Weekly Bible Study – July 1, 2019; Study: Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, Doctrine of Election. The Election of Israel

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, Doctrine of Election. The Election of Israel

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge (confess) your sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father).

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]; we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive Eternal Life: John 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life." NKJV [italics added]

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-15, 16, 17, 18, says: "¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ¹⁸ He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Study to show yourself approved to God!

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Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,
Doctrine of Election. The Election of Israel

We need to understand the difference between what is known as Monergism and Synergism. Not monogenism which is the theory that the human race has descended from a single pair of ancestors.

Monergism which states that the regeneration of an individual is the work of God through the Holy Spirit alone.

Synergism, which, in its simplest form, argues that the human will cooperates with God’s grace in order to be regenerated. So, the question naturally arises, does man have a free will?

This is God’s world, governed by His rules and persons born into it have to live with what God blesses them with. The moment God opens our spiritual eyes, we see. The moment He unplugs or circumcises our ears, we hear. Likewise, the moment God capacitates us with understanding and illumination, we believe.

God isn’t doing the believing for us, He has only restored the spiritual capacity we were meant to have. If God miraculously gives new eyes to a blind man and he sees, it is not God who is doing the seeing but the man, yet all glory goes to God because without this new capacity, sight would not be possible.

We infallibly exercise our own faith because we have been given the new capacity to do so by the work of the Holy Spirit, who has disarmed our hostility to God by giving us a new moral perception.

This is the story behind Eph 2:8 and 2Co 6:1-2. That is why Eph 2:8, For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that [the grace, the salvation and even the faith] is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; This is why the apostle Paul wrote in 2Co 6:1-2, And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain for He says, “At the acceptable time I listened to you, And on the day of salvation I helped you;”; Behold, Now is “the acceptable time,” Behold, Now is “the day of salvation”

So much then for our introduction to our subject which is coming up in Rom 9:27, the Doctrine of Election

Rom 9:14-27, What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.” So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will? On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, ‘Why did you make me like this,’ will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use, and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so in order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles. As He says also in Hosea, “I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’ And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.” And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, “You are not My people, “There they shall be called sons of the living God.” And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;

First of all the verb for cries out is the present active indicative of krazo which means to cry but really it means to shout out with an intensive and urgent form of speaking. It is translated here, “speaking [preaching] in an emergency.” This is when Sennacherib invaded Israel. Sennacherib was the prince of Assyria who ruled 705-681 B.C.

This was the great crisis which came to Israel because of a large rejection of the first advent also known as the incarnation. The incarnation is the expense of time, Jesus Christ, the second Person of the Trinity, dwelt on earth in hypostatic union. The Jews had rejected the Lord Jesus Christ and therefore they ended up receiving Sennacherib which was a form of divine discipline from God.

The Assyrians under Sennacherib were knocking at the gates of Jerusalem and getting ready to attack the Jews. Isaiah gave the message, producing the action of the verb in a dramatic speech in a time of a national crisis. The indicative mood is declarative representing the verbal action from the viewpoint of reality.

You must remember that the theme of the book of Romans is generally the integrity of God. And the integrity of God has 2 parts, that is His absolute righteousness and His perfect and absolute justice.

Therefore, election, which is the subject here in Rom 9, cannot be viewed apart from God’s integrity. And that’s why Rom 9:14 says, there isn’t any injustice in God, is there?

Rom 9:14, What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be!

Paul not only anticipated the question of his adversary, his sparring partner, his debating partner, but he also used a leg sweep, and swept his legs out from underneath him before he could even make that, and made it himself, and then answered it. In other words, when you think about election, we all think about God’s sovereign choice, but it’s very dangerous to separate or disengage His sovereign choice from His justice and from His omniscience from all the other attributes of His deity. Election is a subject that cannot be viewed apart from God’s integrity. And what do I mean by that? I mean that because God is just and righteous, He will never violate your free will. Election does not mean that God chose you to do something or be something or be someone that you have no say in the matter.

John 15:16, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and {that} your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give to you.”

Joh 13:18, “I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but {it is} that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me. ’”

Joh 15:19, “If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Luk 6:13, And when day came, He called His disciples to Him; and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:

Rom 9:20-21, On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use, and another for common use?

The point is that when the word of God says that God has chosen us that is not a violation of our free will.

The question is posed, which we all have already looked at it, and it’s answered emphatically in Rom 9:14 there cannot be injustice or unrighteousness in God. There cannot be any compromise of His divine essence. There can be no opposition or contradictions between His divine attributes. This means He can never be unfair or unjust with His divine decisions. This was ultimately revealed with the doctrine that we just completed, the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of our Lord. We went into this in great detail, especially with consideration to the fact that there is no capriciousness or impulse or arbitrary action or thought in God’s sovereignty.

When He elected us, He elected us according to not only his sovereign choice but according to His omniscience, including His foreknowledge. So, before we go on we are now ready for another subject that may seem technical, however, as you will see, it makes your Christian life very meaningful. Election is an important part of understanding the third category of mystery doctrine which we have been noting which is the unique equality factor of the Church-age.

We have been elected. and the question you should have is elected to what? The answer is that you have been elected to have God’s highest and best.

Point 1 is a definition.

Election is the expression of the sovereign will of God in eternity past before the universe existed and before mankind lived on planet earth. Election is the sovereign or absolute right that God has over His creation. In this study, election is defined as one of two important principles or desires from the sovereignty of God. The other of course is predestination.

We have noted along with foreknowledge, predestination, justification and glorification, they are all printouts from the Doctrine of the Divine Decrees and the sovereign will of God. This is why we read in Rom 8:28-39, And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren; and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, “For Thy sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Like predestination, election is used for believers only, Rom 8:33, “Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies.”

