The idea of a "beast" of prey is not always present. Once, in Hbr 12:20, it is used of the animals in the camp of Israel, such, e.g., as were appointed for sacrifice: But in the Sept. therion is never used of sacrificial animals; the word ktenos (see below) is reserved for these.     This world is beginning die and judgement is coming ,  people are not just mean and uncaring  they are controlled by the very beast the demons Jesus battled with in his wilderness .  Look at the world and its evil intentions . Murder and every evil work against children , killing randomly .                                     But it is not random to satan he is working fast to take as many souls to hell with as he can . He owns this evil world and all the beast that inhabit it . 
Jesus overcame satan and the beast by the word of God , he did not converse with the devil after every temptation Jesus would quote the word of God  , It Is Written satan ! and that is how we over come satan we quote the word of God and believe in the power of his word .

  2Co 6:17 ASV - Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
Rev 18:4 ASV - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
God is telling his called out ones to separate from this world as to its evil ways ,  The world is the Harlot church and its doctrines of demons.      Many are called given the invitation to come to the wedding feast of the lamb .  And when the master came in to view his guest he saw there a man not clothed with the wedding garments .  Now remember the master of the wedding feast told his servants to go and invite as many as you can find And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.       There is a time span here between the invitation and the wedding ,  God is calling all to repentance salvation is a journey we have to grow and become mature children in his word.   The invite is to become righteous and holy make your paths straight before the Lord ,   What ever is an obstacle in you life as to living holy you must deal with it remove it quickly.  You can have no sin in your life before God ,  that is why Jesus said we shall receive a comforter the Holy Spirit .  Only by the power of Gods spirit can we be made holy and righteous.                                    We are saved by grace and Grace is the benefits of  obedience to his word and he gave us a gift of faith to build upon. 
Jhn 6:51 ASV - 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.   Eating this bread is to read and consume his word of truth you feed you spirit man by reading and obeying his word and his blood is the very nature of Jesus all that he is and his fruit .                                    1Jo 2:5 ASV - but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:
1Jo 2:6 ASV - he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
Jhn 6:53 ASV - Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.     You must have his word in you alive and active sharper than any two edged sword.And he is our life he is the very nature of God himself the exact image of his father .  We take on the image of Christ as we obey his word and live his very life his nature.
Jhn 6:54 ASV - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.    God is not coming to save this evil world or your carnal flesh ,  he coming to redeem you SOULS !  And we shall meet him in the air and we shall all be changed.                                           We were made in the likeness of God male and female ,  Jesus exemplified the very essence of his father . God said let US make man in our likeness . Jesus was with the father before all things were made he is Gods great and wonderful plan for our salvation.                                                                                            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.   Jesus was the pattern son sent from God to reconcile the world back unto himself .      2Co 5:19 ASV - 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. 
Jhn 6:55 ASV - For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.  His nature and his character and his authority it is Christ in you the hope of being redeemed and having on the wedding 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.
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.

Having Righteous Acts of A Saint

                               

The parable of the wedding feast
Mat 22:9 ASV - Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
Mat 22:10 ASV - And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.   The bad here is every one absent from truth and knowledge , we who are saved born again were at one time a bad person void of light , truth.  This is parallel to   Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.  God is still creating and working his power in this earth ,   people are still being born this very moment this is the whole world Jesus was speaking of at that moment .  The truth of his gospel at that moment he spoke it and this very moment as you are reading this it is still in force still operating right at this moment .   Gods word ! his gospel that Jesus was anointed to preach takes precedence over all of the man made doctrines .  The church has been hijacked by apostate men some knowing full well of the deception they perpetrate , and others ignorant of the true light of Gods word for them studying to show themselves approved unto God ! Not Men !!  .
 He that believe and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieve shall be condemned.   This word baptized coming out of the mouth of Jesus ,  is a matter of life and death to the hearer .  To believe and adhere to this commandment will bring life ,   to not obey and disbelieve will bring  condemnation .    Water baptism is a type of death to our carnal mind our old self .       What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?    God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?    Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.   For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;   knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;   for he that hath died is justified from sin.     This is the baptism Jesus is speaking of  ,   Pick up your cross and follow me ,   Jesus said those that do not bare their cross in this life are not worthy of me.  
Luk 3:16 ASV - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:    Peter said in Acts 2 when ask by the people that heard his words concerning Christ and his death.     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? And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.   For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, Even As Many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.     How Many ? to the Whole Creation until the end of all things.      Here again is the word" whole creation Jesus spoke of in Mark 16

