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John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

how can a man be the life?
God is life

Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

in the new creation God also breathed life into them

Jn 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
 

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Perhaps the Holy Ghost is involved...?

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

What is the purpose of the quickening of the Spirit?

baptism
 

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What you request of me is like being invited to another very-dated worn out pirate ghost party aboard a wreck of a ship, grounded many centuries ago. And you as others keep going back to it as if to try and revive it to the pirate life it once had with all its earthly treasures that caused its downfall. I would suggest you give it up. You can come aboard to my party on this vibrant sleek ship that is the 'new life' for seekers of treasure beyond the seas of this world.

there is only one ark of salvation
One new covenant church founded by Christ on Peter

Only Peter has the keys of the kingdom of heaven!

matt 16:18-19
Isa 22:21-22
 

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Acts 2:42


The Didache
“After the foregoing instructions, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living [running] water. . . . If you have neither, pour water three times on the head, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Didache 7:1 [A.D. 70]).

Ignatius of Antioch
“[T]o the Church at Ephesus in Asia . . . chosen through true suffering by the will of the Father in Jesus Christ our God” (Letter to the Ephesians 1 [A.D. 110]).

“For our God, Jesus Christ, was conceived by Mary in accord with God’s plan: of the seed of David, it is true, but also of the Holy Spirit” (ibid., 18:2).

Justin Martyr
“We will prove that we worship him reasonably; for we have learned that he is the Son of the true God himself, that he holds a second place, and the Spirit of prophecy a third. For this they accuse us of madness, saying that we attribute to a crucified man a place second to the unchangeable and eternal God, the Creator of all things; but they are ignorant of the mystery which lies therein” (First Apology 13:5–6 [A.D. 151]).

Theophilus of Antioch
“It is the attribute of God, of the most high and almighty and of the living God, not only to be everywhere, but also to see and hear all; for he can in no way be contained in a place. . . . The three days before the luminaries were created are types of the Trinity: God, his Word, and his Wisdom” (To Autolycus 2:15 [A.D. 181]).

Irenaeus
“For the Church, although dispersed throughout the whole world even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and from their disciples the faith in one God, the Father Almighty . . . and in one Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became flesh for our salvation; and in the Holy Spirit” (Against Heresies 1:10:1 [A.D. 189]).

Tertullian
“We do indeed believe that there is only one God, but we believe that under this dispensation, or, as we say, oikonomia, there is also a Son of this one only God, his Word, who proceeded from him and through whom all things were made and without whom nothing was made. . . . We believe he was sent down by the Father, in accord with his own promise, the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, the sanctifier of the faith of those who believe in the Father and the Son, and in the Holy Spirit” (Against Praxeas 2 [A.D. 216]).

“And at the same time the mystery of the oikonomia is safeguarded, for the unity is distributed in a Trinity. Placed in order, the three are the Father, Son, and Spirit. They are three, however, not in condition, but in degree; not in being, but in form; not in power, but in kind; of one being, however, and one condition and one power, because he is one God of whom degrees and forms and kinds are taken into account in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (ibid.).

“Keep always in mind the rule of faith which I profess and by which I bear witness that the Father and the Son and the Spirit are inseparable from each other, and then you will understand what is meant by it. Observe now that I say the Father is other [distinct], the Son is other, and the Spirit is other. This statement is wrongly understood by every uneducated or perversely disposed individual, as if it meant diversity and implied by that diversity a separation of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” (ibid., 9).

“Thus the connection of the Father in the Son, and of the Son in the Paraclete, produces three coherent persons, who are yet distinct one from another. These three are, one essence, not one person, as it is said, ‘I and my Father are one’ [John 10:30], in respect of unity of being not singularity of number” (ibid., 25).

Origen
“For we do not hold that which the heretics imagine: that some part of the being of God was converted into the Son, or that the Son was procreated by the Father from non-existent substances, that is, from a being outside himself, so that there was a time when he [the Son] did not exist” (The Fundamental Doctrines 4:4:1 [A.D. 225]).

“For it is the Trinity alone which exceeds every sense in which not only temporal but even eternal may be understood. It is all other things, indeed, which are outside the Trinity, which are to be measured by time and ages” (ibid.).

