God's Gift of Eternal Life Blog

The purpose of this blog is two fold: 1) to accurately describe how one may receive the free gift of eternal life--Jesus Himself said in John 6:47 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life." NKJV and 2) to explore the Word of God in such a way that it will be supplementally edifying to what you're learning from your local church as well as contribute to the spiritual growth of believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Friday, July 30, 2021

Weekly Bible Study – August 2, 2021; Descriptions of the New Spiritual Life we are to live.

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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 known unconfessed 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 [your 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 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!

Grace Bible Church Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Doctrinal Statement

The Tree of Life is a weekly teaching summary: God’s Word is taught Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

Alphabetical Listing of Terms & Abbreviations used:

STUDY TITLE:

Descriptions of the New Spiritual Life we are to live.

Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

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

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Grace Bible Church Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Doctrinal Statement

The Tree of Life is a weekly teaching summary: God’s Word is taught Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

Alphabetical Listing of Terms & Abbreviations used:

STUDY TITLE:

Descriptions of the New Spiritual Life we are to live.

We have been noting some of the unique aspects of the Church-age. Important different aspects of the Pre-designed Plan of God (PPOG) and the personal sense of destiny for each believer.

Let’s look at a few different descriptions of the New Spiritual Life that we are all called to learn, live, and enjoy. Part of the privileges that our Lord left behind for all of us.

1. We are known as the Last Adam and the New Creation; 2Co 5:17, Gal 6:15. When He was crucified, we were crucified with Him.

Rm 5:17-6:7, 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.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

And the Law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

Therefore, we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin or the sin nature.

These all are different descriptions of the New spiritual life that we are called to learn, live, and enjoy the privileges that our Lord left behind just for us.

2. The Head and the Body is another description that is used to identify the closeness and the intimacy we can all have with our God if we desire. The Head = the Lord Jesus Christ. The Body = every believer in the Church-age.

1Co 12:7, But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

Notice the manifestation or the indication of the gifts of the Spirit in 1Co 12:7, where each one of us are given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. All believers have been given a spiritual gift to the Church for the Church to work together with one another.

1Co 12:8-21, For to one is given the word of wisdom [the ability to have a gift that is filled with wise thoughts] through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge [interpretations of the true meaning of a verse or the passage] according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?

If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

3. The Shepherd and the Sheep. Our Lord is really our Shepherd. As our shepherd, He promises to take care of all of us in spite of our ignorance and rejection of Bible doctrine or the Word of God which promises logistics for all of His sheep by means of logistical grace.

What us logistical grace?

Logistics is a military word which refers to the military science of supply, provision, and planning of troop movement. Logistics is the provision, movement, and maintenance of all resources and services necessary to sustain military forces. And, if you don’t know by now, you have been enlisted in the Lord’s army. And this is one more principle to consider, 2Ti 2:1-5, You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.

The right thing must be done in the right way, according to the rules. Logistics involves the national economic capacity and the nation’s capability to support its military forces. Logistics is also defined as the military science of planning, handling, and implementation of personnel under every possible military condition.

Logistics is a technical military term for sustaining troops in every form of military activity and maneuver, i.e., in the barracks, in the field, in the battle, before the battle, and after the battle. Logistics always plays a very important and dramatic part in warfare, but logistics plays an even greater part in your life as a believer.

Therefore, Logistical grace is defined as divine planning, divine support, divine provision, and divine blessing for the execution of the PPOG by the royal family for the fulfillment of God’s will, purpose, and plan for your life.

1Pe 2:25, For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

As our Great Shepherd, our Lord feeds us and as our Guardian, He watches and takes care of us by guarding our souls. Whether or not you partake of the divine nature that the Lord provided for all of us in logistical grace, He does so NOT because we deserve Him to do so but because that is one of His desires for all of us as our guardian is to partake of His divine nature.

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

It is here that our Lord supplies every truth that we would ever need and the power of logistical grace. Logistical grace is defined as divine planning, divine support, divine provision, and divine blessing for the execution of the PPOG by the royal family for the fulfillment of God’s will, purpose, and plan for your life.

Logistical grace includes three factors of divine provision.

