A Rewarder Of Them That Seek After Him.

This was written shortly after the U.S election of 2017   it was posted shortly after the election I wanted to go back again and read it and see the fruit of it today.    Matt 24 is still coming it is what Jesus spoke to us in his word .


             
   A stay of execution    by Michael Boldea Jr.

A stay of execution does not a pardon make. I realize that for the individual being walked up the gallows, feeling the rough noose slipping over his head and feeling it tighten around his neck the distinction is meaningless at best, but once he has had time to process, once he has had time to assess, once he has time to come to terms with the reality that he will live to see another sunrise, eventually, inevitably, he will be confronted with the unyielding reality that sooner or later the walk down the gallows will commence anew, and the feel of the tightening rope will once more be a reality.

What happened in America last night was a stay of execution. It was not a pardon. We must be very clear about this because I know as surely as I am sitting here that the voices will begin to chirp anew insisting that God has somehow forgiven a nation that never repented of its sins, and that He has somehow restored a nation that has never humbled itself. Just because we managed to dodge a protracted, painful, and pernicious suicide by political correctness last night, it does not mean that we have somehow come into fellowship with God anew as a nation.

It simply means that God has shown this nation grace, He has stayed its judgment for a season, and if true change is not evident beginning with the church and sweeping out from there, when next He weighs us, when next He will be called upon to once more decide whether He will stay our execution or allow judgment to be poured forth, we will be judged not only for what we are profoundly guilty of up until this point, but also for the season of grace we will have once again squandered from here on in.

Yes, I do believe last night was an act of sovereign grace. If this election had gone the other way, I am certain we would have been at war with Russia within six months of Madame Chairman Rodham being sworn in, and that the persecution against the household of faith would have been accelerated to a breakneck speed. ­­­

A merciful God has once more shown this nation mercy, and now it is up to us to decide what we will do with the mercy we’ve been given. It is up to us to decide what we will do with the reprieve and stay of execution that was handed down by the Judge of the Universe.

This is just the first of many critical moments we will have to face as a nation, and if you think it will be rainbows and kittens from here on in you are fooling yourself.

So, yes, take a second, breathe a sigh of relief, say a prayer of thanks, enjoy the sunshine on your face, but then roll up your sleeves and get to work. Not tonight, not tomorrow, not next week, not whenever we get around to it and we have nothing left on our agenda.

The countdown clock has already started ticking, and in what will seem like the blink of an eye this nation’s case will once more be up for review. What we do from this point to that will determine whether we still have a future, and whether our stay of execution will once more be extended.

Do I believe that we’ve avoided judgment altogether? No, I do not, but the best we could have ever hoped for was a reprieve, a delay, a season of grace wherein we could return to the purity of simply being about our Father’s business and preaching Jesus unashamedly once more.

We have so much work to do, and time is shorter than we might think.

With love in Christ,


Michael Boldea Jr.




  I believe it is very important to realize that no man can save America or the world.     God can use individuals to accomplish his plans as to the  bring about his will.  Israel had wicked Kings over them in that time  , God always had his way with them also.  Only by the spirit of God can a man be saved , can a man know what is that perfect will of God in their life .  God created man to love him back to see his compassion and his great mercy for those that truly love him .         Heb 11:6 ASV - And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.


 Mar 12:29 ASV - Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:
 Greek: heis  One:
"one" in contrast to many, e.g., Mat 25:15; Rom 5:18, RV, "(through) one (trespass)," i.e., Adam's transgression, in contrast to the "one act of righteousness," i.e., the death of Christ (not as AV, "the offense of one," and "the righteousness of one");
Eph 2:15 ASV - having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;
 Mar 15:38 KJV - And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Heb 10:20 ASV - by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Man has a veil between him and God , that is to say his flesh being born of Adam and his curse ,  Jesus dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;   That is why Jesus says we must pick up our cross and follow him .  Crucify the deeds of our flesh we no longer live to the dictates our flesh  .
  
