Today,
reply is on the sacred knowledge and process among Christian
believers whereby Jesus Christ is accepted as having been approved of
GOD. Believers in Jesus as their Redeemer and Savior choose to exist
as life companions to immortal, incorruptible divinity. Thus, it is
written: 1st John 5: 1-10, King James Version (KJV): 1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and
every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten
of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we
love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not
grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that
Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he that came by water and blood,
even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is
truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there
are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and
the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the
witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the
witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that
believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that
believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the
record that God gave of his Son. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers”
public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Brother
Virgil” (Level 1 with 129 points, a member since May 26, 2019)
posted the following:
How
do we know that Jesus had God’s approval?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: And it came to pass about an eight days after these
sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a
mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance
was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and
Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he
should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with
him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his
glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as
they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for
us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. While
he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they
feared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a voice out of
the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And when the
voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close,
and told no man in those days any of those things which they had
seen. (Luke 9: 28-36, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Nothing Impossible For GOD? (04/07/2019); One Died
For All (04/05/2019); How GOD Speaks Today (12/10/2018); Sinners Must
Become Convicted (11/27/2018); The Meaning of “Faith”
(03/28/2018); Knowing the Invisible GOD (09/17/2017); How To Know
GOD? (12/12/2016); The Transfiguration of Christ (11/14/2016)
“Brother
Virgil”, because Christians are to “know” by faith, by works,
and by the seals divinity places upon them, here are some points on
divine fullness (i.e., Deity; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the
Holy Spirit) from the Bible along with some of the ideas I would pass
on to my own sons and heirs:
1.
Acts 2: 22-24, King James Version (KJV): 22 Ye men of Israel, hear
these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by
miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of
you, as ye yourselves also know: 23 Him, being delivered by the
determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by
wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24 Whom God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that
he should be holden of it.
2.
The appearance of divinity on the earth as Jesus Christ using flesh
and the form of mankind (we say, the Incarnation) requires (1)
humanity that is authentic through birth, aging, suffering, death,
resurrection, and final judgment; (2) a display of personhood that is
genuine through patterns of appetite, awareness, emotion,
independence, mind, sensation, and finite self-will (willpower); (3)
a recognizable endowment of life essence (we say, breath;
spirit; word) imparted to mankind from the substance of the Creator
as well as (4) a continuous presentation of the inseparable meanings,
standards, and values that project a visible image of GOD who is
immortal, incorruptible, and invisible.
3.
Isaiah 55: 10-12, KJV: 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the
snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the
thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be
led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth
before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap
their hands.
4.
Accord among the Godhead acknowledges multiple streams of sacred
substance that express divine prerogative, eternal purpose, truth,
and sovereign will. Included are faith, holiness, longsuffering,
lovingkindness, oneness without sameness,
righteousness, wisdom, and wrath against sin.
5.
Deuteronomy 18: 21-22, KJV: 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How
shall we know the word which the LORD
hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD,
if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is
the thing which the LORD
hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid
of him.
6.
Romans 14: 17-19, KJV: 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and
drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 18
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to
God, and approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the
things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify
another.
7.
Assurances, discernment of divine presence, and “knowing” (i.e.,
being certain; being convicted; being sure) emerge by the continuity,
confluence, exchange, and interaction of diverse elements describing
godly consciousness. Included are doctrine, sacred events (we say,
miracles), sacred law, sacred practices (we say, sacraments), praise,
prayer, promises, prophecy, oral traditions, spiritual songs, and
holy writings.
8.
John 14: 10-12, KJV: 10 Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak
not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the
works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father
in me: or else believe me for the very works’
sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
9.
All who are turned to divinity for sacred
knowledge
in place of finite human information and secular
knowledge
are in a process with GOD to receive conclusive declaration following
ongoing service. Believers are to watch, wait, witness, and work as
divinity provides expressions of consecration (we say, grace, faith,
patience, revelation).
10.
Ezekiel 12: 22-27, KJV: 22 Son of man, what is that proverb
that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are
prolonged, and every vision faileth? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to
cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say
unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 24
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination
within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD:
I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it
shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house,
will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
26 Again the word of the LORD came to me,
saying. 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel
say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come,
and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. 28 Therefore say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall
none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have
spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
11.
Things known by faith are to become affirmed on the basis of their
completion; their fulfillment; the appearance of peace as the
resolution of conflict and the settlement of disputes through the
application of sacred law; the disclosure of immutable conditions and
unchanging operations that will remain unseen, yet, have existed
before the foundation of heaven and earth; and the things proclaimed
and possible with GOD being made actual before the living.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 12. Correctly understood, the device of
father/son relationship is used to establish a consciousness of
divine process that is to be fruitful among created beings and living
creatures. There are no issues of conflicting authorities, persons
within the Godhead opposing one another, or multiple deities
requiring each other’s actions
and approval to manifest their own personhood. Also, 13. John 10:
17-18, KJV: 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down
my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me,
but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have
power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my
Father.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto
you according to your faith.
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