God Created This World Through His Son
Jesus and His Father worked together to create this world.
God loves His Son dearly. Like a Father teaches his Son how to do things. God taught His Son how to do things. How to create by speaking it into existence. Supernatural nature. If we are willing to surrender ALL, WE are adopted, reconciled back to God and able to have God's own supernatural power given back to us through the indwelling Spirit of His Son. Christ came to earth to become a human babe in Bethlehem, to blend Divinity and Humanity back together again. To reconcile our carnal sinful nature back to the Divine nature and character, the thoughts and feelings and values of God.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God (blended Divine and Human Spirit of Christ after His Father raised Him back from the dead) is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23).
"Through Him (Son of God) all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made" John 1:3.
"He (Son of God) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him" John 1:10.
"For in Him (Son of God) all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him" Colossians 1:16.
God said to His Son, Let us make man in OUR image. Likeness. We were to have a form, image, copy of God and His Son.
Like Father, Like Son.
A Father is naturally older, or greater in AGE than His Son.
"The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth" John 1:14.
A Son is always, even before he is born, in His Father's mind.
A man looks forward to having a Son of his OWN, just like himself, a chip off the 'ole block'.
He dreams of and plans what it would be like to have a boy just like him, in his image, to take his name (riches) and carry on the family name (honor, riches, a man is only as good as his word etc).
"Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power" Genesis 49:3.
To carry on his values. His word. A man is only as good as HIS WORD.
"Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" John 6:68.
"I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it" John 12:49.
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say."
For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
So Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
"My teaching is not My own," Jesus replied. "It comes from Him who sent Me.
"You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth (Son of God) listens to me."
Jesus IS the "TRUTH". "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by (through) me" John 14:6.
"I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world."
So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, carrying out His work.
Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
(Jesus perfectly echoes His Father's WORDS, the Words of Eternal Life to us, the exceedingly great and precious promises (2 Peter 1:4) that we are to claim in order to receive perfection of Character, to become in the image of Christ, echoing Christ's WORDS to others, like Christ echoed His Father's WORDS to us)
"Jesus replied, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going" John 8:14.
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
"Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life."
God the Father, in this case, our Father in Heaven, knew and planned the birth of His Son, made and brought forth into being to save mankind from themselves.
"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him" 1 John 5:1.
"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God" Revelation 3:14.
To which of the angel's did God say,
"For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"?" Hebrews 1:5 NIV. <<Click link to open a new window and see the cross references for Heb. 1:5.
"I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You" Psalm 2:7. [Begotten in antiquity, in days of old, before this world exisited, click here to see Micah 5:2.]
He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: 'You are My Son, today I have become Your Father.' Acts 13:33.
"So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: "You are My Son, today I have become Your Father." Hebrews 5:5. "For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests" Hebrews 7:14.
"I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men" 2 Samuel 7:14.
"I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you" 1 Chronicles 17:13.
As Jesus grew, Jesus was daily the delight of His Father in Heaven, as one brought up with Him.
"Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him" Proverbs 8:30.
"He was with God in the beginning" John 1:2.
"Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made" John 1:3.
JESUS IS the WISDOM and POWER of God:
"But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God" 1 Corinthians 1:24.
"But of him (God the Father) are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God (the Father) is MADE unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:" 1 Corinthians 1:30. (emphasis added)
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his Way (Jesus/Sanctuary "I am the Way" John 14:6), before his works of old.
Ephesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Christ's own Divine and Human Spirit is blended with our Human Spirit, character, thoughts and feelings, so our mortal bodies are quickened, enabled to become supernatural, and sin free!
"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you" Romans 8:11.
"For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes" John 5:21.
Christ came to earth as a Babe in Bethlehem. Hebrews 10:5 "a body thou hast prepared for me".
In the town of Nazareth, noted for it's wickedness, lived a young woman. Daily her heart was lifted to God, asking for the Advent of the promised Saviour. Jehovah's ear was reached and that prayer was answered. Gabriel came from the presence of God and made known to Mary that she, a virgin in Isreal should become the Mother of the Son of God. The spiritually of her life is shown in her response to the angel. Taking her God-given responsibilty, with all the sorrow and shame it entailed; "behold the handmaid of the Lord".