Who is this prophecy speaking to 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,     You and I friend we are the people in these two verses the bad and the good ,   he hath sent me to bind up the broken heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;    All great testimonies are born out of great adversity living in darkness and great despair , bearing the scars in the natural and of the spiritual of living in worldly darkness
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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  We were or still are the Captives and living in a blind state of mind and the bruised .  This word bruised bring tears to my eyes every time I read it ,   Bruised Greek: thrauo Bruise:  "to smite through, shatter," is used in Luk 4:18, "them that are bruised," i.e., broken by calamity.  Satan binds up so many people today with the spirit of rejection a powerful spirit that debilitates and renders them helpless in their daily life's .  People that suffer rejection are bruised people shattered life's with no hope of restoration .  Children especially children abused mentally and physically in this present dark world . When I see the shattered life I see a Crystal vase being dropped to the floor and it shatters into very small pieces with an impossibility of being put back together .    This is what Jesus came for to restore and heal and give liberty to all that will call on his name and believe .
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:    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.   This what God is calling us to an invitation to a wedding ,   and those that receive and respond to this wonderful invitation are given the power to become that bride of Christ the church of his body of believers .
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.
 Through the power of Gods spirit abiding in you     
   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.   Verse 11 tells of a man who supposed he would be welcomed to the marriage of the lamb disbelieving this great and glorious gospel ,   not knowing the power of Gods word .     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 .   Living in holiness and walking in righteousness obeying these commands of Jesus to his sheep .    Jhn 10:27 ASV - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:   His voice in in his word of truth the fullness of the true gospel of God .  There is only one Gospel
Mat 22:12 ASV - and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.  This man was speechless because he believed a lie and not the truth .  He was told once you are saved you are always saved ,  but not the requirements of obedience to this word of salvation .   We friend must have righteous acts of a Saint ,  producing that fruit Jesus spoke of in the parable of the sower of the seed .  Falling into the heart the good ground and producing thiry, sixty and even a hundred fold .
Mat 22:13 ASV - Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Mat 22:14 ASV - For many are called, but few chosen.

1Co 1:26 ASV - For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1Co 1:27 ASV - but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
1Co 1:28 ASV - and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
1Co 1:29 ASV - that no flesh should glory before God.
1Co 1:30 ASV - But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

Making your paths Straight

                        Mat 7:13 ASV - Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.                                                                                           Greek: stenos  Narrow:    from a root sten--, seen in stenazo, "to groan," stenagmos, "groaning" (Eng., "stenography," lit., "narrow writing"), is used figuratively in Mat 7:13, 14, of the gate which provides the entrance to eternal life, "narrow" because it runs counter to natural inclinations, and "the way" is similarly characterized; so in Luk 13:24 (where the more intensive word agonizomai, "strive," is used); RV, "narrow" (AV, "strait") in each place. Cp. stenochoreo, "to be straitened," and stenochoria, "narrowness, anguish, distress."   
Mat 11:11 ASV - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
 Mat 11:12 ASV - And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.  Violence   Greek: biazo  Press (Verb):
in the Middle Voice, "to press violently" or "force one's way into," is translated "presseth" in Luk 16:16, AV, RV, "entereth violently," a meaning confirmed by the papyri. Moulton and Milligan also quote a passage from D.S. Sharp's Epictetus and the NT, speaking of "those who (try to) force their way in;" the verb suggests forceful endeavor.   Jesus said this gospel will cost you everything in this world concerning your carnal living  .  There is a cross to bear for every child of God to cling to and hold fast the commandants of Christ .  This word violence is you getting on your cross just as Jesus did physically and you die spiritually to fleshly sins. 
Mat 7:14 ASV - For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.    Gate  metaphorically, of the "gates" at the entrances of the ways leading to life and to destruction .   Straitened is great pressure , to agonize "to press violently" or "force one's way into," is translated "presseth .  Jesus said the gates of hell shall not prevail against his church . This violence is not speaking about evil men assaulting the church , Jesus said to love your enemy do good unto those that abuse you turn your cheek .    No this word violence is what happens when a man or women determines themselves to take up their cross and follow Jesus and death to their carnal mind.

