That is the fragrance of life to life. (this is Him working through us)
Your posts present so many questions to be answered; People won't read that much and it takes me too long to type all this.
"
life to life" is also "
deep calling to deep".....or spirit to spirit....IMO.
How does.... "God is at work within you, to will and to do of His Good Purpose - fit into your thoughts ???
It fits into my thoughts, under my category of '
verbalize the unwritten truth of that verse'. That truth here being IMO; '
the devil is at work within you, to will and to do Satan's Bad purpose.; that he might "
sift you as wheat" just like he wanted to do to Peter.
Likewise "If by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the flesh, you will live"
Life in the Spirit
Rom 8:1-11 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. SO WALK IN 'THE CHRIST ANOINTING' IN YOU LIKE JESUS ALWAYS DID.
:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. SO WALK IN THE SPIRIT
:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: JESUS, BEING LED BY 'THE HOLY SPIRIT OF CHRISTOS' IN HIM, REFUSED TO GIVE IN TO THE LUST OF HIS SINFUL FLESHED NATURE....AND WE SHOULD ALSO CHOOSE LIKE HE DID.
:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. WALK IT RIGHT.
: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. YOUR CHOICE AS TO WHICH LEADING YOU FOLLOW....YOUR FLESH OR THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT OF JESUS IN YOU.
:6 For to be carnally minded
is death; but to be spiritually minded
is life and peace. YOUR SOUL/MIND MUST CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND AGREE WITH YOUR "CARNAL"/'MEAT' SOUL OR MIND OR WITH YOUR SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN YOU.
:7 Because the carnal mind
is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. CHOOSE WHOM/WHAT YOU SERVEL
:9 But ye 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. I HAVE BEEN "
DRAWN, CALLED, PREDESTINED, FOREORDAINED" BY GOD TO BE A BELIEVER SO THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IS IN ME. AN UNBELIEVER HAS 'NO CHOICE' BUT TO ACT LIKE AN UNBELIEVER. AND
THE TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL, IN THE GARDEN, HAD
GOOD BUT THAT GOOD STILL LED TO
DEATH'.
:10 And if Christ
be in you, the body
is dead because of sin; but the Spirit
is life because of righteousness. SO DON'T SIN AND CHOOSE LIFE FOR YOUR FLESH...THIS SIDE OF GLORY.
:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. AND A
QUICKENED MORTAL BODY THAT DOES NOT SIN, WILL NOT DIE IN THE AGE IT IS LIVING IN.
Then this... "I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
Oh boy Carl, hang on for this answer to your question;
As a born again christian AND who has ALSO been baptized in to the
'spiritual power' realm that comes from
BOTH the
holy spirit of christ speaking and
The Holy Spirit of God speaking......I consider myself qualified to let
the spirit of christ IN ME declare in its 'unknown to man spiritual tongue' the fulfillment of your quoted verse. Because it can only be from that spirit of Christ IN ME and his language, which is wholly spiritual, that "
JESUS IS LORD" can be made. My
born again spirit is the only spirit I have received FROM God that can fulfill this verses mandate above.
I hope you followed my theology above Carl. Hopefully it isn't even a new thought for you. It is certainly not liked by the FundaMENTAL born again brethren. Only those who are truly FundaSPIRITUAL.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone."
Is not our calling to walk in the Spirit which is a surrender to His Spirit and not our effort ???
The verse you quote here, is not talking about the
spiritual fruit that represents the CHARACTER of God. That fruit comes from the spirit of Christ, which was in Jesus at birth. That holy anointed spirit led Jesus to fulfill living by the "
letter of the law". And in doing so Jesus fulfilled bringing all that CHARACTER of GOD fruit to fullness of maturity. That took him until He was 30. Then he was FULLY qualified with God's CHARACTER to handle all the CHARISMA or supernatural manifestations of The Holy Spirit POWER of the living God. Jesus attained ALL AUTHORITY of access to the POWER from The Holy Spirit because he had all the CHARACTER of God, to be trusted with authority to ALL the power. That's why Jesus was given access to speak to 'The Holy Spirit of the Trinity' with the same authority as The Father. All authority to manifest ALL the power that comes from The Holy Spirit of the trinity.
Jhn 3:34 For he (Jesus the anointed one) whom God has sent utters the
RHEMA/words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.
well, brother Carl. I still remember the days of LIVING in the Jesus movement. We....me anyway, had heard a 'saying' back then that still resonates as truth today. TRUE LOVE is better FELT than TELLT. Out of the abundance of your heart, some of us here, FEEL the warmth of your love.
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