Forum

Dear John I wanted to make this note you wrote to me into a forum because it has Blessed me so much and I wanted to share to Bless others who may read... "Take heart, Steph. There is A Fourth Man that Stands in the fire with you. You shall pass through your trials unscathed. Circumstances may swirl around us and inner storms may rage. But if we keep our eyes on Jesus and maintain a steadfast confession of faith in Him and confess His Word and His Promises, we shall be more than conquerors in every situation."

Dear Otávio in response to your note about the fear Of The Lord, I share a dream I had a couple of years ago that I'd shared on another group. It totally terrified me...

A forum post re-visited - by Paul (InlovewithJESUS) For Those Who Do Not Yet Know The LORD, This Is Why We Are Here: The Gospel. Go into all the world and preach The Gospel to all Creation. "He who has believed and has been Baptized shall be Saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be Condemned..."Mark 16:15-16. The Truth shall always be The Truth no matter how many will deny It and refuse to hear It. And The Truth is, there is an eternal punishment for sin. And in as much as it is Appointed for men to die once and after this Judgement,...Hebrews 9:27 But The Good News Is that there is no need for any to suffer this fate. All are Saved from the penalty of sin By The Grace Of GOD through faith in The LORD JESUS CHRIST. ...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 9:28. GOD The FATHER Gave GOD The SON, JESUS WHO Is MESSIAH, Which Means CHRIST, WHO Humbled HIMSELF in The Form of a Man to Show to all The Way by Which to live. WHO then, in The Foreknowledge Of GOD died for us all on the cross, taking the penalty for all sin upon HIMSELF, in that HIS Life, HIS Blood Being The Propitiation for sin ( Conciliation; the overcoming of the hostility toward and against GOD, which all sin is ), simply by and through faith in HIM. Those who confess with their mouth JESUS As LORD, and believe in their hearts GOD Raised HIM From the dead, Shall be Rescued And Delivered from the penalty of their own sins. This means being Saved, By The Free And Unmerited Favour Of GOD, By Which, Comes The Rebirth from the fleshly to The Spiritual, a new Creation, Favoured, Protected, And Sanctified By The Power Of GOD, Granted And Accomplished By GOD. This means By Grace, As a result of the believers firm conviction and personal surrender to GOD, which produces a strong and unshakeable belief in and acknowledgement of GOD'S Revelation Of Truth, Being, The Message Of Truth: The Gospel. This means through Faith. The Gospel, which means 'The Good News' or The Good Message' Of JESUS CHRIST. ..."For GOD So Loved the world, that HE Gave HIS Only Begotten SON, that whoever believes in HIM should not perish, but have Everlasting Life..." John 3:16. To believe in The LORD JESUS CHRIST means believing in GOD; All HE Says; Faith; which means to obey. To not obey means to have not believed; to have not had faith To The Preserving of the soul. And to obey can only be possible By The Power Which GOD Alone Supplies. And this, By HIS Grace through the believers faith. It has nothing whatsoever to do with anything anyone may accomplish in their own strength; For By Grace you have been Saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, It Is The Gift Of GOD; not as a result of works, that no one should boast... Ephesians 2:8-9 This is the difference between religion as the world understands religion, which holds no Truth at all, and The Truth Which Saves; Which means a very real relationship with GOD. JESUS Says, "I Am The Resurrection And The Life; he who believes in ME Shall Live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in ME shall never die. Do you believe this?" John 11:25-26. It is through our faith in GOD, The LORD JESUS CHRIST Alone, that GOD Works in us. And as it is not mans 'works' or 'good deeds' which can Save, but only through our faith in GOD The SON; The LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE, GOD The HOLY SPIRIT Will Work in us, and The Fruit Of GOD'S Work is that we will begin to do what is pleasing to GOD By The Strength Which GOD Supplies. ...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 The Only True GOD; The Living GOD, WHO Created The Heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them. HE Is: The FATHER And The SON And The HOLY SPIRIT; The THREE Are ONE. What many deny and what many are ignorant to ( as i was before i was Saved ) is that The CREATOR Of All Things we know and see Is HE WHO Humbled HIMSELF In The Form Of A Man. The world knows HIM as JESUS CHRIST. Those who are Saved know HIS Deity. Now The Only True GOD Says that all need to be born again that they may Inherit HIS Promise Of Eternal Life. Being born again means re-birth, from fleshly to Spiritual. It is only through this re-birth that all matters pertaining to GOD can be Imparted To the one who believes . This is how all things Spiritual are disclosed, that is, made known; By GOD The HOLY SPIRIT WHO Indwells the believer. Religion simply cannot do this. So without being truly born again and seeking GOD, to live to HIM Through JESUS CHRIST, any will lack The Understanding Of The Knowledge Of The Truth, just as The LORD JESUS CHRIST Says;...JESUS Answered and Said to them, "Truly, truly, I Say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see The Kingdom Of GOD..." John 3:3And it is impossible to enter Heaven,"...JESUS Answered, "Truly, truly, I Say to you, unless one is born of water and The SPIRIT, he cannot enter into The Kingdom Of GOD. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born Of The SPIRIT Is spirit..." John 3:5-6All those who are born again become a New Creation In CHRIST,Therefore if any man is in CHRIST, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corithians 5:17 This is when The Process of our Sanctification begins. The Sanctification without Which no one will see The LORD. It is not an instant transformation, but a growing to maturity. Much like as we know in life, from babies to adults; babes In CHRIST on The Milk Of The Word To maturity and Solid Food. If we deprive our bodies of food we shall grow weak and eventually die. Just as it is with The Spiritual Food Of The Word. Without it we shall become weak and we most certainly shall die. "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 We will all stumble and get things wrong along The Way, but GOD'S Grace Is Sufficient For the one who desires to know HIM, who lives By HIS Grace through faith in The Only Begotten Of The FATHER; Full Of Grace And Truth; The LORD JESUS CHRIST, '...to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to Light and from the dominion of satan to GOD, in order that they may Receive Forgivness of sins and an Inheritance among those who have been Sanctified By faith in ME.' Acts 26:18. JESUS Speaks, "I Am The Light Of the world; he who follows ME shall not walk in darkness, but Shall have The Light Of Life." John 8:12. And there is Salvation in no one else; for there is no other Name under Heaven that has been Given among men By Which we must be Saved. Acts 4:12 The one thing that is not GOD'S Will for any to do which The LORD JESUS CHRIST Did, is, to take the penalty for sin. Sin separates from GOD because no sin can be in HIS Presence; The ONE WHO Is HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, PERFECT And TRUE. Now for all, no matter of their past, background, or beliefs they may have held before, By Grace they are Saved through faith in JESUS CHRIST. One believes, one desires, and GOD Alone Fulfills. GOD Will Give you the desires of your heart. Either death through sin; forever separated from GOD, or, The True Knowledge Of HIM; Resulting In Eternal Life, For the wages of sin is death, but The Free Gift Of GOD Is Eternal Life In CHRIST JESUS our LORD. Romans 6:23. The measure of any in CHRIST is never to be by the measure of the flesh, not by the man who may stand before you, whoever he is by reputation or whoever he may say he is, but by JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, ;... but whoever keeps HIS Word, in him The Love Of GOD Has Truly Been Perfected. By This we know that we are in HIM: the one who says he Abides in HIM ought himself to walk in The Same Manner as HE Walked. 1 John 2:5-6. By Grace through faith we may. There is a question that many will ask: What is the meaning of life? The answer is, Eternal Life. ..."And This Is Eternal Life, that they may know THEE, The Only True GOD, And JESUS CHRIST WHOM THOU Hast Sent... John 17:3. JESUS CHRIST: The Way And The Truth And The Life.

I share this in the hopes that some here will find it helpful. You are free to agree or disagree and comment as you see fit. I personally have found it much easier to do heavy intercession when in an atmosphere of worship. Otherwise the burden becomes too heavy to bear as my eyes are taken off the Lord and on to the burden. I become like Peter who was walking on the water until he took his eyes off the Lord and looked at other things that threatened him. In the same way, my ability to intercede effectively sinks if I don't remain in an atmosphere of worship. Here's a brief and simplistic explanation of the connection between worship and intercession as I see it. (1) God calls us into unity with Him. See John 17. (2) As we worship God He draws us to Himself. (“Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you.” James 4:8) (3) As we draw closer to His heart, He shares a portion of it with us, the part He wants us to lift up in intercession as a partner with Him. (Ezekiel 22:30 – “"I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.” See Exodus 32:1-14 where Moses interceded for Israel because God was going to destroy them after they made the golden calf. See also the story of Abraham and his intercession for the people in Sodom. Genesis 18:22-33.) (4) As we learn to know His will we can pray His will with confidence that it will be done. (1 John 5:14-15 – “14Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”). (5) We need help in knowing how we should pray. (Romans 8:26-27 – “26Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”) Be blessed, my brothers and sisters, as you worship God and grow in effectively interceding as I also hope to do.

"But as they were sailing along He Fell Asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger. They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He Got Up and Rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. And He Said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, “Who then Is This, that He Commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?” Luke 8:23-25 Jesus Addressed His Disciples, "Where is your faith?" Our Lord Is Always Faithful.

"1If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 5Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. 8But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. 12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. 18Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. 20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord. 21Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. 23And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for£ you serve the Lord Christ. 25But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality." (NKJV)

Hi everyone. How many times have we heart that money is the root of all evil? I've heard it more than a few times but it didn't make sense to me. As believers who believe the Holy Bible is the Word of God, we know there is a text in the Holy Bible that sounds a lot like this. Consider 1 Timothy 6:10 from the beloved King James Bible. "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." Well, this certainly makes more sense but does it square with our experience and with reality? If we are honest, we recognize people do evil things even when they are not motivated by the love of money. So do we reject the text? The answer is that we look more deeply into the text and into how it was translated from the original languages. You can look this verse up in the Greek Interlinear Bible on the Internet on Biblegateway.com. The New International Version, a more recent versions of the Holy Bible, translate this verse as: "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." This translation fits the Greek Interlinear translation. The word order changes but the correct translation replaces "the root" with "a root" and a correctly-translated alternative to "all evil" is "all kinds of evil." We see here how the more accurate translation of the original text clears up the problem. This version squares with our experience and with reality. We know the love of money is behind all kinds of evil. So is pride. So is coveting and a number of other sins. Sometimes we run across problems where what we read in the Holy Bible is difficult to understand. Peter mentions that Paul wrote some things that are difficult to understand. We are admonished to study God's Word to properly handle it. I opened this forum as a place for others to post what Scriptures they read that didn't make sense to them and didn't seem right and how they resolved the issue through studying Scripture and looking deeper into the translation of the original language. "He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." (2 Peter 3:16, NIV) "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Timothy 2:15, KJV)

I know God does not contradict Himself but it is difficult for us to understand different Scriptures on a related topic when in our own understanding they seem to contradict each other. If we engage in a quest for truth in a spirit of love and humility we will be like iron sharpening iron and we will gain a better understanding of Jesus. Here are some Scriptures to consider and explore how they may be reconciled. "8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.…" (1 John 1:8-10, Berean Study Bible.) Consider also 1:John 3:6, "6Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him." Does a new creation in Christ have sin? Or is that something that has been washed away by the blood of Jesus Christ when the person was born again? We know we are transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2) and we have been given a new heart and our spirits have come alive to God (Ezekiel 36:26) when we were born again but the process of transforming the soul is a work in progress. God sees us in Christ Jesus but we have fleshly carnal patterns that do not reflect who we are in Christ.

