Mastering the Message

Mastering the Message

Oct 25-26

1 Peter 1:15-16;
Romans 12:1-2;
1 Peter 2:9

The message this week spells out the mission of the everyday believer. Live as the Scripture describes! The only hitch is that this mandate is impossible; at least to all who walk after the flesh; whatever that means! Those who do walk in any measure of the goal of Righteousness do so only by miraculously permitting the life of God to walk through their carnal bodies. The thing that the giving of Torah did, was only to prove that no one could really live this way by obeying an external law. The Jewish people tried unsuccessfully for nearly eight hundred years. Torah it self provided a loop hole, by ceremonially removing all guilt for disobedience on the day of "covering" also called the day of Atonement. During this day, participants in the ceremonies experienced At-One-ment. This process removed the sins from the previous year. The blood of the Sacrificial heifer on the mercy seat was accepted as a fair exchange before God for all miss-deeds and the people who participated in the ceremonies experienced a just as if I never did it kind of covering of all sin. It would seem to me that a better way of dealing with the sin problem would be to never do the deed. This could be effected by living according to the Law. Once again seemingly impossible. There was a way… after Jesus came and exchanged his blood for the blood of a heifer. He did live the law for a whole life time by permitting the law to live within his own body. When one permitted the "law"to walk through their own lives, then a person really could keep these impossible 636 commandments. Ezekiel also described exchanging this process. He spoke of exchanging this heart of stone with a heart of Flesh.

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1 Peter 1:15-16

15 But as he which has called you is holy, so be yourselves holy in all manner of lifestyle;

16 Because it is written, Be yourselves holy; for I am holy.

This process of being called describes a person who was walking along their life; possibly minding their own business, and surprise; they hear their name. The voice calling their name is not of this world. One gets the feeling that there is something very eerie a stir! The effect of this call is to forever change nearly everything in their whole life. Before ...Everything looked one way! After… everything looked another way! The difference is this thing called Holiness. An uncomfortable term, Holiness describes the process of setting a special dish aside only for special occasions. The item would signify something different and a part; To be used for a special day, an event, some visitor! Only then would it be HOLY!

The primary emphasis of most North American believers about this topic, is the challenge of walking after the spirit and not after the Flesh. Noah bore three sons. The first, Shem in the original Hebrew implies Spiritual, or spirit. His descendants have given the world most of the major religions. The second, Japheth connotes the mind. Most of the worlds sciences have come form these descendants. The third son, Ham, in the Hebrew refers to the flesh, or the body. From this group athletics is excelled. There is more likely a concern with physical conditioning and this sphere pre-eminent. No one is to be judged based upon the gifts and callings of another. The only responsibility any one has is to fulfill the call of holiness for his own self.

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Romans 12:1-2

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

This verse was the first verse that I learned in the path to let a scripture speak to me. I used the 20-20-20 method. This method of studying scripture reads the scripture over and over for twenty minutes out loud if necessary. The next twenty minutes a person simply thinks over this same scripture. The third twenty are spent writing down the numerous thoughts a person has in the process of thinking of the scripture. Taken in combination the process directs the body and mind to the scripture and the scripture alone for understanding. This sequence is repeated over and over for several days and after the week the seven pages are combined to write a single coherent thought. To me, the result was striking! It revolutionized my understanding of scripture. It also transformed, in a word, my viewpoint of the spiritual life.

Every day present your body a living sacrifice! First present! An action command verb. As in Just Do IT. Living as opposed to dead. Most present something that was obtained in the past. Living would be present!. Living in the Now! How many live in the past or in the hopeful, but not promised future. No - In the Now is all you have! In this time line of life we can only go foreword or back in our mind. One is memory the other is simply a dream. A living sacrifice is required. Living by the mercies of God, certainly not an easy path because it implies living on the strength of another not on our own strength. A competent person would much rather rely on his own strength. He would greatly prefer to contribute something to the operation as opposed to entering as a beggar. This is Really not comfortable! This sacrifice must be Holy. Remembering from the paragraph above Holy means separated to God. Living for God in a World that does not like or respect this God you are revering, also not a pretty picture. The picture is more likely to procure the Scorn of the world about. This is also not Comfortable. As it turns out the only thing that God accepts is something that is wholly his. Acceptance would be the very thing that the world’s scorn denies. Many a heart desires this more than anything. Acceptability implies an end to Rejection, another huge stumbling block for many who would otherwise accept the Gospel story!

