Perfect Love Casts Out Fear.

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear.

Perfect love is a complete love, being the work of patience in the one who proves themselves a doer of The Word and not merely a hearer who deludes themselves.

...Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous; love does not brag, is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with The Truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things 
Love never fails...
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

...But one who looks intently at the Perfect Law, The Law of Liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be Blessed in what he does...
James 1:25.

...to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honour and immortality, Eternal Life...
Romans 2:7

...Live in peace with one another. And we urge you, Brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all men...
1 Thessalonians 5:14

...You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for The Coming of The LORD Is At Hand.
Do not complain, Brethren, against one another, that you yourselves may not be Judged; behold, The Judge Is Standing Right At The Door.

As an example, Brethren, of suffering and patience, take the Prophets who spoke In The Name Of The LORD.
Behold, we count those Blessed who endured.
You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of The LORD'S Dealings, that The LORD Is Full of Compassion And Merciful...
James 5:8-11.

The Law of Liberty is freedom from the flesh; living as GOD Wills and not as we ourselves will please according to the flesh.
Yet sadly many who profess The Name, even blindly, know only to live in not abiding by The Law of Liberty.
And contention between Christians is rife, even though it is contrary to The Will and Word Of GOD; being contrary to The SPIRIT.

There is no justification in it or for it, no matter how fervent any may be in their own justification in any acts which are according to the flesh.
Being not Of The SPIRIT they merely show an immaturity through lack of knowledge and perseverance in Spiritual Truth according to GOD and love In The SPIRIT (Colossians 1:3-23, 2 Timothy 1:7).

But according to Scripture, In CHRIST we are all to press on to maturity; growing, living from faith to faith.
...until we all attain to the Unity of The faith and of the Knowledge Of The SON Of GOD, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the Fullness Of CHRIST.

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness and deceitful scheming; but speaking The Truth in love, we are to grow up in all into HIM, WHO Is The Head, CHRIST, from WHOM the whole Body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies (1 Corinthians 12), according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the Growth of The Body for the Building Up of itself in love...
Ephesians 4:13-16.

If therefore there is any encouragement In CHRIST, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship Of The SPIRIT, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on One Purpose.

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each one of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also In CHRIST JESUS,...
Philippians 2:1-5.

Yet despite what Scripture states, today The Church is as a scattered flock, because division and strife are rife; because the flesh and the tares of the enemy prevail; because pride and arrogance is where humility and love without hypocrisy ought to be. (Matthew 13:18-50).

But who sees it in that they recognise it to speak out against it?
Who sees it so as to reject it, that those who will persist in maintaining disunity for the sake of their own position, religion, beliefs and interpretations may be silenced as an example to all; for all to fear and learn to do what is, before GOD, right and proper? (Titus 3:10-11).

Who cares for HIS Church more than they do for themselves; their position, their standing, and how and what they themselves will see as being fit and proper in HIS Church; as they themselves deem to be good and acceptable and perfect, rather than all that is truly according to GOD and contained in HIS Word? (Romans 12:1-3).

Those who will cause and maintain disharmony rather than knowing humility that GOD be found true are not being Made Complete in love; and in truth, they, not knowing repentance, are far from it.
Believing something of themselves and professing to be wise they show themselves only as fools.

... Concerning HIM we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
For though you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of The Oracles Of GOD, and you have come to need Milk and not Solid Food.
For everyone who partakes of Milk is not accustomed to The Word Of Righteousness, for he is a babe.
But Solid Food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses Trained to discern good and evil...
Hebrews 5:11-14.

Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, The Utterances Of GOD; whoever serves, as by The Strength which GOD Supplies; so that in all things GOD may be Glorified Through JESUS CHRIST, to WHOM Belongs The Glory And Dominion forever and ever. Amen. ...
1 Peter 4:11.
(Isaiah 8:20, Jeremiah 23,  Ephesians 4:29, James 1:26, James 3:1-6).

And if we cannot speak as Scripture; The GOD Breathed Word Says, then why speak at all; speaking what and how is contrary to to HIM, and consequently standing self-condemned? (1 John 4:1-6).