Our Lord God Is Holy and sometimes we become too familiar with God and lose sight He Is God Almighty and to us He becomes almatey instead of Almighty. Do we live our lives aware that our bodies are temples of The Holy Spirit, Holy Unto God? "As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like The Holy One Who Called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behaviour; because it is Written, “You shall be holy, For I Am Holy.” 1 Peter 1:14-16

I stood in front of the mirror stressed and in need of prayer. But most of all distressed because I'd let The Lord down. My shield of faith had been down; and the enemy had come in straight away with, "look at you!" And I looked at me. "Who do you think you are? You'll never make a Christian. You always fail. You might as well give up." It had been such a lovely day that day with The Lord and everything just seemed to collapse around me. Such is the battle we are in. I looked in the mirror again and said to the enemy, "But look at The One Standing Beside me." In our brokenness we see Jesus. "I Am The Vine, you are the branches; he who abides In Me and I In him, he bears much fruit, for Apart From Me you can do nothing." John 15:5

A forum post re-visited - by Paul (InlovewithJESUS) "He who believes in The SON has Eternal Life; but he who does not obey The SON shall not see Life, but The Wrath Of GOD Abides on him."John 3:36. ..."In HIM, you also, after listening to The Message Of Truth, The Gospel Of your Salvation - having also believed, you were Sealed In HIM with The HOLY SPIRIT Of Promise, WHO Is Given as A Pledge Of our Inheritance, with a view to The Redemption Of Possession, to the praise Of HIS Glory..." Ephesians 1:13-14. Some translations have the word here written above in verse 14 as 'Pledge', translated as, 'Earnest' ( kjv ), or, 'guarantee' ( nkjv ). Translated as above, 'Pledge' is written from the nasb. This word, from the original Scriptures Written in Greek, is, 'Arrabon', which means 'Earnest', or 'Pledge'. In its original meaning in itself, 'Arrabon' does not mean on its own 'Guarantee'. Though, of course, when a pledge has been given it is given as to what will be the guarantee, though the guarantee is only as such when successfully culminating to the point for which the pledge was given. That is, when the purpose for which the pledge has been given has been fulfilled to requirements, it is returned in full to the one who gave whatever had been given as the pledge, but in The Matter for Which GOD Has Given HIS HOLY SPIRIT, to those who will live by faith in GOD The SON, Grace Culminates and The Inheritance is not temporal but Is Eternal. The Pledge Is Given By GOD, HIS HOLY SPIRIT As a Pledge Of our Inheritance. Our part is faith. The Guarantee is only possible By The Power Of The HOLY SPIRIT, and The HOLY SPIRIT Can only, even, Will only, Work GOD'S Power through the believer's faith. The Gospel Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, The Power Of GOD for Salvation To everyone who believes. The other side of this, is that if the requirements for that which a pledge is given are not met, not fulfilled, then a pledge is forfeited, or, its value of 'guarantee' is lost through failure of adherence to its specified requirements, and the requirement here in all matters pertaining to GOD, our requirement is, obedience of faith in The LORD JESUS CHRIST working through love. Verse 13 of Ephesians Chapter 1, in The LORD JESUS CHRIST, we, after listening to HIS Words, HIS Words Being The Message Of Truth-The Gospel Of our Salvation, having also believed, which means hearing, and hearing means that we are effectual doers, Sealed In HIM With The HOLY SPIRIT Of Promise. This means that by faith, obeying because we believe in HIM, thus we are Sealed In HIM With The HOLY SPIRIT Of Promise. And our ability to be effectual doers is nothing of what we hold in ourselves, that is, in our flesh, but is By The Power Of The HOLY SPIRIT that we may obey JESUS CHRIST And be Sprinkled With HIS Blood ( 1 Peter 1:2 ). "And do not grieve The HOLY SPIRIT Of GOD, By WHOM you were Sealed For The Day Of Redemption." Ephesians 4:30. By Grace through faith GOD Gives To us HIS HOLY SPIRIT As A Pledge Of The Inheritance with the Saints. This Is The Promise. Then By Grace through faith begins the renewing of our inner man. "HE Saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but According to HIS Mercy, By The Washing Of Regeneration And Renewing By The HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE Poured Out Upon us Richly Through JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOUR, that being Justified By HIS Grace we might be Made heirs According to The Hope Of Eternal Life. This Is A Trustworthy Statement; and concerning these things i want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed GOD may be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men..." Titus 3:5-8. Nothing of works, but in A Manner Corresponding to HIS Mercy; By The Power Of HIS HOLY SPIRIT, Thus HIS Working in us ( v5 ), WHOM HE Poured Out Upon us Richly Through our faith in The SON Of GOD ( v6 ), that being Justified By HIS Grace ( Through faith ) we might be made heirs in The Manner Corresponding To Hope Of Eternal Life, and faith Is Hope Assured "Now faith is The Assurance Of Things Hoped for, the conviction of things not seen..." Hebrews 11:1 ( v7 ). Through this Work Of The HOLY SPIRIT, The Apostle Paul could write, "For The Love Of CHRIST Controls us, having concluded this, that ONE Died for All, therefore all died; and HE Died for All, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for HIM WHO Died And Rose Again on their behalf. Therefore from now on we recognise no man according to the flesh; even though we have known CHRIST according to the flesh, yet now we know HIM thus no longer. Therefore if any man is in CHRIST, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now All These Things Are From GOD, WHO Reconciled us to HIMSELF Through CHRIST, And Gave us The Ministry Of Reconciliation, Namely that GOD Was In CHRIST Reconciling the world to HIMSELF, not counting their trespasses against them, and HE Has Committed to us The Word Of Reconciliation." 2 Corinthians 5:14-19. A natural man cannot understand The Things Of The SPIRIT Of GOD because They Are Spiritually Appraised. But he who is Spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no man. In CHRIST Alone we are a new creature, and all Things Are From GOD, WHO Has Reconciled us to HIMSELF Through CHRIST Alone, GOD HIMSELF WHO Humbled HIMSELF; Emptied HIMSELF; Taking The Form of a Man ( Philippians 2:3-11 ), WHO Lived By The Power Of The HOLY SPIRIT In The Days Of HIS Flesh, WHO Came not to Judge but to Save, taking upon HIMSELF the penalty for all sin, entrusting to us The Gospel. Ephesians Chapter 1 Verse 14, The HOLY SPIRIT Is Given As A Pledge Of our Inheritance, with The Intention of ( The Purpose, The Goal ) The Redemption Of Possession. We are Redeemed With The Precious Blood Of CHRIST, "Be on guard for yourselves and for all The Flock, among Which The HOLY SPIRIT Has Made you overseers, to shepherd The Church Of GOD Which HE Purchased With HIS Own Blood..." Acts 20:28. "I press on toward The Goal for The Prize Of The Upward Call Of GOD In CHRIST JESUS..." Philippians 3:14. Israel was Redeemed out of Egypt, just as we who call upon The Name Of The LORD are Redeemed out of the world. "Was it not THOU WHO Dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; WHO Made the depths of the sea A Pathway for The Redeemed to cross over?" Isaiah 51:10. "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only 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 do it 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..." 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. ..."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, 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."... ...JESUS Therefore Said To them again, "Truly, truly, I Say To you, I Am The Door Of The sheep. All who came before ME are thieves and robbers, but The sheep did not hear them. I Am The Door; if anyone enters Through ME, he Shall Be Saved, And Shall go in and out, and find Pasture. The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I Came that they might have Life, and might have it Abundantly. I Am The Good SHEPHERD; The Good SHEPHERD Lays Down HIS Life For The sheep. He who is a hireling, and not a shepherd, who is not The Owner Of The sheep, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves The sheep, and flees, and the wolf snatches them, and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling, and is not concerned about The sheep. I Am The Good SHEPHERD; And I Know MY Own, and MY Own know ME, even as The FATHER Knows ME And I Know The FATHER; And I Lay Down MY Life For The sheep. And I Have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I Must Bring them also, and they shall hear MY Voice; and they Shall Become One Flock With One SHEPHERD. For this Reason The FATHER Loves ME, Because I Lay Down MY Life that I May Take It Again. No one takes It away from ME, but I Lay It Down On MY Own Initiative. I Have Authority to Lay It Down, And I Have Authority To Take It Up Again. This Commandment I Received From MY FATHER."... John 10:1-5 & 7-18. Verses 17-18, and so it is for us to do. In CHRIST we are Given this authority; the position that commands such power or right, the evidence, the testimony, the confidence resulting from our faith in The ALMIGHTY; that we also may take it up again. ..."Truly, truly, I Say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much Fruit. He who loves his life loses it; and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to Life Eternal. If anyone serves ME, let him follow ME; and where I Am, there shall MY servant Be also; if anyone serves ME, The FATHER Will Honour him..." John 12:24-26. "If anyone comes to ME, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be MY Disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after ME cannot be MY Disciple..." Luke 14:26-27. ..."JESUS Answered them, "I Told you, and you do not believe; The Works That I Do In MY FATHER'S Name, These Bear Witness Of ME. But you do not believe, because you are not of MY sheep. MY sheep hear MY Voice, And I Know them, and they follow ME; and I Give Eternal Life To them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of MY Hand. MY FATHER, WHO Has Given them To ME, Is Greater Than All; no one is able to snatch them out of The FATHER'S Hand. I And The FATHER Are ONE." John 10:25-30. "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are In CHRIST JESUS. For The Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS Has Set me Free from The Law of sin and death. For what The Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, GOD Did: Sending HIS Own SON in the likeness of sinful flesh and As An Offering for sin, HE Condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the requirement of The Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but According To The SPIRIT. For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are According To The SPIRIT, The Things Of The SPIRIT. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on The SPIRIT Is Life And Peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward GOD; for it does not subject itself to The Law Of GOD, for it is not even able to do so; and those who are in the flesh cannot please GOD. 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 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 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. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have Received A Spirit Of Adoption as sons By Which we cry out, "ABBA!, FATHER!" The SPIRIT HIMSELF Bears Witness With our Spirit that we are children Of GOD, and if children, heirs also, heirs Of GOD And fellow heirs With CHRIST, if indeed we suffer With HIM in order that we may also be Glorified With HIM... ...What then shall we say to these things? If GOD Is For us, who is against us? HE WHO did not Spare HIS Own SON, but Delivered HIM Up For us all, how will HE not also With HIM Freely Give us All Things? Who will bring a charge against GOD'S Elect? GOD Is The One WHO Justifies; who is the one who condemns? CHRIST JESUS Is HE WHO Died, yes, rather WHO Was Raised, WHO Is At The Right Hand Of GOD, WHO Also Intercedes For us. Who shall separate us from The Love Of CHRIST? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as It Is Written, "For THY Sake we are being put to death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through HIM WHO Loved us. For i am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, not things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other Created thing, shall be able to separate us from The Love Of GOD, Which Is In CHRIST JESUS our LORD." Romans 8:1-17 & 31-39. The Promise Which Is Eternal Life. The Promise In CHRIST JESUS Through The Gospel ( Ephesians 3:6 ). "...'Not by might nor by power, But By MY SPIRIT', Says The LORD Of Hosts..." Zechariah 4:6. Earnest; 1 a part of something given in advance as a guarantee of the remainder. 2 any token of something to follow. From The Word Of GOD: ..."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; That Is The SPIRIT Of Truth, WHOM the world cannot Receive, because it does not behold HIM or know HIM, but 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. After a little while the world will behold ME no more; but you will behold ME; because I Live, you shall Live also. In that day you shall know that I Am In MY FATHER, And you in ME, And I In you. He who has MY Commandments and keeps Them, he it is who loves ME; and he who loves ME Shall Be Loved By MY FATHER, And I Will Love him." Judas ( not Iscariot ) said to HIM, "LORD, what then has happened that YOU Are Going To Disclose YOURSELF To us, and not To the world?" JESUS Answered And Said to him, "If anyone loves ME, he will keep MY Word; And MY FATHER Will Love him, And WE Will Come To him, And Make OUR Abode With him. He who does not love ME does not keep MY Words; And The Word Which you hear Is not MINE, But The FATHER'S WHO Sent ME. These Things I Have Spoken To you, while Abiding with you. But The HELPER, The HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM The FATHER Will Send In MY Name, HE Will Teach you All Things, And Bring to your remembrance All That I Said To you..." John 14:15-26. Pledge; (noun) 1 a formal or solemn promise or agreement. 2a collateral for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation. 2b the condition of being collateral (esp. in in pledge). 3 a token: eg, 'the gift is a pledge of their sincerity'. 4 an assurance of support or goodwill, 5 a person who binds himself, as by becoming bail or surety for another, 6 to make a vow to abstain. (verb) 7 to promise formally or solemnly, 8 to bind by or as if by a pledge, 9 to give or offer ( one's word, freedom, property, etc ) as a guarantee. From The Word Of GOD: ..."But we have This Treasure in earthen vessels, that The Surpassing Greatness Of The Power may Be Of GOD and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 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. So death works in us, but life in you. But having the Same Spirit of faith, according to What Is Written, "I believed, therefore i spoke," we also believe, therefore also we speak; knowing that HE WHO Raised The LORD JESUS Will Raise us also With JESUS and Will Present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that The Grace Which Is Spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to The Glory Of GOD. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an Eternal Weight Of Glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things Which are not seen are Eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have A Building From GOD, A House not Made with hands, Eternal In The Heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be Clothed with our Dwelling From Heaven; inasmuch as we, having put it on, shall not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up By Life. Now HE WHO Prepared us for this very Purpose Is GOD, WHO Gave To us The SPIRIT As A Pledge. Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from The LORD- for we walk by faith, not by sight- we are of good courage, i say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be at Home With The LORD. Therefore also we have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to HIM. For we must all appear before The Judgement Seat Of CHRIST, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Therefore knowing the fear of The LORD, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to GOD; and i hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences." 2 Corinthians 4:7- 5:11. Guarantee; (noun) 1 a formal assurance, esp. in writing, that a product, service, etc., will meet certain standards or specifications. 2 Law. a promise, esp. a collateral agreement, to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. 3a a person, company, etc., to whom a guarantee is made. 3b a person, company, etc., who gives a guarantee. 4 a person who acts as a guarantor. 5 something that makes a specified condition or outcome certain. (verb) 6 to take responsibility for ( someone else's debts, obligations, etc. ). 7 to serve as a guarantee for. 8 to secure or furnish security for. 9 to undertake, to protect or keep secure, as against injury, loss, etc. 10 to ensure. 11 to promise or make certain. From The Word Of GOD: ..."But we should always give thanks to GOD for you, Brethren Beloved By The LORD, because GOD Has Chosen you from the beginning for Salvation Through Sanctification By The SPIRIT And faith In The Truth. And it was for This HE Called you through our Gospel, that you may Gain The Glory Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. So then, Brethren, stand firm and hold to The Traditions Which you were Taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.Now may our LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF And GOD our FATHER, WHO Has Loved us And Given us Eternal Comfort And Good Hope By Grace, Comfort And Strengthen your hearts in every Good Work And Word. " 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 "Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us..." Philippians 3:17. "The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things; And The GOD Of Peace Shall Be With you." Philippians 4:9. ..."Therefore do not be ashamed Of The Testimony Of our LORD, or of me HIS prisoner; but join with me in suffering for The Gospel according to The Power Of GOD, WHO Has Saved us, And Called us with A Holy Calling, not according to our works, but According to HIS Own Purpose And Grace Which Was Granted us In CHRIST JESUS From All Eternity, but now has been Revealed By The Appearing Of our SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS, WHO Abolished death, And Brought Life And Immortality To Light Through The Gospel,..." 2 Timothy 1:8-10. ..."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 from your own steadfastness, but grow in The Grace And Knowledge Of our LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. To HIM Be The Glory, Both now And To The Day Of Eternity. Amen." 2 Peter 3:14-18. In Numbers Chapter 11, when Israel was complaining to Moses and so he spoke to GOD, The LORD GOD did not say to find 70 men and get them to help you. The LORD GOD Said to Moses to gather for HIM 70 whom Moses knew to be elders of the people and their officers, so that GOD would Put The SPIRIT WHO was Upon Moses and Put HIM Upon them, that they also should bear the burden of the people with Moses that he did not bear it alone. And it is for us all in CHRIST that we live By The Power Of The HOLY SPIRIT and by nothing of the flesh. Flesh and blood cannot Inherit The Kingdom Of 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 as servants of a New Covenant, not of The Letter, but Of The SPIRIT; for The Letter kills, but The SPIRIT Gives Life." 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 "THOU Hast Ascended On High, THOU Hast Led Captive THY captives; THOU Hast Received Gifts among men, even among the rebellious also, that The LORD GOD May Dwell there. Blessed Be The LORD, WHO Daily Bears our burden, The GOD WHO Is our Salvation. GOD Is To us A GOD Of Deliverances; And To GOD The LORD Belong escapes from death..." Psalm 68:18-20.