 2Co 4:7 ASV - But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
2Co 4:8 ASV - we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
2Co 4:9 ASV - pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
2Co 4:10 ASV - always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
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.

   John 15         I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.   Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. 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.
   

Dieing To Bear Fruit

                   



Jhn 12:24 ASV - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.    Jesus is that seed here and he is speaking of the physical and the spiritual .    He preached this truth for three years , his words were his very life on this earth .  He said the very words I speak they are of the father working through me.                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 seed of promise we must follow him to know the way , and his word is from the father so his gospel is the words of life .  If we are to enter in to his kingdom we must believe he has the words of life .     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:    Jesus was sowing his seed of his father ,  and every one that believe
Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jhn 1:14 ASV - And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
Jhn 14:7 ASV - If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Jhn 14:10 ASV - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.
The word says that Jesus started his ministry at thirty years of age  Luk 3:23 ASV - And Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,   and he went to his cross at thirty three .  The number three in bible numerics Divine perfection and Thirty is Maturity and Thirty Three is The Promise . Joseph , David and John the baptist were all thirty at the time of their ministry .   
 
Eph 4:4 ASV - There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
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;      The church does not believe this truth ,  now this word says that Jesus himself gave these gifts to his church .  Men have inserted non biblical teachings to Gods word. They have changed the truth for a lie ,  From the beginning of Jesus ministry to the end of the book of revelations . Men have change the truth of Gods word some with great intention to deceive and than the ignorant that follow them and further the error of their doings .           Men that are guilty of usurping authority over the church with out Gods calling.    A pastor that is call to oversee the people of God  his sheep  must have that gift that only Christ gives.
Eph 4:7 ASV - But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Eph 4:11 ASV - And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;


 Starting from the beginning to today what is the main cause of this error ,   not believing the words of Jesus !      Christ gospel is the foundation of all faith and faith is believing Christ is the son of God and his words are absolute .  Nicodemus was a learned man in his day a teacher  of the Law well versed in all things of the Law a doctor of the Law.     But Jesus was greater than the law he was the fulfilling of the law .        Jhn 1:17 ASV - For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.   God sending his own son in our likeness carnal flesh ,   to abolish the curse of Adam over the whole creation of man kind.  The Law was never intended to last it was sent to revel the weakness of man and how they really needed a savoir .  The same God that created the heavens and the earth Adam and Eve and all his created world . Became a man in the likeness of Jesus Christ and nullified the Law he gave to Moses and instituted a new Law .          Phl 2:6 KJV - Who, being in the Form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:                    Col 2:9 ASV - for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,   Form Greek   morphe is therefore properly the nature or essence, not in the abstract, but as actually subsisting in the individual, and retained as long as the individual itself exists.... Thus in the passage before us morphe Theou is the Divine nature actually and inseparably subsisting in the Person of Christ  it includes the whole nature and essence of Deity, and is inseparable from them, since they could have no actual existence without it.
  Rom 12    And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  I ask the Lord how can I renew my mind Lord , he reveled it was his word through obedience his word will renew our mind .  Having the mind of Christ   , 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.    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.

