Psalm 119:65-72: None Good Except GOD Alone...
Psalm 119:65-72: None Good Except GOD Alone...
...and GOD'S children shall always seek to do The Will of their FATHER, having fortitude in discipline, correction, instruction, nurturing, and all for good; that we may indeed become partakers of HIS Holiness. Hebrews 12.
As our LORD JESUS CHRIST Tells us:
"Pray, then, in this way;
'Our FATHER WHO Art In Heaven, Hallowed be THY Name.
'THY Kingdom come.
THY Will be done, On earth as it is In Heaven.
'Give us this day our daily bread.
'And Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
'And lead us not into temptation, but Deliver us from evil.
For THINE Is The Kingdom, The Power And The Glory, forever. Amen.
"For If you forgive men for their transgressions, your Heavenly FATHER Will also Forgive you.
"But if you do not forgive men, then your FATHER will not Forgive your transgressions...
Matthew 6:9-15.
...And behold, one came to HIM and said,
"Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain Eternal Life?"
And HE Said to him,
"Why are you asking ME about what is good?
There Is ONE WHO Is Good; but if you wish to enter into Life, keep The Commandments."
He said to HIM, "Which ones?"
And JESUS Said,
"You shall not commit murder;
You shall not commit adultery;
You shall not steal;
You shall not bear false witness;
Honour your father and mother; and you shall love your neighbour as yourself."
The young man said to HIM,
"All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?"
JESUS Said to him,
"If you wish to be complete, go sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you shall have Treasure in Heaven; and come, follow ME."
But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieved; for he was one who owned much property.
And JESUS Said to HIS Disciples,
"Truly I Say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter The Kingdom Of Heaven.
"Again I Say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter The Kingdom Of GOD."
And when the Disciples heard, they were very astonished and said,
"Then who can be Saved?"
And looking upon them JESUS Said to them,
"With men this is impossible, but with GOD all things are possible."
Then Peter answered and said to HIM,
"Behold, we have left everything and followed YOU; what then will there be for us?"
And JESUS Said to them,
"Truly I Say to you, that you who have followed ME in The Regeneration, when The SON Of Man will Sit on HIS Glorious Throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for MY Name's Sake, shall Receive many times as much, and shall Inherit Eternal Life.
"But many first will be last; and last first...
Matthew 19:16-30.
There is none Good except GOD Alone.
The one who asked JESUS about what good thing to do to obtain Eternal Life had the reply,
"There Is ONE WHO Is Good; but if you wish to enter into Life, keep The Commandments."
And we know, because of The Word Of GOD to us, that to keep The Commandments in that we become able to live as being released from The Law, having died to that by which all are bound (whether one believes it or not), it is only possible when we serve in Newness Of The SPIRIT.
Thus it is that we are believers United to CHRIST; having put on the New self who is being Renewed to a True Knowledge according to The ONE WHO Created him; CHRIST truly being all, and In all.
Ezekiel 36:23-27, 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, 2 Corinthians 5:14 - 6:1. Colossians 3:1-17.
There is none Good except GOD Alone.
According to GOD, before HIM, hate is as murder.
Everyone who hates his Brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Eternal Life abiding in him.
1 John 3:15.
'You shall do no injustice in judgement; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbour fairly.
'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbour; I AM The LORD.
'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbour, but shall not incur sin because of him.
'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself;
I AM The LORD.
Leviticus 19:15-18.
Galatians 5:13-21, James 4:1-6.
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, and they go down into the the innermost parts of the body.
An earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross are burning lips and a wicked heart.
He who hates disguises it with his lips, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart (Proverbs 6:16-19).
Hatred covers itself with guile, his wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 26:22-28.
Before GOD, those standing as Christians who will quarrel, who uphold conflicts and spreading strife among Brothers, who are envious of others, and in all these things doing what are, according to GOD'S Word to us, abominations to HIM, they are thus being friends with the world.
These, according to The Word, are counted as adulteresses who, apart from repentance, according to The Word Of GOD, shall meet the end of an adulteress.
They are adulteresses according to The Word Of GOD because The Church is made up of believers, being as living stones; The Church which is The Bride of The Bridegroom; and The Bridegroom Is The LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Matthew 25:1-13, Revelation 19:7-10.
... Therefore, my Brethren, you also were Made to die to The Law through The Body Of CHRIST, that you might be Joined to Another, to HIM WHO was Raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit for GOD...
Romans 7 (v 4).
What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you?
Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
You lust and do not have; you commit murder.
And you are envious and cannot obtain; you fight and quarrel.
You do not have because you do not ask.
You ask and do not Receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend on your pleasures.
(you consume: to understand clearly, see again verse 1, & also Galatians 5:13-21)
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward GOD?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of GOD.
Or do you think that The Scripture Speaks to no purpose:
"The SPIRIT Which HE has Made to Dwell in us Jealousy Desires us"?
But HE Gives a Greater Grace.
Therefore Says,,
"GOD Is Opposed to the proud, but Gives Grace to the humble."
Submit therefore to GOD.
Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to GOD and HE Will Draw Near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in The Presence Of The LORD, and HE will exalt you.
Do not speak against one another, Brethren.
He who speaks against a Brother, or judges his Brother, speaks against The Law, and judges The Law; but if you judge The Law, you are not a doer of The Law, but a judge.
There is ONE LawGiver And Judge, The ONE WHO Is Able to Save and to Destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbour?
James 4:1-12.
Before GOD, Those who do not enter into The Fold of The sheep Through JESUS CHRIST; The WORD Of GOD; The Door Of The sheep, but will climb up some other way (i.e., false teachers), then before GOD such a one and the one who follows them is a thief and a robber and accordingly is guilty before HIM of stealing by plundering.
John 10.
Before GOD, though they walk in The Name they do not walk truly bearing The Name; because they bear false witness in their rejection of The Word and The Way Of GOD in Truth.
It is why they still know the deeds of the flesh and not true humility; maintaining division, strife, arguments, ect; being truly loveless; showing complacency in the attitude of their heart; but still justifying themselves as Christians in it all.