Please notice that in this passage that the elect are justified!

Now, in Matt 22:14 the Lord Jesus Christ said “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

The Greek adjective “polloi” is used from a semitic perspective which involves both quantity and totality, therefore “all” is the appropriate translation. The Jews would use the word “many” to mean all! For example, in Dan 12:2 speaking of the second coming Daniel says, “And many [all] of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

In this passage “many” refers to all! In fact in Mark 10:48 this word is translated all, “And many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all [polloi] the more,

Or Luk 10:40, “But Martha was distracted with all [polloi] her preparations;”

Or Luk 18:39 “But he kept crying out all [polloi] the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

This is also brought out in Rom 8:29, For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren;

The Lord Jesus Christ is not the first-born among many brethren, He is the first-born of all brethren.

Now, the fact that the word “many” can mean all is especially brought out in Rom 5.

Rom 5:12, Therefore, just as through one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and spiritual death through sin, and so spiritual death spread to all men, because all sinned

Rom 5:15-18, But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification. For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

All men have been reconciled to God and have the opportunity through faith in Christ to be justified before God.

So, as you can see there are times in the Bible when the word many means “all”.

Matt 22:14, “For many are called, but few are chosen or elected [eklektoi].”

Remember Rom 11:29, for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

The “calling of God” is irrevocable in the fact that even though God knows who is going to respond and who is not, He still sends out the invitation which is the doctrine of the unlimited atonement. Therefore, “the many or “all” are called but few are elected!

So, There is no such thing as double election or a double pre-destination. Election is a benefit which expresses the sovereign will of God for each believer in the Royal Family during the Church-age.

Election means that God elected or chose you to have His highest and best for your life both in time and in eternity, Eph 1:2-7, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love. He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

Therefore, election is the expression of the sovereign will of God for your life.

Now, pre-destination is different. Pre-destination is the “provision” of the sovereign will of God for your life. Pre-destination refers to the plan which God has provided for each believer.

Under election, the sovereignty of God willed the highest and best for every believer, having previously deposited it into escrow in eternity past. The mechanics for the election of the Church is the baptism of the Holy Spirit which occurs at the very moment we believe in Christ. This is one of the forty things we receive at salvation by which each one of us is entered into union with Christ.

The election of the Church includes both equal privilege and equal opportunity for every believer.

Not only do you have a magnificent destiny under the PPOG [predesigned plan of God], but election says that you have the same privileges and opportunities as all other believers for the execution of that plan. Under election, equal privilege is your Royal priesthood. Under election, equal opportunity is logistical grace support and blessing for both winners and losers.

Point 2. There are Three Elections in history.

Israel under the ritual plan of God.
Christ under the incarnation plan of God.
The church under the pre-designed plan of God.

Israel was elected under the ritual plan of God, that’s why Deut 7:6 says, “For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has elected you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Isa 45:4 says the same thing, “For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My elected one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor though you have not known Me.

The Lord Jesus Christ was elected under the incarnation plan of God, ISA 42:1, “Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My elected one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations.

Matt 12:18, Behold, My Servant whom I have elected; My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased; I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Luk 9:35, And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”

Then the church under the pre-designed plan of God, Col 3:12, And so, as those who have been elected of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

It’s very interesting to note that each election brought a new category of species into history.

For example, the election of Israel brought in the new racial species, the Jew. This is one of the main reasons why there are problems in Iraq and the Middle East.

Then there is the election of Christ which brought in the hypostatic union, i.e. undiminished deity and true humanity in one person forever. Jesus Christ is eternal God and therefore different from humanity. Jesus Christ is true humanity and therefore different from eternal God. He had to become true humanity to be our Savior, our great high priest, and our mediator.

The election of the Church brought in the new spiritual species, the Church or Royal Family of God. This is called the new creature in the Bible.

2Co 5:17, Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Gal 6:14-16, But may it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

Internet Church Service – June 30, 2019; Sermon: The Deity of Christ and the Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union. Be intimate in your relationship with the Lord;

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word or participating in a Communion Service, so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately directly to God the Father. This will assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit’s convicting ministry, also called the convincing ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the real teacher and the pastor’s message is the vehicle the Holy Spirit uses to convince you what you are learning is true or not.

1 John 1:9, says—“If we confess [simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life and you will be saved the very second you believe in Him:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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Sermon: Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union. Be intimate
in your relationship with the Lord; Psa 37:4.

Point 1. The Introduction.
Point 2 The definition.

Point 3. We can relate to the Hypostatic Union and the spiritually adult believer whose one major desire is to fulfill the PPOG [predesigned plan of God] and their very own PSD [personal sense of destiny] along the way.

1. Psa 37:1 Do not fret or complain about the blessings of God or because of the prosperity of evildoers.

2. Be not envious or jealous of that which others may have but you do not.

3. Psa 37:2 For they will wither quickly like the grass and fade like the green herb.

4. Psa 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

5. Be intimate with your relationship with the Lord; Psa 37:4 Delight [anag — make love ] yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

6. In Psa 37:5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

7. Psa 37:7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way.

Acts 13:22 “And after He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’

Point 3. The relationship between our Lord Jesus Christ in His Hypostatic Union and the Winner Believers.

1. The Hypostatic Union.

2. He is also identified by the phrase Undiminished Deity and True Humanity in one person forever.

3. We have also noted the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ and the
reasons that He had to become true humanity.

4. Our Lord is unique because He is different than God the Father and God the Holy Spirit in the fact that He is also True Humanity.