...I Will Instruct you and Teach you in the way which you should go;
I Will Counsel you with MY Eye Upon you.
Do not be as as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, otherwise they will not come near to you.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked;
But he who trusts in The LORD, Lovingkindness shall surround him.

Be glad In The LORD and rejoice you Righteous ones and shout for joy all you who are upright in heart.

Sing for joy In The LORD, O you Righteous ones; praise is becoming to the upright...
Psalm 32:8 - 33:1.

The Apostle Paul, by The Grace Of GOD a man Made Complete in love, understanding that the time of his departure from this world was near, wrote,
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept The faith; in the future there is Laid Up for me The Crown Of Righteousness, which The LORD, The Righteous Judge, will Award to me on that Day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved HIS Appearing.
2 Timothy 4:7-8.

Earlier in his time here on earth, with himself as a follower of CHRIST, and GOD'S people from past time as an example for all in The Church of The New Covenant in HIS Blood to hear so as to recognise and take heed, he writes:

...And I do all things for the sake of The Gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of It.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize?

Run in such a way that you may win.
And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things.

They then to receive a perishable wreath, but we an Imperishable.

Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

For I do not want you to be unaware, Brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all received baptism into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same Spiritual food; and all drank the same Spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a Spiritual Rock which followed them; and The Rock was CHRIST.

Nevertheless, with most of them GOD was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.
Now these things happened as examples for us, that we should not crave evil things, as they also craved...
1 Corinthians 9:23 - 10:6.

Paul writes these things, because just as those of whom he writes, who were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea and all received baptism into Moses, and yet with many GOD was not well-pleased, as a result they fell and died. And it is no different for us today who profess to follow CHRIST, no matter what false teachers will speak of and give false hope to those who blindly remain disobedient to The Way In Truth.

In 1 Corinthians 10:6, what is evil means whatever is evil in character.
It is directly opposed to whatever is fair, advisable, good in character and to what is beneficial, useful, good in act; hence here, Paul's use of the word which is translated into English as 'evil' denotes what is useless, incapable, bad.

It is what is morally or ethically evil of qualities, emotions, passions, deeds, and of what is injurious, destructive, baneful, pernicious.

We are not to crave these things; we are not to walk practicing them; we are not to walk according to the flesh.
And yet many who will profess The Name blindly do so.

...Love does no wrong to a neighbour; love therefore is the fulfillment of The Law...
Romans 13:10.

For us to live as loving HIS Appearing when HE Again Comes into the world, means our living as eagerly awaiting JESUS, always looking to HIM and not doing what is contrary to HIM; always and regardless of trials and tribulations; yet even and more so learning through them; rather looking to when our soul is required of us, or, if it is The Will Of GOD that we shall see it in our time, when The FATHER again Sends The First-Born (Romans 8:28-30) into the world (Hebrews 1:6 - 2:3); this time without reference to sin as was HIS Purpose at HIS First Coming (John 1:29), and this time for Salvation to those who, in their living, since that day and throughout time and til That Day, as Christians have assiduously and patiently awaited HIS Appearing; those who, by Grace through faith; in The Power Of GOD, have indeed put away sin.

Saved By The Blood Of The LAMB: JESUS CHRIST, The Faithful Witness, The First-Born of the dead, and The Ruler Of the kings of the earth, WHO loves us, and Released us from our sins By HIS Blood.

...but now once at The Consummation of the ages HE has been Manifested to put away sin by The Sacrifice of HIMSELF.
And inasmuch as it is Appointed for men to die once and after this Judgement, so CHRIST Also, having been Offered once to bear the sins of many, shall Appear a Second Time for Salvation without sin, to those who eagerly await HIM...
Hebrews 9:26b-28.

To be assiduously walking, which here means our eagerly awaiting HIM in our time here on earth, is our living with careful and consistent effort; diligently mindful of all our actions, words and deeds; being diligent to preserve The Unity Of The SPIRIT in The Bond of Peace in our looking to JESUS, The Author And Perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-3), keeping ourselves in The Love Of GOD, looking for The Mercy Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST towards Eternal Life (Jude: 20-23); our living with our looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of The Day Of GOD (2 Peter 3:8-18).