Hippolytus
“The Word alone of this God is from God himself, wherefore also the Word is God, being the being of God” (Refutation of All Heresies 10:29 [A.D. 228]).

Pope Dionysius
“Next, then, I may properly turn to those who divide and cut apart and destroy the most sacred proclamation of the Church of God, making of it [the Trinity], as it were, three powers, distinct substances, and three godheads. . . . [Some heretics] proclaim that there are in some way three gods, when they divide the sacred unity into three substances foreign to each other and completely separate” (Letter to Dionysius of Alexandria 1 [A.D. 262]).

“Therefore, the divine Trinity must be gathered up and brought together in one, a summit, as it were, I mean the omnipotent God of the universe. . . . It is blasphemy, then, and not a common one but the worst, to say that the Son is in any way a handiwork [creature]. . . . But if the Son came into being [was created], there was a time when these attributes did not exist; and, consequently, there was a time when God was without them, which is utterly absurd” (ibid., 1–2).

“Neither, then, may we divide into three godheads the wonderful and divine unity. . . . Rather, we must believe in God, the Father Almighty; and in Christ Jesus, his Son; and in the Holy Spirit; and that the Word is united to the God of the universe. ‘For,’ he says, ‘The Father and I are one,’ and ‘I am in the Father, and the Father in me’” (ibid., 3).

Gregory the Wonderworker
“There is one God. . . . There is a perfect Trinity, in glory and eternity and sovereignty, neither divided nor estranged. Wherefore there is nothing either created or in servitude in the Trinity; nor anything superinduced, as if at some former period it was non-existent, and at some later period it was introduced. And thus neither was the Son ever wanting to the Father, nor the Spirit to the Son; but without variation and without change, the same Trinity abides ever” (Declaration of Faith [A.D. 265]).

Sechnall of Ireland
“Hymns, with Revelation and the Psalms of God [Patrick] sings, and does expound the same for the edifying of God’s people. This law he holds in the Trinity of the sacred Name and teaches one being in three persons” (Hymn in Praise of St. Patrick 22 [A.D. 444]).

Patrick of Ireland
“I bind to myself today the strong power of an invocation of the Trinity—the faith of the Trinity in unity, the Creator of the universe” (The Breastplate of St. Patrick 1 [A.D. 447]).

“[T]here is no other God, nor has there been heretofore, nor will there be hereafter, except God the Father unbegotten, without beginning, from whom is all beginning, upholding all things, as we say, and his Son Jesus Christ, whom we likewise to confess to have always been with the Father—before the world’s beginning. . . . Jesus Christ is the Lord and God in whom we believe . . . and who has poured out on us abundantly the Holy Spirit . . . whom we confess and adore as one God in the Trinity of the sacred Name” (Confession of St. Patrick 4 [A.D. 452]).

Augustine
“All the Catholic interpreters of the divine books of the Old and New Testaments whom I have been able to read, who wrote before me about the Trinity, which is God, intended to teach in accord with the Scriptures that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are of one and the same substance constituting a divine unity with an inseparable equality; and therefore there are not three gods but one God, although the Father begot the Son, and therefore he who is the Son is not the Father; and the Holy Spirit is neither the Father nor the Son but only the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, himself, too, coequal to the Father and to the Son and belonging to the unity of the Trinity” (The Trinity1:4:7 [A.D. 408]).

Fulgence of Ruspe
“See, in short you have it that the Father is one, the Son another, and the Holy Spirit another; in Person, each is other, but in nature they are not other. In this regard he says: ‘The Father and I, we are one’ (John 10:30). He teaches us that one refers to their nature, and we are to their Persons. In like manner it is said: ‘There are three who bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit; and these three are one’ (1 John 5:7)” (The Trinity 4:1–2 [c. A.D. 515]).

“But in the one true God and Trinity it is naturally true not only that God is one but also that he is a Trinity, for the reason that the true God himself is a Trinity of Persons and one in nature. Through this natural unity the whole Father is in the Son and in the Holy Spirit, and the whole Holy Spirit, too, is in the Father and in the Son. None of these is outside any of the others; because no one of them precedes any other of them in eternity or exceeds any other in greatness, or is superior to any other in power” (The Rule of Faith 4 [c. A.D. 523).
 
