Today,
reply is on the divine uses of physical and spiritual death that
include admonition, release from sin, salvation, and sanctification.
It is a common error, even among developing Christian believers, to
think that all our obligations to GOD may be met by our good
behavior, observing family duties, customs, and tradition; and making
outward displays that promote religious teachings. (Examples are
attending funerals, feeding the poor, and observing sacred feasts.)
Jesus Christ demonstrated that it is more necessary to discern,
acknowledge, embody, and respond to the active presence of divine
spirit substance; that those who obey divine law also are to make
visible the spirit and sacred purposes contained within the law; and
that those serve best who share spirit content imparted from the
makeup of GOD; and that imparting life from divinity should be
priority in our serving GOD. It is written: Luke 9: 53-60, King
James Version (KJV): 53 And they did not receive him, because his
face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his
disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou
that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even
as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know
not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not
come to destroy men’s lives, but
to save them. And they went to another village. 57 And it
came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man
said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have
nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead
bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. A
fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and
Spirituality who uses the ID “James” (Level 2 with 881 points, a
member since February 26, 2019) posted the following:
What
did Jesus mean when He said, Let the DEAD bury the dead in Mathew
8v22?
Update:
Do you think Jesus is saying that living human beings are dead
without Him?
And
if so, how does that change our understanding of what physical death
at the end of our lives is?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the
air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the
lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But
God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up
together, and made us sit together in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us
through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2: 1-9, King James Version,
KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Penalty of Death? (04/26/2019); The Solutions
From GOD (04/03/2019); Satisfying Creation and Law (01/22/2019); The
Elimination of Sin (11/25/2018); Why Punishment After Death?
(11/23/2018); The Thought of Dying (08/15/2017); The Administration
Of Death (07/11/2017); Resurrected With The Lord (04/16/2017); Dead
While We Live? (02/02/2017)
“James”,
the Scriptures acknowledge death as a condition and process for ones
flesh as well as for ones spirit. Divinity continues to use
mankind’s consciousness of human
mortality to establish the authority, character, purpose, and
substance of GOD as Creator. Using the concepts of judgment, death
and restoration, freedom from sin has been defined along with
resurrection, new creation, salvation and eternal life. The
following verses from the Bible have provided balance with the
continual consciousness of death intended through Jesus Christ:
1.
Ecclesiastes 9: 3, King James Version (KJV): 3 This is an
evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there
is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men
is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they
live, and after that they go to the dead.
2.
1st Timothy 5: 3-7, KJV: 3 Honour widows that are
widows indeed. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them
learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for
that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is a widow
indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in
supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in
pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in
charge, that they may be blameless.
3.
Psalms 115: 16-18, KJV: 16 The heaven, even the heavens,
are the LORD’s:
but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead
praise not the LORD, neither any that go down
into silence. 18 But we will bless the LORD from
this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
4.
Isaiah 38: 18-20, KJV: 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death
can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot
hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee,
as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known
thy truth. 20 The LORD was ready to save
me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all
the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
5.
Romans 6: 3-7, KJV: 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted
together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in
the likeness
of his
resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with
him,
that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should
not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
6.
Romans 8: 3-11, KJV: 3 For what the law could not do, in that it
was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit
the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they
that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in
you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because
of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11
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.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 7. Revelation 3: 1-3, KJV: And unto
the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that
hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works,
that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful,
and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I
have not found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore
how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If
therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and
thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.) Even so, I
trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
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