Only JESUS CHRIST Is The Way And The Truth And The Life; no one comes to The FATHER but Through HIM. John 14:6.
... Whoever denies The SON does not have The FATHER; the one who confesses The SON has The FATHER also...
1 John 2:23.
If we know JESUS, we would know HIS FATHER also. John 8:19.
If we truly know JESUS we know ONE LORD, One faith, One Baptism, ONE GOD And FATHER Of all, WHO Is Over all and Through all and In all; WHOM we worship in spirit and Truth.
And to know means properly to see.
This means, in the perfect only, to be aware, perceive, understand.
... Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in The Teaching Of CHRIST, does not have GOD; the one who abides in The Teaching, he has both The FATHER And The SON.
If anyone comes to you and does not bring (bear, uphold) this Teaching, do not receive him into house (do not accept him), and do not give him a greeting (do not rejoice with him); for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.
2 John :9-11.
Only GOD Is Good. Isaiah 64.
Behold, I long for THY Precepts; Revive me Through THY Righteousness.
May THY Lovingkindness also come to me, O LORD, THY Salvation according to THY Word;
So I shall have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in THY Word.
Psalm 119:40-42,
Remember The Word to THY servant, in which THOU Hast made me hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction, that THY Word has revived me.
v49-50,
The LORD Is my Portion; I have promised to keep THY Words.
I entreated THY Favour with all my heart;
Be Gracious to me according to THY Word.
I considered my ways, and turned my feet to THY Testimonies.
I hastened and did not delay to keep THY Commandments.
v57-60,
Forever, O LORD, THY Word Stands Firm In Heaven.
v89,
I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep THY Word.
I have not turned aside from THINE Ordinances, for THOU THYSELF Hast Taught me.
How sweet are THY Words to my taste!
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
From THY Precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
THY Word is A Lamp to my feet, and A Light to my path.
v101-105,
Be surety for THY servant for Good (Ephesians 1:13-14); do not let the arrogant oppress me.
My eyes fail with longing for THY Salvation, and for THY Righteous Word.
v122-123,
The unfolding of THY Words Gives Light; It gives understanding to the simple.
v130,
Establish my footsteps in THY Word, and do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep THY Precepts.
v133-134,
THY Word Is Very Pure, therefore THY servant loves It.
v140,
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not turn aside from THY Testimonies.
I behold the treacherous and loathe, because they do not keep THY Word.
v157-158,
Let my cry come before THEE, O LORD;
Give me understanding according to THY Word.
Let my supplication come before THEE;
Deliver me according to THY Word.
v169-170,
Let my tongue sing of THY Word, for all THY Commandments Are Righteousness.
Let THY Hand be ready to Help me, for I have chosen THY Precepts.
v172-173,
On The Glorious Splendor Of THY Majesty, and on THY Wonderful Works, I will meditate.
Psalm 145:5.
Only GOD Is Good.
HE Will Swallow Up death for all time, and The LORD GOD Will Wipe tears away from all faces, and HE Will Remove the reproach of HIS people from all the earth;
For The LORD Has Spoken.
And it will be said in That Day,
"Behold, this is our GOD for WHOM we have waited that HE might Save us.
This is The LORD for WHOM we have waited;
Let us rejoice and be glad in HIS Salvation."
Isaiah 25:8-9. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.
According to HIS Word to us, to know GOD is to plead the cause of the afflicted and needy.
It is to divide our bread with the hungry, to house the homeless poor, to cover the naked; to not hide ourselves from our own flesh (Acts 17:26).
Jeremiah 22:15-16, Isaiah 58:6-12.
And, as our LORD JESUS Says to the one asking of HIM of what he still lacks, to which HE did not answer that he lacked nothing in fulfillment of The Commandments HE had just Answered him by, but instead Spoke, "If you wish to be complete, go sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you shall have Treasure in Heaven; and come, follow ME.".., if we truly take delight in that we are disposed to being made Complete, (because such as this is what means being Of GOD), then it certainly shall be in us to be Made so; even, the desire of our heart; rather than our heart being grieved by it. Luke 12:13-40.
At The Judgement, of which our LORD JESUS gives to us a glimpse, written in Matthew 25:31-46, those whom The LORD HIMSELF names as the Righteous are those who, by HIS Words, knew to do these things (v 34-40).
And they knew to do them because it was in their heart to do them; it had become their very nature whereby it became a natural inclination for them to do it.
This is because they had become partakers of Divine Nature. 2 Peter 1:1-11.
And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one claimed that anything belonging to him was his own; but all things were common property to them.
And with Great Power the Apostles were giving witness to the Resurrection Of The LORD JESUS, and abundant Grace was upon them all.
For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales, and lay them at the Apostles' feet; and they would be distributed to each, as any had need.
And Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the Apostles (which translated means, Son of Encouragement), and who owned a tract of land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the Apostles' feet...
Acts 4:32-36.
Only GOD Is Good.
Those of that congregation, those who did not believe; who were not of one heart and soul, such as in the example of Ananias and Sapphira his wife, who sold a piece of property, but then Ananias determining to keep some of the price with his wife's full knowledge, are given to us as an example as that passage of Scripture continues into what we have portioned as chapter five.
They died.
And great fear came upon the whole Church, and upon all who heard of these things...
Acts 5:11.
...When you make a vow to GOD, do not be late in paying it, for HE takes no delight in fools.
Pay what you vow!
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
Do not say in the presence of the messenger Of GOD that it was a mistake.
Why should GOD Be Angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness.
Rather, fear GOD...
Ecclesiastes 5:4-7.
Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom, honour.
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left (Matthew 25:32-40).
Even when the fool walks along the road his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone he is a fool...
Ecclesiastes 10:1-3.
Good: being "Good" in character or constitution and beneficial in its effect.
Only GOD Is Good.
"You have heard that it was said,
'You shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy.'
"But I Say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you in order that you may be sons Of your FATHER WHO Is In Heaven; for HE Causes HIS sun to rise on evil and good, and Sends rain on the Righteous and unrighteous.
"For If you love those who love you, what Reward have you? Do not even the tax-gatherers do the same?
"And if you greet your Brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your Heavenly FATHER Is Perfect...