5. The Lord Jesus Christ is also unique because He is different than mankind in the fact that He is also God or deity.

Torah = one of the titles of the word of God or Bible doctrine which directs, guides, and aims us toward a way of life resulting in God’s divine nature in human vessels, which is called Theantric action.

Theantric action is God’s nature controlling a humble believer through the government of the indwelling Word and the power of God the Holy Spirit.

The writer of this Psalm learned many years ago that prosperity is not in what you have, nor is it found in details of life.

Details of life include money, success, pleasure, social life, loved ones, health, sex, materialistic things, status symbols, friends, etc.

Ezra learned the principle of Matt 4:4 ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’

Deut 8:3 “Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.”

Job 23:12 “I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more important than my necessary food.”

Another passage where all three members of the Trinity have some part in 1Th 5:24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

Psa 119:1 “Blessings or happiness’s belong to those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the Lord.

These blessings or different forms of happiness can refer to what is going on inwardly in the believer or what they are experiencing overtly.

Whether on the inside or the outside, even if you have adversity or success, you will have inner happiness by living in God’s plan for His people.

M.A. [mental attitude] sins include fear, worry, guilt, anxiety, self-pity, bitterness, hatred, selfishness, etc.

Reason = They didn’t listen, learn, or love the word of God before the tragedy and now, they are living in the tragedy of slavery.

The equipped believer whose way of life is blameless and is the one whose soul is filled with doctrine and that doctrine governs their life, Mark 12:28-30.

In Mark 12:29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, (or the first one is that you have to ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

Mark 12:30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. ‘

1. Their self- consciousness realizes 1Co 15:10, and they don’t think more highly of themselves nor do they live in self-condemnation.

2. In their mentality they are filled with doctrinal vocabulary and they have the ability to reason as they enter into the faith-rest life and in Eph 4:29, no corrupt communication comes out of their mouth.

3. Their volition makes right decisions in life on a consistent basis which includes rebound and recovery if they fail, Deut 30:19.

Deut 30:19 “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So, choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

4. In their Emotion of the soul, the equipped believer has his emotions in submission to his heart, Psa 26:2.

5. In their Conscience, they have godly morals, and godly standards.

Walk simply refers to their lifestyle or the application of the word of God to life and experience, it is relaxation, one step at a time.

They walk in the Law [Torah] doctrine of the Lord.

Torah = one of the titles of the word of God or Bible doctrine which directs, guides, and aims us toward a way of life resulting in God’s divine nature in human vessels or what I call Theandric Action.

Theandric action relates to the union of the divine nature and the human nature for believers in the Church-age.

What the Hypostatic Union is to the Lord Jesus Christ, theandric action is to the born-again believer.


Peter actually touched on this principle when he taught about the Divine Nature; 2Pe 1:2-4.

2Pe 1:3 seeing that His divine power has granted or graciously given] to us everything pertaining to our [natural life] and godliness, [our spiritual life],
and this comes through [again we have epignosis not gnosis] called the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

2Pe 1:4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them [promises] you might become partakers [partners] of the divine nature,

“Theandric Action” = very few believers who understand what Theandric action really means or what it is all about.

Theo which means God, and anthropos which means man = refers to God’s nature controlling a humble believer through the government of the indwelling Word of God and the power of God the Holy Spirit.

The Adamic nature or the OSN [old sin nature] in our life must be reckoned or considered to be dead because whenever we allow it to reign in our lives, you can’t satisfy it, because it, the Adamic or the OSN, is implacable and impossible to satisfy.

The most you can do for the Adamic nature is give life to a corpse.

K.J. [King James] Translation says in Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,

It does not say as it says in the last part of Rom 8:1, “who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

They should have gone to the end of verse 4, where many other translators have gone noted and they should have put the phrase “who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.”

Be careful that you do not ignore the little things that hinder our soul and spiritual walk with our very own shepherd lover, TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ].

Luk 16:10 “He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

Zec 4:10 we read “Do not despise the day of small things?

Luk 12:7 “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Hymn #3

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

Weekly Bible Study – June 24, 2019; Study: The Doctrine of the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of Jesus Christ. Part 3.

The Doctrine of the Substitutionary
Spiritual Death of Jesus Christ. Part 3.

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge (confess) your sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father).

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]; we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive Eternal Life: John 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life." NKJV [italics added]

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-15, 16, 17, 18, says: "¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ¹⁸ He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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The Doctrine of the Substitutionary
Spiritual Death of Jesus Christ. Part 3.

The Function of God the Father and God the Holy Spirit during the Substitutionary Spiritual Death. Our Lord’s sacrificial suffering and judgment for our sins is dramatized in a phrase which occurs in all three languages of original Scripture. The phrase originates in PSA 22:1, where it was spoken prophetically of the efficacious sacrifice for sin “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

The doubling of the vocative, “My God, My God,” (Eli, Eli) is a Hebrew idiom for intensity. It expresses the highest quality under two categories: First, the highest quality of the person being addressed, God the Father. Secondly, the highest quality of the attributes used by that person. And both vocatives refer only to God the Father.

The repetition of the vocative, which is My God, My God, refers to the two attributes of the Father involved in our salvation: The omnipotence of God the Father, by which all our sins were imputed to Christ on the Cross, and the justice of God the Father, by which He judged our sins while the still perfect humanity of Christ was bearing them.

So, in Verse 1, the word why is the interrogative Hebrew adverb lamah which literally means “for what reason.” It indicates a rhetorical question. Our Lord understood why He was being abandoned or forsaken; we did not. For that reason, He uttered this phrase on the Cross to tell us what occurred.