The one whose living conflicts with The Authority Of JESUS, regardless even of any position held in The Church or of any title he himself lays claim to and as he himself may see it, he is not living as the Apostles of our LORD JESUS CHRIST we read of and from in The Scriptures lived and instructed, according to their LORD, and so being their MASTER, for all to follow their example also (1 Peter 5:1-11).

Sin is not laid to one's charge where there is no Law (Romans 5:13).
And In CHRIST, all are Made alive because of The SPIRIT WHO Indwells the believer (Romans 8:10-11).
If we walk according to the flesh, continuing to practice the deeds of the flesh, then we shall be Judged by The Law (Romans 2:11-13).
However, you are not in the flesh but In The SPIRIT, if indeed The SPIRIT Of GOD Dwells in you.
But if anyone does not have The SPIRIT Of CHRIST, he does not belong to HIM.
Romans 8:9.
...But if you are Led By The SPIRIT you are not under The Law.
Galatians 5:18.

Grace is for the overcoming of sin.
Grace is not Given so that one can remain in sin (Romans 6).

Those who, though they profess The Name and yet live constantly practicing the deeds of the flesh, do not live with The Law being Written on their hearts and so establishing The Law in their living, as is The Will and Purpose Of GOD In HIS SON, according to Prophecy (Jeremiah 31:33-34 & Isaiah 61). And being apart from HIS Workmanship it is not being manifested that they are indeed a letter Of CHRIST, known and read by all men,

... written not with ink, but With The SPIRIT Of The Living GOD, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.
And such confidence we have Through CHRIST Toward GOD.
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from GOD, WHO also Made us adequate servants of a New Covenant, not of The Letter, but Of The SPIRIT; for The Letter kills, but The SPIRIT Gives Life.
2 Corinthians 3:3b-6.

Do we then nullify The Law through faith?
May it never be!
On the contrary, we establish The Law.
Romans 3:31.

Love having been Perfected is shown, not in any self-declaration of being a Christian, as is and may be the manner of some, but is and is borne out in our keeping The faith; which as a result is borne out in our bringing forth fruit in keeping with repentance, being a life now lived according to CHRIST (1 John 2:3-7).

And we shall know them by their fruits, because as The LORD HIMSELF Says, a good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce Good fruit (Matthew 7:13-27).

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects man.
Proverbs 27:19.

The sons of disobedience, being those whose manner is to still be living according to the flesh and contrary to The Word Of GOD; and in doing so maintaining lawlessness, are not the good tree bearing Good fruit as this, in their current state in being apart from repentance, is impossible.

Just because anyone may himself be professing The Name, self-professing his love for GOD and his desiring for that Great and Terrible Day, it does not mean that he himself is in right standing with GOD and letting justice roll down like waters and Righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
And examples of disobedience and its consequence are given to us throughout Scripture (Amos 5:18-24).

There are many who live and will themselves proclaim that they are followers of GOD, and yet in their blindness they hate reproof and will abhor one who speaks with integrity. They will hate and reject correction.

In truth, these are being no different in spirit to the example of the scribes and Pharisees of the time of The LORD'S First Coming, who lived questioning and rejecting The Authority of JESUS.

And much in the same way, to these the question which The LORD JESUS Asked the scribes and the Pharisees may rightly be asked them:

"Was the baptism of John from Heaven, or from men? Answer ME" Mark 11:30.

John preached a message of repentance, saying,
"Repent, for The Kingdom Of Heaven is at hand." Matthew 3:2.
And,
"Therefore bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I say to you that GOD Is Able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
"And also the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear Good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
Luke 3:8-9.

It is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham (Galatians 3:6-9), and a Saving faith brings forth fruit in keeping with repentance.
It does not maintain the flesh but dies to the deeds of the flesh so as to being able to live to Righteousness; abiding under The The Rule Of GOD (Luke 19:12-27).

Whether referred to in Scripture as The Kingdom Of Heaven or The Kingdom Of GOD, the message and the purpose is the same in that it is now for our living to be under The Rule Of GOD; living in obedience to The MASTER and in doing so we shall also be in subjection to one another, being clothed with humility; being filled with The HOLY SPIRIT.

... always giving thanks for all things in The Name Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST to GOD, even The FATHER; and be subject to one another in the fear of CHRIST.
Ephesians 5:21.

