Today, some points are shared on what it means to have life, and what it means to have the Son of GOD. Life for the human body is maintained through mechanical activity, movement, and processes of material consumption and growth such as circulation, elimination and respiration. Life for the mind requires continuous cycles of activity and rest that include formulating expression for such elements as emotion, imagination, fantasy, intuition, recall, reflection, and thought. In a similar way, life for ones spirit requires uninterrupted sacred process such as confession, forgiveness, praise, repentance, speaking truth, study of the holy writings, and unselfish service to GOD. Through the ministry of Jesus Christ as Son of the Highest, believers receive new relationship to the Creator, and enter into the process of life for divinity and those receiving the Savior’s eternal spirit. The fighter at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Ruth” (Level 7 with 92,575 points, a member since December 04, 2010) posted the following:
He who as the Son as life, the bible says this, so they have life now, right?
THE GOLDEN ARROW: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. (John 3: 16-21, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Divine Purpose? (01/08/2015); An Eternal and Permanent Solution? (12/15/2014); Joined To Christ Through Faith (12/05/2014); Eternal Life By Means of Carnal Death? (11/28/2014); Eternal Life By Means of Carnal Death? (11/27/2014); Death is a Divine Tool (09/15/2014); A Sleep and a Second Death (09/16/2014); So We Could Have Life? (12/09/2013); Can Someone Be Happy? (12/10/2013); Our Need for a Son (03/04/2013); Unless You Repent (03/05/2013)
“Ruth”, the Gospel According to John, Chapter 20, closes with the following words: And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. Here are a few points—that are meat, not milk—intended for those who believe that may clarify the word from GOD made Incarnate:
(1.) Because those who are saved are being embraced by GOD, who is spirit and who is using a process that is eternal, every aspect of how believers are to experience and understand existence is being changed and transformed. Believers are still upon the earth, and must deal with features of others and themselves that are carnal, material, physical and social. However, their awareness and inner spirit content, that determine and govern operations of self-will within created beings and living creatures, have been permanently altered.
(2.) Understood as spirit substance from the makeup of divinity, life is the exchange, interaction and movement among inseparable spirit matter such as faith, forgiveness, holiness, love, person, possibility, presence, purpose, truth, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Only those having a fresh endowment of the spirit essence imparted from GOD to Adam (we say, breath of life; the Holy Spirit; the Word), will appear as the offspring and vessels of divinity.
(3.) In the same way cadavers (dead bodies) and rocks exist, yet are lifeless, created beings and living creatures may continue and endure, yet, contain and display no aspect of divinely begun change. Holy angels, who are not mortal, are not immortal, and may continue only by divine grace and sovereign prerogative. Similarly, the aspects of life revealed through the person of Jesus as an intimate relationship with Deity, are now available to mankind only by divine grace and sovereign will.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (4.) As a spiritual condition and relationship to Deity, eternal life has already begun for those who are born again through baptism, and may be spoken of as “growing again,” and coming to maturity. Through continuing sacred operations such as atonement, forbearance, judgment, rebirth, resurrection, and sanctification believers are to become perfect, made immortal and incorruptible. These have eternal life now through unbreakable covenant, promise, and prophecy; and are those who will be received by Jesus at his coming to share as eternal life companions.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to the measure of your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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