A forum post re-visited - by Paul (InlovewithJESUS) Translation fixation or fixing eyes on JESUS? There are good translations, and there are bad translations, of this none can refute. Yet there is not one translation alone that any man may claim is the one soley Given Of GOD To man. And of all translations there is ONE WHO Is Perfect In Translating, Giving The Understanding Of The Word Of The Living GOD To man; GOD Through HIS HOLY SPIRIT. What Is Given Of GOD Is Understood through GOD Alone. The flesh cannot understand Spiritual matters. As what Is Given Of GOD Is Spiritual, The Holy Scriptures, Eternal Life, so Comes The Understanding Of What Is Given Of GOD, through The SPIRIT ( 1 Corinthians 2:12-16 ). So one cannot know whether what he reads is Of GOD, In Truth, apart from GOD Giving To him that essential Knowledge. A man will teach what a man will teach, but GOD Can Only Teach Truth. And if any claim that the translation they use is the only one that all others should adhere to, then so very sadly, they are speaking from themselves, from the teaching of mere man. Of course, when speaking of translations, i am speaking of anything that is a copy of the original Scriptures of thousands of years ago rendered into the many languages of the world we have today: a translation. When The LORD our GOD Speaks, "Go into all the world and preach The Gospel to all Creation., there is no instruction that all Creation, so that they may hear The Truth Of The Gospel, will both speak and understand the same earthly language, is there? Or where is it said that those who only speak one particular language of men are given The True Scriptures that they may hear to be Saved? Afterall, only The Truth Saves To Eternal Life, and no lie is of The Truth. Yet there is One Language for us all; That Of CHRIST; That all peoples and nations might serve HIM, But all thanks be to GOD, WHO Always Leads us in HIS Triumph In CHRIST, And Manifests through us The Sweet Aroma Of The Knowledge Of HIM in every place. For we are ( to be )A Fragrance Of CHRIST to GOD among those who are being Saved and among those who are perishing; to the one An Aroma from death to death, to the other An Aroma from life to Life. And who is adequate for these things? ( See 2 Corinthians 3:2-6 ) For we are not ( to be ) like many, peddling ( corrupting ) The Word Of GOD, but as From Sincerity, but as From GOD, we speak In CHRIST In The Sight Of GOD. 2 Corinthians 2:14-17. Yes, all thanks and praise be to GOD, that The Truth Is JESUS CHRIST; The Way, And The Truth, And The Life. And that By Grace through The faith that is in The LORD JESUS HE Gives To us HIS HOLY SPIRIT that we may Understand The Mystery, The Hidden Wisdom Which GOD Predestined before the ages to our Glory, that we may Live, Conformed To The Image Of HIS Beloved SON. The Sanctifying Work Of The HOLY SPIRIT, By Grace through faith in The SON Of GOD that we may Understand and obey, this Saves To Eternal Life. Not the preaching of a particular translation. Test yourselves if you are in The faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that JESUS CHRIST Is in you - unless indeed you fail the test? 2 Corinthians 13:5. Time is short and the days are evil. Take heed and Understand what The Will Of The LORD Is. We are to preach JESUS CHRIST, and HIM crucified; The Glorious Gospel Of The Blessed GOD, we are not to be contentious, self-willed, speaking in worldly wisdom, speaking that which causes division. We are to die to the flesh. We are to speak in CHRIST In The Sight Of GOD. GOD Is True, and man is a liar. If any determine to make a point of any matters pertaining to GOD, then let him show it from The Word Of GOD, HIS Infallible Word. Our teaching is to be The Apostles teaching. What we do not see contained in Scripture, then, as children Of GOD it is not to deem it worthy of consideration. And, in the fear of GOD, let any man be mindful that we shall all give account to GOD on that Great And Terrible Day. Let us humble ourselves, let GOD'S Light Shine on what we shall make such confident assertions about, that all may know the spirit of Truth and the spirit of error.

Oh, the bitter pain and sorrow That a time could ever be, When I proudly said to Jesus, “all of self, and None of Thee.” all of self, and None of Thee, all of self, and None of Thee, When I proudly said to Jesus, “all of self, and None of Thee.” Yet He Found me; I beheld Him Bleeding on th’ accursed Tree, And my wistful heart said faintly, “some of self, and Some of Thee.” some of self, and Some of Thee, some of self, and Some of Thee, And my wistful heart said faintly, “some of self, and Some of Thee.” Day by day His Tender Mercy, Healing, Helping, Full and Free, Brought me lower while I whispered, “less of self, and More of Thee.” less of self, and More of Thee, less of self, and More or Thee, Brought me lower while I whispered, “less of self, and More of Thee.” Higher than the highest heaven, Deeper than the deepest sea, Lord, Thy Love at last has Conquered: “none of self, and All of Thee.” none of self, and All of Thee, none of self, and All of Thee, Lord, Thy Love at last has Conquered: “none of self, and All of Thee.”

The coffin was quite ornate, but simple. Flowers adorned the top. It was a cloudy day as the few friends and family gathered around the open grave waiting for the coffin to be lowered into the ground. I watched as suddenly the wooden batons were taken away and the straps underneath the coffin lengthened as it was lowered into the waiting six inches of water. We all had a red rose to throw into the grave on top of the coffin and collectively said our good byes. The burial seemed so harrowing to the cremation I'd witnessed only two weeks before. I thought of the fragility of life and the Passage of Scripture in Eccliasties 12..."For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street. Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return To God Who Gave it. “Vanity of vanities,” Says The Preacher, “all is vanity." We, in like, would return to our earthly homes. After a few cups of tea I returned to the cemetery to say my own private good bye. It was cold and getting dim and the wind blew the early cherry blossom like confetti about my feet. The fresh laid flowers on the new grave bore loving sentiments and memories, the new name plaque crisp and shiny. Soon there would be a headstone. It was quite sombre to stand there taking stock of my own life and to ask, "Am I ready to die?" "Am I looking out for The Lord's Coming?" "Can I boast In Him?"... So often my faith seems to be on my faith and I don't keep my eyes To Him. I shuddered at the thought of my own body being a corpse and one day the lid would be sealed shut on my own coffin. I thought on the lovely hymn The Old Rugged Cross and the beautiful chorus ...So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged Cross And exchange it some day for a crown...that one day I will lay my own trophies down...And then I thought on another favourite hymn, Love Divine all loves Excelling...our Saviour's Love, such Grace that He Would Save a wretch like me...my thoughts turned To The Lord and Psalm 63...My soul clings to Thee; Thy Right Hand Upholds me." And I would rather stand at the Threshold of the House of my God, For a day in Thy Courts is better than a thousand outside...Scripture after Scripture flooded my heart of the Beautiful Hope and The Promises we have In Christ. All is vanity apart From Him. Death brings faith into stark reality and wakes us up. Grace Strengthens the heart when His Light Shines on all the stumblings in one's life. I looked up into the darkening night sky, completely alone amongst many graves. I walked to my car to drive home and remembered Him...

Professing Christians, amid all the deceit it is time to understand... Professing Christians, amid all the deceit it is time to understand the need to examine yourself to know whether your living as a professing follower of CHRIST is just merely temporary works to demonstrate a 'faith' and a Christian in name only, deceived by myths, or, live bearing (which includes maintaining) Fruit that bears the evidence of truly living by faith, and all in accordance with Scripture? ...All Scripture is Inspired By GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in Righteousness; that the man Of GOD may be adequate, equipped for every Good Work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. But The Fruit Of The SPIRIT Is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no Law... Galatians 5:22-23. The Fruit Of The SPIRIT, against such things there is no Law, and so therefore, living in the practice of there can be no Judgement for sin. And this is not anything whatsoever of what we possess in ourselves, that is, our flesh (Romans 7:14-25, 1 Corinthians 15:50). But it is exactly what is stated, it is the evidence of The HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM GOD Gives To those who obey HIM (Acts 5:32); GOD'S Sanctifying Work, without which no one will see The LORD ( Hebrews 12:14-15). And thus The Witness; The Testimony Of JESUS CHRIST Is Manifested in the one who truly lives by Grace through faith In The SON Of GOD (John 14:21-24, 2 Corinthians 3:17). For the flesh sets its desires 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... ...Now the deeds of the flesh are evident (manifest, plainly recognised or known), which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry (1 Samuel 15:23a), sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you that those who practice such things shall not Inherit The Kingdom Of GOD. Galatians 5:19-21. And in all of these qualities the flesh can know no differently. This is why Paul writes In The SPIRIT such as, Now I say this, Brethren, that flesh and blood cannot Inherit The Kingdom Of GOD; nor does the perishable Inherit the Imperishable. 1 Corinthians 15:50. And Isaiah writes, For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Isaiah 64:6, and it is true and is not a lie. Such as Romans 8:12-14, 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., is why Scripture is speaking such as Is Written as we have as Romans 5:9, Much more then, having now been Justified By HIS Blood, we shall be Saved from The Wrath Through HIM. and Ephesians 2:13-14a, But now In CHRIST JESUS you who were formerly far off have been Brought Near By The Blood Of CHRIST. For HE HIMSELF Is our Peace, and Colossians 1:13-14, For HE Delivered us from the domain of darkness, and Transferred us To The Kingdom Of HIS Beloved SON, In WHOM we have Redemption, the Forgiveness of sins. This is why Scripture Maintains that we are Saved By The Blood Of JESUS, which we too are to maintain in the knowledge of what this truly means, which does not mean that we may continue in what constitutes sin before A Holy GOD (as opposed to our own standards of what is and what is not to be deemed as acceptable), not knowing true repentance (Romans 6). JESUS CHRIST Came with The Gospel of repentance for the Forgiveness of sins, (Luke 24:47). This is according to the Riches of HIS Grace. Nowhere in Scripture are we told of Redemption, Forgiveness apart from true repentance. "Therefore bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance..." In HIM we have Redemption through HIS Blood, the Forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the Riches Of HIS Grace, Which HE Lavished Upon us In all Wisdom and Insight. HE Made Known To us The Mystery of HIS Will, according to HIS Kind Intention Which HE Purposed In HIM With a view to An Administration suitable to The Fulness of the times, the Summing Up of all things In CHRIST... Ephesians 1:7-10. ...how much more will The Blood Of CHRIST, WHO Through The Eternal SPIRIT Offered HIMSELF without blemish To GOD, Cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve The Living GOD? Hebrews 9:14. We are Released from our sins only By HIS Blood (Revelation 1:5-6) which clearly means a Cleansing, Washing, which means the deeds of the flesh cannot be allowed to remain to defile and which will indeed defile if they are allowed to remain. For the things Of GOD are Spiritual, hence the need to first be born again; fleshly to Spiritual (John 3:3-8). But I say, walk by The SPIRIT, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desires 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 being Led By The SPIRIT, you are not under The Law. Galatians 5:16-18. Now may The GOD Of Peace HIMSELF Sanctify you Entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be Preserved Complete, without blame at the Coming Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Faithful Is HE WHO Calls you, and HE Also will Bring It To Pass. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24. We are to be shrewd as serpents, and innocent as doves; Matthew 10:16-42. In typing these words this wretched man has Revealed to him his own deficiencies.