The Hebrew phrase “Wa atah qadosh” is translated “because You are holy.” God’s holiness is made up of His perfect justice and perfect righteousness. So God the Father abandoned Christ during those three hours because Jesus Christ was receiving the imputation and judgment of our sins.

Hab 1:13 “Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You cannot look on wickedness.”

So, because He became sin for us, and God the Father is holy, He not only forsook Christ, but He judged Christ in His justice.

The righteousness of God the Father rejected the sins of the human race. And then the justice of God the Father judged all the personal sins of the human race as they were imputed to God the Son. The Father in His righteousness condemns all our personal sins.The Father in His justice judges our personal sins.

The answer to the second half of our Lord’s question, “why have You forsaken Me?” is found in one Hebrew word in verse 6 tolah translated worm.

Psa 22:6, But I am a worm, and not a man, A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

Tolah refers to a very unusual worm which was harvested, crushed, put into a very large vat. In this manner, its blood was used for the purpose of making a crimson dye used to color king’s robes in the ancient world. On the Cross, the perfect and impeccable humanity of Christ was crushed with the judgment of our sins. Therefore, He calls Himself a tolah, for the weight of those sins crushed Him as He was being judged for them. So the imputation and judgment of our sins in Christ on the Cross by God the Father is analogous to the worm being crushed in a vat, so that its blood can be used for the manufacture of royal robes.

Because our Lord was judged for our sins on the cross, we now wear the royal robes of His imputed righteousness. Ours is a double righteousness under the principle of the firstborn receiving double blessing, we were imputed with the righteousness of God the Father, and we share the righteousness of Christ through the baptism of the Spirit.

Psa 22:1, My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?

The qal perfect second masculine singular of the Hebrew verb azab means to abandon or to forsake.

The subject is found in the suffix, a second masculine singular. Only one person abandoned our Lord at the Cross, and that was God the Father. The reason is because the Father’s omnipotence, which had provided everything for Christ in the incarnation plan, now had to call for the printout of all the sins of the world and impute them all to Christ.

It is important to understand that God the Holy Spirit was not addressed in this cry on the Cross. God the Holy Spirit did not abandon or forsake our Lord Jesus Christ. Matt 27:46, And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

He shouted this question, not because He needed an answer. It was a question to which we needed the answer. A rhetorical question is not designed to provoke questions but to communicate, to answer why something is happening. God the Father had to abandon the Son as He imputed to Him the sins of the world and judged every one of them. The omnipotence of God the Father imputed to the impeccable humanity of Christ what was not antecedently His own.

John 3:16 “For God [Father] so loved that world that He gave His uniquely born Son.”

This is the expression of the Father’s impersonal love for the entire human race. In verse 46, the Greek word for forsake is in the aorist tense. The aorist tense gathers together the entire three hours of our Lord’s spiritual death, during which time God the Father both imputed and judged all the sins of the world. And the culminative aorist regards this three hour action from the viewpoint of existing results: And what are those existing results?:

a) The provision of eternal salvation for the entire human race under substitutionary, efficacious, unlimited atonement:

b) The guarantee of our eternal security because the power of God is greater than human power. We do not have the power to lose our salvation.

c) The strategic victory of Jesus Christ in the historical extension of the angelic conflict.

d) His resurrection, ascension, and session, at which point He received His third royal patent, though He was without a royal family.

e) The interruption of the dispensation of Israel and the substitution of the Church-age for the calling out of the election of the royal family of God to accompany His third royal warrant.

f) The perpetuation of the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union into the dispensation of the Church, causing the Church-age to become the unique dispensation of all human history.

g) The greatest distribution of divine power to every believer in all of human history, causing the Church-age to become the crossroads of human history as an extension of the angelic conflict.

The active voice in the second person masculine singular refers to only God the Father who produced the action. Perfect God forsook perfect humanity. The deity of the Father could not forsake the deity of the Son. So it was the human body of our Lord that carried our sins. The interrogative indicative assumes there is an actual fact which can be stated in answer to the question. The question is rhetorical for our benefit.

The actual facts which explain the forsaking include substitutionary spiritual death, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation, unlimited atonement, imputation, and justification. The facts of soteriology; i.e., the efficacious, substitutionary, unlimited atonement of the perfect humanity of Christ during those three hours on the cross when He was made sin for us. Therefore, salvation is completely the work of God.

1) God the Father imputed our sins and judged them.

2) God the Son bore their judgment and became our Savior.

3) God the Holy Spirit reveals this Gospel message.

He also sustained the humanity of Christ on the Cross. In His unique spiritual death, Jesus Christ received in three hours the judgment for billions and billions of sins. This was why He screamed the question in the Aramaic. Throughout all the beatings and excruciating pain, “as a lamb before His shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.” But in bearing sin as the only impeccable human being, He screamed. The three hours of darkness that covered Golgotha were the most intensive moments in all of history. For every sin in the history of the human race were all imputed to Christ, down to the last sin of the Millennium.

The perfect humanity of Christ received the imputation and judgment for every one of these sins. This was the time, above all, when He could not afford to sin. His humanity could not leave the PPOG [predesigned plan of God] at any point during the bearing of our sins. Yet, if ever there was a challenge to bitterness, implacability, hatred, self pity, etc., it was during that time when He was being judged for our sins.

But He didn’t get out of the PPOG [predesigned plan of God]; He didn’t sin; He didn’t react. Not only did He remain impeccable, but He endured the suffering. So the scream of our Lord on the cross, “My God, My God, for what reason have You abandoned Me?” was addressed to God the Father only.