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Baptism:

bavptisma Baptisma (bap'-tis-mah);
Word Origin: Greek, Noun Neuter, Strong #: 908
immersion, submersion

Why would you, or anyone, presume so certainly that water [H2O] must be involved? Is immersion in water the most important thing? Consider the words of John the Baptist:

"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:" Matt 3:11
 
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Baptism:

bavptisma Baptisma (bap'-tis-mah);
Word Origin: Greek, Noun Neuter, Strong #: 908
immersion, submersion

Why would you, or anyone, presume so certainly that water [H2O] must be involved? Is immersion in water the most important thing? Consider the words of John the Baptist:

"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:" Matt 3:11

the entire Christian ritual of baptism
Father son and Holy Ghost
And the fire of divine love

ez 36:25-27
Romans 5:5
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in ourhearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
 

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the entire Christian ritual of baptism
Father son and Holy Ghost
And the fire of divine love

ez 36:25-27
Romans 5:5
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in ourhearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Immersed in the Holy Ghost is where we need to be at all times... Who is there now?

Bits and pieces my friend but have you missed or overlooked that God is the consuming fire? Without Him what would burn up the chaff while leaving the wheat?

How that Fire affects people is most easily seen by me in the three Hebrews thrown into the fire [Daniel 3]. Throw me in that fire Lord and burn away all that keeps be apart from You! What remains when the Fire has done His work on us?

What a mighty God we serve!
 
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Immersed in the Holy Ghost is where we need to be at all times... Who is there now?

Bits and pieces my friend but have you missed or overlooked that God is the consuming fire? Without Him what would burn up the chaff while leaving the wheat?

How that Fire affects people is most easily seen by me in the three Hebrews thrown into the fire [Daniel 3]. Throw me in that fire Lord and burn away all that keeps be apart from You! What remains when the Fire has done His work on us?

What a mighty God we serve!
True , we must stay immersed in the Spirit . But you probably already know many can say that same thing
and yet the spirit they follow sure seems to contradict the JESUS of the bible . SO , you know what that means . That means
they follow another spirit which knows how to influence folks through the flesh and carnal mind of men .
WE BESS STICK IN OUR BIBLES and learn them well . AND PS , WHO DO YOU THINK PUT SUCH A LOVE FOR TRUTH INTO MY HEART .
A hint , IT WAS NOT MY FLESH , it was not the OLD MAN . IT was and IS the only GOODNESS I HAVE , THE HOLY SPIRIT
which comes FROM GOD and not from men .
 

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Ps , that same SPIRIT has me to flee from the influence of THE CC , the JW , the MORMON and any other false doctrine .
WE better start warning folks of the danger they are in , lest their blood be upon our hands . THAT TOO is in the bible .
 

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Baptism:

bavptisma Baptisma (bap'-tis-mah);
Word Origin: Greek, Noun Neuter, Strong #: 908
immersion, submersion

Why would you, or anyone, presume so certainly that water [H2O] must be involved? Is immersion in water the most important thing? Consider the words of John the Baptist:

"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:" Matt 3:11

AMEN Brother, though we obey the Lord in the water baptism, it is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit that joins our spirit with God's Spirit.

AND if we obey the Lord in water baptism, how much MORE should we obey Him in seeking the Promise of the Father = Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
 
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John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

how can a man be the life?
God is life

Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

in the new creation God also breathed life into them

Jn 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
You would have had a LIKE on this cause its TRUE . However i know you follow the CC .
Its so sad my friend , you can know some truths yet NOT THE TRUTH .
But many are like this . They can spout some good truths and yet STILL not KNOW THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TRUTH .
I am not saying this to be mean , cruel or harsh . I am saying this to HELP YOU . TIS TIME for THEE FAITH
to come to THE TRUTH . THE TRUTH . Come ye out of her my friend . Come ye out and be ye holy and touch not the unclean thing .
GOD is full of compassion and mercy . HE forgave me , and i was far worse a man that you and most all on this site COMBINDED .
And yeah i say COMBINED . GOD led me into THE TRUTH and not into just some truths .
YOu must come out of her . I will continue to pray for you my friend . I desire only that which is GOOD for you .
So please dont wait or hesistate . Just come out .
 