And to see what The Holy Scriptures speak of John, for us all to take heed of, in that we fully understand; in that we live to fulfill The Word of HIS Grace, through faith, so that we too in our walk become strong, and stronger in spirit to the praise and Glory Of GOD:

...And his father Zacharias was filled with The HOLY SPIRIT and Prophesied, saying:
"Blessed The LORD GOD Of Israel, for HE has Visited us and Accomplished Redemption for HIS people,
And has Raised Up A Horn of Salvation for us in The House of David HIS servant - as HE Spoke by the mouth of HIS Holy Prophets from of old -
Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
To Show Mercy towards our fathers and to Remember HIS Holy Covenant, The Oath which HE Swore to Abraham our father,
To Grant that we, being Delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve HIM without fear,
In Holiness and Righteousness before HIM all our days.

And you, child, will be called the Prophet of The MOST HIGH;
For you will go on before The LORD to prepare HIS Ways;
To give HIS people knowledge of Salvation by the Forgiveness of their sins,
Because of The Tender Mercy Of our GOD,
With which The SUNRISE From On High shall visit us,
To Shine Upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To Guide our feet into The Way of Peace."

And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Luke 1:67-80.

John made clear and plain that he had come to preach a baptism of repentance, to prepare the way for The Coming of GOD'S MESSIAH; and we too, today, must take heed of what this means, and examine ourselves to see if we too know Godly repentance in our living; to see if JESUS CHRIST is in us.
Because these are the last days. HE Is Standing Right At The Door.

Luke 1:74-75, that we may indeed live to minister to GOD and serve HIM, without fear, in Holiness and Righteousness before HIM all the days of our lives, is the Calling and obligation of everyone who calls on The Name Of The LORD JESUS CHRIST in Truth.

Of this, Scripture is both clear and is clear on what, according to GOD, this means.
But not all who profess HIS Name can hear.

When The LORD GOD Says such as,
"And I Will Cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against ME, and I Will Pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against ME, and by which they have transgressed against ME."Jeremiah 33:8, what many fail to recognise and to understand is that The LORD GOD is not speaking only that HE will do these things for us, but in HIS Grace and Mercy HE Works this also in us.
That in this, in fulfilling HIS Word to us, HE Shall Remove these things from being in our heart so that we will do them no more.

..."For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
So shall MY Word be which Goes Forth from MY Mouth;
It shall not return to ME empty, without Accomplishing what I Desire, and without succeeding for which I Sent It...
Isaiah 55 (v10-11).

Those who believe in and will boast of themselves, those who will commend themselves, must take heed so to understand (2 Corinthians 10-17-18).

"I Praise THEE, O FATHER, LORD Of Heaven and earth, that THOU Didst Hide these things from wise and intelligent and didst Reveal them to babes.
"Yes, FATHER, for thus it was Well-Pleasing In THY Sight.
"All things have been Handed Over to ME By MY FATHER; and no one knows The SON, except The FATHER; nor does anyone know The FATHER, except The SON, and anyone to whom The SON Wills to Reveal.

"Come to ME, all who are weary and heavy-laden and I Will Give you Rest.
"Take MY Yoke upon you, and learn from ME, for I AM Gentle and Humble In Heart; and you shall find Rest for your souls.
"For MY Yoke is easy, and MY Load is light."
Matthew 11:25-30.

This, to those that will truly believe in HIS Name, is what means Salvation through Sanctification By The SPIRIT and faith in The Truth (2 Thessalonians 2:13 - 3:5).

As Paul also writes to the faithful,
And for this reason we also constantly thank GOD that when you received from us The Word Of GOD'S Message, you accepted not the word of men, but what it really is, The Word Of GOD, which also Performs Its Work in you who believe.
For you, Brethren, became imitators of The Churches Of GOD In CHRIST JESUS that are in Judea...
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14a.

This is what means of our being Cleansed and Pardoned of all our iniquities by which we have transgressed against HIM, and why Paul writes such as,
What shall we say then?
Are we to continue in sin that Grace might increase?
May it never be!
How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
Or do you not know that all of us who have been Baptised Into CHRIST JESUS have been Baptised Into HIS Death?
Therefore we have been buried with HIM through Baptism into death in order that as CHRIST was Raised from the dead Through The Glory Of The FATHER, so we too might walk in Newness Of Life...
Romans 6:1-4.