Point 7. A Fortiori and the Omnipotence of God as it Relates to the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of Jesus Christ. A fortiori is a Latin prepositional phrase meaning “with stronger reason.” It is a system of logic related to comparison, then inference. A fortiori says that by comparison comes inference. A fortiori compares a first conclusion with a second conclusion, inferring that the first conclusion is more difficult and that the second conclusion is easier, therefore inescapable and even more certain. An a fortiori in Scripture can generally be recognized by the Greek phrase “polus mallon” translated much more then or much more therefore. In the a fortiori of omnipotence, the premise and conclusion are as follows:

If the omnipotence of God the Father has accomplished the most difficult thing in imputing our sins to the humanity of Christ and judging them, it follows, a fortiori, that the omnipotence of God can accomplish the least difficult, which is what the omnipotence of God the Father and the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit are doing for you. For example, if the omnipotence and justice of God the Father did the most difficult thing in all of history in imputing our sins to Christ and judging them on the cross, it follows, a fortiori, that He can do the least difficult thing, which is to deliver the believer from the Last Judgment. This is taught in Rom 5:8-9.

Rom 5:8-9, But God demonstrates His own virtue-love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died on behalf of us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, [efficacious sacrifice on the Cross], we shall be delivered from the wrath of God through Him.”

Once you believe in Christ, there’s no way you can be involved in the Last Judgment, the judgment which condemns unbelievers to the Lake of Fire. The a fortiori here says that it is easier for the omnipotence of God the Father to deliver the believer from the Last Judgment than for the omnipotence of God the Father to impute our sins to Christ on the Cross and judge them. The most difficult thing the Father ever did was to use His power, His divine omnipotence, and His justice to impute and to judge our sins in Christ.

If the omnipotence of the Father did the most difficult thing at the cross in judging our sins, it is concluded, a fortiori, that the omnipotence of the Father can do the least difficult thing in the Church-age: deliver the believer from the Last Judgment, and provide eternal security and your very own portfolio of invisible assets, the easiest thing for Him.

This emphasizes the reality of your very own portfolio of invisible assets. If the omnipotence of the Father accomplished the most difficult thing at the cross, it follows, a fortiori, that the omnipotence of God the Father can accomplish the least difficult thing for every Church-age believer.


This is stated in Rom 5:10 “For if, while we were His enemies [in real spiritual death] we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son [substitutionary spiritual death of Jesus Christ], much more, having been reconciled [most difficult], we shall be delivered by His life [least difficult].”

The least difficult thing for the omnipotence of God is to provide the divine power for the execution of the PPOG. It is easier for the omnipotence of God the Father to deliver the believer from the Last Judgment than for the omnipotence of God the Father to reconcile the world to Himself. The most difficult thing was for the omnipotence of God the Father to reconcile the world to Himself. The barrier between man and God was the sins of the world. However, since the work of Christ on the cross, the barrier has been removed. Man is reconciled to God because every sin of the world was judged. It was the omnipotence of God the Father which reconciled us by judging our sins on the Cross. Christ reconciled us by receiving our sins on the Cross. The Holy Spirit was involved in reconciliation because He empowered Christ to endure and to receive the judgment of every sin.

Church-age believers are delivered by His life in two ways:

1) The omnipotence of God the Father in providing us our portfolio of invisible assets.

2) The omnipotence of the Holy Spirit in providing the divine power for the execution of the PPOG.

In other words, we are delivered by His life through the perpetuation of the great power experiment into the Church-age. So the a fortiori conclusion. If the omnipotence of God can accomplish the most difficult thing, it follows, a fortiori, that the omnipotence of God can accomplish the least difficult thing. It was much more difficult for the omnipotence of God the Father to impute and judge our sins in the perfect humanity of Christ on the cross than for that same omnipotence of God the Father to provide for every Church-age believer His very own portfolio of invisible assets.

Your portfolio was easy to provide, and it is as certain as the fact that Jesus Christ died for your sins. It was much more difficult for the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit to sustain and empower the humanity of Christ inside the PPOG so that He endured on the cross than it is for the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit to sustain and empower the Church-age believer inside their very own plan. The most difficult ministry of the Holy Spirit occurred during the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union in the PPOG for the lord jesus Christ.

Hence, the inescapable conclusion of a fortiori: If the most difficult function of the omnipotence of God occurred during the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union, it follows, a fortiori, that the least difficult function of the omnipotence of God occurs during the great power experiment of the Church-age. This inescapable conclusion explains why God does more for every individual believer in the Church-age than He ever did for the greatest believers in the Old Testament!

The Church-age is the greatest opportunity for believers in history! It’s called an “experiment” because we don’t know how many believers will actually use the divine power available to them. The same omnipotence that sustained Christ during the First Advent now sustains every believer during this Church-age. It was much easier for the omnipotence of God the Father to provide for every Church-age believer a portfolio of invisible assets than for Him to impute our sins to the perfect humanity of Christ on the cross and judge them.

It is much easier for the Holy Spirit to empower and sustain the Church-age believer inside the divine dynasphere [also referred to as predesigned plan of God] than it was to empower and sustain the humanity of Christ inside His very own plan. Therefore, the a fortiori doctrine of Rom 8:31-32 “Therefore, with reference to these things [that relate to the death of Jesus Christ], to what conclusion are we forced? The God [Father], who did not even spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him graciously give to us the all things?”

If the omnipotence of God can accomplish the most difficult, it follows, a fortiori, that the omnipotence of God can accomplish the least difficult. “With Him” means with the substitutionary, efficacious atoning work of Christ on the Cross. “The all things” includes the omnipotence of God the Father doing the easy thing of providing for every Church-age believer with his very own portfolio of invisible assets. “All things” includes the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit providing the easy thing: the divine power for the execution and fulfillment of the PPOG for the Church-age.