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1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Chosen implies a consent. In this process of walking the message God seems to operate in a by invitation only posture. He comes into a life of a person only when there is an invitation. This precludes intervention because of need. The invitation can easily be made on the part of an interested third party, as in the case of the calling of Paul the Apostle. History has however demonstrated that this example is not the norm. more frequently a person tells another about the fact of salvation, and the hearer asks the Lord to come into his heart. Thereby is the invitation made, accepted and the choosing completed.

This royal priesthood is another matter. The process of permitting Jesus to indwell a heart also merits all of the other rights that Jesus earned. These include regality and priesthood. The reality of Jesus becomes so magnified that the person is enabled to do a measure of the works of Jesus. Again this quality is by mutual consent where the person actually believes the process is taking place. Jesus rules and reigns in the heavenly realm. The person is empowered to rule in his realm of influence as well. The person is likewise empowered to offer prayers and sacrifices for his realm of influence. It is said that a boy never leaves the shadow of the prayers of a caring mother! She is exercising the role of priesthood in these situations.

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heart law

Psalms 40:8 I delight to do your will, O my God: yes, your law is within my heart.
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Three Sons

Ge 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Judged

Lu 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

By this we realize that a person will only be required to answer for those things that were committed to him.

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heart desires

Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
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Flesh

Walk after the spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

Ro 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Ro 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Ro 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Ro 8:9 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

because the Flesh and the Spirit war with each other; one will prevail or the other will take precedence. Either way they are mutually exclusive.

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Stony Heart Becomes Heart of Flesh

Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

The prophet of old pictured a very impossible thing. A hard hearted person becoming a tender hearted person. Such a picture! What makes a person become hard hearted, only hard things! Ever hear of the person who needed a yes but everywhere he looked he only got a no! After a succession of these things

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Chosen Generation Matthew 22:14

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
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Calling of Paul - Acts 9:3

Acts 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

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Greater Works

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
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Identification

Identifying with the Humanity of Jesus

Oct 11-12

2Cor 8:9;
Heb 10:5-7

1Pet 2:24

He Was There For Me

The most common description of friendship in these times: He was there for me! What more can be said of a friend than, Were brothers! He's from the Hood! We go way back! In a word...Identification This is a feeling that is so hard to put in words. This is lifestyle Christianity. We take it out of the books, forget the sermons, bible studies, and all that is in the head. Instead this lesson deals with where we live! In out heart. It concerns it self with he bile that comes up at times of danger, real or imagined! How do we really respond when the heat is on. Do we run away from the truth? Do we lock up and loose all words? Do we sink into the arms of the Lord and let him defend us? What really happens in the nitty gritty times? These questions arise as we transform ourselves from the level of superficial Sunday go to church Christians into Deeply felt reflex level believers!

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2Cor 8:9

9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

The heart of a giver is that giving where one gives from the riches of his own personal treasury. This word Grace, meaning so often "church-skewed" and given a definition or no definition at all. The usual one way out of context with it's use anywhere else in the world. This verse accurately illustrates it's misuse! One of the definitions given by Merriam Webster is that certain feeling one gets when a very rich person gives a large sum of money to someone who could never repay. That overwhelming feeling one gets who receives such gift we call Grace! The humble act of giving where the giver makes no pretense or show at the time of giving also is called Grace Both the giver and the recipient experience Grace!