We are to live a life of humble thankfulness to our Lord God. In thankfulness is quietness and rest and peace and trust and to be still and know that The Lord, He Is God. A thankful heart is grateful for all God's Blessings unseen and seen. We may never see when our Lord Lovingly Carries us. His Care For us Still when we turn and sin. Our hearts may never be aware of how our lives Grieve our Lord's Heart. And still He Loves and Blesses. A thankful heart is forgiving and with no room for bitterness. A thankful heart rejoices in all things and seeks first The Lord Above and says Lord Thy Will Be Done In All Things. A thankful heart does not moan and groan and sees the good in all things. And when they struggle to see the good, they see beyond to see The Father Is Good and this satisfies this heart. In quietness and rest you shall be Saved. In rest our Lord Shall Lead us Beside Still Waters. Sin or 'I' has no place in this heart. It is foreign nature for this heart to sin. Such a grateful heart in our Lord Will Abide and Make Himself Known. A thankful heart becomes pure and sees God. Oh How Greatly Greatly Blessed is this heart!! In all things this heart learns to say thank You Lord and sees Him Seated Above every circumstance and bends the knee in humility and trust and does not strive. Even in death this heart will see and behold the Cross. The Hope and Glory of Eternal Life. The Joy Of our Lord. The grave will hold no fear. Love will be Perfected in this heart. The Love Poured Into a thankful heart receives Grace. Ceases striving and God Exalts. Reigns in all things in faith In Christ. To this heart The Lord Will Reveal Himself and His Word. In deep relationship this heart knows God. Oh! To be thankful in all things and we will see God Working to the good of those whose heart are His. And so words could go on to describe a thankful heart and all the benefits. We bend our knee and from our heart we choose to say, "Thank You Lord." Amen Blessed Be Thy Name Lord Jesus. Yet shall our eyes behold the Beauty of The Lord God. They looked into the firey furnace and saw four. Daniel 3:25. Faith. The Lord in the circumstances with them. So we too shall come out of firey trial refined as gold pliable to do The Lord's Will. The dross of self burned away. In pain, grief and sorrow we shall behold The Saviour's Eyes. And in grateful thankfulness our hearts will be content in all things. Amen

John 17:13-21, And The Sight of a Brother ..."But now I Come To THEE; and These Things I Speak in the world, that they may have MY Joy Made Full In themselves. "I Have Given them THY Word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I AM not of the world. "I do not Ask THEE to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil. "They are not of the world, even as I AM not of the world. "Sanctify them In The Truth; THY WORD Is Truth. "As THOU Didst Send ME Into the world, I Also have Sent them into the world. "And for their sakes I Sanctify MYSELF, that they themselves also may be Sanctified In The Truth. "I do not Ask In Behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in ME through their Word; that they may all be One; even As THOU, FATHER, In ME, And I In THEE, that they also may be In US; that the world may believe that THOU Didst Send ME... John 17:13-21. In all of these words I post, to The LORD GOD The Glory, for there is nothing in all Creation worthy of the praises due to HIS Name Alone. There is no man here seeking any recognition of and for himself, other than GOD'S Truth be recognised and lived, in his own life and the lives of others to Eternal Life. And so to GOD The Glory and praises through our living, the worship due HIS Holy Name; ...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 ( so that you may be able to ) prove what The Will Of GOD Is, that which is Good and Acceptable and Perfect. Romans 12:1-2. Transformed; the Greek word; metamorphoo: to change into another form ( meta, implying change, and morphe, form ). Here is obligation to undergo complete change which, Under The Power Of GOD, will find expression in both character and conduct as Of JESUS CHRIST. At the beginning of verse 2, what we have translated, as in the nasb here, And do not be conformed, is, in the Greek, kai suschematizo me suschematizo, 'indeed, to shape one thing like another not to shape one thing like another' to this world, but... suschematizo; to fashion or shape one thing like another. This verb has more especial reference to that which is transitory, changeable, unstable, Conformed ( summorphizo; to make of like form with another person or thing; Philippians 3:10 ) to that which is essential in character and thus Complete or durable, not merely a form of outline; 1 John 2:3-6. suschematizo could not be used of inward transformation; 1 Peter 1:14-25. suschematizo not suschematizo this world, indeed change into another form Renewing of your mind and understanding, that you may approve:- allow, discern, examine which is The Will Of GOD, Good and Acceptable and Perfect. Romans 12:2. Clearly, as children Of GOD, meaning children indicating Derivation, Origin being Of GOD; The Source, we will not to be lasting only a short time but will endure to the end, we will not be variable but constant, we will not be unsteadfast; inconstant; wavering, with no recognisable change occuring in the heart. Scripture tells us, from The Mouth of The SAVIOUR Of the world, "I AM The True Vine, and MY FATHER Is The Vinedresser. "Every branch in ME that does not bear Fruit, HE Takes Away; and every branch that bears Fruit, HE Prunes ( Cleanses ) it, that it may bear more Fruit... John 15:1-2. As is the earthy so also are those who are earthy; and as Is The Heavenly, so also are those who are Heavenly. And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear The Image Of The Heavenly... 1 Corinthians 15:48-49. ..."GOD Is Spirit, and those who worship HIM must worship in spirit and Truth." John 4:24. Now may The GOD Of Peace HIMSELF Sanctify you Entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be Preserved Complete, without blame at The Coming Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Faithful Is HE WHO Calls you, and HE Also Will Bring It To Pass. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24. Someone sent a link to me yesterday morning and it is the reason for this forum. https://www.chess.com/news/the-fool-and-his-folly-7642 As I read I found that it was much how I saw it and indeed quite similar points to that which I have made myself to others before in the same matter. I loved to read it and in standing on The Word Of GOD alone it made absolute sense to me. And there were other postings too where it was as I saw and how I understood the matters about which he was speaking. Though many profess to be Christian they will refuse and forsake GOD'S Way for their own. They will measure what they themselves believe and regard as true with anything they may hear to determine whether they will accept what they are hearing as being truth ( Of GOD ), or not. This, rather than seeking GOD always in everything, just as we are to do, because it is the only way in which Spiritual matters are Made Known to us; 1 Corinthians 2. And because of those who will reject Truth for their own way, and subsequently their conduct only ever being contrary to CHRIST, The Way of The Truth is maligned.They cannot see that whatever it is we put forth in word and deed in the name of a Christian is representing to the world that 'this is The Living GOD WHOM you must believe in to be Saved. Well, no one is persuaded by or will place confidence in, hypocrisy. Fooled by it, sometimes maybe, but truly persuaded? Not according to The LORD JESUS CHRIST, "I do not Ask In Behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in ME through their Word; that they may all be One; even As THOU, FATHER, In ME, And I In THEE, that they also may be In US; that the world may believe that THOU Didst Send ME" Any house divided against itself cannot stand. https://www.chess.com/news/believe-your-bible-6246 https://chess.com/news/grace-and-discipline-6428 https:chess.com/news/cheap-grace-7618 To Brandons question here I would say Bonhoeffer, by his words, would refuse such as calvinism?; "Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system. It means forgiveness of sins proclaimed as a general truth, the love of God taught as the Christian "conception" of God. An intellectual assent to that idea is held to be of itself sufficient to secure the remission of sins."... https://www.chess.com/news/our-battle-is-not-against-flesh-and-blood-7002 To the question asked by Paul Michael Raymond, whose words Brandon posts here, where he then after states, " The future of Christendom and our coming generations depend upon our answer", I would say, rather, GOD Is SOVEREIGN; The LORD Knows those who are HIS; we know from Scripture that there will be those who are Saved, and The LORD Is Coming back, this time without reference to sin for those who eagerly await HIM ( Hebrews 9:27-29 ). So, in the future, where will you be standing on that Great And Terrible Day? This depends on whether we are of The faith or not; whether we rely on GOD Alone for our every Blessing, or not. John 3:36. https://www.chess.com/news/what-is-a-christian-5535 In this posting, when Brandon gets to this point I cannot align it with Scripture and it be found without contradiction; "If you consider the term "dead" for a moment and consider what something that is dead can do to help itself to be saved. The answer: NOTHING. This is why we see, "it is by grace you have been saved." The whole work of salvation is caught up in Christ. It has nothing to do with our "works," our "prayer of salvation (which occurs nowhere in the Bible)," our walking an aisle, our anything. It is the free gift of God to the people of His choosing (John 1:13, John 6:44, Romans 9, Ephesians 2:1-5). And because he has chosen some to be saved then we must obey and serve Him because of what He has done for us. All this to say that a Christian is a follower of the Biblical Christ who He has called and seeks, desires, and is obedient to His commands. Anything short of this is not a Christian." ( 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 ). Scripture always tells us, For By Grace you have been Saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, The Gift Of GOD; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. For we are HIS Workmanship, Created In CHRIST JESUS for Good Works, Which GOD Prepared Beforehand, that we should walk In Them... Ephesians 2:8-10. It is not Scriptural to state 'it is By Grace you have been Saved,' without the essential 'through faith'. Grace is not The Gift Of GOD, but faith Is The Gift Of GOD; ...But The Free Gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did The Grace Of GOD And The Gift By The Grace Of The One Man, JESUS CHRIST, Abound To the many. And The Gift is not like through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment from one resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand The Free Gift from ( because of ) many transgressions resulting in Justification. For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who Receive The Abundance of Grace and Of The Gift of Righteousness will reign in life Through The One, JESUS CHRIST. Romans 5:15-17. The Free Gift resulting in Justification; faith. Those who Receive The Abundance of Grace and of The Gift Of Righteousness reign in life Through JESUS CHRIST; faith that is a constant. GOD Alone Is Just And The Justifier Of the one who has faith In JESUS ( Romans 3:9-28 ). Where Brandon is asking, "If you consider the term "dead" for a moment and consider what something that is dead can do to help itself to be saved. The answer: NOTHING. This is why we see, "it is by grace you have been saved.", he is asking in reference to Ephesians 2:1, And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,... But it is to understand that here, the Apostle Paul is making reference to the Spiritual, i.e. 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, ( hence the need to be born again; fleshly to Spiritual; John 3:3-8 ), rather than dead meaning devoid of life and breath. As Paul continues, ...in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air ( not of The SPIRIT ), of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of Wrath, even as the rest... Ephesians 2:2-3. Hence why in Romans 12:2 the Obligation to undergo Complete change. And why the Apostle Paul writes to The Church at Colossae, and to us also ...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 ( Mark 7:20-23, Matthew 5:8 )... Colossians 3:5-8. And if we are still 'living in' the deeds of the flesh, even though we maintain we are a Christian, apart from true repentance we are no more than illegitimate children ( Hebrews 12 ), and The Wrath Of GOD Abides On us. John 3:36. Apart from faith; The Gift Of GOD, Through which Comes The Sanctifying Work Of The HOLY SPIRIT, Grace is made void; ...And working Together, we also urge you not to Receive The Grace Of GOD in vain - for HE Says, "At The Acceptable Time I Listened to you, And On The Day of Salvation I Helped you"; behold, now is "The Acceptable Time," behold, now is "The Day of Salvation" - giving no cause for offence in anything, in order that The Ministry be not discredited, but in everything commending ourselves as servants Of GOD, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,... 2 Corinthians 6:1-4. Grace is made void only when one has believed in vain ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 ). Faith is required. John 3:36, Luke 17:5-10. 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 8:12-14. Then, the statement of Brandon, "It is the free gift of God to the people of His choosing (John 1:13, John 6:44, Romans 9, Ephesians 2:1-5). And because he has chosen some to be saved then we must obey and serve Him because of what He has done for us." These Scriptures here are of those who Receive HIM, and live to believe in HIS Name, GOD Alone Knows the heart, GOD Alone Sees the end from the beginning, the children Of The Promise; those who live by Grace through faith in JESUS CHRIST; thus partakers of Grace; partakers of The Gospel, these are regarded as descendants of Abraham, the children of the flesh are not regarded the same; Galatians 3:7-9. Being Made alive Together With CHRIST means of living by faith in HIM; John 11:25-26. Abiding In HIM and HE In us; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. I read no where in Scripture that GOD has chosen only some to be Saved. But I know The LORD GOD to be The Living GOD, WHO Is The SAVIOUR Of all men, especially Of believers ( 1 Timothy 4 ), WHO Is Patient, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance ( 2 Peter 3 ). John 3:16, to believe means to be persuaded of and hence to place confidence in, to trust, reliance upon, not mere credence. John 3:36. https://chess.com/news/fasting-6140 The man who typed the words in these postings I have given the links to, Brandon, I have never met. I have not, before yesterday morning, read anything he has posted. I know nothing of Brandon ( john146 ), other than what I have read, and that he has not logged into chess.com through his account since 4th November 2013. But I know what he is seeing in the world that professes CHRIST to what indeed actually professes JESUS CHRIST and The Truth of The Gospel is what I am seeing also and what The LORD has been Showing to me since after the summer of 2008. I read no other book other than my Bible. I have no desire to do so. I have Vine's expository Dictionary and an English Dictionary, but I have chosen to look to no other than The LORD for my Understanding of Scripture. This is of my faith. It does not make me arrogant, as I have been accused of before, very much the opposite in fact. My prayer since I first confessed JESUS LORD has been asking The LORD HE Teach me. With all of the many varying teachings and doctrines put forth, LORD, please Teach me, Show me YOUR Truth. I don't want to know what man thinks and teaches, just what YOUR Truth is. This was on my heart from the moment I had a revelation JESUS CHRIST Is The Truth, and I believed. It is still possible to go astray, we all will stumble in many ways. Even the Apostles Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST made mistakes. But when we do and if we recognise, then The LORD will Show to us our error, however HE will Show to us our error, and they may be painful lessons, but in humility we will repent of our error in that we will forsake it for The Way And The Truth And The Life; JESUS CHRIST. And this will be the desire of our heart to do so also. Or, there may be a clearer more deeper way in which Scripture may truly be interpreted. Nevertheless, Truth is always Truth with no darkness in it at all ( 2 Peter 1:20 - 2:3 ). In typing this, I do not know of anything else Brandon may or may not have posted, but what I do know is that what I have read of what he has shared here on chess.com and I share again here, my spirit rejoices as I read. My heart is stirred how I could never know and have never known when apart from The LORD, before my Introduction by faith into this Grace in which I stand; only In and Through faith In CHRIST JESUS. Just as it is for all. Thank YOU LORD.