1. First of all, life support is provided for every Church–age believer. This explains how and why we are alive every moment. The only reason we are alive is because of our Lord’s mercy and grace. We do not earn it or deserve it; there’s no work we can accomplish to keep ourselves alive.

2. Secondly, logistical blessing is provided for every Church-age believer, both winners and loser. This dramatizes the justice of God in that the justice of God sends life support and blessing to the indwelling righteousness of God in both winners and losers and time. This emphasizes grace.

Now, listen to this statement: Winners utilize logistical grace, losers coast on it, but never utilize it.

3. Thirdly, divine provision is provided for every Church-age believer to execute the PPOG or to live the spiritual life that God has provided for all of us. And what is the most important principle in this analogy? The most important principle is: “All doctrine comes from the prepared pastor-teacher.” And if you have persistent positive volition, you will find doctrine and your right pastor-teacher.

Logistical grace is brought out in that very famous Psalm, Psa 23.

Psa 23:1, (A Psalm or a song of David) “The Lord is the one shepherding me, I cannot lack for anything.”

Why?

Psa 23:2-4, He makes me lie down in green pastures of choice food [that’s life support]; He leads me beside quiet waters or waters of refreshment and rest [that’s life support]. He restores my soul [rebound]; He guides me in the paths of righteousness [this is imputed righteousness and the problem-solving devices] For His name’s sake means because of His reputation.

Grace depends on God’s reputation, not ours, or others. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [dying grace], I fear no evil.

You do not fear anything under dying grace.

Psa 23:4, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [dying grace], I fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy going in rod [divine discipline] and your staff [divine deliverance], they comfort me.

The rod was used to “spank” the sheep for discipline. The staff was used to rescue sheep from danger. And both discipline and deliverance are a comfort to the believer who knows doctrine.

Psa 23:5-6, Thou dost prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies [logistical grace]; Thou hast anointed my head with oil; [promotion]; My cup [escrow blessings for time] is overflowing. Surely goodness [prosperity from escrow blessings] and lovingkindness or grace [logistical grace] will follow me or shall pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

As long as you live, logistical grace will pursue you and following into the cosmic system. It is impossible for anyone who has imputed divine righteousness who cannot lack anything because the justice of God sends life support and blessing to all believers, both winners and losers. And this falls under the principle of equal privilege and equal opportunity. The testimony of Paul concerning this principle is found in Php 4:19, “My God shall supply all your needs [logistical grace support] according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

The Logistical Grace Rationale is really found in Mat 6:25 34, the “not to worry” passage.

Mat 6:25-34, “For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, {as to} what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, {as to} what you shall put on. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and {yet} your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of greater value than they? And which of you by worrying can grow eighteen inches? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field and how they grow. They do not work, neither do they spin. yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these. But if God keeps clothing the common grass of the field [and He does], which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not do much more for you, believer of a little faith? Therefore, do not worry, thinking `What shall we eat?’ or `What shall we drink?’ or `With what shall we clothe ourselves?’ For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness [that’s the basis for logistical grace possessing the righteousness of God], and all these things [logistical grace – food, air, clothing, etc.] shall be provided for you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself [under logistical grace]. Each day has enough evil of its own.”

Now, notice that in this passage, there are some commands that teach us not to worry. We are commanded NOT to worry because God, in logistical grace, will provide for us, regardless of our spiritual status. Remember that logistical grace is both for winners and losers. This principle from the grace of God is one of the first commands in verse 25 is that there is no meter on God’s grace. This means that you cannot measure God’s grace.

Jn 3:22-29, After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and they were coming and were being baptized. For John had not yet been thrown into prison. There arose therefore a discussion on the part of John’s disciples with the disciples of our Lord John a Jew about purification. And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him.” John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but,’ I have been sent before Him. He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. And so this joy of mine has been made full.

John the Baptist is still teaching and in Jn 3:30-36, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. What He has seen and heard, of that He bears witness; and no man receives His witness. He who has received His witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He [the Lord] or the [Baptist] gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Now, back in Mat 6, are you more important than a bird? If so, then not to worry! As Mat 6:26, “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?” Fear, worry, anxiety, apprehension is rejection or ignorance of God’s logistical grace provision. Yet God continues to support even those who worry. And that is because God provides logistical grace support for winners as well as losers. Losers worry.