Matthew 5:43-48.
So why would any determine at any time to strive in their own wisdom, in their reasoning and understanding throughout the course of this life; when true Goodness can only come and does only come from The LORD GOD; Through HIS SPIRIT By Grace through faith, and nothing and no-one else?
Nothing is hidden from GOD nor can anything be hidden from HIM. Psalm 139.
There is none Good except GOD Alone.
"For HIS Eyes are upon the ways of a man, and HE Sees all his steps.
"There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
"For HE does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before GOD in Judgement.
Job 34:21-23.
The Apostles and true Brethren we read of in Scripture; those Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST; who followed HIM, those who had CHRIST In them, they subsequently knew to have such a heart, and they had such a heart.
And this will be no different today.
GOD Changes not.
JESUS CHRIST The Same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8.
... And the news about them reached the ears of The Church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch.
Then when he had come and witnessed The Grace Of GOD, he rejoiced and to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to The LORD; for he was a good man and full of The HOLY SPIRIT and of faith.
And considerable numbers were brought to The LORD.
Acts 11:22-24.
..."The good man out of his Good treasure brings forth what is Good; and the evil man out of evil treasure brings forth what is evil.
"And I Say to you, that every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in The Day Of Judgement.
"For by your words you shall be Justified, and by your words you shall be condemned."
Matthew 12:35-37.
Being apart from HIM means that the one living as being separated from GOD (willingly sinning; willingly being contrary to GOD, whether in thought, word or deed; Hebrews 10:26-39) is destined after the first death to the second death; to being eternally separated from HIM and from The Power Of HIS Glory, being numbered with those whom The LORD HIMSELF names, in what we have given to us as an example, written as The Judgement in Matthew 25:41-46, named, "accursed ones".
These themselves did not know to live to be a witness in themselves of The Grace Of GOD.
The same as the example Given for us all to take heed of, being those of whom The LORD Speaks in what we have written, amid the admonishing and warning, as Matthew 7:12-27, where HE Says to those who themselves consider themselves as being HIS; their calling HIM LORD and their recounting to HIM the things they have done in HIS Name (v 22),
"I Never Knew you; depart from ME, you who practice lawlessness."
They had not done The Will Of The FATHER WHO Is In Heaven (v 21).
For THOU art not a GOD WHO takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil dwells with THEE.
The boastful shall not stand before THINE Eyes;
THOU Dost Hate all who do iniquity.
THOU Dost Destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD Abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Psalm 5:4-6.
It clearly then is not The Gift which is proof of one who stands Justified By GOD, but it is the one who knows to do, to abide, to work, to yield The Will of The FATHER WHO Is In Heaven.
The Apostle Paul, for example, healed the sick (Acts 28:8-9), he spoke Prophetic words (Acts 20:25-32), and yet he still spoke, with himself as the example, of his self discipline of his faith, lest he himself be rejected, counted worthless, counted a reprobate in his standing as a Christian:
... 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 through Moses in The Cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same Spiritual Food; and all drank the same 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 9:26 - 10:6.
Examples of disobedience and its consequence; death, are given to us in Scripture for us to heed the warning of and to not do likewise.
It is why Paul wrote to The Church as he did, which many teachings of demons and men shall refuse to truly acknowledge;
...I count all things to be loss in view of the Surpassing Value of knowing CHRIST JESUS my LORD, for WHOM I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain CHRIST, and may be found In HIM, not having a righteousness of my own derived from Law, but that which is through faith in CHRIST, the Righteousness which comes from GOD on the basis of faith, that I may know HIM, and The Power of HIS Resurrection and the fellowship of HIS Sufferings, being Conformed to HIS death; in order that I may attain to The Resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained, it have already become perfect, but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by CHRIST JESUS.
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward The Goal for The Prize of the Upward Call Of GOD In CHRIST JESUS.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, GOD Will Reveal that also to you; however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.
Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us...
Philippians 3:8-17.
The Christian walk is a constant walk in which we are constantly growing to maturity.
It is not to follow and believe in, it is not to follow and believe in those who will teach and preach that your Salvation is wholly secured and yet they do not know to understand to admonish you to recognise how you are walking and to see if JESUS CHRIST Is in you, with themselves as the example as in like manner of Paul and his fellow Brethren; who looked to be imitators of CHRIST. Ephesians 5:15-17.
Rather, believe GOD; because there is none Good except GOD.
Good: being "Good" in character or constitution and beneficial in its effect.
Believe a man Of GOD who was a man Of GOD in Truth, such as the Apostles Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST we read of and from in Scripture.
Our being Conformed to HIS death is our walking in Newness of Life; and nothing whatsoever of how we lived and only knew to live before: Romans 6:4-14, Romans 8:10-14, 1 Peter 4:1-2.
This is how we now live, as a constant, to our attaining to The Resurrection from the dead.
Because, as Paul writes even of himself, we have not already obtained it, but we press on in order that we may indeed lay hold of The Promise Of GOD.
And in growing, living from faith to faith, we keep living to that same standard to which we have attained; and not backsliding; not rebuilding what we have once destroyed: Galatians 2:17-18.
... always carrying about in the body the dying Of JESUS, that The Life Of JESUS also may be Manifested in our body.
For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for JESUS' Sake, that The Life Of JESUS also may be Manifested in our mortal flesh...
2 Corinthians 4:10-11 (Romans 8:9-14).
If anything we do, or think, or believe, which is contrary to GOD, then GOD HIMSELF Through HIS SPIRIT will Reveal that to us: but not, not, when we walk according to the flesh; Galatians 5:16-21. Romans 8:4-8.
Those who deny The Truth Of GOD refuse The Leading Of The HOLY SPIRIT.
GOD can do all things, but HE cannot Work through unbelief; and unbelief wilfully held to; and we all have free will.
All of them are stubbornly rebellious, going about as a talebearer.
They are bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.
The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.
They call them rejected silver,
Because The LORD Has Rejected them.
Jeremiah 6:28-30.
Now, in The New Covenant, if one walks yet still wilfully doing so according to the flesh, even though they themselves profess to be a Christian, then they shall indeed perish. Luke 19:11-27.