The Manifestation Of The Presence Of Jesus By David Wilkerson April 17, 1989 http://www.tscpulpitseries.org/english/1980s/ts890417.html "For With Thee Is The Fountain Of Life; In Thy Light we see Light." Psalm 36:9 That I may know Him...

Ecclesiastes 10:1-18, And Summing Up Lovely Scriptures to the previous two forum posts Steph, which Speak much into what is being shared and stated within the Scriptures speaking to whomever they may be speaking to. Or not, as the case might be. I post this forum as a summing up of the two preceding forum posts. I set out for it to be as a comment to the 1 Peter 2:21-24 And Sanctification forum, but I then had the thought to post it as a forum itself, which was then confirmed through another without my mentioning to them, so here it is. I find with a lot of what is shared Scripturally ( and anything I say is what I believe to be true because it is what I see in Scripture and how my mind is opened to understand as I understand, just as it is that all shall see and speak and understand as they will desire and see and purpose from their hearts to do; Psalm 37:3-11 ) I am as a fly in a lot of people's ointment. Past experiences and resulting communications bear this out. The sad thing is that any who are in error, who are blind to and cannot see the flies that were and are already there, invited in by and through their own choosing, and unseen because of the hardness of their hearts, is that whilst apart from humility and true repentance they will always remain unknowing to Grow in the Grace And Knowledge Of our LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST To Eternal Life. Truly, it applies to each and every one of us that whenever we are in error and whatever it is we may be in error of, either by, through, or in; being all of that which is contrary to The Will Of GOD, and then to refuse correction or cannot accept when it is indeed in that very instant The Truth Of GOD, how then can they believe they live by faith in GOD Alone, whilst being evidenced by their deeds that they are living and preaching and teaching contrary to JESUS CHRIST? And I am, and may be, whatever they will say I am and may be. Just the same as everyone determines with everyone else if ever they had a state of mind to do so. But the truth is, and it applies to each and every one of us, it is what we are before The LORD GOD, WHO Knows the heart, and truly, nothing can be hidden from HIS Sight. And HIS Witness will Bear Witness through our conduct, or not, as the case may be. At the beginning, when I was first Saved ( when Through JESUS CHRIST I obtained my Introduction by faith into The Grace Of GOD in which I stand, and can only stand firm in through my faith In The SON Of GOD as faith means being in accordance with Scripture; just the same as it is for any other ), a man, whom I later found out to be an elder of the church I had attended and where I had just had a revelation that JESUS CHRIST Is The Truth, came up to me, shook my hand, and said something like, 'Welcome to the family of GOD.' And with it also, 'You cannot throw it away.' He had not said this with a sense of warning as in, 'do not throw it away', but I knew he was stating that it was now impossible for me to throw my Salvation away. I can remember at the time feeling something of puzzlement at what he had just said. It was as though it did not make sense in that it was not right, but I did not, at that moment in time, understand why what he had just said to me was not right. I only knew it was not correct even though at that time I knew nothing whatsoever of matters pertaining to GOD. In typing here I felt to share this too. I have not seen him for some time now, but my hope for him is the same I have for everyone, including myself, which is in accordance with Scripture, that The LORD Opens the mind to understand how GOD HIMSELF Desires we all understand, and Live; that being in accordance with The Word. "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; Deuteronomy 8:1-6. ( As with all Scripture, there is much learning for us in our walk as Christians to be taken from such as Is Written in Deuteronomy 8:1-6 ). Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so ( in like manner ) a little foolishness is weightier than Wisdom, Honour. A wise man's heart toward the right ( Honour ), but the foolish man's heart toward the left ( dishonour ). Even when the fool walks along the road his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone he is a fool. If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offences. There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler - folly is set in many exalted places while Rich men sit in humble places. I have seen slaves on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land. He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall. He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them ( Amos 5:18-24 ). If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success ( Proverbs 4:4-9, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17, Proverbs 27:17-19, Philippians 3:17, Proverbs 17:3-4 ). If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while ( it is that ) the lips of a fool will consume him; the beginning of his talking is folly, and the end of it is wicked madness. Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him? ( John 3:6-12 ) The toil of a fool wearies him that he does not know how to go to a city ( Revelation 21 ). Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time-for strength ( Matthew 24:42 - 25:46 ), and not for drunkenness. Through indolence ( slothfulness, laziness ) the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks. Ecclesiastes 10:1-18. Surely it is nothing more than simple logic to understand that if your faith is tainted, if in the understanding of then also subsequently and undeniably it can only mean that the practice of is not in accordance with The Way And The Truth And The Life, so accordingly then, it can only be shown to be tainted against what is, In Truth, conduct Of The faith; In Accordance with JESUS CHRIST? We do not then allow for what is tainted to be maintained, but we are Called to know that which is not Of GOD, it is to be recognised and forsaken for The Way of Peace. This is the faith of The faith ( 2 Corinthians 10 ) HE Has Told you, O man, what is Good; And what does The LORD Require of you But to do Justice, to love Kindness, And to walk humbly with your GOD? Micah 6:8. ...For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom The LORD Commends. 2 Corinthians 10:18. ..."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 you, unless you abide In ME. "I AM The Vine, you are the branches; he who abides In ME, and I In him, he bears much Fruit; for apart from ME you can do nothing. "If anyone does not abide In ME, he is Thrown Away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned... John 15:3-6. And This Is The Message we have heard From HIM and announce to you, that GOD Is Light, and In HIM there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with HIM and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice The Truth; but if we walk In The Light as HE HIMSELF Is In The Light, we have fellowship with one another, and The Blood Of JESUS HIS SON Cleanses us from all sin... 1 John 1:5-7. If faith is then tainted, Moral Excellence and all else which comes By Grace through faith and is required of the believer, being in accordance with Scripture, cannot be attainable, can it? ( 2 Peter 1:1-11 ). We are Called to have, and with all diligence, in our faith to supply Moral Excellence; this means virtue enjoined as an essential quality in true exercise of The faith. (Jeremiah 17:7-8 ). Or do we keep to our own standard of that which is good and acceptable and perfect? ( Jeremiah 17:5-6 ). If, the conviction based upon hearing, and thus what one is persuaded by, which then in turn becomes their firm persuasion; this being their 'pistis' that is, their 'faith', is tainted; even a trace of contamination, dishonour and discredit; and so corrupted in The Light of The Truth, then all else that professes to be in the place of a follower Of CHRIST; a Christian, can only be tainted also. Can it not? Does not even a little leaven leaven the whole lump? "Abide In ME, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither you, unless you abide In ME. "I AM The Vine, you are the branches; he who abides In ME, and I In him, he bears much Fruit; for apart from ME you can do nothing. "If anyone does not abide In ME, he is Thrown Away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned... John 15:4-6. "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." For JESUS Knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray HIM. And HE was Saying, "For this reason I have Said To you, that no one can come to ME, unless it has been Granted him From The FATHER." As a result of this many of HIS disciples withdrew, and were not walking with HIM anymore... John 6:63-66. ...Nevertheless, The Firm Foundation Of GOD Stands ( Matthew 7:24-25 ), having This Seal, "The LORD Knows those who are HIS," ( John 10:27-30 ) And, "Let everyone who name's The Name Of The LORD abstain from wickedness."... 2 Timothy 2:19. "You will know them by their fruits." It was for Freedom that CHRIST Set us Free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, CHRIST will be of no Benefit to you. And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. You have been severed from CHRIST, you who are seeking to be Justified by Law; you have fallen from Grace ( to fall out, and in effect to fail; 2 Peter 3:17 ). For we Through The SPIRIT, By faith, are waiting for The Hope Of Righteousness ( Hebrews 9:28 ). For In CHRIST JESUS neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working Through Love ( Agape ).You were running well; who hindered you from obeying The Truth? This persuasion is not from HIM WHO Calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in you In The LORD, that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear his Judgment, whoever he is. Galatians 5:1-10. And for example just as Paul writes of Israel in Romans 9:6-8, so it is with professing Christians; not all have faith; Finally, Brethren, pray for us that The Word Of The LORD may spread rapidly and be Glorified, just as also with you; and that we may be Delivered from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith. But The LORD Is Faithful, and HE Will Strengthen And Protect you from the evil. And we have confidence In The LORD concerning you, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. And may The LORD Direct your hearts Into The Love Of GOD And Into The Steadfastness Of CHRIST. 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5. Who is directing you in all you will believe so that what you are is what will become of you? Test yourselves if you are in The faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognise this about yourselves, that JESUS CHRIST Is In you - unless indeed you fail the test? 2 Corinthians 13:5. And This Is HIS Commandment, that we believe In The Name Of HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, and love one another, just as HE Commanded us ( Luke 10:25-28 ). And the one who keeps HIS Commandments abides In HIM, and HE In him. And we know by this that HE abides In us, By The SPIRIT WHOM HE Has Given us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit ( of men; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ), but test the spirits to see whether they are From GOD ( 1 Corinthians 15:47-50, 1 John 2:27 ); because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know The SPIRIT Of GOD: every spirit that confesses ( the Greek, homologeo; to say the same as; giving praise and thanks, to not refuse ) that JESUS CHRIST Has Come In The Flesh Is From GOD; and every spirit that does not confess JESUS is not from GOD; and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now is already in the world. You are From GOD, little children, and have overcome them; because Greater Is HE WHO Is In you than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are From GOD; he who knows GOD listens to us; he who is not from GOD does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of Truth and the spirit of error.1 John 3:23 - 4:6. Then The Word Of The LORD Came To Zechariah Saying, "Thus Has The LORD Of Hosts Said, 'Dispense True Justice, and practice Kindness and Compassion each to his Brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, that stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.' "But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing. "And they made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear The Law and The Words Which The LORD Of Hosts Had Sent By HIS SPIRIT Through the former Prophets; therefore Great Wrath Came From The LORD Of Hosts. "And it came about that just as HE Called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not Listen," Says The LORD Of Hosts; "But I Scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them, so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate." Zechariah 7:8-14. Why is it today that we will not believe that we can 'fall from Grace'? Man teaches this and yet The GOD Breathed Word does not. This is why it is the Apostle Paul gives The Example and himself as the example to follow, and even the resulting consequence to himself for disobedience by himself to not also heed what it is he is saying; 1 Corinthians 9:24 - 11:1. If any seek to believe in anything other than in the Purity of The faith that is in CHRIST JESUS To Eternal Life, then have you not indeed 'fallen from Grace' in seeking to be Justified by some other way? But GOD Gives repentance to the humble and contrite heart; GOD Gives Grace To the humble. And this we know also; GOD Is Opposed to the proud. Only the humble, therefore, can truly be those who are Of The faith? Repentance is only a humbled heartbeat away. Faith. Sin is whatever is opposed to Divine Authority; whatever is not of The faith. 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 Baptized into CHRIST JESUS have been Baptized into HIS death ( 1 Peter 4:1-2 )? Therefore we have been buried with HIM Through Baptism ( 1 Peter 3:21-22 ) into death ( of the flesh and its deeds ) in order ( so that it is possible ) that as CHRIST was Raised from the dead Through The Glory Of The FATHER, so we too might walk in Newness of life ( Romans 12:1-3 ). For if we have become United With in the likeness of HIS Death, certainly we shall be also Of HIS Resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified With, that ( so in order that ) our body of sin my be done away with, that ( so in order ) we should no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin... Romans 6 ( v 1-7 ). ...Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or Of obedience resulting in Righteousness?... Romans 6:16. "Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him, but the Righteous shall live by his faith." Habakkuk 2:4. 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 ( Agape ), 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. Let The WORD Of CHRIST Richly Dwell within you, with all Wisdom Teaching and admonishing one another with Psalms Hymns Spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to GOD. And whatever you do in word or deed, all in The Name Of The LORD JESUS, giving thanks Through HIM To GOD The FATHER ( 1 John 4:2-3 ). Colossians 3:12-17. "And because lawlessness is increased, most people's Love ( Agape ) will grow cold. "But the one who endures to the end, he shall be Saved. "And This Gospel Of The Kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a Witness to all nations, and then the End shall Come." Matthew 24:12-14. ...For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done The Will Of GOD, you may Receive What Was Promised... Hebrews 10:36. ...And This Is The Promise Which HE HIMSELF Made To us: Eternal Life... 1 John 2:25. As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus, in order that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attentions to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than The Administration Of GOD Which Is By faith. But The Goal Of our Instruction is Love ( Agape ) from a Pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. For some men, straying from These Things, have turned aside to fruitless discusion, wanting to be teachers of The Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or about the matters about which they make confident assertions. But we know that The Law Is Good, if one uses It Lawfully, realizing the fact that Law is not Made for a Righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to Sound Teaching, According to The Glorious Gospel Of The Blessed GOD, with Which I have been Entrusted.1 Timothy 1:3-11. When will we hear GOD Speaking when HE Tells us, again here through the Apostle Paul, 'If anyone advocates a different doctrine, and does not agree with The Sound Words, Those Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, and with the Doctrine Conforming to Godliness, he is conceited, understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words ( [ even ] Knowledge makes arrogant but Love ( Agape ) Edifies... 