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Heb 10:5-7

5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he said, Sacrifice and offering thou would not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

7 ¶ Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

I will do thy will! How many have claimed the Promise ... All things will work out to the Good. 1.Qualification Love God 2.Called according to your purpose (in a word God's Will!) This is quite a nice promise, but the qualifications call for "Doing God's Will

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1Pet 2:24

24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

Time to get out the "exacto knife" and do some cutting. This is a verse that has been "spiritualized" more than most others. At the point of this verse does much of Christianity began to divide. The road to "Radical and Fringe goes one way and the path to nominal Christianity turns the other. In the Late forties and the early fifties of the last century a group of about fifty ministers and evangelists formed a group of loosely knit affiliates who decided to believe that this scripture did apply to today. Most of those have passed from this world by 2008 but the various works and institutions that they founded has formed the backbone of the "Charismatic Renewal" as it is called. They along with some groups formed after the "Azisua Street Revival" beginning in Los Angeles around 1904 and continuing approximately seven years have spread the basic tenant of their thoughts and faith around the world. There has been no movement since the reformation that has had as much of a broad impact on the face of Christianity. Currently the groups that propose "hetero-glosia" as a central tenant of their faith constitute approximately one third of all peoples who claim Christianity as their faith. Second on their list of basic precepts it the belief that "Who his own self in his own body " is actually a present reality for today. Many of the more extreme believers claim that He is the same Yesterday Today and Forever I can not question the veracity of the verse, but do think that the context of the other verses lead one to think the writer of Hebrews was not expecting the reader to "Force God to respond to their requests and demands" simply because He did so in another time and place. Another scripture leads one to believe that all things are possible to him who believes, Once again it is a specific time place circumstance (rhema) word of faith as compared to a (logos) any time, any where, any body, word of faith. It is on this distinction that many who think that they are "Believing" the Bible or the "Believing in" theLord get deceived. Each person has to get the faith understanding for the specific time place and situation for himself. Sadly pastors and other Christian leaders can not really see into a persons heart. So it is hard to find out what the person is actually believing. It is on the miss diagnosed understanding that many have "failed to be Healed." The pastor may have actually believed the person would be healed. The person however must also carry his half of the 'Mercy Seat" in order to actually see the manifest presence of God's healing! In other words both of the two persons praying must believe the same thing and base the belief on a written scripture in order for the "miracle" of answered prayer to take place. It is possible for a person to pray and believe the prayer for healing but he must also deal with the physical discomfort caused by the affliction or disease. iGenerally it is harder for a person to see the 'Miracle of Answered Prayer" when praying for himself. Also it is easier for a person who is not experiencing the hurt to "unselfishly" The best motive for any prayer is to give the glory to God! This is another thought that is "Churchified" and thereby given a meaning not extant in normal conversation within the culture at large.

On the thought of identification with Christ we need to come back together. We must not be separated by specific understandings of this scripture or that scripture. No one is big enough to know and understand every scripture in the Bible. We all must simply start where we are. If one finds himself in a group that believe the verse one way, he should accept that understanding then put the shoulder to the plow and do the work of the vision of the pastor in their fellowship. Even if he has experienced understanding or faith in a precept that the pastor does not accept he must have patience with the pastor. To cause distress for others is only to plant the seeds of the sin of Sedition and in time will cause many to stumble. A more effective path of action is to privately share the faith and understanding with he pastor. If this is a new concept to him the pastor will listen and try to understand. He realizes that he does not know everything either. On the other hand he may suggest another pastor and fellowship who understands this verse the way you understand it and ask you to seek for specific guidance from the Lord. In the mean time continue to participate in the life of the fellowship and learn all possible from the pastor as he has studied much of the scripture and has understandings that you will benefit by learning.
By way of example Beverly Lewis describes the subject as it played out in the mid fifties. the Amish began to understand salvation in a new way. some of these wrestled with his new experience of "Knowing God!" Some gravitated to the Mennonite fellowship who shared a slightly less severe understanding of come out from among them than the Amish. As Revival began to break out among these people, there existed great stress and a challenge of beliefs. It is a delicate thing to expand the tenants of a group of believers. I personally ting that this is a job not for the lay person, the pastor or the governing board. Instead Scripture indicates that the church is founded on the apostles and prophets. (missionaries with preachers witnessing the new doctrine.) More harm is doesn't to believers and to the fellowship by those who stubbornly cling to the "truth" but at the same time divide the body. Christ, the true apostle has a way of identifying a portion of scripture that he wants to emphasize at a given time. He generally "broadcasts" the truth to many across the broad spectrum of the body of Christ. The last couple of years He has been emphasizing the Blessed life! This is not a new concept. It is however a portion of scripture that has been overlooked. Church leaders across the country have begun to emphasis this concept spontaneously and independently; each from his own paradigm of thought. If these had resisted the message undoubtedly a new denomination would have sprung up led by a man who thought this message was paramount. He over time would have spawned new churches and given time a denomination of Blessed life-ers would have begun to populate the landscape! This has been the pattern through out the generations. Look at the second baptism cloud! They believed that one should believe before baptism, They originally were called the Ana-Baptists or another baptism Group. They were fueled by persecution of both the Catholic Church (as well as other "Liturgical" groups) and the Governments that were offended by their "Faith and Understanding of Scripture!" The Government objected to the lack of tax revenue as the government had co-opted the church baptismal rolls to count the heads for purposes of taxation. The challenge then was who owned and therefore should the children , the parents, the church, or the state! Some how we still feel the cut of this challenge!

