Dear Paul in all my knowing you I have always seen Christ In you and your love for Him. Your passion to share Him has never changed and your love for His Word. Grace From The Father's to yours will Strengthen your heart. Love and prayers go with you my Brother.
Professing Christians: Amid All Of The Deceit It Is Time To Understand...
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Grace indeed Steph. Amazing Grace! And I thank GOD for you.
and The Grace Of our LORD was more than abundant, with The faith and Love Which Are In CHRIST JESUS. It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that CHRIST JESUS Came into the world to Save sinners, among whom I am foremost. And yet for this reason I found Mercy, in order that in me as the foremost, JESUS CHRIST might Demonstrate HIS Perfect Patience, as an example for those who would believe In HIM for Eternal Life.
Now to The KING Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, The Only GOD, Honour and Glory Forever And Ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:14-17.
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.