So then, Brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh - for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if By The SPIRIT you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will Live...
Romans 8:12-13.
But The Goal of our Instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith...
1 Timothy 1:5.
"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to Eternal Life, which The SON Of Man shall Give to you, for On HIM The FATHER GOD Has Set HIS Seal "
They said therefore to HIM,
"What shall we do, that we may work the Works Of GOD?"
JESUS Answered and Said to them,
"This is the Work Of GOD, that you believe in HIM WHOM HE Has Sent."...
John 6:27-29.
Only GOD Is Good.
From The Only ONE WHO Is Good can only come what is Good, and what is Good does indeed come to the one who wholly believes; who truly believes in GOD Through JESUS CHRIST.
It is the outward showing in their words and deeds of The Grace Of GOD to them.
The Grace Given is realised by this one and is perceived by others of this one as being one who truly lives by faith in The SON Of GOD (Galatians 2:6-10); who will look only to proclaim HIM, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man Complete In CHRIST.
And with these also is their always looking to themselves (Philippians 2:3-5, Romans 12:10, Ephesians 5:21); knowing all humility as a good steward of The Manifold Grace Of GOD; serving GOD; serving one another; and not serving their own interests; their own selves; being hospitable to one another without complaint.
As each one has received a Gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of The Manifold Grace Of GOD.
Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, The Utterances Of GOD; whoever serves, let him do so only 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 4:10-11.
Just as it was in the Apostle Paul:
...And for this purpose also I labour, striving according to HIS Power, which mightily Works within me...
Colossians 1:29.
For such a one, GOD'S Grace Is Sufficient to both their own overcoming of the flesh and to their being made ready, By GOD, for the work of service in the work Of GOD which HE HIMSELF has for that one to do.
But not all walk with such a spirit so as to realise the Gift GOD has for them and for HIS Purpose; The Manifestation Of The SPIRIT for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
They profess to know GOD, but by their deeds they deny HIM, being detestable and disobedient, and worthless for any Good deed.
But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for Sound Doctrine...
Titus 1:15 - 2:1.
...if indeed you have heard HIM and have been taught In HIM, just as Truth Is In JESUS, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be Renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the New self, which In GOD has been Created in Righteousness and Holiness Of The Truth...
Ephesians 4:21-24.
Again, as in Paul, a man Of GOD indeed, in whose spirit; in his inner man, he joyfully concurred with The Law Of GOD (Romans 7:18-25); and a man we all will do well to imitate (1 Corinthians 11:1), said;
Most gladly, therefore, I will boast about my weaknesses, that The Power Of CHRIST may Dwell in me.
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for CHRIST'S Sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong...
2 Corinthians 12:9b-10.
Only GOD Is Good.
In contrast, Grace received in vain is being of those who do not live so as to bear witness to The Grace Of GOD in their living, even though they profess The Name and believe of themselves that they are in right standing with GOD.
They profess to know GOD, but by their deeds they deny HIM, being detestable and disobedient, and worthless for any Good deed.
And they are many; who do not even truly understand any error they are in; whose knowledge and conscience to their wilfully continuing in sin is hardened along with their hardened heart; made callous, because in their continuing to walk in blindness they have not laid aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit.
They, being those who, according to The Word Of GOD and opposing The Testimony Of JESUS, still walk in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from The Life Of GOD because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; having become callous; who rather boast in themselves, who rather believe in their own stature and importance, their own standing in HIS Church which HE Purchased With HIS Own Blood.
Being those who are all too ready to argue, even though they shall argue only from themselves; not truly knowing how to stand firm, not having girded their loins with Truth, not having put on The Breastplate of Righteousness, not having shod their feet with the preparation of The Gospel Of Peace; walking not with The Helmet Of Salvation, and The Sword Of The SPIRIT, which is The Word Of GOD; because they do not truly understand The Word; not understanding The Covenant which they take in their mouths; because of their spirit.
These are those who cause divisions, worldly-minded, they are devoid of The SPIRIT.
And even though they believe of themselves that they have The SPIRIT Of GOD, because they read The Word Of GOD and presume that Scripture speaking of believers having The SPIRIT; walking By The SPIRIT Of GOD applies to them because they deem themselves a Christian, yet not recognising how they err according to CHRIST; their blindness causes them to walk yet still upholding the deeds of the flesh, and their words and deeds being evidence to and of the blindness still in them; Galatians 5:19-21.
With their lips they profess to worship GOD, but their hearts are far away from HIM.
Woe to them.
Woe to them who go on and never knowing Godly repentance.
..."But it is a spirit in man, and The Breath Of The ALMIGHTY Gives them Understanding.
"The abundant in years may not be wise, nor may elders understand justice...
Job 32:8-9.
Being such as those whom Paul feared he would find, as he wrote:
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances; I am afraid that when I come again my GOD may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced.
2 Corinthians 12:20-21.
They, through pride and arrogance; the antithesis to humility, not having repented of the impurity of the deeds and lusts of the flesh; strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances, and that these are traits also rife today among many Christians who cannot even see to discern what it is they are doing, because of the strange and varied teachings they will follow; and not being Of The SPIRIT Of GOD, they will do so in all blindness, determining themselves as approved in their commending themselves as servants of GOD.
Not only in their own estimation as being a Christian but also in whatever else they will adorn themselves with in titles as they themselves will see themselves, be that apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher, or whatever else in The Body Of CHRIST; HIS Church.
But The Gifts are Gifts and not titles, Given Of GOD just as HE Wills, for the work of service, to the Building Up of The Body Of CHRIST; 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.
Love, love, love!
Ephesians 4, 1 Corinthians 12.
And any who will attempt to show them from The Word any error they may be in and all according to The Word, is then subject to the same vitriol of fleshly traits and accusations they will know to mete out so readily; because they genuinely cannot discern their error and how far removed they are from The Grace Of GOD.
Read Luke 6:20-49, and understand that in the context of all that is Spoken by The LORD JESUS CHRIST, in verses 32-34, where It Is Written HIS Words, 'what credit is to you?' or, 'what thank have you?' or, 'what thanks are you worthy of?', depending on the translation which you use, it is to rightly discern that what The LORD is Saying to everyone is, 'what Grace is to you?' or, 'what Grace have you?' or, 'what Grace are you worthy of?'
