Let the Word Speak
Word
The Division of Soul and Spirit
"The spirit of error will lead us from the truth; and the Spirit of God will lead us into truth. But, say you, a man may be in an error, and think he has the truth. What then? We answer, The Spirit and word agree. If a man judges himself by the word of God, and finds a perfect harmony through the whole word, then he must believe he has the truth; but if he finds the spirit by which he is led does not harmonize with the whole tenor of God's law or Book, then let him walk carefully, lest he be caught in the snare of the devil.“ – GC p.396.2
‘Word’ must become Life and Spirit to us
John 6:63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Satan – the Destroyer
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
That they might have life…
Rom. 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Ezek. 18:4 ..the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; …
Since YOU ARE DEAD…
Rom. 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
2Tim. 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Since YOU ARE DEAD…
1Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Rom. 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
Since YOU ARE DEAD…
John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 12:35 ….for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Then…man by nature, is IGNORANT of God’s Righteousness
Rom. 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, …(the soul knows what is good and evil)
…have NOT submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
This is the REASON why man needs the GRACE…
Eph. 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that NOT of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Satan so cunning, very subtle)
Eph. 2:9 NOT of works, lest any man should boast.
This is the REASON why man needs the GRACE…
John 1:13 Which were born (from above), NOT of blood, NOR of the will of the flesh, NOR of the will of man, BUT of God.
And whosoever receives that GRACE…let His Word speak..
….Only because God put it in his heart..
Ezek. 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Man received the GRACE…let His Word speak…
….NOT because he accepted the gift…BUT…
….he RECEIVED because God put His New Spirit (new LIFE) within him…
Man received the GRACE…let His Word speak…
….NOT because he choose (decide) to…BUT GOD choose him…
Eph. 1:4 According as He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world.....
Rom. 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, ……
John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you
GOD is the ONE who CHOOSE, not us…let His Word speak…
Num. 16:5 ….Even to morrow the LORD … will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will He cause to come near unto Him.
Ps. 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom He hath chosen for his own inheritance.
NOT of the FLESH but of the SPIRIT…
Rom. 9:16 So then it is not of him (man) that willeth, nor of him (man) that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Phil. 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Rom. 1:36 For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory forever.
So that ALL the GLORY belongs ONLY to HIM…
Rev. 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him…
AMEN!!
Mat. 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.