1 Corinthians 8:1c-3, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 ), out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of The Truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. But Godliness is a Means of Great Gain, when accompanied by contentment.'1 Timothy 6:3-6. Divisions, strife, and things such as these are deeds of the flesh ( Galatians 5:19-21 ), they are the fruit of strange and varied teaching, of unsound doctrine which causes divisions, which we are Instructed to recognise and not to be a part of ( Romans 16:17-18, 1 Corinthians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 11:18-19, 1 Corinthians 12:25, 2 Corinthians 10:17-18, Jude ). We are to recognise these things so that when we see this we know there is error, and we are to recognise to know that no error is of The Truth. Love can be known only from the actions it prompts. It is the outward showing of The Work Of GOD in that heart, By Grace through faith. Self-will, that is, self-pleasing, and maintaining the moral standards of the world in the place of subjecting oneself to The Righteousness Of GOD that one may indeed acquire such as Moral Excellence and grow in Godly qualities, is the negation of love toward GOD. John 12:24-26, 1 John 2:15-17. The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is From Heaven. As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as Is The Heavenly, so also are those who are Heavenly. And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear The Image Of The Heavenly. Now I say this, Brethren, that flesh and blood cannot Inherit The Kingdom Of GOD; nor does the perishable Inherit The Imperishable. 1 Corinthians 15:47-50. Make me know THY Ways, O LORD; Teach me THY Paths. Lead me In THY Truth And Teach me, for THOU Art The GOD Of my Salvation; For THEE I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, THY Compassion And THY Lovingkindnessess, For They Have Been From Everlasting. Do not Remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to THY Lovingkindness Remember THOU me, For THY Goodness' Sake, O LORD. Good And Upright Is The LORD; Therefore HE Instructs sinners in The Way. HE Leads the humble In Justice, And HE Teaches the humble HIS Way. All The Paths Of The LORD Are Lovingkindness And Truth To those who keep HIS Covenant And HIS Testimonies. For THY Name's Sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. Who is the man who fears The LORD? HE Will Instruct him in The Way he should choose. His soul will abide In Prosperity, And his descendants will Inherit The Land. The Secret Of The LORD Is For those who fear HIM, And HE Will Make them Know HIS Covenant. My eyes are continually toward The LORD, For HE Will Pluck my feet out of the net. Psalm 25:4-15. ...Create in me a clean heart, O GOD, And Renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not Cast me away from THY Presence, And do not Take THY HOLY SPIRIT From me. Restore To me the joy Of my Salvation, And Sustain me with a willing spirit. I will teach transgressors THY Ways, and sinners will be converted to THEE ( or, turn back to THEE ). Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O GOD ( Hebrews 10:29 ), THOU GOD Of my Salvation; my tongue will joyfully sing of THY Righteousness. O LORD, Open my lips, That my mouth may declare THY Praise. For THOU dost not Delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; THOU art not Pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices Of GOD are a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O GOD, THOU Wilt Not Despise. Psalm 51:10-17. Agape can indeed grow cold, because The LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF States this will be the case, and elsewhere in Scripture The WORD Confirms it. I have not seen in Scripture where Agape is the word used for Love and that it is not in accordance with GOD, or identification of believers with GOD in character. Agape growing cold can only be the result of disobedience to The Commandment. Just as the Apostle John confirms what is Agape, And this is Love, that we walk according to HIS Commandments. This Is The Commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in It... 2 John :6. And the Apostle John maintains this in another letter, ...As for you, let that abide in you 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 Made To us; Eternal Life. These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you... 1 John 2:24-26. Jude admonishes us also to, ...keep yourselves in The Love Of GOD, waiting anxiously for The Mercy Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST To Eternal Life... Jude :21. The 'beginning' as in 'what you heard from the beginning' was your Introduction: Through The LORD JESUS CHRIST we have Obtained our Introduction by faith into this Grace in Which we stand. Then Sanctification begins, and is maintained to Completion, through The faith, or not ( Matthew 7:26-27 ). Now The GOD Of Peace, WHO Brought Up from the dead The Great SHEPHERD Of The sheep Through The Blood Of The Eternal Covenant, JESUS our LORD, Equip you in every Good Thing to do HIS Will, Working In us that which is Pleasing In HIS Sight, Through JESUS CHRIST, to WHOM The Glory Forever And Ever. Amen. But I urge you, Brethren, bear with This Word of Exhortation,... Hebrews 13:20-22a 'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your GOD; I AM The LORD. 'You shall do no injustice in judgment; 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 19:14-18. And as Agape can grow cold do not refuse that you can fall from Grace, as some will teach and preach. ...Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall... 1 Corinthians 10:12 But The SPIRIT Explicitly Says that in later times ( these times are indeed upon us ) some will fall away from The faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits ( of men ) and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,... 1 Timothy 4:1-2 ...Take care, Brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from The Living GOD... Hebrews 3:12 ...Let us therefore be diligent to enter that Rest, lest anyone fall through the same example of disobedience. For The WORD Of GOD Is Living And Active And Sharper than any two-edged sword, And Piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and Able To Judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from HIS Sight, but all things are open and laid bare to The Eyes Of HIM With WHOM we have to do... Hebrews 4:11-13 ...Pursue peace with all men, and The Sanctification without Which no one will see The LORD. See to it that no one comes short of The Grace Of GOD; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;... Hebrews 12:14-15 ...You therefore, Beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall 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 3:17 The Agape that is the fulfilment of The Law, which is The Perfect Bond Of Unity, is Acquired, By Grace through faith; It Is The Fruit Of The SPIRIT, WHOM GOD Has Given To those who obey HIM; But The Fruit Of The SPIRIT Is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no Law. Now those who belong to CHRIST JESUS have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires... Galatians 5:22-24. When the Apostles asked The LORD to increase their faith, The LORD'S Reply and Instruction To them, and accordingly us also ( John 17:16-21 ), was one of obedience; And the Apostles said to The LORD, "Increase our faith!" And The LORD Said, "If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea'; and it would obey you. "But which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down to eat'? "But will he not say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat, and clothe yourself and serve me until I have eaten and drunk; and afterward you will eat and drink'? "He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he? "So you too, when you have done all the Things Which Are Commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done that which we ought to have done." Luke 17:5-10. This is of humility; this is being Of The faith. Now to HIM WHO Is Able to Do Exceeding Abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, According To The Power That Works within us, to HIM The Glory In The Church And In CHRIST JESUS To all generations Forever And Ever. Amen. I, therefore, the prisoner Of The LORD, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of The Calling With Which you have been Called, with all Humility and Gentleness, with Patience, showing Forebearance to one another in Love ( Agape ), being diligent to preserve The Unity Of The SPIRIT In The Bond Of Peace ( Ephesians 2:13-18 ). One Body And ONE SPIRIT, just as you were also Called In One Hope Of your Calling; ONE LORD, One Faith, One Baptism, ONE GOD And FATHER Of All WHO Is Over All And Through All And In All. Ephesians 3:20 - 4:6. And so, therefore, those who continue to be deceived, who have, through what has proven to them to be deceptive, evident in The Light of Scripture, yet to them unseen; for they see how they themselves will determine themselves, and indeed how any others are to see, then they have fallen from Grace through their choosing, and apart from repentance their lawless deeds remain, and go before 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, 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."... John 9:41 - 10:5. The Testimony; The Witness Of JESUS Is The Spirit Of Prophecy. It is This Gospel Of The Kingdom; JESUS CHRIST, Which shall be preached in the whole world for a Witness to all nations. In both word and deed. And not what has been corrupted. And then the End shall Come. Therefore having been Justified By faith, we have Peace with GOD Through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Through WHOM Also we have Obtained our Introduction By faith Into This Grace In Which we stand; and we exult In Hope Of The Glory Of GOD. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, Proven Character ( Hebrews 5:13-14 ); and Proven Character, Hope; and Hope does not disappoint ( Romans 10:11 ), because The Love Of GOD Has Been Poured Out within our hearts Through The HOLY SPIRIT WHO Was Given To us ( Acts 5:32 ). For while we were still helpless, at The Right Time CHRIST Died For the ungodly... Romans 5:1-6. "The SPIRIT Of The LORD Is Upon ME, Because HE Anointed ME ( 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 )To Preach The Gospel To the poor. HE Has Sent ME To Proclaim Release To the captives, And Recovery of sight To the blind, To Set Free those who are down-trodden, To Proclaim The Favourable Year Of The LORD." Luke 4:18-19. ( Galatians 4:3-7, Isaiah 61 ). Matters Pertaining to GOD; The Deep Things Of GOD, Is Knowledge beyond what is no more than any pursuit of 'wisdom' ( 1 Corinthians 2:9-16 ). We are warned from Scripture against being held captive by and through the love and pursuit of wisdom and empty deception ( Scripture names it philosophy, and it is found useless in Light Of The Gospel; Colossians 2:8-12 ), as opposed to seeking The Giver WHO Is Blessed Forever. Amen. Which is what we are to do. And this Knowledge is for the relationship between the one knowing GOD and The Living GOD truly being Known by the one in relationship with HIM Through JESUS CHRIST; and GOD'S Word being Fulfilled in him. "O Righteous FATHER, although the world has not known THEE, yet I Have Known THEE; and these have known that THOU Didst Send ME; and I Have Made THY Name Known To them, And Will Make It Known; that the Love ( Agape ) wherewith THOU Didst love ( agapao ) ME may be In them, And I In them." John 17:25-26. Each one of and for himself alone in respect to Salvation, or not, however the case may be. But now that you have come to know GOD, or rather to be Known By GOD, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you wish to be enslaved all over again? Galatians 4:9. If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet Known as he ought to Know; but if anyone loves GOD, he Is Known By HIM. 1 Corinthians 8:2-3. "The LORD Knows those who are HIS." I believe that many of us, even, the many of us, misunderstand the difference between faith at the beginning; Through The LORD JESUS CHRIST, and Obtaining our Introduction By faith in The Same, into this Grace in which we stand, being when we first heard and believed; and faith with the actual Requirement to soley remain walking by faith in The SON Of GOD, so that you may know The Only True GOD And JESUS CHRIST WHOM HE Has Sent; for This Is Eternal Life. John 17:3. There is a most fatal mistake to make. The many believe and live believing that the faith they had at the beginning is as an all sufficient faith which shall get them through to the end regardless. That this faith they had at the beginning is enough and Salvation is accomplished, and that this is the Sanctification process, and all else will go on and even unrecognised and unknown by us because GOD is in control, and therefore Salvation is assured. It is not. James 2. And Romans 1:16-17 clearly states a process, The Gospel Is The Power Of GOD For Salvation To everyone who believes; for In It Righteousness Is Made Known, Uncovered, Unveiled, what is Covered Laid Open; from faith to faith. ...As for you, let ( the Greek, meno; abide, continue, dwell, endure, own, present, remain, stand, tarry ) that abide ( meno ) in you 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; Eternal Life... 1 John 2:24-25. It is a constant. From the beginning and through until the end, HIS Grace All Sufficient for the one who lives by faith In The SON Of GOD. meno oun meno in yourselves which you heard from the beginning... Those who live with and by such fatal belief ( or whatever striking or subtle variations of them there might be ) and subsequently all of what we believe then becomes the motivation and process our heart will or will not take, these are denying themselves, and others they will persuade however it is they will persuade them, of Knowing The Mystery yet still waiting to be Revealed, which had only just begun when they then determined to love knowledge and all they believe knowledge will bring, allowing the flesh to prevail, the world and its ways, before seeking first HIS Kingdom and HIS Righteousness to know GOD, and fulfill The Commandments: And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and put HIM to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to Inherit Etrnal Life?" And HE Said To him, "What Is Written In The Law? How does It read to you?" And he answered and said, "You shall love The LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself." And HE Said To him, "You have answered correctly; Do this, and you will Live." Luke 10:25-28. Only In CHRIST Is the veil lifted so that what was not seen before is now seen. And then revelation upon revelation of Scripture and Of GOD awaits to be known. Trials and tribulations shall Produce Endurance, to which Endurance shall have its Perfect Result, that we are Made Complete In CHRIST, Spiritually lacking in nothing. But not when we have left our First Love, not through lording it over those alloted to their charge, not in greed or malice, not in immorality, not in false prophets, not in sleeping, not in arrogance , not in pride, not in blindness. In doing so the ears cease from hearing, and the heart lacks true direction, and they become blind, short-sighted, and sometimes, to the point where their own conscience is seared as with a branding iron, For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world By The Knowledge Of The LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known The Way Of Righteousness, then having known It, to turn away from The Holy Commandment Delivered To them. It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire." 2 Peter 2:20-22. There is a Knowledge beyond mere knowledge and it is Understanding waiting to be Acquired: There is Knowing GOD and GOD Is Love. Revelation, chapters one, two, and three.