  Christ being a flesh man was Gods pattern for us to follow ,  a type and shadow of things to come.   God told the children when they come into their promise land the first of the dough of the bread they make is to him it is offered to God as a heave offering.        The word heave means to lift up   ,    Numbers 15: 19-21
 Twelve loaves representing the twelve apostles the bread representing the gospel the unleavened bread of Jesus Christ.    The true gospel ,  Jesus was making reference to that fact when he said to eat his flesh and drink his blood  .      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.
The part that is missing in the whole of Gods commandant is conveniently explained away by men not called of God .               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
2Ti 3:5 ASV - holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.re spiritually judged.
 Jesus said           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.   There is only one way unto God Jesus Christ is that door unto the kingdom.   All roads do not lead to God.  this is why I have brought the truth of the bread , the shew bread of the pattern shown to Moses on the mount.   The light on the shew bread is Jesus he is the unleavened bread of life .   Jhn 6:35 ASV - Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Jhn 6:33 ASV - For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Jhn 10:2 ASV - But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Jhn 10:3 ASV - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Jhn 10:12 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:
  The missing part is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Jesus spoke many times of this truth , the promise of the father to the true believer .  Now the average church today preaches another gospel other than the book of Acts 2 .  This was the beginning of the New testament church ,  there were signs following these New testament people they waited for the promise and it came .      Jhn 15:26 ASV - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
Jhn 15:27 ASV - and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
You must be filled with Gods spirit there is an absolute experience for you today , a filling up of his spirit .  The church as a whole does not teach this because they do not have it themselves.                                 
1Co 2:12 ASV - But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 ASV - Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.
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.
1Co 2:15 ASV - But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.
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;   Here is where the organized church decides what to keep and what to throw out ,   some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers .  The word above says that Jesus gave these gift to different men severally as he willed .   For the perfecting of the saints .
Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
Greek: didaskalos  Doctor:    a teacher (from didasko, "to teach"), cp. didaskalia, "teaching, doctrine, instruction," is translated "doctors
 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.
Jhn 12:26 ASV - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
Mat 13:22 ASV - And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Mat 13:23 ASV - And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.    
Seed: Greek: sperma akin to speiro, "to sow" (Eng., "sperm," "spermatic," etc.), has the following usages,    of spiritual offspring, Rom 4:16, 18; 9:8; here "the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed" points, firstly, to Isaac's birth as being not according to the ordinary course of nature but by Divine promise, and, secondly, by analogy, to the fact that all believers are children of God by spiritual birth; Gal 3:29.       1Jo 3:9 KJV - Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Mat 13:37 ASV - And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Mat 13:38 ASV - and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
Mat 13:39 ASV - and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
Mat 13:40 ASV - As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.
Mat 13:41 ASV - The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
Mat 13:43 ASV - Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
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.    This very word that God spoke to us through his son will judge man in the end.     Revelations 22 says do not take away from this word or add to it or you will be judged by it .
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.     These signs shall follow those that truly believe .         Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.   All the World to the whole creation  Father God is still creating as this world remains ! souls are still wanting , in need of a savoir .
Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.    Rom 6 explains what this baptism will do for those that believe you have a cross to beaar friend.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mar 16:19 ASV - So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Mar 16:20 ASV - And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.   Signs   Greek: semeion  Miracle:
"a sign, mark, token" (akin to semaino, "to give a sign;" sema, "a sign"), is used of "miracles" and wonders as signs of Divine authority;

Walking in Sonship

 The word Christian is what I want to focus on first ,         Greek: christianos
 It is more than being a christian  ,  God is calling us to become his children disciples of Christ.

"Christian," a word formed after the Roman style, signifying an adherent of Jesus, was first applied to such by the Gentiles and is found in Act 11:26; 26:28; 1Pe 4:16.    "The vulgar call them Christians. The author or origin of this denomination, Christus, had, in the reign of Tiberius, been executed by the Procurator, Pontius Pilate"  From the second century onward the term was accepted by believers as a title of honor.
   Act 11:26 ASV - and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
 Act 26:28 ASV - And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
1Pe 4:16 ASV - but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.
 If a man be a follower of Christ and professes the Lordship of Jesus ,  The word says Rom 10:9 ASV - because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:   This verse is used a lot  and it is so true but there are two absolutes here as to be saved.  Confess with your Mouth and believe in your heart .  Jesus said if you will confess me before men I will confess you before my father .
Greek: homologeo  Confess, Confession:
 I also confess before My Father...," conveys the thought of "confessing" allegiance to Christ as one's Master and Lord, and, on the other hand, of acknowledgment, on His part, of the faithful one as being His worshipper and servant, His loyal follower; this is appropriate to the original idea in homologeo of being identified in thought or language.t., "to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with,
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 1:18 ASV - having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,   Saints Greek: hagios
Holiness, Holy, Holily:          It is used of men and things in so far as they are devoted to God. Indeed the quality, as attributed to God, is often presented in a way which involves Divine demands upon the conduct of believers. These are called hagioi, "saints," i.e., "sanctified" or "holy" ones.     This sainthood is not an attainment, it is a state into which God in grace calls men; yet believers are called to sanctify themselves (consistently with their calling, 2Ti 1:9), cleansing themselves from all defilement, forsaking sin, living a "holy" manner of life, 1Pe 1:15; 2Pe 3:11, and experiencing fellowship with God in His holiness. The saints are thus figuratively spoken of as "a holy temple,  Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;  