The word in the original manuscripts, translated as either, credit, thank, or thanks, is, in the Greek, Charis; Grace.
Yet in all our living we are Called and Instructed not to receive The Grace Of GOD in vain; we are to live giving no cause for offense in anything, in order that The Ministry be not discredited.
2 Corinthians 6:1-10.
If we do not know humility, if we do not know to love with the love Of GOD and that as far as it depends on us we are to be at peace with all men, to do good and to give to any and all as any and all might have need, as much as it is our ability to do so, and also considering any material things as not being our own; but all things being as common property to all as any might have need; all being according to The Word, then we are not truly living fulfilling The Law and the Prophets in treating others how we ourselves want to be treated; we are not living as Christians according to The Word Of GOD (Matthew 7:12, Luke 6:31, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8-26, 2 Timothy 4:22); we are not living by faith in GOD, but in wilful disobedience we live insulting The SPIRIT Of Grace; and through such as these, Grace is made void.
...But they rebelled and grieved HIS HOLY SPIRIT;
Therefore, HE Turned HIMSELF to become their Enemy, HE Fought Against them...
Isaiah 63:10.
..."Therefore I Say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be Forgiven men, but blasphemy against The SPIRIT shall not be forgiven...
Matthew 12:31.
In doing so to our end, shown and known By GOD to have lived as disregarding The Grace Of GOD; never knowing Godly repentance, then this word in Jeremiah shall be true of us also:
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and The Law Of The LORD is with us'?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made into a lie.
"The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have rejected The Word Of The LORD, and what kind of wisdom do they have?
Jeremiah 8:8-9.
If any will refuse this for the sake of what they themselves will choose to believe in and follow as being Christianity, because of how they themselves currently walk in The Name of Christian, then they are a liar, even a prideful liar, because they refuse The Word Of GOD for the sake of themselves and their own choosing.
And such choosing is what constitutes heresy.
And in not knowing repentance they show themselves as foolish, even a foolish liar.
And no liar has Eternal Life abiding in them.
And so very sadly, many do so and shall do so in their blindness to and of The Truth Of GOD.
They do not behold The Majesty Of The LORD; because they do not truly know the fear of The LORD; and the fear of The LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of The Holy ONE Is Understanding. Proverbs 9:1-12.
Do not be like them.
...And do not grieve The HOLY SPIRIT Of GOD, By WHOM you were Sealed for The Day of Redemption.
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as GOD In CHRIST also has Forgiven us.
Therefore be imitators of GOD, as Beloved children; and walk in love, just as CHRIST also loved us, and Gave HIMSELF Up for us, an Offering and a Sacrifice to GOD, as a Fragrant Aroma...
Ephesians 4:30 - 5:2.
As Christians we are to live showing all Good faith that we may adorn The Doctrine of GOD our SAVIOUR in every respect;
For The Grace Of GOD has Appeared, bringing Salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, Righteously and Godly in the present age, looking for The Blessed Hope and The Appearing of The Glory Of our Great GOD And SAVIOUR, CHRIST JESUS;
WHO Gave HIMSELF for us, that HE might Redeem us from every lawless deed and Purify for HIMSELF a people for HIS Own Possession, zealous for Good deeds.
These things speak and exhort and reprove with all Authority.
Let no one disregard you.
Titus 2:11-15.
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but GOD WHO Causes the growth.
Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will Receive his own reward according to his own labour
For we are GOD'S fellow workers; you are GOD'S Field, GOD'S Building (as in an ongoing construction).
According to The Grace Of GOD which was Given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it.
But let each man be careful how he builds upon it.
For no man can lay a foundation other than The One Which Is Laid, Which Is JESUS CHRIST.
1 Corinthians 3:7-11.
Only GOD Is Good.
But how are you yourself building upon upon The Foundation, Which Is JESUS CHRIST?
Do not be deceived, my Beloved Brethren.
Every Good thing bestowed and every Perfect Gift is from Above, coming down from The FATHER Of Lights, with WHOM there is no variation or shifting shadow.
In The Exercise Of HIS Will HE Brought us Forth By The Word Of Truth, so that we might be, as it were, the first fruits among HIS creatures.
Know this, my Beloved Brethren...
James 1:16-19
...But The Wisdom From Above is first Pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and Good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy...
James 3:17
And from what is not Good can only come what is not Good.
Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?
Can a fig tree, my Brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs?
Neither can salt water produce fresh.
Who among you is wise and understanding?
Let him show by his good behaviour his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom...
James 3:11-13. Psalm 146.
Godliness; Holiness to us is meaning an unstained moral excellence which is not given to change and which in truth is impossible for any one of us to attain to within ourselves, that is, our flesh.
It is why we are to know and to understand;
"It Is The SPIRIT WHO Gives Life; the flesh profits nothing; The Words that I Have Spoken to you are Spirit and are Life.
"But there are some of you who do not believe."
John 6:63-64.
For we, Through The SPIRIT, by faith, are waiting for The Hope Of Righteousness.
Galatians 5:5.
No one can come to JESUS unless it has been Granted him from The FATHER (John 6:65).
No one can be established in JESUS; WHO Is The Light Of the world, unless they believe in all The Word HE Spoke nearly 2,000 years ago, and still Speaks today and to The Day of Eternity; and accordingly is the Teaching of HIS Holy Apostles
(Acts 2:37-42).
JESUS CHRIST, The Same yesterday and today, and forever...
Hebrews 13:8.
If we do not accept all The GOD Breathed Word; The Word written by men Moved By The HOLY SPIRIT Spoke From GOD, then we are not being Led By The SPIRIT Of GOD; we are refusing HIS Leading; denying HIM; blaspheming HIM.
"It Is Written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every Word that Proceeds Out of The Mouth Of GOD.' "
Matthew 4:4
Do not let the devil take opportunity with you in deceiving you however or through whomever he will.
If we are not being Led By The HOLY SPIRIT, then we are not, Through The SPIRIT, by faith, living assiduously and patiently waiting for The Expectation Of Christian Justification.