So again Rom 8:32 “The God [Father], who did not even spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him graciously give to us the all things?”

This is the great a fortiori of grace. God the Father did not even spare His own Son but actually judged our sins as they were imputed to Christ. Again here is the substitutionary prepositional phrase: huper plus genitive of advantage of pas and ego means “in place of [instead of] all of us.”

God has provided more for us in this dispensation than has ever existed for believers before.

Therefore, if the greatest benefit was given to us when Jesus Christ was judged for our sins on the Cross, then, a fortiori, God can surely provide anything else.

Heb 12:1-3, “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us [Old Testament believers of Heb 11], let us lay aside every encumbrance [human power] and the sin that so easily wraps itself around us [by rebound]. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Be concentrating on Jesus, the author [pioneer] and perfecter of our doctrine, who because of exhibited happiness [+H], He endured the Cross, having disregarded the shame, and He sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you do not become fatigued and faint in your souls.”

More than in any other dispensation, we in the Church-age are required to have endurance.

Why?

Because when the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union reached its peak at the Cross, our Lord had endurance. The basis of His endurance was the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit; the same omnipotence of the Holy Spirit we have right now! Endurance comes from the enabling power of the Holy Spirit inside both the PPOG for our Lord and for us. Running with endurance includes the utilization of both categories of divine power: the omnipotence of God the Father related to our portfolio of invisible assets, and the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit related to our function inside the PPOG.

Christ was able to endure the judgment of our sins on the cross through the available omnipotence of the Holy Spirit inside the PPOG and by using the ultimate problem-solving device: +H [the happiness of God]. All precedence for the PPOG in the great power experiment of the Church-age is derived from Jesus Christ in the previous dispensation. The doctrine of the Church-age is mystery doctrine, totally unknown to Old Testament believers, and not revealed until our Lord came in the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union. And so our Lord endured the Cross and the substitutionary spiritual death which took place because of the joy or the happiness that was placed before Him.

+H[the happiness of God] fulfills the mandate to of Heb 13:5 “be content with such things as you have, for He will never leave you nor forsake you.” “Exhibited happiness” means exposed to public view.

The entire world could see that Jesus Christ, in His humanity, had the ultimate problem solving device. For no one has ever endured more pain, been more unjustly treated, had so much abuse, and then received the judgment of the sins of the world! The humanity of Christ had advanced in the PPOG to spiritual maturity and had passed evidence testing. Therefore, He had maximum use of this fantastic problem solving device of +H.

In Heb 12:2 having disregarded the shame, means our Lord did not allow contact with our sins to produce sin in Him. Even while being judged for our sins, our Lord did not have any self pity, bitterness, vindictiveness, etc. Instead, He was able to remain on the cross and receive the judgment for all sins by the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit and the function of +H. And therefore we are told in Heb 12:3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you do not become fatigued and faint in your souls.”

You become fatigued by using human power instead of the unfailing power of God. Human power is no substitute for divine power in the execution of the PPOG for your life. So our heritage from Jesus Christ on the cross is the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit and the use of the greatest problem solving device, +H. The omnipotence of the Holy Spirit is available to us inside the PPOG, in the fulfillment of the two commands: “Be filled with the Spirit,” Eph 5:18; and “Keep walking by means of the Spirit,” Gal 5:16.

Both these are mandates to reside inside the PPOG under the enabling power of the Spirit and momentum from metabolized doctrine. So when it says that Christ died for our sins it isn’t talking about physical death and it isn’t talking about bleeding to death, which He didn’t do at all, it is talking about spiritual death. Our Lord’s physical death had nothing to with our salvation, His physical death meant that His work in the first advent was completed.

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word or participating in a Communion Service, so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately directly to God the Father. This will assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit’s convicting ministry, also called the convincing ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the real teacher and the pastor’s message is the vehicle the Holy Spirit uses to convince you what you are learning is true or not.

1 John 1:9, says—“If we confess [simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life and you will be saved the very second you believe in Him:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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Sermon: The Deity of Christ and the Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union. The Lord is Omnipotent (all powerful) according to the Scriptures.

Question: Who is omnipotent (all powerful)?

The answer according to the Scriptures; God, 1Ch 29:11.

Who is omniscient (all knowing)? 1Jo 3:20 God knows all things.

Who is Lord of Sabbath? Gen 2:3, God is!
Matt 12:8 “For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Who is the great “I am”” Exo 3:14, God is!
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

Who is the only creator? Isa 44:24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone,”

Who is the only Savior? TLJC is says Isa 43:11 “I, even I, am the Lord; And there is no savior besides Me.”

Who will judge mankind? Jehovah will says Isa 3:13 The Lord arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

Who will judge between the sheep and goats? Eze 34:17;
Mat 25:31-34, TLJC will judge between the sheep and goats.

Who is omniscient (all knowing)? 1Jo 3:20 God knows all things.

In Col 2:2-3, Jesus Christ has all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Who is Lord of Sabbath? Gen 2:3, God is!
In Matt 12:8, our Lord is the “For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Who is the great “I am”” Exo 3:14, God is! John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

Who is the only creator? Isa 44:24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone,”

Who is the only Savior? Isa 43:11 “I, even I, am the Lord; And there is no savior besides Me.”

Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.”

Who will judge mankind? Jehovah! Isa 3:13 The Lord arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

Who sent the prophets? Our Lord claims His authority; Jer 7:25 “Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets, daily rising early and sending {them.}

Who resurrected Jesus? Acts 4:10 let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead

From His deity our Lord also could use it to represent His authority in the plan of God.