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Which ONE baptism?:
Why would you, or anyone, presume so certainly that water [H2O] must be involved? Is immersion in water the most important thing?
Yes, Of Course, for those Still stuck in the Previous dispensation of prophecy/Law,
there is No presumption; water IS Certainly Necessary!:

Prophecy/Law for ISRAEL:
►►► The Twelve Were Sent to {water} baptize! ◄◄◄

The TWO Main (of 12) baptismS =

A) water, For remission of sins/induction into Israeli "priesthood!":
(Matthew_3:5-6; Mark_1:4; Luke_3:3; John_1:31; Especially Luke 7:29-30;
Acts_10:37; Matthew_28:19; Mark_16:16; Acts_2:38, 22:16; Ezekiel_36:25)
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B) WITH The Holy Spirit, Poured Out By CHRIST, for power, signs And wonders!
(Isaiah_44:3; Matthew_3:11; Mark_1:8, 16:17-18;
Luke_24:49; Acts_2:17-18, 38, 8:15-17, 11:16)
Prophecy/Law

Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2:15) From “Things That DIFFER!” {online}:

Mystery/GRACE!...

though we obey the Lord in the water baptism, it is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit that joins our spirit with God's Spirit.
Although water Was NECESSARY Previously, Today, Under Pure GRACE, In
God's MYSTERY, There Is only ONE
(Not TWO) baptism, and Scripture Has
NO "baptism IN The Spirit" (see above And below...):

...Prophecy/Law

Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2:15) From “Things That DIFFER!” {online}:

Mystery/GRACE! =
our "apostle to the Gentiles" for The Body Of CHRIST:

►►► Paul Was Not Sent to {water} baptize! Why Not?: ◄◄◄

Today: Only ONE Baptism = "BY" The ONE Spirit = God's OPERATION,
Spiritually
Identifying members In (The ONE Body Of) CHRIST!!
(Ephesians 4:5; Colossians_2:12; Galatians_3:27;
Romans_6:3-4; ►►► 1 Corinthians 12:13 ◄◄◄)
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Conclusion: God's ONE Baptism Today? = ONE

Is it not Possible That God's Answer Of "No water baptism, for
us Today," Under HIS Pure GRACE, absolutely vanquishes Satan's
{Many Severely DIVIDED denominations?} Confusion into oblivion!?

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FULL "study" of ALL Bible baptisms is here:
"Divider" Poll THIRTEEN Bible baptisms https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/13-bible-baptisms.38915/

LORD JESUS, thank You for This Precious Word Of Truth That Has Solved
my Confusion. May This Also be used for the Encouragement of Many others.
Amen.
 
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I must remind us all . THERE IS ONLY ONE GOSPEL .
NOT TWO .
The same gospel that peter preached to the jews , was the same gospel he preached to the house of cornelious who was a gentile .
Just like paul . paul too had preached the gospel in every jewish synagogue and the gospel to many a gentile .
same GOSPEL to both groups . let no man say otherwise and if any does eat not with such a man till he repent .
 

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I must remind us all . THERE IS ONLY ONE GOSPEL .
NOT TWO .
The same gospel that peter preached to the jews , was the same gospel he preached to the house of cornelious who was a gentile .
Just like paul . paul too had preached the gospel in every jewish synagogue and the gospel to many a gentile .
same GOSPEL to both groups . let no man say otherwise and if any does eat not with such a man till he repent .


But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.” 6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
7After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
11On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
12The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
13When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me! 14Simona has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own. 15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

16‘After this I will return and rebuild
the fallen tent of David.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it, 17so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
says the Lord who does these things

18that have been known for ages.’b
 
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But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.” 6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
7After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
11On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
12The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
13When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me! 14Simona has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own. 15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

16‘After this I will return and rebuild
the fallen tent of David.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it, 17so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord,
and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
says the Lord who does these things

18that have been known for ages.’b
Just as paul told the jews as well . Just as he had told peter .
IF ye being a jew live after the manner of the gentiles , then why are you compelling the gentiles to become as the jews .
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOSPEL that saves . The GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST .
 