1 Peter 2:21-24 And Sanctification ...For you have been Called for this Purpose, since CHRIST also Suffered For you, leaving you an Example for you to follow In HIS Steps, WHO committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in HIS Mouth; and while being reviled, HE did not revile in return; while suffering, HE uttered no threats, but kept Entrusting to HIM WHO Judges Righteously; and HE HIMSELF Bore our sins In HIS Body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to Righteousness; for By HIS Wounds you were Healed. 1 Peter 2:21-24. There is no one like THEE among the gods, O LORD; Nor are there any works like THINE. All the nations ( Gentiles ) whom THOU Hast Made shall come and worship before THEE, O LORD; And they shall Glorify THY Name. For THOU Art Great And Doest Wondrous Deeds; THOU Alone Art GOD. Teach me THY Way, O LORD; I will walk In THY Truth; Unite my heart to fear THY Name. I will give thanks to THEE, O LORD, my GOD, with all my heart, And will Glorify THY Name Forever. For THY Lovingkindness Toward me is Great, And THOU Hast Delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. Psalm 86:8-13. There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against The LORD. Proverbs 21:30. Sanctification: Separation to GOD: Chosen Of GOD for Salvation Through Sanctification By The SPIRIT And faith in The Truth; Called for this Through The Gospel, that any who will submit themselves ( with their whole heart ) to The Righteousness Of GOD, WHO To us Is The LORD JESUS CHRIST, may indeed gain The Glory Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST ( 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 ). Saul, through Samuel, was removed By GOD from being king and GOD Raised Up David to be king in his place. "And after HE Had Removed him, HE Raised Up David to be their king, concerning whom HE Also Testified And Said, 'I Have Found David the son of Jesse, a man after MY Heart, who will do all MY Will. "From the offspring of this man, According To Promise, GOD Has Brought To Israel A SAVIOUR, JESUS, after John had proclaimed before HIS Coming aBaptism of repentanceto all the people of Israel. Acts 13:22-24. Saul was Removed because he disobeyed GOD ( 2 Samuel 15 ). We will do well not to follow examples Given in Scripture of those such as Saul, but instead to listen to The Words Of The LORD, in that we obey HIS Voice, and do not maintain belief in ourselves in our own will and wisdom. What GOD Promises, HE Delivers; What GOD Says shall be, shall be. And I have found not one verse of Scripture which show those disobedient to The Will Of GOD Inheriting The Promises Of GOD. What I find as I read The GOD Breathed Word is that disobedience to GOD always results in death. This is not because GOD is unjust, for that is impossible, as GOD Judges In Righteousness. And The MOST HIGH has a Day, Fixed By HIS Own Authority, in which HE Shall Judge the world in Righteousness. This means By HIS Righteousness. Sanctification is GOD'S Will for all, "For GOD so loved the world, that HE Gave HIS Only Begotten SON, that whoever believes in HIM should not perish, but have Everlasting Life..." John 3:16. And Sanctification is a Process to be maintained until the day our time on this earth is done, By Grace through faith, and not a 'one time done deal' as many will lay claim to in their beliefs and interpretations of Scripture. ...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... 1Peter 1:17. He who walks in his uprightness fears The LORD, But he who is crooked in his ways despises HIM. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back, But the lips of the wise will Preserve them. Proverbs 14:2-3. The Reward of humility, the fear of The LORD Are Riches, Honour And Life. Proverbs 22:4. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being Renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is Producing For us An Eternal Weight Of Glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at The Things Which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but The Things Which are not seen are Eternal... 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. In all the Apostle Paul suffered, and he suffered much ( 2 Corinthians 11:22-33 ), he counts it to be no more than 'momentary, light affliction' and 'far beyond all comparison' to The Eternal Glory In CHRIST JESUS. More than this, what Paul is stating is that such as he decribes as 'momentary, light affliction' in comparison to 'an Eternal Weight Of Glory far beyond all comparison' is that which actually Produces for us this Eternal Glory Which Is far beyond comparison to anything we will need endurance for in the trials and tribulations of this life. ..."And because lawlessness is increased, most people's Love ( Agape ) will grow cold. "But the one who endures to the End, he Shall Be Saved. Matthew 24:12-13. This passage of Scripture is speaking of those who have once 'believed', yet have, through one way or another, fallen away. Of the need of endurance the Apostle Peter agrees; Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share The Sufferings Of CHRIST, keep on rejoicing; so that also at The Revelation Of HIS Glory, you may rejoice with exultation. If you are reviled for The Name Of CHRIST, you are Blessed, because The SPIRIT Of Glory And Of GOD Rests Upon you. By no means let any of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; but if as a Christian, let him not feel ashamed, but In That Name let him Glorify GOD. For it is time for judgment to begin with The Household Of GOD; and if with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey The Gospel Of GOD? And if it is with difficulty that the Righteous is Saved, what will become of the Godless man and the sinner? Therefore, let those who suffer according to The Will Of GOD entrust their souls to A Faithful CREATOR in doing what is right... 1 Peter 4:12-19. ; but if as a Christian, and this means a follower of CHRIST who is a follower Of CHRIST indeed. James agrees; Consider it all joy, my Brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith Produces Endurance. And let Endurance have Perfect Result, that you may be Perfect and Complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4. The Apostle John agrees; 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. Sanctification By The SPIRIT And faith in The Truth; continual devotion to the Apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Faith in The Glorious Gospel Of The Blessed GOD; Saved By Grace through faith. The LORD JESUS CHRIST States: "I AM The Way; The Manner of thinking, feeling, deciding. And The Truth; Objectively what is True in any situation; Subjectively in personal excellence, free from pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit. And The Life; "And This Is Eternal Life, that they may know THEE, The Only True GOD, And JESUS CHRIST WHOM THOU Hast Sent. John 17:3. And This Is Eternal Life, To know The Only True GOD, indeed, Conformed to The Image Of JESUS CHRIST: Therefore, since CHRIST Has Suffered ( death ) in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same Purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of his time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for The Will Of GOD. 1 Peter 4:1-2. ;no one comes to The FATHER, but Through ME." This 'Through' is of the Process Of Sanctification To Eternal Life. We need to grasp, and hold fast that our Perfect Example, Given HIM From The FATHER, States Conformity, fact, consequence, and Reward, through faith in The Same: MESSIAH, Written in John 14:6. But we have This Treasure in earthen vessels, that The Surpassing Greatness Of The The Power may be Of GOD and not from ourselves; 2 Corinthians 4:7. ...Pursue peace with all men, and the Sanctification without which no one will see The LORD... Hebrews 12:14. Ours is to be Sanctification pertaining to the Nature Of Construction Of GOD, separation from evil things and ways; "But This Is The Covenant Which I Will Make With the house of Israel after those days," Declares The LORD, "I Will Put MY Law within them, and On their heart I Will Write It; and I Will Be their GOD, and they shall be MY people. "And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbour and each man his Brother, saying, 'Know The LORD,' for they shall all know ME, from the least of them to the greatest of them," Declares The LORD, "for I Will Forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."... Jeremiah 31:33-34. Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but ( it was that they went out ), in order that it might be Shown that they all are not of us. But you have an Anointing From The HOLY ONE, and you ( who abide in The Truth ) all know. I have not written to you because you do not know The Truth, but because you do know It, and because no lie is Of The Truth. Who is the liar but the one who denies that JESUS Is The CHRIST? This is the antichrist, the one who denies The FATHER And The SON. 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 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 ( John 17 ). And This Is The Promise Which HE HIMSELF 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, 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 At HIS Coming. If you know that HE Is Righteous, you know that everyone also who practices Righteousness Is Born Of HIM. 1 John 2:18-29. 1 John 2:23: Whoever will deny, contradict, that is, disavow The SON does not have The FATHER; the one who will acknowledge, confess in both word and deed; profess The SON Has The FATHER Also. "He who has received HIS Witness has set his seal to that GOD Is True. "For HE WHOM GOD Has Sent Speaks The Words Of GOD; For HE Gives The SPIRIT Without Measure. "The FATHER loves The SON, and Has Given All Things Into HIS Hand. "He who believes in The SON has Eternal Life; but he who does not obey The SON shall not see Life, but The Wrath Of GOD Abides On him." John 3:33-36. Righteousness: 'Rightwiseness', the character or quality of being right or just. Whatever is right, or just in itself; whatever Conforms to The Revealed Will Of GOD; "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for Righteousness, for they shall be Satisfied. Matthew 5:6. "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of Righteousness, for theirs Is The Kingdom Of Heaven. Matthew 5:10. "For I Say To you, that unless your Righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter The Kingdom Of Heaven. Matthew 5:20. Righteousness; whatever has been Appointed By GOD to be acknowledged and obeyed by man; Of Baptism, But JESUS Answering Said To him, "Permit at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all Righteousness." Matthew 3:15. "For John came to you in The Way Of Righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax-gatherers and harlots did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not feel remorse afterward so as to believe him. Matthew 21:32. Righteousness; the sum total of The Requirements Of GOD; ..."But seek first HIS Kingdom and HIS Righteousness; and all these things shall be Added To you. Matthew 6:33. Righteousness; 'Right action'; 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. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve The Righteousness Of GOD. Therefore putting aside all filthiness and that remains of wickedness, in humility Receive The Word Implanted, Which Is Able to Save your souls. But prove yourselves doers of The Word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves... James 1:16-22. ...Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to GOD as those alive from the dead, and your members instruments of Righteousness to GOD. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under Law, but Under Grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under Grace? May it never be! Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in Righteousness?... Romans 6:12-16. The one who trusts in JESUS CHRIST; the one who lives by faith In The SON Of GOD, becomes 'The Righteousness Of GOD In HIM.' ...HE Made HIM WHO knew no sin, sin on our Behalf, that we might become The Righteousness Of GOD In HIM. 2 Corinthians 5:21. This here, Written as we have as 2 Corinthians 5:21, means we become; GOD Causes us to become, to be Made, The Righteousness Of GOD In CHRIST JESUS; By Grace through the believers faith in JESUS CHRIST. A Process Of Sanctification. Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in Righteousness? "And we are witnesses of these things; and The HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM GOD Has Given To those who obey HIM." Acts 5:32. But we should always give thanks to GOD for you, Brethren Beloved By The LORD, because GOD Has Chosen you from the beginning for Salvation Through Sanctification By The SPIRIT And faith in The Truth. And it was for This HE Called you Through our Gospel, that you may gain The Glory Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. So then, Brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or by letter from us. Now may our LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF And GOD our FATHER, WHO Has loved us and Given us Eternal Comfort And Good Hope By Grace, Comfort and Strengthen your hearts in every Good Work and Word. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17. Clearly, it is that In HIM, In CHRIST JESUS, any become all that GOD Requires of one to be; 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."... 1 Peter 1:15-16.All that any can never attain to in or through themselves nor in and through any other, other than The LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF. ( Malachi 3:16-18 ). For what does The Scripture Say? "And Abraham believed GOD, and it was Reckoned To him As Righteousness." Romans 4:3. Does HE then, WHO Provides you With The SPIRIT and Works Miracles among you, do it by the works of The Law, or by hearing with faith? Even so Abraham believed GOD, and it was Reckoned To him as Righteousness. Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. And The Scripture, Foreseeing that GOD would Justify the Gentiles By faith, Preached The Gospel Beforehand To Abraham, "All the nations shall be Blessed in you." So then those who are of faith are Blessed with Abraham, the believer. Galatians 3:5-9. In Romans chapter four, it is to be understood correctly that 'Righteousness Reckoned' can and must only be understood in the light of the context of what is Written, that being, 'faith Reckoned for Righteousness.' Romans 4:3 ( above ), and, But To the one who does not work, but believes In HIM WHO Justifies the ungodly, his faith is Reckoned As Righteousness. 4:5. And, Is this Blessing then Upon the circumcised, or Upon the uncircumcised also? For we say, "Faith was Reckoned To Abraham As Righteousness." 4:9. And, Therefore also it was Reckoned To him As Righteousness. 4:22. Obedience of faith results in Righteousness. And GOD Gives The HOLY SPIRIT To those who obey The LORD JESUS CHRIST, so that they may obey JESUS CHRIST in All HE Says And Is; to be Complete. It is of these who are the ones written of in 2 Thessalonians as being, Brethren Beloved By The LORD, and of whom it is spoken of that, GOD Has Chosen you from the beginning for Salvation Through Sanctification By The SPIRIT And faith in The Truth. And it was for This HE Called you Through our Gospel, that you may gain The Glory Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST... 2 Thessalonians 2:13b-14. ...who are Chosen according to The Foreknowledge Of GOD The FATHER, By The Sanctifying Work Of The HOLY SPIRIT, that you may obey JESUS CHRIST And Be Sprinkled With HIS Blood: May Grace And Peace be yours in Fullest Measure. Blessed Be The GOD And FATHER Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO According to HIS Great Mercy Has Caused us to be born again to A Living Hope Through The Resurrection Of JESUS CHRIST from the dead, to An Inheritance Imperishable And Undefiled and will not fade away, Reserved In Heaven For you, who are Protected By The Power Of GOD through faith for A Salvation ready to be Revealed in the Last Time... 1 Peter 1:2-5. Simon Peter, a bond-servant and Apostle Of JESUS CHRIST, to those who have Received a faith of the same kind as ours, By The Righteousness Of our GOD And SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST: Grace And Peace Be Multiplied To you in The Knowledge Of GOD And Of JESUS our LORD ( Proverbs 9:10-12, John 17:3 ); seeing that HIS Divine Power Has Granted To us Everything Pertaining to Life And Godliness, Through The True Knowledge Of HIM WHO Called us By HIS Own Glory And Excellence. For By These HE Has Granted To us HIS Precious And Magnificent Promises, in order that By Them you might become ( to be Made ) partakers of Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very Reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence ( Godly virtue as opposed to the moral standards of the world; 1 John 2:15-17 ), and in moral excellence, Knowledge ( to come to know, recognise, understand ); and in Knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance ( abiding under patience ), and in perseverance, Godliness ( well devout characterized by a Godward attitude, does that which is well-pleasing to HIM ); and in Godliness, Brotherly Kindness ( Philadelphia; Romans 12:10-11 ), and in Brotherly Kindness, Love ( Agape; the fulfillment of The Law through obedience of faith; Matthew 5:17-18, Romans 3:31 ). For if These are yours and are increasing, They render you neither useless nor unfruitful In The True Knowledge Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. For he who lacks These ( is not present with these Qualities ) is blind, short-sighted ( physically or mentally blind, sees indistinctly ), having forgotten Purification from his former sins. Therefore, Brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about HIS Calling And Choosing you; for as long as you practice These Things, you will never stumble; for in This Way The Entrance Into The Eternal Kingdom Of our LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Will Be Abundantly Supplied To you... 2 Peter 1:1-11. "I AM The Way; The Manner of thinking, feeling, deciding, And The Truth; Objectively what is True in any situation; Subjectively in personal excellence, free from pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit, And The Life; "And This Is Eternal Life, that they may know THEE, The Only True GOD, And JESUS CHRIST WHOM THOU Hast Sent. John 17:3. And This Is Eternal Life, To know The Only True GOD, indeed, Conformed to The Image Of JESUS CHRIST ;no one comes to The FATHER, but Through ME." Professing JESUS CHRIST yet wilfully denying HIM in word or deed is sin resulting in death; It is not truly confessing JESUS CHRIST as Scripture determines what means confessing JESUS CHRIST; For HE WHOM GOD Has Sent Speaks The Words Of GOD . As Peter admonishes, Therefore, Brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about HIS Calling And Choosing you; for as long as you practice These Things, you will never stumble; for in This Way The Entrance Into The Eternal Kingdom Of our LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Will Be Abundantly Supplied To you. Therefore, Brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about HIS Calling And Choosing you, for In This Way; The Way Of thinking, feeling, deciding, free from pretence, falsehood, deceit, The Entrance Into The Eternal Kingdom Of our LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Will Be Abundantly Supplied To you. There is no other way, for GOD Has Spoken and so It Is. For you know what Commandments we gave you Through The LORD JESUS. For This Is The Will Of GOD, your Sanctification;... 1 Thessalonians 4:2-3a For GOD has not Called us for the purpose of impurity ( uncleanness, physically and morally; Matthew 23:27-28, Romans 1:24-25, Galatians 5:19-21 ), but In Sanctification. Consequently, he who rejects is not rejecting man but The GOD WHO Gives HIS HOLY SPIRIT To you. 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8. I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, so now present your members slaves to Righteousness, resulting in Sanctification. Romans 6:19. But what does It Say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" - that is, The Word Of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth JESUS LORD, and believe in your heart GOD Raised HIM from the dead, you shall be Saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in Righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in Salvation. For the Scripture Says, "Whoever believes in HIM will not be disappointed." Romans 10:8-11. It all comes down to the heart. A heart like David's, as GOD HIMSELF Speaks, a man after MY Heart who will do all MY Will. Or not. ( Luke 14:25-35 ). And HE was Saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride foolishness. "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man." Mark 7:20-23. Defile: denotes to make common: mediocre or inferior, coarse, vulgar; not pertaining to The Example Serving As A Model for imitation, Pattern, hence, in a ceremonial sense to render unholy, unclean, to defile. For any who,'with the heart he believes,' it will set them apart from one who professes to believe and yet walks contrary to The Way And The Truth And The Life. Only the heart that believes is set apart; separated to GOD. "And we are witnesses of these things; and The HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM GOD Has Given To those who obey HIM." Acts 5:32. "And GOD, WHO Knows the heart, Bore Witness To them, Giving them The HOLY SPIRIT, just as HE Also Did To us; and HE made no distinction between us and them, Cleansing their hearts By faith. Acts 15:8-9. Only GOD Is Just And The Justifier Of the one who has faith In JESUS ( Romans 3 ). GOD Bears Witness, we do not and cannot bear witness to ourselves ( 1 John 5 ). Paul, a bond-servant Of CHRIST JESUS, Called an Apostle, set apart for The Gospel Of GOD, Which HE Promised Beforehand Through HIS Prophets In The Holy Scriptures, Concerning HIS SON, WHO Was Born A Descendant of David according to the flesh, WHO Was Declared The SON Of GOD With Power By The Resurrection from the dead, According to The Spirit Of Holiness, JESUS CHRIST our LORD, Through WHOM we have Received Grace and Apostleship to bring about obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, for HIS Name's Sake, among whom you also are the Called Of JESUS CHRIST; Romans 1:1-6. Paul, a bond-servant Of GOD, and an Apostle Of JESUS CHRIST, for The faith of those Chosen Of GOD And The Knowledge Of The Truth Which Is According To Godliness, in The Hope Of Eternal Life, Which GOD, WHO cannot lie, Promised long ages ago, but at The Proper Time Manifested HIS WORD, In The Proclomation With Which I was Entrusted According To The Commandment Of GOD our SAVIOUR; Titus 1:1-3. Sanctification By The SPIRIT, indeed faith in The Truth; 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 on-going ). 1 Corinthians 3:7-9. And we deduce through Godly discerment what Is and what is not Of GOD, as the Apostle Paul writes of those such as himself; Brethren, join in following my example, and observe ( pay attention to, direct one's attention ) to those who walk according to The Pattern you have in us. Philippians 3:17.Thus our witness shall be that which pertains to JESUS CHRIST. Be imitators of me, just as I also am of CHRIST. 1 Corinthians 11:1. For no man can lay a foundation other than The One Which Is Laid, Which Is JESUS CHRIST. 1 Corinthians 3:11. Inferred from other acts and conditions, "If you abide In MY Word, you are truly Disciples Of MINE; and you shall know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make you Free." John 8:31-32. "I AM The Way, And The Truth, And The Life; no one comes to The FATHER, but Through ME. John 14:6. "He who is Of GOD hears The Words Of GOD; for this reason you do not hear, because you are not Of GOD." John 8:47. By This, Love Is Perfected with us, that we may have confidence In The Day Of Judgment; because as HE Is, so also are we in this world. 1 John 4:17. The witness of a Saint shall posses the degree of probability being relative to Sanctification By The SPIRIT And faith In The Truth. And this, Scripturally, is clearly a Process, and not a "one time done deal." 'Once Saved always saved' cannot accommodate The Truth of Scripture. It is heresy. 'Saved by Grace alone' and 'we can "do" nothing ourselves' denies the necessity of obedience of faith. It is heresy. It is Saved By Grace Through faith ( Romans 3:10-18, Galatians 4:3-8 ), 'and that not of yourselves, The Gift Of GOD;' Ephesians 2. From faith towards faith. Romans 1:16-17, Habakkuk 2:4. Calvinism and such belief maintains a self righteousness and in presumption. And yet it is if we are Found By GOD to be worthy, and not in and by our own 'justifications' in and by our own interpretations of Scripture. Whatever preaches anything whatsoever contrary ( be that objectively or subjectively ) to the fact that GOD Alone Is Just And The Justifier Of the one who has faith in JESUS, then it is heresy. But the Righteous shall live by his faith. "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 any 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. And why would any refuse that repentance is part of Sanctification? Baptism is an appeal to GOD for a Good conscience-Through The Resurrection Of JESUS CHRIST ( Romans 6:1-4, 1 Peter 3 ), borne of repentance, and we are Called in our walk to recognise all that constitutes sin; rebellion to Divine Authority. None are free from mistakes in their walk and throughout their walk, and GOD'S Grace Is Sufficient Through The faith that is In CHRIST JESUS. Though to truly repent one would first be required to be able to recognise when they are in error. This requires both GOD and humility, and GOD Gives Grace To the humble. "Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the Righteous will live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4. 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. Let my lips utter praise, For THOU Dost Teach me THY Statutes. 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. I long for THY Salvation, O LORD, And THY Law is my delight. Let my soul live that it 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. Psalm 119:169-176.