Who is “coming in glory?” Isa 40:5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see {it} together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Who is our Father? Isa 63:16 For Thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us, And Israel does not recognize us. Thou, O Lord, art our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Thy name.

Isa 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father,

Who is the “first and last?” Isa 44:6 “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.

The rock, He is our rock and really the rock, our Lord is the Rock of our salvation? 2Sa 22:32 “For who is God, besides the Lord? And who is a rock, besides our God?”

Our Lord is called “The Rock,” 1Co 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

Who is the stone of stumbling? In Isa 8:13-15, Jehovah is!

1Pe 2:8 “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.”

“Who is the one crying in the wilderness and comes to prepare a way for whom? Isa 40:3 A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Who is the Eternal One? God is according to Gen 21:33 And Abraham called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

Who is the fountain of living waters? Jer 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake Thee will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

Who resurrects the dead? God does! Acts 26:8 “Why is it considered incredible among you {people} if God does raise the dead?

Who gives rewards to man? Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord God will come with might, With His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, And His recompense before Him.

Matt 16:27 “For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and will then recompense every man according to his deeds.”

Who has all authority and power? 1Ch 29:11 “Thine, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth;”

Matt 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

Who gives power and authority to man? Psa 68:35 O God, {Thou art} awesome from Thy sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!

Luk 9:1 And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to heal diseases.

Who forgives sin? 2Ch 7:14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Matt 9:6 “But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” then He said to the paralytic “Rise, take up your bed, and go home.”

Who sent the Holy Spirit? John 14:16 “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;”

Who has the greatest name? Neh 9:5 “Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Thy glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise!

Whom are we to worship? Exo 34:14 for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God

Who is the good Shepherd? Gen 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know Me,”

Who searches for the lost sheep of Israel? Eze 34:11 For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. = We are the Lord’s and He prepares us for the battles.

Matt 15:24 But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Who is “Lord of Lords?” Deut 10:17 “For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe.”

Rev 17:14 “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

To whom shall every knee bow? Isa 45:22 “Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.”

Isa 45:23 “I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear {allegiance.}

Phil 2:9 Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

Whom are we to worship? Exo 34:14 for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God

Who alone is Holy? 1sa 2:2 “There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides Thee, Nor is there any rock like our God.”

Acts 3:14 “But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,”

Whose blood cleanses us? Acts 20:28 “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.”

1Jo 1:7 but if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

The world was created for whom? Prov 16:4 The Lord has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things have been created by Him and for Him.

Who is above all? Neh 9:6 “Thou alone art the Lord. Thou hast made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. Thou dost give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before Thee.

Rom 9:5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

Who is forever the same? Psa 102:24-27, God is!
In Heb 1:8-12, this passage is quoted about our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who is our light? Psa 27:1 (A Psalm of David.) The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?

John 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

Who is the way or path? Psa 16:11 Thou wilt make known to me the path of life; In Thy presence is fulness of joy; In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.

Who is in charge of the angels? Psa 103:20 Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!

2Th 1:7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well Who gives us rest?

Exo 33:14 And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Who gives eternal life? Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 10:28 and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.

Matt 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

In 2Co 4:4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Phil 2:6 who, although He preexisted in the essence of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Col2:9 For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

1Ti 3:16 And by common confession great is the mystery of godliness: God was revealed in the flesh,

We are to have the same thinking that our Lord had during the dispensation of the hypostatic union.


Under the doctrine of kenosis, our Lord did not use His deity in connection with the Father’s plan for the incarnation.

Note the secret of our Lord’s greatness in His humanity: “He humbled Himself.”

It is found in the first part of the verse, in 1Ti 3:16, which is translated “godliness” and it really means to live the spiritual life.

First of all, what does the word eusebeia which is translated godly refer to.

Most of the time the word eusebeia means to be godly or holy.

Godliness is derived from the Greek word eusebeia which connotes the duty or the responsibility of the royal priesthood to God under operation grace.

Godliness has some very interesting definitions such as the fact that godliness is related to our Lord’s residence in the PPOG for His spiritual life; 2Ti 3:16-17.

Godliness or living the spiritual life is found in 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

2Ti 3:17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Godliness also refers to residence, function, and momentum inside your own palace and the PPOG for your life.

In the analogy of 1Ti 4:7-8, teaches that eusebeia or godliness is compared to physical exercise.

Verse 8 presents the analogy that physical exercise profits for a short time. If you have a priority slot for exercise, you’re motivated to exercise.

Hymn #3

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word or participating in a Communion Service, so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately directly to God the Father. This will assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit’s convicting ministry, also called the convincing ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the real teacher and the pastor’s message is the vehicle the Holy Spirit uses to convince you what you are learning is true or not.

1 John 1:9, says—“If we confess [simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life and you will be saved the very second you believe in Him:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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Unlike the bible study, these notes are not just for reading without watching the video. These notes are more designed to follow along during the sermon and to bring up the “hover pop-up scripture references” (some websites may require to left click the link, if that doesn’t work then look them up in your Bible) when the Pastor asks everyone to turn to that passage in their bibles.

Sermon: The Deity of Christ and the Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union. The Lord is Omnipotent (all powerful) according to the Scriptures.

Question: Who is omnipotent (all powerful)?

The answer according to the Scriptures; God, 1Ch 29:11.

Who is omniscient (all knowing)? 1Jo 3:20 God knows all things.

Who is Lord of Sabbath? Gen 2:3, God is!
Matt 12:8 “For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Who is the great “I am”” Exo 3:14, God is!
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

Who is the only creator? Isa 44:24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone,”

Who is the only Savior? TLJC is says Isa 43:11 “I, even I, am the Lord; And there is no savior besides Me.”

