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Continued from (4a- The inner working of the Holy Spirit) By beholding we become changed (What is called Antinomianism is not Lawlessness) <- Active Link
2 Corinthians 3:18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
There are 4 major spiritual concepts being discussed within this Pauline sentence.
1- Having an unveiled face
2- Looking in a mirror at Jesus Christ (Jesus is the very Glory of God / Effulgence or Visible Light)
3- Transformation (Conversion)
4a- The inner working of the Holy Spirit
4b- The inner working of the Holy Spirit
The Gospel states that the Law of Sin and Death (Moses / The Ministry of Death, chiseled in Stone) condemns all of us. Hebrews states that the entire system of Law as it existed in the Old Covenant was Fulfilled by Jesus Christ. Many people don't understand that to judge others by the Stone Law, or to judge themselves by it is literally trampling the Blood of Jesus Christ which fulfilled the Law for all who will turn from works of the flesh (Human efforts good or bad) and Depend on Jesus for all of their Salvational needs.
By re-establishing the Law of Stone as ordinances that can Accuse and Damn mankind, a person is not only denying what Jesus accomplished on the Cross, but they are essentially telling Jesus that what He accomplished at Golgotha isn't good enough for them.
OP 4A further expresses that the Holy Spirit is no less the presence of God than Jesus Christ is. The Holy Spirit of Christ which saves and seals us is the literal Holy Ghost (Soul) of Jesus Christ (The Son) and His Father. This is exactly why Paul calls our body's the Temple of God. When Paul states not to join that Temple to a Prostitute, he is saying that to deny the Power of Jesus Christ's Blood and provided Holy Spirit to Save a Believing Sinner unto Glory is to join one's self to Apostasy.
The New Covenant Law is "Love thy neighbor as Thyself". Love forgives! Love actively asks people to consider the needs of others in all that they do. This is the mechanism of the Gospel that changes the entire world. It brings peace, where no peace once was. It is Love that does not discriminate or judge people. We are to forgive as we are forgiven. We do not yoke mankind with the Law of Sin and Death. That law now shows us our need for Jesus and nothing more.
Binding people to the Law of Stone is a way of suggesting that Jesus died for nothing.
So, if we are free from that Stone, which we are, what keeps us from going berserk and destroying our life and other's lives?
God literally shapes our Souls in His way and His timing. We focus on Jesus and Loving others as He first Loved us. This literally places the burden of Trust specifically on Jesus Christ and nothing or anyone else. We turn to Him and Him alone. Obedience doesn't satiate a thing. Even the Life Changing Love that God bestows upon us is not ours, but His.
The Lion of Judah is within us. No other is worthy of our Trust. We are to Trust God to do with us as He pleases in His timing, not ours. God really dwells within us sinners who confess their need of Him. Placing Faith or need in anything or anyone else is a quick way to derail God's intended work.
It's really that simple. We don't become "sinless" in this life. We await the day that we pass through the veil of Death, which we do not succumb to, but bypass judgment and go straight to Jesus, through, just as Jesus promised those of us who believe.
It's really that simple.
2 Corinthians 3:18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
There are 4 major spiritual concepts being discussed within this Pauline sentence.
1- Having an unveiled face
2- Looking in a mirror at Jesus Christ (Jesus is the very Glory of God / Effulgence or Visible Light)
3- Transformation (Conversion)
4a- The inner working of the Holy Spirit
4b- The inner working of the Holy Spirit
4b- The inner working of the Holy Spirit
Isaiah 64:8 Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.
Psalm 138:8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
The Counselor, The Comforter, The Inner Light, The Holy Soul, The very Seal of our Salvation, The Righteousness of ONLY God, Within
Continued from OP part 4a, conclusion statement..
Through Jesus Christ, God set the Spiritual Foundation of His Kingdom and Jesus Christ (The Son) is the Head of this Kingdom. He is the cornerstone of the Spiritual Kingdom. He is the Head of the BODY (KINGDOM). Upon Pentecost, God literally INDWELLED Believing Humanity and reversed the Babel. The Castle of the KING, (THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST) is now ever growing more amazing, century after century. We are Temples of God. We, individually are each a brick of the Church. We are the Worshipers who are Grafted INTO the Jesus Christ, who is literally Grafted into our very SOULS in the most REAL, Literal way possible, via the Same Holy Spirit which is the Soul of God the Father and God the Son. The Holy Spirit of Christ now dwells within our very Souls.
Now, the Architect is building HIS spiritual Kingdom with the LANGUAGE OF LOVE.
OP 4A Exists for one main purpose. It is written to dispel any form of subordinating The Son or the Holy Spirit of the Father and the Son. If a person misunderstands Who the Son is in doctrine, they won't be able to comprehend that attempting to be without sin like the Son in human flesh is not only impossible, but tantamount of Isaiah 14:14. There is only ONE God. The work that God the Father accomplished through God the Son was God's work and God's work, alone. When people attempt to bind Christianity back to the Ministry of Death, Chiseled in Stone, they are, per the Apostle Paul, cutting themselves and all who they convince to do so off from the Accomplished work of Jesus Christ.The Gospel states that the Law of Sin and Death (Moses / The Ministry of Death, chiseled in Stone) condemns all of us. Hebrews states that the entire system of Law as it existed in the Old Covenant was Fulfilled by Jesus Christ. Many people don't understand that to judge others by the Stone Law, or to judge themselves by it is literally trampling the Blood of Jesus Christ which fulfilled the Law for all who will turn from works of the flesh (Human efforts good or bad) and Depend on Jesus for all of their Salvational needs.
By re-establishing the Law of Stone as ordinances that can Accuse and Damn mankind, a person is not only denying what Jesus accomplished on the Cross, but they are essentially telling Jesus that what He accomplished at Golgotha isn't good enough for them.
OP 4A further expresses that the Holy Spirit is no less the presence of God than Jesus Christ is. The Holy Spirit of Christ which saves and seals us is the literal Holy Ghost (Soul) of Jesus Christ (The Son) and His Father. This is exactly why Paul calls our body's the Temple of God. When Paul states not to join that Temple to a Prostitute, he is saying that to deny the Power of Jesus Christ's Blood and provided Holy Spirit to Save a Believing Sinner unto Glory is to join one's self to Apostasy.
The New Covenant Law is "Love thy neighbor as Thyself". Love forgives! Love actively asks people to consider the needs of others in all that they do. This is the mechanism of the Gospel that changes the entire world. It brings peace, where no peace once was. It is Love that does not discriminate or judge people. We are to forgive as we are forgiven. We do not yoke mankind with the Law of Sin and Death. That law now shows us our need for Jesus and nothing more.
Binding people to the Law of Stone is a way of suggesting that Jesus died for nothing.
So, if we are free from that Stone, which we are, what keeps us from going berserk and destroying our life and other's lives?
God literally shapes our Souls in His way and His timing. We focus on Jesus and Loving others as He first Loved us. This literally places the burden of Trust specifically on Jesus Christ and nothing or anyone else. We turn to Him and Him alone. Obedience doesn't satiate a thing. Even the Life Changing Love that God bestows upon us is not ours, but His.
The Lion of Judah is within us. No other is worthy of our Trust. We are to Trust God to do with us as He pleases in His timing, not ours. God really dwells within us sinners who confess their need of Him. Placing Faith or need in anything or anyone else is a quick way to derail God's intended work.
It's really that simple. We don't become "sinless" in this life. We await the day that we pass through the veil of Death, which we do not succumb to, but bypass judgment and go straight to Jesus, through, just as Jesus promised those of us who believe.
It's really that simple.
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