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I call you Friend

You did it to me

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You did it to me     Mathew 25:42-45

42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

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I call you Friend
John 15:15

John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant know not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
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What is a reflex level Christian?

Introduce... I have never heard of that

Recognize... Let's see I think that I have seen that before

Remember...Short term memory "I remember that the other day"

Remember...Long term Memory "Oh yes, I know that"

Memorize ...Reflex the information sinks into the subconscious where: memory takes place with out conscious thinking

We are hoping to move this thought "Jesus Saves" from the head down eight inches to the Heart! Only when our normal thoughts drift over to the friendship we have with Jesus do we begin to experience this Salvation!

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Transform
Romans 12:1-2

1 ¶ I beg you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Paul thinks that it is reasonable to present your own body to the Lord and that in the process of presenting you are transformed. He finds three levels of entering into God's will. One that is Good one that is one that is acceptable and finally one that is perfect or complete

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Mutual
Matthew 22:12

Matthew 22:12 And he said unto him, Friend, how did you came in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Jesus by his words establishes a definition for fellowship. This definition implies that each party needs to contribute. In the case of the man in the parable the contribution was merely to make himself ready.The spiritual counterpart is: to put on "godliness." Dressing appropriately is an entry requirement for the Spiritual Feast. The essence of the parable is that the actions of a believer do matter. The implication of the story is that each party needs to contribute something of value and of cost.

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Identification
John 17:21

21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

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The Monkey Is On his Back

Isaiah 53:3-11
If He took it on his back then ... Is it just for two to pay the price for the same sin?

Isaiah 53:3-11

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 ¶ Surely he hath borne our grief, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD 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 the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

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Heb 13:8

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
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All Things

Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

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Unselfishly
James 4:3

James 4:3 You ask, and receive not, because you ask a miss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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Come out from among them

2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Re 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
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Apostles and Prophets
Ephesians 2:20

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

This delicate dev elopement of a new understanding like Luther's introduction that the "just should live by faith" not by works to the Roman Catholic Church slowly moves the entire body of Christ into a new and fuller understanding of the Truth of Scriptures. The revelation is already in the scripture but simply not understood by the body of Christ at the time.

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Blessed Life

Deuteronomy 28:1-15

1 ¶ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
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Children

Psalms 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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All things work out to the Good --- Promise
Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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A New and Living Covenant --- Sacrifice For Sin

Hebrews 10:16

16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

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The only way the exchange could be made was for Jesus to come into the earth in PERSON, The letter To the Hebrew Christians blasts any argument against the truth Jesus came in the Flesh and by same identified with Us!

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Interpreting the Incarnation

Interpreting the Incarnation

Oct 4-5, 2008

John 3:13-16;John 8:58;2

Corinthians 5:21;