Eph 1:19 ASV - and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
Eph 1:21 ASV - far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
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:         Greek: teknon  Child, Children  
"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   God , light etc           This word children here signifies we are not children of the world any longer but Children of God .  And if we are his children than Jesus is that example we live by he is that life giving spirit .  The word name is very important here also ,  it is not just saying the name is manifesting that name in our life's name in Greek Onoma the character the nature the very authority all that his name implies is our strength .  And Jesus said behold I give you power over all the power of Satan and nothing shall in any way harm you.   To them gave he the right to become Children of God, even to them that believe on his name: 
Listen folks this is the word of God to his called out ones his true church ,  this is what Jesus meant when he said if you love me you will obey my commandants ,  why do you call me Lord Lord and do not what I say .   
The very door that Jesus speaks about in     Luk 13:23 ASV - And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them,
Luk 13:24 ASV - Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.   Who are the many here
Luk 13:25 ASV - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;
Luk 13:26 ASV - then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;
Luk 13:27 ASV - and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.  Whence Greek pothen       of origin or source: from what author or giver .   Jesus is saying here I do not know you who you are ! I do not know from whose house you are from  .     If we are not born again as Jesus told Nicodemus you cannot enter in to the kingdom of God , Jesus is saying apart from the wonderful gifts he has given the church their is more he desires from you he desires to have a relationship with you . If you do not take the time to get alone with him and listen for his voice , go into your closet and block out the world and minister to Jesus .   Jhn 15:6 ASV - If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Jhn 15:7 ASV - If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Jhn 15:8 ASV - Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.
Mat 7:20 ASV - Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Mat 7:21 ASV - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 ASV - Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
Mat 7:23 ASV - And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.     Please understand God is calling his church his children to come and dine with him around his throne .    Eph 5:25 ASV - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Eph 5:26 ASV - that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
Eph 5:27 ASV - that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

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.

Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.     We were born of the blood of Adam the will of his flesh   the will of man a natural man born of the curse of Adam .    This verse is telling us that we must be born again  Born of God .    This verse is telling us we must lose our identity with this world and take on the very Nature of our savior.  Listen friends salvation is a life time of obedience to this word . 
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.   To come unto God and be saved you must become that living sacrifice ,   on that cross Jesus spoke about so often about death to our carnal nature
Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.     The battle here in this world today is for your minds , the armor of God gives a helmet of salvation .                                      Eph 6:10 ASV - Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
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 6:13 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.  
The warfare is for our souls but Jesus has given us the power to over come to stand in that day victorious in the might of his word and the power of his blood .
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.
For you that are not sure if you truly have the Holy Spirit abiding in you . It all starts with opening the to door Jesus , he stands at the door of your heart and is knocking and if any man open that door Jesus says he will come into him and sup with him and he with me .
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?
Its not the spirit of the world the church today promise you !    It is the spirit of God the father coming to abide in you.