Only GOD Is Just And The Justifier Of the one who has faith in JESUS.
To those that do live assiduously waiting, Judgement has been deferred and the demonstration of GOD'S Righteousness at the present time is being shown in their living; to their Justification: Romans 3:21-26, Romans 8:28-30; to Eternal Life.
To the one who has lived disobedient to The Word; Judgement deferred, which in Romans 3:25 where is the statement,
...because in The Forbearance Of GOD HE Passed Over the sins previously committed,..., which means, GOD'S Suspension of Punishment for sin, the "passing over" not being a matter of Divine disregard but of forbearance; the Greek word used here meaning a suspension of Judgement, it will prove only to be just that; Judgement withheld only to be later Applied (i.e., Matthew 7:21-27, Hosea 8:1-4, Luke 6:46-49, Romans 2:13, Titus 1:15-16, Revelation 3:5).
This will be because they have lived and stumbled without recovery towards Godly living because they were disobedient to The Word, not knowing repentance; and accordingly lived refusing The Leading of The HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM GOD Gives to those who obey HIM (Acts 5:29-32).
"If you love ME, you will keep MY Commandments.
"And I Will Ask The FATHER, and HE Will Give you Another Helper, that HE may be With you forever; The SPIRIT Of Truth, WHOM the world cannot receive, because it does not behold HIM or know HIM.
You know HIM because HE abides With you, and will be In you.
"I will not leave you as orphans; I Will Come to you.
John 14:15-18. (Matthew 28:18-20).
As The LORD JESUS CHRIST By The SPIRIT Of Holiness Says:
..."A Good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce Good fruit.
"Every tree that does not produce Good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
"So then, you will know them by their fruits..."
Matthew 7:18-20.
But the blind in their blindness and arrogance in that blindness will yet still refuse it, because the darkness has blinded their eyes so that they do not know obedience to The Truth so as to purify their souls for a sincere love of the Brethren, to fervently love one another from a Cleansed heart.
By their attitude and manner in how they hold themselves and will conduct themselves, word and deed (and so in thought also) as a professing Christian, they show (and they are many and not few) to not truly hear to understand;
...As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts in your ignorance, but like The Holy ONE WHO Called you, be Holy yourselves also in all behaviour; because It Is Written,
"You shall be Holy, for I AM Holy."
And if you address as FATHER The ONE WHO Impartially Judges according to each man's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay; knowing that you were not Redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with Precious Blood, as of A LAMB Unblemished and Spotless, Of CHRIST.
For HE was Foreknown before The Foundation of the world, but has Appeared in these last times for the sake of you who Through HIM are believers in GOD, WHO Raised HIM from the dead and Gave HIM Glory, so that your faith and Hope are In GOD.
Since you have in obedience to The Truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the Brethren, fervently love one another from a Clean heart, for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but Imperishable, Through The Living And Abiding Word Of GOD.
For,
"All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass.
The grass withers and the flower falls off, but The Word Of The LORD Abides forever."
And this is The Word which was preached to you.
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babes, long for The Pure Milk Of The Word, that by It you may grow in respect to Salvation, if you have tasted The Kindness Of The LORD.
And coming to HIM as to A Living Stone, rejected by men, but Choice and Precious in The Sight Of GOD, you also, as living stones, are being Built Up as a Spiritual House for a Holy priesthood, to offer up Spiritual sacrifices acceptable to GOD Through JESUS CHRIST.
For this is contained in Scripture:
"Behold I Lay in Zion A Choice Stone, A Precious Corner, and he who believes in HIM shall not be disappointed."
This Precious Value, then, is for you who believe.
But for those who disbelieve,
"The Stone which the builders rejected, This became The Very Corner,"
and,
"A Stone Of stumbling and A Rock Of offence";
For they stumble because they are disobedient to The Word, and to this they were also appointed...
1 Peter 1:14 - 2:8.
..."And if anyone hears MY Sayings, and does not keep them, I do not Judge him; for I did not Come to Judge the world, but to Save the world.
"He who rejects ME, and does not receive MY Sayings, has ONE WHO Judges him; The Word I Spoke is what will Judge him at the Last Day.
"For I did not Speak on MY Own Initiative, but The FATHER HIMSELF WHO Sent ME has Given ME Commandment, what to Say, and what to Speak.
"And I Know that HIS Commandment Is Eternal Life; therefore the things I Speak, I Speak just as The FATHER has Told ME."
John 12:47-50.
The Commandment Is Eternal Life.
And even as The SON did not and does not Speak on HIS Own Initiative but only what The FATHER HIMSELF Gave HIM Commandment, what to Say, and what to Speak, so all men, in all matters pertaining to GOD themselves can and must only speak, and say, The Word Of GOD.
Only GOD Is Good.
... Whoever denies The SON does not have The FATHER; the one who confesses The SON has The FATHER also.
As for you, let that abide in you (The Word Of GOD) which you heard from the beginning.
If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide In The SON And In The FATHER.
And this is The Promise which HE HIMSELF has Made to us: Eternal Life.
These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
And as for you, The Anointing which you Received from HIM abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as HIS Anointing Teaches you about all things (John 15:26-27), and is True and is not a lie, and just as It has taught you, you abide In HIM.
And now, little children, abide In HIM, so that when HE Appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from HIM in shame at HIS Coming.
If you know that HE Is Righteous, you know that everyone also who practices Righteousness is born Of HIM...
1 John 2:23-29.
To confess means to declare openly by way of speaking out freely the same as JESUS CHRIST; such confession being the effect of deep conviction of facts.
Acts 5:32, 2 Corinthians 1:20-22, 2 Corinthians 5:2-11.
And herein is The Grace Of GOD.
We are all born Spiritually blind.
Some walk throughout life in their blindness but being dependent upon The LORD Alone for their sight that they may truly see, and because they look to GOD (faith) they Receive their sight.
Whilst some walk in life as Christians believing that they see; yet are blind and remain blind, because of the hardness of their heart through which the darkness, they do not perceive, has blinded them
(little faith; incredulous, that is, disinclined or indisposed to fully believe: Hebrews 11:6, Revelation 21:8, Isaiah 55).