1Pet 2:22

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Introduction

These scriptures and the concept this lesson considers compares the spiritual and the carnal (or earthly.) How did Jesus become "True God And True Man?" Because we are firmly grounded on earth some mysteries remain and reserved to the Lord. Several of the Epistles were written to deal with he false Gnostic. These false teachers asserted spiritual items were intrinsically good, but that carnal members were essentially bad or evil. These ideas ignore that passage in Genesis that God Pronounced the creation "Good" and at the end Very Good! This teaching had two separate but related conclusions. The first pictured Jesus as either not a true incarnation but instead an apparition, kind of a Ghost! To their thinking, if He was real and physical then he could not, by their definition be "Perfect." Either side of this error excluded Jesus as a possible Messiah. The second conclusion ruled that since the flesh was essentially evil, a just God could not condemn a man for what was done in the flesh. This thought denied responsibility for all sin. Over time, this resulted in a class of "sensual Christians" who had no restraint on physical desires; particularly sexual activities. Either error had the effect of nullifying the Gospel for their time. The primary reason that Jesus incarnation must remain of prime importance is that exchange salvation; our sin for the Righteousness of Jesus. Such an exchange requires Jesus to have been human. Another part of redemption, the intercession of Jesus at the right hand of the father, also requires the humanity of Jesus.

God Loved His World

John 3:13-16;8:58; John 8:2

Man could not approach God, So God approached Man

13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

God Loved His World and wants each of us to carry this message of his love

I Am

John 8:58

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Jesus Taught

John 8:2

2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

How much would one sacrifice for another? Using the transactional understanding of relationships one sees actions in the context of exchanges.The way to understand a relationship is to see what exchanges are made in the course of the out working of the circumstances. In our world for a person to die is to exit the world. So why would a person die for another? It would have to be a reason larger than life itself. The person would have to be getting something that was more valuable than life itself. With this in mind we have to conclude that perishing must be worse than death to this life. Having only heard others describe this outcome of perishing, The scripture does give a glimpse of this place, called Hell! Life After Death? A question that arises in these discussions: Is there any proof of life after death?

Jesus started off in his ministry knowing the cost of his message. Not deterred by the prospects he began to prepare himself for the trial he could see coming from the very beginning. He was not surprised by the reception that the religions leaders gave his message of life. They permitted his message with out contradiction until he stepped on their toes in the matter of their control over the people and ultimately over the revenue that resulted from that control. To that they reacted violently from the first instance till the last. This is a definite verification that Jesus did walk on the earth as well as heal, speak, in particular teach, preach and in general elevate the hearers to a new plateau of understanding. In summary his main goal was to introduce his friends to a spiritual understanding. this understanding was to transform each into a new creature. this new creature would be partially earthly or carnal and partially spiritual. Once he said I call you
Friends, and another time he said Eternal Life is to know God. This is such a outlandish statement to the ear of a carnal person. It is like a picture of a known area that has a new sign. A person seeing the new sign within the picture gets no direction from the marker.

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In Garden of Eden

Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 1:31 ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Righteousness of God in Him

2Corinthians 5:21

21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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In Him Was Found No Guile

1Pet 2:22

22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

Hebrews 4:15

15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;

but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Jesus understands. He has been there.

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Hell is Real

Revelation 21:8

Lake of Fire

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers,

and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burnt with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

There is a result of rejecting the words of life!

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Life after death is Real

Story of Rich Man and Lazarus
Luke 16:20

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that your in thy lifetime received good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would like to pass from here to you cannot; neither can any come who would like to pass to us.

27 Then he (the rich man) said, I pray you therefore, father, that thou would send him to my father’s house:

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will

repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

This passage shows that the rich man had consciousness, memory, reasoning ability and feeling. He had compassion for his brothers, and problem solved a creative solution to a problem the five brothers did not know that they had. At this point he could for see the path the brothers were traveling and its destination. He also assumed that they would be able to heed the caution of a person like Lazarus should he be sent with warning. Can there be any question as to whether he was a person after the death experience. The purpose of this illustration is to shown that there is another realm in which people exist in spirit. It is therefor possible to have a person move between these. Examining this example shows only a one way direction through the passage. Any concept or example of two way passage or communication is extra scriptural. The only example of two way communication was that of Saul consulting the forbidden method of witch craft. It cost him a early death and the inference is that any negotiation with the dead is either deception or demonic (or both.)

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Intercession
Hebrews 7:25

Wherefore he (Jesus) is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he (Jesus) ever lives to make intercession for them.
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I call you Friends
John 15:15

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
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Know God
John 17:3

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
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Appear like Him
1John 3:2

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:

but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

No Sin
1John 3:5

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
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