Like Mary, who became the Mother of Jesus because she was DAILY seeking God and asking for His Son Jesus to come, she was honored above all women to become the Mother of the PROMISED GIFT, the PROMISED CHILD;
WE should DAILY, be asking God, by faith, in the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary for the Spirit of Christ to come into us so that Christ will come and take us to Heaven. The faithful ones, the church of the living God -- few as their numbers may be, are represented as the woman clothed with the Sun, and the moon under her feet and upon her head is a crown of 12 stars.
As Christ was twice born, once in eternity, the only begotten of the Father, and again here in the flesh, thus uniting the divine with the human in that second birth, so we, who have been born once already in the flesh, are to have the second birth, being born again of the Spirit, in order that our experience may be the same, the human and the divine being joined in a life union.
He was born of the Holy Ghost. In other words, Jesus Christ was born again. He came from heaven, GOD's first- born, to the earth, and was born again, But all in Christ's work goes by opposites for us: he, the sinless one, was made to be sin, in order that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. He, the living one, the prince and author of life, died that we might live. He whose goings forth have been from the days of eternity, the first-born of GOD, was born again, in order that we might be born again.
If Jesus Christ had never been born again, could you and I have ever been born again? No. But he was born again, from the world of righteousness into the world of sin; that we might be born again, from the world of sin into the world of righteousness. He was born again, and was made partaker of the human nature, that we might be born again, and so made partakers of the divine nature. He was born again, unto earth, unto sin, and unto man, that we might be born again unto heaven, unto righteousness, and unto God.
Both Christ and us, believers, have access to the Father by one Spirit. The risen, quickened (1 Cor 15:45) BLENDED human and divine Spirit of Christ. There is no other SPIRIT that can save us. No other Spirit that is both DIVINE and HUMAN.
Hebrews 9:8
By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
Hebrews 10:20
by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
There is only ONE MAN being saved out of this world. It is the man Jesus Christ. Our only HOPE is to get inside His Body, by FAITH, to be HID IN CHRIST, COVERED WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Christ is physically, right now, IN the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary in the Third Heaven, in the Throne Room, seated on His Father's Throne along with His Father. We are to be seated by faith on this Throne too, right now, by faith in Christ, the Spirit of Christ dwelling in us. This 2,000-year-old DIVINE AND HUMAN blended Spirit of Christ, the reason Christ came to earth was to BLEND, RECONCILE mankind back to the nature or Spirit of God, to live in God, to be like Him in plans and purposes.
God said to His Son, Let us make man in OUR image. Likeness. We were to have a form, image, copy of God and His Son. We were also made sin-free like Adam and Eve before they ate the forbidden fruit. Adam gave up His birthright like Esau gave up his birthright to Jacob.
Jesus the second Adam came to restore that birthright if we surrender ALL to Him so He can fill us with His blended human and Divine Spirit that first came to the Apostles at Pentecost. This blended Divine and Human Spirit never existed before the cross and Christ's ascension,
"I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father" John 5:21.
THEN He was snatched back up to God, His Father, and then SENT His own promised life, the gift of His perfect life, His 100% Divine, and 100% Human mixed, blended Spirit to dwell in His People. Christ led his children through the wilderness for 40 years. He was a pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day. The shekinah glory over the temple, filling the temple with His smoke and presence.
Today, Christ is the shekinah glory, the blended human and divine Spirit that is to fill our sacred body temple. Our body is to be the temple or "church" of the living Son of God.
"My teaching is not My own," Jesus replied. "It comes from Him who sent Me.
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
No one who denies the Son can have the Father; whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam a life-giving spirit."
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who dwells within you.
As it is written: "I have made you (Jesus) a father of many nations." He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
GOD THE FATHER MADE HIS OWN SON A FATHER. A SPIRITUAL FATHER OF MANY NATIONS.
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace"Isaiah 9:6.
The Son is 'the everlasting Father,' not of himself, nor of his Father, but of his children. His language is, 'I and the children which God hath given me.' Heb. 2:13.