If we do not believe, then surely we shall not be established.
"But if GOD so arrays the grass of the field, which is today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, not much more you, O men of little faith...
Matthew 6:30.
But in being of CHRIST, those who believe they see are supposed to recognise their blindness in all their living, that they may indeed Receive their sight.
As The LORD JESUS Says in the telling of the Healing of the man born blind,
"For Judgement I Came into this world, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind."...
John 9:39.
Those who are humble in spirit and contrite of heart, when they err according to The Word; being those who tremble at HIS Word, these are the blind who will Receive their sight.
..."But to this one I Will Look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at MY Word...
Isaiah 66:2b.
...For thus Says The High And Exalted ONE WHO Lives forever, WHOSE Name Is Holy,
"I Dwell On A High And Holy Place, And Also With the contrite and lowly of spirit in order to Revive the spirit of the lowly and to Revive the heart of the contrite...
Isaiah 57:15
...Come, you children, listen to me;
I Will teach you the fear of The LORD.
Who is the man who desires Life, and loves days that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace, and pursue it.
The Eyes Of The LORD Are Toward the Righteous, and HIS Ears Are Open to their cry.
The Face Of The LORD Is Against evil-doers, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The Righteous cry and The LORD Hears, and Delivers them out of all their troubles.
The LORD Is Near to the brokenhearted, and HE Saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the Righteous;
But The LORD Delivers him out of them all.
HE Keeps all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.
Evil shall slay the wicked;
And those who hate the Righteous will be Condemned.
The LORD Redeems the soul of HIS servants;
And none of those who take Refuge In HIM will be condemned.
Psalm 34:11-22
So then, my Beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your Salvation with fear and trembling; for It Is GOD WHO Is At Work in you, both to Will and to Work for Good Pleasure.
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children Of GOD above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding fast The Word Of Life, so that in The Day Of CHRIST I may have cause to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.
But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.
And you too, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.
Philippians 2:12-18
These are the ones who have heard The Word in an honest and good heart, who hold fast The Word, bearing fruit with perseverance.
And whoever does not have such a heart, even what he thinks he has shall be Taken Away from him. Because GOD HIMSELF In HIS Word to us Says it is so.
Luke 8:4-21, Matthew 13:36-43.
Therefore, Beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found By HIM in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the Patience Of our LORD to be Salvation; just as also our Beloved Brother Paul, according to the Wisdom Given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
You, therefore, Beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall away from your own steadfastness, but grow in The Grace and Knowledge Of our LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.
To HIM The Glory, both now and to The Day of Eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 3:14-18.
In this life and of those who profess to follow GOD, there are those who believe they see and will present to others that they have Spiritual insight; yet still they are blind and are shown to be blind, to those with eyes to see and ears to hear.
These are those who quote Scripture, who will stand on The Name, and yet openly live in contradiction of The WORD and all The GOD Breathed Word.
And those who will accept these for what they themselves will say they are, these are the blind being led by the blind:
"A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?
"A pupil is not above his Teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully Trained, will be like his Teacher...
Luke 6:39-40.
There is One Teacher; The LORD JESUS CHRIST And HIS SPIRIT.
Only GOD Is Good.
... 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.
And if CHRIST is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit (your sentient element) is alive because of Righteousness.
But if The SPIRIT Of HIM WHO Raised JESUS from the dead Dwells in you, HE WHO Raised CHRIST JESUS from the dead will also Give Life to your mortal bodies because of HIS SPIRIT WHO Indwells you.
So then, Brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh - for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if By The SPIRIT you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
For all who are being Led By The SPIRIT Of GOD, these are sons Of GOD...
Romans 8:9-14.
But in their blindness, just as the Pharisees, this is true of them also:
...Those of the Pharisees who were with HIM heard these things, and said to HIM,
"We are not blind too, are we?"
JESUS Said to them,
"If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.
Truly, truly, I Say to you, he who does not enter by The Door into The Fold of The sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
"But he who enters by The Door is a shepherd of the sheep.
"To him The DoorKeeper Opens, and The sheep hear His Voice, and He Calls His Own sheep by name, and Leads them out.
"When He Puts Forth all His Own, He goes before them (John 12:26), and The sheep follow Him because they know His Voice.
"And a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
This figure of speech JESUS Spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which HE had been Saying to them...
John 9:40 - 10:6.
Those who are The LORD'S do not hear to follow with any of their senses the stranger, but only The Good SHEPHERD.
The LORD HIMSELF Says it is so in HIS Word to us.
Here in John 9 we have GOD in The Form of a Man (Philippians 2:7-8) taking clay to remake HIS Work, as the potter re-moulds a spolied work in his hands.
The SON Of GOD was Sent for GOD'S Purpose; to Give sight to the blind (Isaiah 61) that those whom HE Foreknew, HE Predestined Conformed to The Image of HIS SON (Romans 8:28-30).
Only GOD Sees the end from the beginning, as all Scripture and Prophecies therein clearly show.
Therefore, it is those whom HE Foreknew, HE Predestined Conformed to The Image Of HIS SON; that HE might be The First-Born among many Brethren (Romans 8:29).
And we will know them by their fruits.
As The LORD JESUS Says, just before HE made the clay,
"Neither this man sinned nor his parents; but in order that The Works Of GOD may be Displayed in him.
"We must work The Works Of HIM WHO Sent ME, as long as it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.
"While I AM in the world, I AM The Light Of the world."...
John 9:3-5.
And HE Is with us always, even to the end of the age (Matthew 28:16-20).
The Day is coming when The FATHER will again Bring The First-Born into the world; this time without reference to sin but for those who are HIS; for those who have lived as eagerly awaiting HIM, and for Judgement to those who have lived to deny HIM and consequently have refused themselves The Power Of HIS Resurrection.
The Apostle Paul understood the necessity to live as is required in order to realise this for himself, and he admonished all others accordingly: Philippians 3.
But there are many wolves in sheep's clothing who deceive many, and their deception takes them and leads them to death.