Walking Out Of The Fire

              

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:      This fire is the cleansing the power of God in our life's bring us to a an absolute place of surrender to this truth .   John baptized Jesus and it say's  immediately the Spirit of God drove Jesus into the wilderness .                There is time in every mans life where God really does become your Lord and he requires you to come to a place of obedience . A man of the flesh a natural man cannot possibly know the will of God in his life when he lives a life in the world and the dictates of his flesh .  Jesus says Many are Called but few are chosen . Chosen for what and to do what  ?              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 worshipers.
Jhn 4:24 ASV - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
What the church must realize is Jesus died for the purpose of every one believing in him to be filled with the spirit of God .  I know the difference of the feel good gospel and the true gospel .  To know the will of God in your life will cost you everything you have in this world .                            Lot and his wife in Sodom were living in that world of hopelessness and anguish .   Yet they just could not pull themselves out of Sodom something held them there .   They were so bound to there life in Sodom it says when the Angels came they hesitated they moped around the dwelling and could not make that decision to leave . The Angels said you must go now this city is soon to be destroyed with FIRE !  You must read this passage again and realize the shadow of the truth is also about people today . Jesus said when you see that day approaching do not go down to retrieve anything but go up on the mountain .   They were so torn by the lust of their life style they could not go.  The Angels had to forcefully take their hands and pull them out of Sodom , tear them out of their home and worldly Sodom.  
      Gen 19:29 ASV - And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.       Gods mercy for Abraham and his plea for Lot , if there be one righteous person in Sodom will you destroy Sodom ,  There is none righteous no not one .  
john 14    And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be With You For Ever ! ,   even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall Be In You.
Luk 3:17 ASV - whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Greek: ptuon  Fan:   denotes "a winnowing shovel or fan," with which grain is thrown up against the wind, in order to separate the chaff, Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17.
Threshing Floor Greek: halon   "a threshing-floor," is so translated in Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17, RV (AV, "floor"), perhaps by metonymy for the grain.   
Greek: achuron  Chaff:
"chaff, the stalk of the grain from which the kernels have been beaten out, or the straw broken up by a threshing machine," is found in Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17.
Greek: diakathairo  Purge:    "to cleanse thoroughly," is translated "will throughly purge" in Luk 3:17, AV (RV, "thoroughly to cleanse;
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;  of the Divine judgment, testing the deeds of believers, at the judgment seat of Christ, 1Cr 3:13, 15;
Jesus spoke to Peter and said that satan had ask for you to sift you like wheat .                 Luk 22:31 ASV - Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: 
Luk 22:32 ASV - but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.   but I have prayed [especially] for you [Peter], that your faith [and confidence in Me] may not fail; and you, once you have turned back again [to Me], strengthen and support your brothers [in the faith . Jesus did not pray that he be spared from the sifting but that he be made stronger in his faith by going through that experience .  1Pe 4:12 ASV - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:
Luk 22:34 ASV - And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. 

 Peter said he was ready to die for Christ but when the time came and Jesus knew he would deny him.   It was inexperience in Peter ,    that absolute faith in actual living and walking in Gods word .     Jesus said once you have repented and walk in the humility of true faith than go and strengthen  you brothers .       Just as you and I must go through the fire of  Gods word it will teach us and cleanse us and purge us of everything that does no conform us to this glorious truth.             
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:    To be totally submerged in water and in the fire of the Holy Ghost .    Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Jesus went into a tomb under the earth and water Baptism is that type and shadow of the Lords 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;  This is not another doctrine this the the word of God the true gospel .
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;    
    1 Cor 15        For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Peter was with the one hundred and twenty when they were filled with the Holy Ghost , and on that same day Peter stood up full of the Holy Ghost  and convicted the people with his word unto salvation .                  Act 2:36 ASV - Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.
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?    Pricked    Greek: katanusso Prick (Verb):  primarily, "to strike or prick violently, to stun," is used of strong emotion, in Act 2:37 (Passive Voice), "they were pricked (in their heart)."  Rom 11:8.        2Co 7:10 ASV - For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.      
Greek: metanoia  Repent, Repentance:  "afterthought, change of mind, repentance    "repentance" from sin,    the mercy of God in giving "repentance" or leading men to it is set forth 
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.  Every One Of You not some of you every one must be baptized     

