Christ
and Nicodemus
Today,
reply is that the full presentation of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures
to proclaim his work as the architect of salvation, chief shepherd,
redeemer, and savior also must proclaim his work as divine avenger,
high priest, sacred judge, and executioner in final judgment. Christ
will speak with lawful authority, sacred knowledge, inarguable
wisdom, and vision that reveals the content of eternity. The full
transformation of mankind to exist as an immortal, incorruptible
companion to the divine fullness (i.e., the Godhead; the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit) requires that the living receive a fresh
endowment of life essence (breath; spirit; word) imparted from
Deity. Through the ministries of Christ on earth and from heaven,
those who are “born again” are granted opportunities to “grow
up again” and become mature/ripe for harvest as the offspring of
GOD, joint heirs with Christ, and the new creation. It is
written: John 3: 11-13, King James Version (KJV): 11 Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that
we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12 If I have told you
earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell
you of heavenly things? 13 And no man hath ascended up to
heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man
which is in heaven. One of the fighters
in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality
using the ID “Anonymous” (no profile is shown) posted the
following:
Did
Jesus of Nazareth talk arrogantly?
"I
am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do
not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and
withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and
burned. (John 15:5-6 NIV)
Update:
Arrogantly: characterized by or proceeding from arrogance, or a sense
of superiority, self-importance, or entitlement: (www.dictionary.com)
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with
wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall
destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven
and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun
shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause
her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their
evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of
the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a
man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the
heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of
the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce
anger. (Isaiah 13: 9-13, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Character of GOD (06/27/2019); Tested By Secular
People (06/05/2019); Baptism Is Not DIY (05/28/2019); What Divine
Salvation Requires (05/15/2018); Firstborn Of Every Creature
(05/09/2018); Redemption Through Ordinary Flesh? (04/20/2017); The
Firstborn of GOD (01/02/2017); A Personal Relationship? (04/03/2014);
GOD Everywhere? (04/04/2014)
“Anonymous”,
Christ is most to be recognized among men through his acknowledgment
of the Father along with his obedience, respect, and reverence.
Redemption and salvation from sin are secured by mankind having an
eternal and unbreakable relationship with divinity, who has appeared
on the earth as Jesus Christ using the forms and process of human
flesh (we say, the Incarnation). The character, makeup imparted from
GOD, and divine fullness of Christ must be discerned and recognized
through such elements as the operations of divine law, sacred
promise, prophecy, unselfish service, and suffering. Inseparable
aspects of divinity must appear within Christ as both the Son of Man
and Son of GOD that include balance, the distance and impartiality
that establish authority as authentic, faith, holiness,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness, personhood,
wisdom, and wrath against sin. Christ is also to be recognized in
the absence of brawling, cheap talk, covetousness, deceit, envy,
politics, self-promotion, slander, and violence. Consider again the
following from the Bible:
1.
Psalms 40: 4-8, King James Version (KJV): 4 Blessed is that
man that maketh the LORD his trust, and
respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O
LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which
thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they
cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and
speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou
opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is
written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law
is within my heart.
2.
Isaiah 28: 14-19, KJV: 14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD,
ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with
hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass
through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our
refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone,
a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the
plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the
waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with
death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not
stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall
be trodden down by it. 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall
take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by
night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the
report.
3.
John 7: 16-18, KJV: 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine
is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will,
he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether
I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own
glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is
true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
4.
2nd John 1: 7-10, KJV: 7 For many deceivers are entered
into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves,
that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we
receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in
the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine
of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any
unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your
house, neither bid him God speed:
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 5. John 7: 37-46, KJV: 37 In
the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and
cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his
belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of
the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the
Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet
glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this
saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 41 Others said, This
is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? 42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David,
and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? 43 So there was a
division among the people because of him. 44 And some of them would
have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. 45 Then came the
officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them,
Why have ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Never man
spake like this man.) Even so, I trust
this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
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