It may be objected, If the Father and the Son are two distinct beings, do you not, in worshipping the Son and calling him God, break the first commandment of the decalogue?
"No; it is the Father's will 'That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.' We cannot break the commandment and dishonor God by obeying him.
The Fathers says of the Son, 'Let all the angels of God worship him.'
Should angels refuse to worship the Son, they would rebel against the Father.
Children inherit the name of their Father.
The Son of God 'hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than' the angels.
That name is the name of his Father.
The Father says to the Son, 'Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.' Heb.1.
The Son is called 'The mighty God.' Isa. 9:6.
And when he comes again to earth his waiting people will exclaim, 'This is our God.' Isa. 25:9.
It is the will of the Father that we should thus honor the Son.
In doing so we render supreme honor to the Father. If we dishonor the Son, we dishonor the Father; for he requires us to honor his son. "But though the Son is called God yet there is a 'God and Father of our lord Jesus Christ' 1Pet. 1:3.
Though the Father says to the Son, 'Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever,' yet, that throne is given him of his Father; and because he loved righteousness and hated iniquity, he further says, 'Therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee.' Heb. 1:9. 'God hath made that same Jesus both Lord and Christ.' Acts. 2:36.
The Son is 'the everlasting Father,' not of himself, nor of his Father, but of his children. His language is, 'I and the children which God hath given me.' Heb. 2:13.
Christ has become the Father of His People.
"He chose to give us birth through the Word of Truth (Jesus), that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created" James 1:18.
"children born not of blood, nor will of the flesh, nor will of man, but born of God" John 1:13.
"And in Him you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, having heard and believed the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation" Ephesians 1:13.
"Then after desire (thinking of something) has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death" James 1:15.
OUR NEW BIRTH IS THE SEED OF CHRIST'S HOLY SPIRIT, HIS BLENDED HUMAN AND DIVINE SPIRIT IMPUTED, GIVEN TO US BY CHRIST OUR FATHER WHEN WE SINCERELY SEEK HIM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Let us here resolve that we will not sin against God with our lips, that we will never speak in a light and trifling manner, that we will never murmur or complain at the Providence (Divine guidance and care) of God, and that we will not become accusers of our brethren. We cannot always hinder the thoughts that come as temptations; but we can resist the enemy so that we shall not utter them. The adversary of souls is not permitted to read the thoughts of men; but he is a keen observer, and he marks the words and actions, and skillfully adapts his temptations accordingly. If all would labor to repress sinful thoughts and feelings, giving them no expression in words or acts, Satan would be defeated; for he would not know how to prepare his specious temptations to meet their cases.
Oh that the vail could be parted for a moment, and you could see the interest that all heaven takes in the human race! God and heavenly angels are anxiously waiting to see if we will not cleanse ourselves from all sin. Of the redeemed it is said, the Lamb shall lead them to “Living Fountains of Waters;” and they shall walk in the beams of a sunless day; for Christ is the Light of the city of God. ref: Revelation 7:17.
We want to get in the habit of talking of heaven, beautiful heaven. Talk of that Life which will continue as long as God shall live, and then you will forget your little trials and difficulties. Let the mind be attracted to God. “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” I Corinthians 2:9. And now may the Blessing and Peace of God rest upon you all, my brethren and sisters. May your lives from henceforth be lives of watchfulness and prayer; and if we never meet again in this world, may we meet around the great white throne, to sing the song of victory together in the kingdom of God.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God.
THE EXCEEDINGLY GREAT AND PRECIOUS SUPERNATURAL, CREATING WHAT IS UNSEEN INTO VISIBLE, BIBLE VERSE PROMISES! SEE 2 Peter 1:4:
"Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires (our daily little choices)" 2 Peter 1:4. It's the little "foxes" that spoil the vine.
"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God" 1 John 3:9.
"No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him" 1 John 3:6.
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins (doers of pure truth). They follow the Lamb wherever He goes (into the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary in the Third Heaven). They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
Christ wants to endow those who love Him with wealth, That He may fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 8:21.