 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. God is still calling people to this promise
 Repent and be baptized and you SHALL !  receive the gift of the Holy Ghost .   My dear brothers if you have not had this experience the power of Gods spirit , being filled with his spirit just as the days of Acts . This never stopped as some have said , God is pouring his spirit out upon people every day .   In mark 16 the very words of Jesus went out unto the whole world and even today his words are going forth , to the broken contrite hearts of men crying out to God for salvation .  And Jesus himself says Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.  This is every soul that the Lord our God shall call the whole creation , souls are still being born upon this earth and God is still creating his handy work .  Jesus said He was the sower sowing the seeds of his fathers word .     He that hath ears, let him hear.        Mat 13:23 ASV - And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.    Your heart is the key here God is after our hearts .

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.             Doubt and unbelief  , apostasy in the church .      Jesus said he was the only true Sheppard of the sheep .     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.    Only one true Gospel this one that Jesus preached  , he was anointed to bring this great salvation to mankind .                                                                                                               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,      There is only one gospel and this is the fathers word to us The good tidings the good news .                                  

Peter said to Repent and be Baptized ,  it is about your cross and and putting to death your old man ! you carnal flesh Jesus said you must pick up your cross and follow me .       It is all based upon the wheat and the chaff , the wheat being the good seed falling into the good ground which is your heart .   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.   The cross is an instrument of suffering ,  the threshing floor the chaff from the Wheat ,  the chaff being your carnal fleshly life every that that does not conform to the word of righteousness .  Adam was only a living soul .But Jesus was a Life giving spirit      So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became 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.    Adam disobeyed Gods commandant not to eat from the tree of Good and Evil , God cursed Adam and his offspring we were all born from Adam and under his curse .  And Jesus became that life giving spirit ,  he is the Last Adam . That is where the word reconciliation is applied to you and I . You cannot be reconciled to something you were never a part of in the past , The word says you were called from the foundation of the world God knew you from the beginning of time.  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.   Through his blood and his sacrifice he is the only way into the kingdom of God .  Jesus reconciled you back to God his father because your fleshly father Adam lost your inheritance to Gods eternal life , Jesus was the last Adam and he is your reconciliation unto the father and eternal life .
  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;  6 verse  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;   

 Heb 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.      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.
    I spoke earlier of when Jesus was speaking of the gift of the holy Ghost being given and it all hinged upon his death on the cross .  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:    I believe the revelation here is that Jesus is saying with out the Holy Ghost living in you and abiding in you . You cannot discern the power of Gods work in your life .
 1Co 2:10 ASV - But unto us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.    
1Co 2:11 ASV - For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 ASV - But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.
Jhn 14:16 ASV - And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
Jhn 14:17 ASV - even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
Jhn 14:18 ASV - I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.
2Co 1:22 ASV - who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Eph 1:13 ASV - in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 4:30 ASV - And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
 Dan 3:17 ASV - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
Dan 3:23 ASV - And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Dan 3:24 ASV - Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spake and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
Dan 3:25 ASV - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
The only thing that burned on Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego was the bonds that held them fast in the furnace . But it says that as they looked upon them they were up and walking in the fiery furnace untouched by the fire and walking with Jesus .    The bonds that held Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego  was the only thing that burned  in the fire.         The very thing that will bind us up is sin and the lust of our flesh the very works of our flesh.   The cross Jesus speaks of is that very instrument that will put to death our old carnal man and bring about life everlasting .  
And we shall come walking out of the fire by the purging of our spirit ,  being purified as gold holy and except able unto God which is our reasonable service Rom 12-1
Dear friend I am not selling another Gospel another doctrine or even a religion .     The love of God compels us to love all mankind , mark 16 is that truth and power to over come . If some of you have this word operating in you now praise God  .
2Pe 1:4 ASV - whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
2Pe 1:5 ASV - Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 ASV - and in your knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patience; and in your patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 ASV - and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love.
2Pe 1:8 ASV - For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.