It is not meaning, as many in their ignorance to The Truth clearly live believing, and it is clear because they bear witness that they blindly remain on in the flesh and live practicing the deeds of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21), being the antithesis of agape; not understanding that it is by HIS Grace through faith we are Forgiven, and what this means in how we shall then conduct ourselves in this world.

And so some blindly remain on in the flesh upholding the deeds of the flesh; adversaries to the children Of GOD, who will, because of the flesh, maintain division and strife; and making themselves enemies of the cross Of CHRIST.

For HE HIMSELF Is our Peace.

...Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
For it is on account of these things that The Wrath Of GOD Will Come Upon the sons of disobedience. And in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, abusive speech from your mouth.

Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its practices, and have put on the New self who is being Renewed to a True Knowledge according to The Image Of The ONE WHO Created him - in which there is no Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free man, but CHRIST Is All, and In all.

And so, as those who have been Chosen Of GOD, Holy and Beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as The LORD Forgave you, so also should you.

And beyond all these things love, which is the Perfect bond of Unity.
And let The Peace Of CHRIST rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were Called in One Body; and be thankful...
Colossians 3:5-15.

All the deeds of the flesh are sin before A Holy And Righteous GOD.

To live to keep The Foremost Commandment, and by which in keeping It we may then keep the second which is like it, we live that HIS Word be fulfilled in us; or rather, that we live by faith in HIS SON so that By HIS SPIRIT, GOD Fulfills HIS Word in us: in those who live in this world truly by HIS Reigning Over them; and thus their being Made alive from the dead.

For as in Adam all die, so also In CHRIST all shall be Made alive.
But each in his own order: CHRIST The First Fruits, after that those who are CHRIST'S at HIS Coming, then comes The End, when HE Delivers Up The Kingdom to The GOD And FATHER, when HE has Abolished all rule and all authority and power.
For HE must Reign until HE has put all HIS enemies under HIS Feet.
The last enemy that will be abolished is death...
1 Corinthians 15:22-26.

These are they who have lived for GOD to have Put HIS Law within them and on their heart for HIM to Write It; and so it is that HE shall be our GOD, and we shall be HIS people (Jeremiah 31:33-34), rather than we ourselves merely professing to be HIS.

And it is a constant all the days of our lives, growing to maturity living from faith and towards faith.
And for those who are HIS Saints; the Called and Chosen Of GOD, it shall be because CHRIST is in their hearts through faith, and they accordingly bear witness to The Truth.

...For this perishable must put on the Imperishable and this mortal must put on Immortality.
But when this perishable will have put on the Imperishable and this mortal will have put on Immortality, then will come about the saying that Is Written,
"Death is swallowed up in victory.
"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is The Law; but thanks be to GOD, WHO Gives us The Victory Through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Therefore, my Beloved Brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in The Work Of The LORD, knowing that your toil is not vain In The LORD.
1 Corinthians 15:53-58.

Those who are HIS shall continually have on their hearts these words of David, and knowing to their showing, that with this knowledge comes humility.
Be Gracious to me, O GOD, according to THY Lovingkindness; According to The Greatness of THY Compassion blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and Cleanse me from my sin..
Psalm 51:1-2 (Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 8:20).

This is why and how JESUS Is The LORD our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:5-6, Jeremiah 33:14-18); For GOD, because of HIS Great Grace And Mercy, will subdue our iniquities.

LORD, THOU Wilt Establish peace for us, since THOU hast also Performed for us all our works.
Isaiah 26:12.

Who is A GOD like THEE, WHO Pardons iniquity and Passes Over the rebellious act of the remnant of HIS Possession?
HE does not retain HIS Anger forever, because HE Delights in unchanging love.

HE will again have Compassion on us; HE will Tread our iniquities under foot.
Yes, THOU Wilt Cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
THOU Wilt Give Truth to Jacob, unchanging love to Abraham, which THOU Didst Swear to our forefathers from the days of old.
Micah 7:18-20.

