robert derrick
Well-Known Member
What religion and certainly the world cannot understand about God - in the scriptures, how in 'the world' can God have children. The world claims (some in the world) that we are all the children of God. Confusing all humanity in creation was created by God. It is easy I suppose to confuse the two because there is some very smart people that look at scripture and see that God has children now and assume we are all children. Now actually believing those scriptures and pin pointing the written word that says "you must be born again" is another situation. So we can take written scripture and read what it means to believe the word of God, and if I do believe I become a child of God by a completed finished work on the cross that killed who I was and birthed in me a new person - constituting an act of God to birth a child just like any other child that is born.
When Jesus got his Mary body - when he was coming into the world via the virgin birth and would walk among men as no other had ever walked because his father was God. What does scripture say;
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. - Luke 1:35.
The first birth by God to grip mankind and it is a pattern for the children of God today in being born again - a birth takes place. It may be different in alot of ways but a birthing will take place if you are a child of God. You are not a child just because you believed - you are are a child because when you believed a birth took place - scripture says to all humanity "you must be born again."
When you believe - a miracle happens to an individual - they get the complete Christ' in them the moment they believe. You don't get a little bit and as your mind gets right you get more - I have heard the theology from some that it is Christ' growing in you - no sir - you will do the growing in mind. When Christ' is birthed in the believer they receive him - the full and complete Christ' in you the hope of glory!
Footnote: Paul has become our pattern as well in following him into the "yeah deep things of God,." He gives us the answer to salvation - he tells a believer what has saved them and how it all came about (by a birthing). So Paul has to be followed in the epistles he wrote to us - the birthed again. Paul gives sound instruction to 'follow me as I follow the Lord Jesus Christ.' Why would that be so important to a believer? If they want to know how they have come to be who they are, they will have to follow Paul as written in scripture. The believer must see that 'before Paul there is NO in Christ' message. It couldn't be known it was not written down. Were people in Christ', yes absolutely that started on the day of Pentecost. But according to what is written what Paul had to say had been hid in God from the foundation of the world' - and that fact was! God Himself would birth children of his own by placing another person in the creature, constituting a birth and a child of God.
16 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, - Romans 16:25.
The real topic is about the blood of the Lamb. Adam had the pure blood of God, when God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living soul.
It is the blood that has the life.
Jesus brought into the world the pure and incorruptible blood of God again, when He came into the world as God born of woman as man.
The one common denominator between the 1st and 2nd Adam was the incorruptible blood, wherein was eternal life to make the body immortal. The 1st Adam was fashioned of the dust of the ground to be made in the image of God, but the 2nd Adam was born the image of the invisible God. The 1st Adam fell short by transgression, and the 2nd Adam did not sin.
We are born of God by Jesus Christ to drink His incorruptible blood, which is drink indeed, and eat His uncorrupted flesh, which is meat indeed, and are made both incorruptible and immortal in the inner man, which is resurrected in His likeness.
Corruptible flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God, but them that are born of incorruptible blood and flesh of Jesus, being members of His uncorrupted body shall live forever, if they fall not after the similitude of Adam's transgression, but rather believe unto the end in the image of Christ Jesus.
Adam, being made in the image of God with incorruptible blood by the Spirit of God breathed into His nostrils, transgressed and corrupted his own blood, so that all born of him were born into sin, but Jesus, being born in the image of God with incorruptible blood by the Spirit in Himself, sinned not and corrupted not his own blood nor the flesh, so that all born of Him are born forgiven of sin, and in the image of Him after the inward man.
While yet we bear the image of the earthy in our mortal bodies, we have the image of the heavenly in our inward man, which is member of the body of Christ.
Adam was immortal by incorruptible blood and transgressed and died. Jesus was immortal by incorruptible blood and sinned not and yet died on the cross, that we might drink thereof and be born therewith and live forever in His likeness, so long as we sin not after the similitude of Adam's transgression.
We are born again by the Spirit with the blood of the Lamb in the inner man, ruling over the outer man who's deeds are crucified on the cross of Christ. We are no longer ruled by the sin of corruptible blood and flesh but are given life by the incorruptible blood and flesh of Jesus.
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers, But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." (1 Peter 1)
Traditions of men are trash. The blood of Christ Jesus is treasure indeed.