 Rom 8:13 KJV - For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Col 3:5 KJV - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
   Mortify   Greek: nekroo
Dead:
"to put to death," is used in the Active Voice in the sense of destroying the strength of, depriving of power, with reference to the evil desires which work in the body, Col 3:5. In the Passive Voice it is used of Abraham's body as being "as good as dead," Rom 4:19 with Hbr 11:12.
 And not many are willing to go all the way with Jesus , that is why he said many are called but few are chosen .      So we must go to the parable of the wedding feast ,
Greek: kletos  Call, Called, Calling:  invited (to a banquet)  invited (by God in the proclamation of the Gospel) to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom through Christ .  Called to the wedding feast of the Lamb .
Chosen  Greek: eklektos Elect, Elected, Election:  lit. signifies "picked out, chosen" (ek, "from," lego, "to gather, pick out"), and is used of
 Luk 12:49 ASV - I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
Greek: pur  Fire:    of the holiness of God, which consumes all that is inconsistent therewith, Hbr 10:27; 12:29; cp. Rev 1:14; 2:18; 10:1; 15:2; 19:12; similarly of the holy angels as His ministers, Hbr 1:7; in Rev 3:18 it is symbolic of that which tries the faith of saints, producing what will glorify the Lord;
 Luk 12:50 ASV - But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!             Baptism    Greek: baptisma Baptism, Baptist, Baptize:
"baptism," consisting of the processes of immersion, submersion and emergence (from bapto, "to dip"), is used  (a) of John's "baptism,"(b) of Christian "baptism," see B. below;
(c) of the overwhelming afflictions and judgments to which the Lord voluntarily submitted on the Cross, e.g., Luk 12:50;
(d) of the sufferings His followers would experience, not of a vicarious character, but in fellowship with the sufferings of their Master.
Straitened     Greek: sunecho  Anguish:
akin to A, No. 3, lit., "to hold together," is used physically of being held, or thronged, Luk 8:45; 19:43; 22:63; of being taken with a malady, Mat 4:24; Luk 4:38; Act 28:8; with fear, Luk 8:37; of being straitened or pressed in spirit, with desire, Luk 12:50; Act 18:5; Phl 1:23; with the love of Christ, 2Cr 5:14. In one place it is used of the stopping of their ears by those who killed Stephen.
Jesus is the pattern we are to follow ,  Jesus went to a physical cross ( Mercy ) and rose again, so we can die on our spiritual cross and rise with him to glory (Grace )     .   Jesus was the exact image of his father in character and his nature power and strength .    And he says that he has given to you everything necessary for Godly living .   
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.   
 Way     Greek: hodos Highway, Highwayside:
"a way, path, road," is rendered "highways" in Mat 22:10; Luk 14:23; in Mar 10:46, RV, "way side," AV, "highway side;" in Mat 22:9, the word is used with diexodoi ("ways out through"), and the phrase is rightly rendered in the RV, "the partings of the highways" (i.e., the crossroads), AV, "the highways."
Truth   Greek: aletheia  True, Truly, Truth:
where "the truth of God" may be "the truth concerning God" or "God whose existence is a verity;" but in Rom 15:8 "the truth of God" is indicative of His faithfulness in the fulfillment of His promises as exhibited in Christ; the word has an absolute force in Jhn 14:6; 17:17; 18:37, 38; in Eph 4:21, where the RV, "even as truth is in Jesus," gives the correct rendering, the meaning is not merely ethical "truth," but "truth" in all its fullness and scope, as embodied in Him; He was the perfect expression of the truth; this is virtually equivalent to His statement in Jhn 14:6;
Life    Greek: zoe    Life, Living, Lifetime, Life-Giving:
(Eng., "zoo," "zoology") is used in the NT "of life as a principle, life in the absolute sense, life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself, and which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself, Jhn 5:26, and which the Son manifested in the world, 1Jo 1:2. From this life man has become alienated in consequence of the Fall, Eph 4:18, and of this life men become partakers through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Jhn 3:15, who becomes its Author to all such as trust in Him, Act 3:15, and who is therefore said to be 'the life' of the believer, Col 3:4, for the life that He gives He maintains, Jhn 6:35, 63. Eternal life is the present actual possession of the believer because of his relationship with Christ, Jhn 5:24; 1Jo 3:14, and that it will one day extend its domain to the sphere of the body is assured by the Resurrection of Christ, 2Cr 5:4; 2Ti 1:10. This life is not merely a principle of power and mobility, however, for it has moral associations which are inseparable from it, as of holiness and righteousness. Death and sin, life and holiness, are frequently contrasted in the Scriptures.
Gen 1:26 ASV - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 ASV - And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Col 1:15 ASV - who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
Greek: eikon  Image:
of man as he was created as being a visible representation of God, 1Cr 11:7, a being corresponding to the original; the condition of man as a fallen creature has not entirely effaced the "image;" he is still suitable to bear responsibility, he still has Godlike qualities, such as love of goodness and beauty, none of which are found in a mere animal; in the Fall man ceased to be a perfect vehicle for the representation of God; God's grace in Christ will yet accomplish more than what Adam lost;

Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

                             
As Living Stones

  1 peter 4  AMP      Come to Him [the risen Lord] as to a living Stone which men rejected and threw away, but which is choice and precious in the sight of God. 5 You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen stone, a precious (honored) Cornerstone,
And he who believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will never be disappointed [in his expectations].