...Until The SPIRIT is Poured Out Upon us from On High, and the wilderness becomes a fertile field and the fertile field is considered as a forest.
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness and Righteousness will abide in the fertile field.
And The Work of Righteousness will be peace, and the service of Righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. 
Isaiah 32:15-17.

...And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character hope; and hope does not disappoint, because The Love Of GOD has been Poured out within our hearts Through The HOLY SPIRIT WHO was Given to us.
Romans 5:3-5.

But The Goal of our Instruction is love from a pure (Cleansed) heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith...
1 Timothy 1:5.

Such as these will not argue against all Sound Doctrine.
Such as these hear The Truth Of GOD.
Such as these have endured and will endure discipline, for GOD Deals with HIS Own as sons;

...for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to The FATHER Of spirits, and live?
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but HE Disciplines us for good, that we may share HIS Holiness.

All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been Trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of Righteousness...
Hebrews 12:7-11.

Those who love THY Law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble.
Psalm 119:165.

The fruit Of The SPIRIT: Love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; against such things there is no Law.

The one who abides in love abides in GOD, and GOD Abides in him.

...By this, love is Perfected with us, that we may have confidence in The Day Of Judgement; because as HE Is, so also are we in this world...
1 John 4:17.

..."Therefore you are to be perfect, as your Heavenly FATHER Is Perfect." Matthew 5:48.
We are to be as One with GOD (John 17).

Paul writes,
I urge you therefore, Brethren, by The Mercies Of GOD, to present your bodies a living and Holy sacrifice, acceptable to GOD, your Spiritual service of worship.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be Transformed by the Renewing of your mind, that you may prove what The Will Of GOD Is, that which is Good and acceptable and Perfect.
For through The Grace Given to me I say to every man among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgement, as GOD has alloted to each a Measure of faith...
Romans 12:1-3.

And,

Blessed The GOD And FATHER Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO has Blessed us with every Spiritual Blessing in The Heavenly In CHRIST, just as HE Chose us In HIM before The Foundation of the world, that we should be Holy and blameless before HIM in love.

HE Predestined us to Adoption as sons Through JESUS CHRIST to HIMSELF, according to The Kind Intention of HIS Will, to the Praise Of The Glory of HIS Grace, which HE Freely Bestowed on us In The BELOVED...
Ephesians 1:3-6.

...For we are HIS Workmanship, Created In CHRIST JESUS for Good works, which GOD Prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them...
Ephesians 2:10.

Paul also emphasizes and in himself as the example of how we are to see ourselves, in his letter to The Church in Phillipi, of which and in The Foreknowledge Of GOD it is every bit for our understanding also (Philippians 3:3-17).

We do this by, and as Paul tells us, through our being Taught of GOD just as Truth is In JESUS, and not by our living as we only knew to do before we came to CHRIST; if we have indeed heard and have been taught In HIM just as Truth Is In JESUS, and being Renewed in the spirit of our mind through our putting on the New man which according to GOD is Created in and by Righteousness and Holiness of The Truth (Ephesians 4:21-24).

But if we live not truly abiding In HIM and HE in us, then we, through our own trespassing in our living according to the flesh (however that might be), are stained and are being in need, By HIS Blood, of cleansing by the confessing of our sins through Godly repentance (Hebrews 10:26-39):

The sacrifices of GOD are a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart, O GOD, THOU wilt not Despise.
Psalm 51:17.

...If we confess our sins, HE Is Faithful And Righteous to Forgive us our sins and to Cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make HIM a liar, and HIS Word is not in us...
1 John 1:9-10.

We cannot abide in sin that Grace might increase (Romans chapters 6 to 8), because Grace is not for those who remain wilfully sinning and being without a Saving faith; not knowing obedience of faith.
The Administration Of GOD is by faith.

But The Goal of our Instruction is love from a Pure (Cleansed) heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
For some men, straying from these things have turned aside to fruitless discussion, wanting to be teachers of The Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions...
1 Timothy 1:5-7.

The Law is not made for a Righteous man.

"If you love ME, you will keep MY Commandments."
John 14:15.

...There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love...
1 John 4:18.

...But I say, walk By The SPIRIT and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
For the flesh sets its desire against The SPIRIT, and The SPIRIT against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
But if you are Led By The SPIRIT, you are not under The Law...
Galatians 5:17-18.