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Where there is neither jew nor greek , bond nor free ,
But ye are ONE IN JESUS CHRIST .
ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS CHRIST . These are the children of GOD . And all else is vain and are not the children of GOD .
For not all israel are truly of Israel . ITS ALL ABOUT KNOWING THE GLORIOUS LORD JESUS CHRIST .
The very promise made unto the jews and would include the gentiles . For i have made thee a father OF MANY nations .
ITS ALL ABOUT THE GOSPEL . THERE IS no other plan of salvation , NOt for the gentile or the jew .
JESUS ALONE SAVES . NOW BELIEVE IN HIM .
 

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Where there is neither jew nor greek , bond nor free ,
But ye are ONE IN JESUS CHRIST .
ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS CHRIST . These are the children of GOD . And all else is vain and are not the children of GOD .
For not all israel are truly of Israel . ITS ALL ABOUT KNOWING THE GLORIOUS LORD JESUS CHRIST .
The very promise made unto the jews and would include the gentiles . For i have made thee a father OF MANY nations .
ITS ALL ABOUT THE GOSPEL . THERE IS no other plan of salvation , NOt for the gentile or the jew .
JESUS ALONE SAVES . NOW BELIEVE IN HIM .

And Abraham was made the father of Many Nations thru FAITH - 430 Years BEFORE the Law - AMEN

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
 
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And Abraham was made the father of Many Nations thru FAITH - 430 Years BEFORE the Law - AMEN

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
It even says that abraham obeyed the law of GOD . And yet the law was not yet even spoken of ........
The law is upon the hearts of those who truly do OBEY GOD . Abraham obeyed GOD . That is what GOD has always desired .
HE BELIEVED GOD and HIS OBEIDANCE PROVED THAT . Lambs are like that . FOR GOD has put that love upon our hearts .
Where we KNOW we are not justified by our works , but by our faith . But true faith produces good works .
The thing is , WHO WE LOVE IS PROOF OF WHOSE WE ARE .
And love and obeidance are not seperate . HE WHO LOVES ME KEEPS MY SAYINGS . For the SPIRIT of the MIGHTY GOD
indwells them and they are HIS WORKMANSHIP CREATED UNTO GOOD WORKS .
I say this as well for we have many that use grace the wrong way . The use liberty the wrong way .
WHILE it is true we have liberty , we are not to use it as an occasion to serve the flesh .
FOR the true grace of GOD which brings salvation teaches us to DENY ungodliness and worldy lusts
and to be walking righteously , godly and soberly in this present world .
 

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And Abraham was made the father of Many Nations thru FAITH - 430 Years BEFORE the Law - AMEN

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
I got a reminder for you my friend . Now ponder on this .
You might already know it . Remember how paul said that the Jersualem on this earth is still in bondage with her children
YET those of the true JERUSLAM are truly FREE .
WHO IS ISRAEL . THERE has always been an israel after the flesh and a ISRAEL after GOD .
The FLESH PROFITS NOTHING . If JERUSLEM was the captial of earthly Israel , THEN what makes us
think that HEAVENLY JERUSALEM is not the capital and city of THE TRUE ISRAEL . THE TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD . THOSE WHO FOLLOW JESUS .
 

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I got a reminder for you my friend . Now ponder on this .
You might already know it . Remember how paul said that the Jersualem on this earth is still in bondage with her children
YET those of the true JERUSLAM are truly FREE .
WHO IS ISRAEL . THERE has always been an israel after the flesh and a ISRAEL after GOD .
The FLESH PROFITS NOTHING . If JERUSLEM was the captial of earthly Israel , THEN what makes us
think that HEAVENLY JERUSALEM is not the capital and city of THE TRUE ISRAEL . THE TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD . THOSE WHO FOLLOW JESUS .

YES and AMEN AMEN = the Jerusalem which is ABOVE is the Mother of us who Believe His Word

Dear Brother - we are not bound by religion - we are FREE and Heaven Bound -
In fact, HE is in us now and we are in HIM and no one can pluck us from His Hand.

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses.
It is by grace you have been saved!
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
 
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