Mat 16:18 ASV - And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Peter = "a rock or a stone"  Jesus changed Peters name as to the revelation of what God had shown Peter .    If a man does not build his house , which is his body upon this great revelation the stone of redemption . He is building his house upon sand ,   Matt 7: 25-27

 In the end God is not coming to save our flesh it will go the way of the earth back to dirt.  God put a soul in that body and that is what Jesus has come for , to redeem your soul to save man kind from his old sinful nature.             Rom 8:3 ASV - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:      The word Image is so wonderful as to God had no body he was spirit and he created you in his Image .  So what is that Image  ,   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, this is the very nature of Jesus Christ .   The word name Onoma Greek  for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers:   It is not enough to just say his name    Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"                                      The word says in John 1    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:   That is why   when Jesus rose again he went to his disciples to show his power and for them to be a witness to his resurrection .   He said he would come again he was there to show them his resurrected body he died but is alive for evermore.                                 
He than spoke these words to them and to you and the whole creation even until the end of all things .               
  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;   this is what Jesus is speaking to his people today.
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.   Why is this not preached today in the church it is a commandment of Christ .  1Co 11:28 KJV - But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.  The bread is Christ his word and the cup is his blood his very nature his life is in the blood.
1Co 11:29 KJV - For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
1Co 11:30 KJV - For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1Co 11:31 KJV - For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
Mar 16:19 ASV - So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.     
                                    
Adam failed but God gave man kind a remedy for Adams disobedience because we are all born of Adam so we all naturally fall under Adams curse.  Jesus was sent as the last Adam ,  and was the pattern we are to follow the stone of redemption a precious stone .
Gen 1:27 ASV - And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.   So Jesus spoke that no man has seen God at any time save he the son of God I have seen him and know him . And Jesus said he came in his fathers Name .   He also speaks that God is a spirit and every one that worships God must worship God in Spirit and in Truth .   
 Greek: eikon  Image:    of Christ in relation to God, 2Cr 4:4, "the image of God," i.e., essentially and absolutely the perfect expression and representation of the Archetype, God the Father; in Col 1:15, "the image of the invisible God" gives the additional thought suggested by the word "invisible," that Christ is the visible representation and manifestation of God to created beings; the likeness expressed in this manifestation is involved in the essential relations in the Godhead, and is therefore unique and perfect; "he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father," Jhn 14:9.

1Pe 2:4 ASV - unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
1Pe 2:5 ASV - ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:6 ASV - Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
1Pe 2:7 ASV - For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
1Pe 2:8 ASV - and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  Live , lively       Greek: zao   Live:
"to live, be alive," is used in the NT of "
(a) God, Mat 16:16; Jhn 6:57; Rom 14:11;
(b) the Son in Incarnation, Jhn 6:57;
(c) the Son in Resurrection, Jhn 14:19; Act 1:3; Rom 6:10; 2Cr 13:4; Hbr 7:8;
(d) spiritual life, Jhn 6:57; Rom 1:17; 8:13; Gal 2:19, 20; Hbr 12:9;
(e) the present state of departed saints, Luk 20:38; 1Pe 4:6;
(f) the hope of resurrection, 1Pe 1:3;
(g) the resurrection of believers, 1Th 5:10; Jhn 5:25; Rev 20:4, and of unbelievers, Rev 20:5, cp. Rev 20:13;

Stones  Greek: lithos  metaphorically, of
(a) Christ, Rom 9:33; 1Pe 2:4,6,8;
(b) believers, 1Pe 2:5;
(c) spiritual edification by scriptural teaching, 1Cr 3:12;
(d) the adornment of the foundations of the wall of the spiritual and heavenly Jerusalem, Rev 21:19;
Rev 21:9 ASV - And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
Rev 21:10 ASV - And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
 Rev 21:11 ASV - having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:                                                                                                                                   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.
Jhn 1:4 ASV - In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jhn 1:5 ASV - And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Jhn 1:9 ASV - There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.