It is why our LORD JESUS, WHO loves HIS Own who are in the world, Says to them;
..."You are already Clean because of The Word which I have Spoken to you.
"Abide In ME, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in The Vine, so neither can you, unless you abide In ME... John 15:3-4.

And every one of us, and each one to each other, are to look out for one another according to GOD; to wash one another's feet.
We are never to refuse this.
If we do refuse this then truly we have no part with HIM (John 13:1-20).

Pride and arrogance will cause this separation to be, just as pride and arrogance shall always maintain it.
And its way is to death, no matter who will refuse that its way is to death.

Those who do not know to do this, and who rather know only to serve up judgement and condemnation upon others, believing of themselves how a child Of GOD in Truth ought not to think of themselves and towards all others (we are to do good to all men), and in it all not having the understanding that we are to not think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think, are those who, though they profess to see, they are truly walking in darkness; their eyes being blinded by the darkness, their hearts hardened, their necks stiffened, who do not know repentance.

The Judgement Of GOD shall rightly fall upon such as these (Romans 1:28 - 2:16).

But to the humble, to those who hear The Words Of their LORD And SAVIOUR (Matthew chapters 5 to 7); who have the love Of GOD in themselves, Peace and Mercy upon them.

...Let THY Hand Be Ready to Help me, for I have chosen THY Precepts.
I long for THY Salvation, O LORD, and THY Law is my delight.
Let my soul live that I may praise THEE, and Let THINE Ordinances Help me.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek THY servant, for I do not forget THY Commandments.

In my trouble I cried to The LORD, and HE Answered me.
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
What shall be Given to you, and what more shall be Done to you, you deceitful tongue?...
Psalm 119:173 - Psalm 120:3.

As Paul says of himself, (Philippians 3), that he is the example to all who shall call on The Name Of The LORD and for us to follow his example; that we do indeed press on in order that we may lay hold of that for which also we were laid hold of By CHRIST JESUS.

For though The LORD Is Exalted, yet HE Regards the lowly;
But the haughty HE Knows from afar.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, THOU Wilt Revive me;
THOU Wilt Stretch Forth THY Hand against the wrath of my enemies, and THY Right Hand will Save me.

The LORD Will Accomplish what concerns me;
THY Lovingkindness, O LORD, Is Everlasting;
Do not forsake The Works of THY Hands.
Psalm 138-6-8.

...But the path of the Righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
The way if the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:18-19.

...For we know in part and we Prophesy in part; but when The Perfect Comes, the partial will be done away...
1 Corinthians 13:9-10.

THY people will volunteer freely in The Day Of THY Power;
In Holy array, from The Womb of The Dawn, THY youth are to THEE as the dew.
Psalm 110:3.

...The SPIRIT HIMSELF Bears Witness with our spirit that we are children Of GOD...
Romans 8:16.

Now may The GOD Of Hope fill you with all joy in believing, that you may abound in Hope By The Power Of The HOLY SPIRIT.
Romans 15:13.

...For we are The Temple Of The Living GOD; just as GOD Said,
"I Will Dwell In them and Walk among them;
And I Will Be their GOD, and they shall be MY people.

"Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate," Says The LORD.
"And do not touch what is unclean;
And I Will Welcome you.
"And I Will Be A FATHER to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to ME," Says The LORD ALMIGHTY.

Therefore, having these Promises, Beloved, let us Cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting Holiness in the fear of GOD.
2 Corinthians 6:16 - 7:1.

... Whoever confesses that JESUS Is The SON Of GOD, GOD Abides In him, and he In GOD.
And we have come to know and have believed The Love which GOD has for us.
GOD Is Love, and the one who abides in love abides In GOD, and GOD Abides In him.
By this, love is Perfected with us, that we may have confidence in The Day Of Judgement; because as HE Is, so also are we in this world.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not Perfected in love.

We love, because HE first Loved us.
If someone says, "I love GOD," and hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his Brother whom he has seen, cannot love GOD WHOM he has not seen.

And this Commandment we have from HIM, that the one who loves GOD should love his Brother also.
1 John 4:15-21.