For sure most of us don't....but that doesn't mean it isn't possible.
The more one build on the chief cornerstone, and building up the spiritual man. The less they may be prone to fall under a spell where they may lash out at someone, or make a snide remark, or talk behind someones back while being nice and upfront with them while they are around. But, doing it 100% like Jesus. There is no possible way, unless you are the Messiah himself.
We need to have faith and hope first of all to believe it is possible,
That my flesh can be perfect? Having faith and hope in the resurrection of Christ brings forth is perfection spiritually, combining God's holy spirit given into ones heart. No amount of days will effect ones faith, as long as they are retaining the memory of what Yeshua had been done for them in their mind. I could no where bear to say that I am Jesus Christ, because I am perfect in all ways, and attained mastery over my flesh. Anyone who says they do not sin, makes God out to be a liar. Therefore, one can't just simply believe and hope that it is possible to overcome all problems within a single lifetime. You think people who reach that point in life it was remotely possible, must have been in heavenly bliss all the time constantly.
But is it not interesting, that even Moses took a life, and David, sent a life in to be took for his own gain. I mean, how perfect do you wanna have ones life? To never, there being a mention of "never doing wrong ever again."
There would be no point to even looking to Jesus.
that Jesus has made the way for it,
A way for what? To have perfect fleshly life, which is 100% perfect down to a T? Impossible. Jesus has made a way for us to have a heavenly Father to ask for help in our needs, and situations, and God is going to know every single time we fail.
The problem here that comes to me is that ... God already knows where I fail at. God knows everything about me. God isn't laughing at me, he isn't mocking me, he isn't putting me down, he can chasten, but he does so out of love for the attention of what gracious gift one receives when coming towards him, and yes a way has been made.
Not to live a perfect sinless, perfect life, like Jesus. That is a problem I see.
It's like trying to live so perfectly and rigtheousless if I slip out a cuss word, God downs me again, and he upset with me, and I must repent and so on and so forth. There are people whom are like that...
They are so religious in doing "actions" which they say you can't watch a horror movie, or play a video game, or read a book of fiction, or a non-fiction, no porn, no drugs, no soda pop, no coffee, no this and that, and boom!
You're perfect... Yeah, people who get to this type of level typically are more snooty, and typically really look down on people.
So whats the way which has been made? A way which leads to newness of life, where yes the old life of partying and doing stupid stuff tends to die down, but that doesn't mean you wont cuss at the person in front of you who just stopped all of a sudden and their brake lights didn't come on, and you just barely almost ran into them. (Reminds me of a lady who flipped me off one day cause my blinker didn't work lol, she was having a bad day I guess.)
Yes, that is the nature we are battling and need to die to. I see this pictured with the Israelites dying those 40 years in the wilderness...it was an allegory for us.....flesh cannot enter the kingdom/promise land, so they had to first die to themselves, to their flesh nature, in order to be able to enter.
The notion is to die in christ, and abide in him. He is the one who does the good things, and I think people who suggest that those good things are always heavenly I would say that they are wrong. It's only the heavenly ways, which comes from our imbuned heart with God now indwelling it by the holy spirit.
Dying to oneself, what does that mean to you? To me it's dying to the Earthly Wisdom.
James wrote,
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
Is dying to oneself, not allowing oneself to have a cigarette, or is it more than just that material nature all together?
Amen. Suffering of the wilderness journey of dying to ourselves (old flesh nature)....that we may share in His holiness.
It will only be Yeshua that comes through when it is you abiding in Yeshua. To have peace with your enemies, to pray for your enemies, to have mercy, kindness, opposed to the prior? It's Christ who is giving us strength. We are participating, the merit of achievement of overcoming a temptation always goes back to God, cause its not truly us, its us allowing them to work in and with us.
His crucifixion is a picture of what is happening with us,
While the death of Yeshua, makes me sad. He did that for us. Not that was have to climb on the cross and do the same thing. We do die to ourselves and live to Christ. But what are those notions? What is it we are dying to. We can say it simply but it has to be defined. Somehow. I believe James states it out for us the best, we could use even Yeshua words.
Jesus spoke and said,
Mark 7
20He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
j 22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
23All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
as we follow Him......ultimately to be resurrected to new life.
That happens the moment a person concludes in their heart that God exist, and they find the love in what the Son of God had done for them. All people are spiritually born again when they come to this conclusion and make their decision to live having faith, rather than having no faith. That faith lies on the one whom had died for them on the cross in order that they may be raised with Christ, and begin that life placing God within it, however that may look for an individual. They will know in their own hearts, despite what another person may say or suggest.
Promised land pictures that resurrection life of holiness. ( I tend to see things in simple pictures of scripture, as you might have guessed.)
Jesus stated he is the resurrection and the life. He is the one whom does everything, we just happen to partake because of the grace of God and his allowance for us to continue moving forward on this planet, as people continue to sojourn their pilgrimage here until they do die, like those in the wilderness and they go on to receive their judgement and spiritual rewards given by God. Whatever God gives Im sure is good no matter what, though there is a striving for "resurrection of the dead." Which is an 3rd resurrection better than the resurrection of condmenation, resurrection of life, and there is the foremention which is supposedly one of the highest gifts one can receive after this life, if one I guess does strive to be as close to God as they can, but the flesh is corrupt. It is dying. It will never be perfect, though we can work on the things which are given to us in the bible in asking Yahavah to help us by the holy spirit as we traverse onward.