Because the many cannot truly perceive The Majesty Of The LORD and accordingly shall, in this life, look for and to themselves to be followed, so that, and according to The Word, those who will look to follow them are following strangers; believing of them; believing in them blindly that they have The Key of Knowledge, yet all the while not perceiving what The Witness Of The SPIRIT and The Testimony Of JESUS CHRIST is: That Only GOD Is Good.
John chapters 9 & 10 can be seen as a microcosm of both The Gospel and of The Church, with both wheat and tares (Matthew 13).
The man born blind representing us all; JESUS, The SON Of Man, The Light Of The World.
Not everyone who claims to follow GOD is following HIM in truth, but many live, speak and act in a way which shows they maintain their blindness; though they themselves, just as the Pharisees, will profess of themselves, believing of themselves that they have Spiritually sight.
Only GOD Is Good, and GOD, WHO does not change, can only be Good.
...Therefore be imitators of GOD, as Beloved children; and walk in love, just as CHRIST also Loved us, and Gave HIMSELF Up for us, An Offering and A Sacrifice to GOD as a Fragrant Aroma...
Ephesians 5:1-2.
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 Allotted to each a measure of faith...
Romans 12:1-3.
John chapter 9 as a microcosm of The Gospel and in relation to The Grace and Goodness Of GOD; that is, The Moral Excellence Of GOD, The GOD Breathed Word States of mankind and to all mankind,
As It Is Written,
"There is none Righteous, not even one;
There is none who understands, there is none who seeks for GOD;
All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good, there is not even one."
"Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they keep deceiving,"
"The poison of asps is under their lips";
"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness";
"Their feet are swift to shed blood, destruction and misery are in their paths and the path of peace have they not known."
"There is no fear of GOD before their eyes."
Now we know that whatever The Law says, it speaks to those who are under The Law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may become accountable to GOD;
Because by the works of The Law no flesh will be Justified In HIS Sight; for through The Law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:10-20.
It is why a Saving faith in JESUS CHRIST is and means a moral conviction as to The Truthfulness Of GOD; and accordingly is a sole reliance upon JESUS CHRIST; The LORD our Righteousness, and being such throughout the course of this life as a constant; living from faith towards faith. Romans 1:16-17.
For HE Alone to us Is:
The Righteousness Of GOD (Jeremiah 23:5-6, Isaiah 45:24-25, Isaiah 54:17, Daniel 9:24, 1 Corinthians 1:30-31);
The LAMB Of GOD WHO Takes Away the sin of the world (John 1:29, 1 Peter 1:16-21);
ADVOCATE: The Propitiation for our sins (Romans 3:23-26, 1 John 2:1-4);
The Resurrection And The Life (John 11:25-26, Romans 8:8-14);
The Bread Of Life (John 6:32-35);
The Branch (Isaiah 11:1-5, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 33:14-18, Zechariah 6:12-13);
The Good Shepherd (Psalm 23, Isaiah 40:10-14, Ezekiel 34:7-24, Micah 5:2-4, Zechariah 13:7, John 10:11);
The Light Of The World (John 1:4-9, John 3:19-21, John 8:12, Isaiah 49:5-11);
The Author And Perfecter Of our faith (Hebrews 12:2, Acts 5:31-32);
REDEEMER (Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 48:17, Psalm 19:14);
The Image Of The Invisible GOD (Colossians 1:10-23, 1 Timothy 1:16-17, John 14:19);
The LORD GOD; The Creator of all things (John 1:1-4, Psalm 33:6, Hebrews 1:1-12, Psalm 102:24-28, Ephesians 3:9-12);
The ALPHA And The OMEGA (Revelation 1:5-8, Revelation 22:13-21);
...And HIS Name Will Be Called WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, ETERNAL FATHER, PRINCE Of PEACE... Isaiah 9:6b
The AMEN (Isaiah 65:16, 2 Corinthians 1:20-22, Revelation 3:14-22);
The Way And The Truth And The Life (John 14:6).
"You are from below, I AM From Above; you are of this world, I AM not of this world...
John 8:23.
Only GOD Is Good.
THOU Hast dealt well with THY servant, O LORD, according to THY Word.
Teach me Good discernment and Knowledge, for I believe in THY Commandments.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep THY Word.
THOU Art Good And Doest Good;
Teach me THY Statutes.
The arrogant have forged a lie against me;
With all my heart I will observe THY Precepts.
Their heart is covered with fat, but I delight in THY Law.
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn THY Statutes.
The Law Of THY Mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Psalm 119:65-72.
And as HE was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to HIM and knelt before HIM, and asking HIM,
"Good Teacher, what shall I do to Inherit Eternal Life?"
And JESUS Said to him,
"Why do you call ME Good?
No one is Good except GOD Alone.
"You know The Commandments,
'Do not murder,
Do not commit adultery,
Do not steal,
Do not bear false witness,
Do not defraud,
Honour your father and mother.' "
And he said to HIM,
"Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up."
And looking at him JESUS felt a love for him, and Said to him,
"One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess, and give to the poor, and you shall have Treasure In Heaven; and come follow ME."
But at these Words his face fell, and he went away grieved, for he was one who owned much property.
And JESUS, looking around, Said to HIS Disciples,
"How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter The Kingdom Of GOD!"
And the Disciples were amazed at HIS Words.
But JESUS Answered again and Said to them,
"Children, how hard it is to enter The Kingdom Of GOD!
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter The Kingdom Of GOD."
And they were even more astonished and said to HIM,
"Then who can be Saved?"
Looking upon them, JESUS Said,
"With men it is impossible, but not with GOD; for all things are possible with GOD."
Peter began to say to HIM,
"Behold, we have left everything and followed YOU "
JESUS Said,
"Truly I Say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for MY Sake and for The Gospel's sake, but that he shall receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in The Age to Come, Eternal Life.
"But many first will be last; and the last, first."
Mark 10:17-31.
Therefore if any man is In CHRIST, he is a New creature; the old things passed away; behold, New things have Come.
2 Corinthians 5:17.
A man speaks from that which fills his heart.
He who is Of GOD speaks The Words Of GOD.
The one who seeks his own glory speaks from himself.
There is none Good except GOD Alone.