Who will judge mankind? Jehovah will says Isa 3:13 The Lord arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

Who will judge between the sheep and goats? Eze 34:17;
Mat 25:31-34, TLJC will judge between the sheep and goats.

Who is omniscient (all knowing)? 1Jo 3:20 God knows all things.

In Col 2:2-3, Jesus Christ has all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Who is Lord of Sabbath? Gen 2:3, God is!
In Matt 12:8, our Lord is the “For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Who is the great “I am”” Exo 3:14, God is! John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

Who is the only creator? Isa 44:24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone,”

Who is the only Savior? Isa 43:11 “I, even I, am the Lord; And there is no savior besides Me.”

Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.”

Who will judge mankind? Jehovah! Isa 3:13 The Lord arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

Who sent the prophets? Our Lord claims His authority; Jer 7:25 “Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets, daily rising early and sending {them.}

Who resurrected Jesus? Acts 4:10 let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead

From His deity our Lord also could use it to represent His authority in the plan of God.

Who is “coming in glory?” Isa 40:5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see {it} together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Who is our Father? Isa 63:16 For Thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us, And Israel does not recognize us. Thou, O Lord, art our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Thy name.

Isa 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father,

Who is the “first and last?” Isa 44:6 “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.

The rock, He is our rock and really the rock, our Lord is the Rock of our salvation? 2Sa 22:32 “For who is God, besides the Lord? And who is a rock, besides our God?”

Our Lord is called “The Rock,” 1Co 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

Who is the stone of stumbling? In Isa 8:13-15, Jehovah is!

1Pe 2:8 “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.”

“Who is the one crying in the wilderness and comes to prepare a way for whom? Isa 40:3 A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Who is the Eternal One? God is according to Gen 21:33 And Abraham called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

Who is the fountain of living waters? Jer 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake Thee will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

Who resurrects the dead? God does! Acts 26:8 “Why is it considered incredible among you {people} if God does raise the dead?

Who gives rewards to man? Isa 40:10 Behold, the Lord God will come with might, With His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, And His recompense before Him.

Matt 16:27 “For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and will then recompense every man according to his deeds.”

Who has all authority and power? 1Ch 29:11 “Thine, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth;”

Matt 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

Who gives power and authority to man? Psa 68:35 O God, {Thou art} awesome from Thy sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!

Luk 9:1 And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to heal diseases.

Who forgives sin? 2Ch 7:14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Matt 9:6 “But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” then He said to the paralytic “Rise, take up your bed, and go home.”

Who sent the Holy Spirit? John 14:16 “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;”

Who has the greatest name? Neh 9:5 “Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Thy glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise!

Whom are we to worship? Exo 34:14 for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God

Who is the good Shepherd? Gen 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know Me,”

Who searches for the lost sheep of Israel? Eze 34:11 For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. = We are the Lord’s and He prepares us for the battles.

Matt 15:24 But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Who is “Lord of Lords?” Deut 10:17 “For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe.”

Rev 17:14 “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

To whom shall every knee bow? Isa 45:22 “Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.”

Isa 45:23 “I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear {allegiance.}

Phil 2:9 Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

Whom are we to worship? Exo 34:14 for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God

Who alone is Holy? 1sa 2:2 “There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides Thee, Nor is there any rock like our God.”

Acts 3:14 “But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,”

Whose blood cleanses us? Acts 20:28 “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.”

1Jo 1:7 but if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

The world was created for whom? Prov 16:4 The Lord has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things have been created by Him and for Him.

Who is above all? Neh 9:6 “Thou alone art the Lord. Thou hast made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. Thou dost give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before Thee.

Rom 9:5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

Who is forever the same? Psa 102:24-27, God is!
In Heb 1:8-12, this passage is quoted about our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who is our light? Psa 27:1 (A Psalm of David.) The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?

John 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

Who is the way or path? Psa 16:11 Thou wilt make known to me the path of life; In Thy presence is fulness of joy; In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.

Who is in charge of the angels? Psa 103:20 Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!

2Th 1:7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well Who gives us rest?

Exo 33:14 And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Who gives eternal life? Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 10:28 and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.

Matt 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

In 2Co 4:4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Phil 2:6 who, although He preexisted in the essence of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Col2:9 For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

1Ti 3:16 And by common confession great is the mystery of godliness: God was revealed in the flesh,

We are to have the same thinking that our Lord had during the dispensation of the hypostatic union.


Under the doctrine of kenosis, our Lord did not use His deity in connection with the Father’s plan for the incarnation.

Note the secret of our Lord’s greatness in His humanity: “He humbled Himself.”

It is found in the first part of the verse, in 1Ti 3:16, which is translated “godliness” and it really means to live the spiritual life.

First of all, what does the word eusebeia which is translated godly refer to.

Most of the time the word eusebeia means to be godly or holy.

Godliness is derived from the Greek word eusebeia which connotes the duty or the responsibility of the royal priesthood to God under operation grace.

Godliness has some very interesting definitions such as the fact that godliness is related to our Lord’s residence in the PPOG for His spiritual life; 2Ti 3:16-17.

Godliness or living the spiritual life is found in 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

2Ti 3:17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Godliness also refers to residence, function, and momentum inside your own palace and the PPOG for your life.

In the analogy of 1Ti 4:7-8, teaches that eusebeia or godliness is compared to physical exercise.

Verse 8 presents the analogy that physical exercise profits for a short time. If you have a priority slot for exercise, you’re motivated to exercise.

Hymn #3

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.