Worry is a fear that very few believers ever overcome. And, the more things you surrender to fear, the more things you will fear. The more things about us which try to get us to worry, the more we need to apply the problem-solving devices to deal with the worry. It’s just like fear, the extent to which you surrender to fear, you increase the power of fear in your life. And to the extent to which you surrender to worry, you increase the power of worry in your life; yet God still keeps you alive. The more things that acquire the power of fear in your life, the greater your capacity for arrogance and becoming a loser.

And the more you acquire the power of worry in your life, the greater your capacity for worry and becoming a loser; yet God still supports you. Grace gives you the ability to live one day at a time, not handicapped by the past and not distracted by the future.

4. The fourth title and analogy of the Church is the Vine and the Branches which we already noted in some detail. It is based upon Jn 15:4-5, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.”

5. The Cornerstone and the building.

Eph 2:14-22, For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

6. The High Priest and the Royal Priesthood.

The title given to us is that the Lord is the “High Priest” and He made us all priests, male or female, Jew or Gentiles, bond or free. Gal 3:26-28, For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

7. The Groom and the Bride analogy. We will see the manifestation of our real spiritual marriage that we will be presented as the Bride to our Lord.

8. The King of kings and the Royal Family of God; 1Pe 2:5; 2:9; Rev 1:6. This title entails us to be Royalty for our Lord forever.

1Pe 2:1-10, Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, And he who believes in Him shall not be disappointed.” This precious value, then, is for you who believe. But for those who disbelieve, “The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,” and, “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. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

This was all made possible because in Rev 1:6-7, and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Even so. Amen.

Now, I gave you all a glimpse of what we are called by the Lord so that you can be trained to function as the Bride of Christ and also see the intimacy that exists between all of us with each other and all of us with the Lord. This also led us to the principle that this verse says there are some believers who are vessels unto honor and other believers who are vessels unto dishonor. Some believers are being prepared through progressive sanctification or through the Spirit and the word and have a great impact in history. On the other hand, other believers through negative volition are becoming vessels unto dishonor. Whether you are a vessel of honor or a vessel of dishonor depends on one thing in your life = Your free will or volition concerning what you choose to follow. These believers are the biggest drag on our nation today. Now why is the word vessel used?

It is the noun skeuos and it means vessel because a vessel is something that is empty and all born again believers are empty when they first become saved and they need to be filled by the power of the Spirit and the intake of doctrine. Therefore, if the believer makes decisions under perception, metabolization and application of Bible doctrine, he will add the mind of Christ to his empty vessel.

Now, the point is in spite of the fact that God begins the work and completes it, we do have a part in it if we desire! Ultimately we are all going to be glorified by God the Father as a part of Him completing the absolute good work that He began in us. This is why we read in Php 1:6 {For I am} confident of this very thing, that He [God the Father] who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

This is one of the many reasons that the apostle Paul said to the Corinthians in 2Co 13:5, Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you unless indeed you fail the test?

I can give you three basic tests that a believer can take to find out if God the Father has begun an absolute good work in them.

1. The first test is when our faith is operative or functioning as God desires us to follow His plan, Php 2:6; Jm 2:14-19.

Jm 2:14-19 is a very misunderstood passage because of what James wrote and people misunderstood. Jm 2:14, What use is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

Right away it seems like James is taking about needing to have works to be saved. However, this is one of those passages that the early church would disagree with faith alone in Christ alone and teach that works are needed, or you are not truly saved. However, this is talking about the word sozo as it relates to deliverance not salvation according to the principles of ICE.

Jm 2:15-17, If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for {their} body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead faith, {being} by itself.

Dead works result in dead deeds because of operating in the power of the flesh and not the power of God.

Jam 2:18, But someone may {well} say, “You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

2. A second test you can take to see if God the Father has begun a good work in you when your love is laborious, 1Jo 3:14-18.

1Jo 3:14-18, We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

Our love is not to be in words only but in deeds and in truth.

3. A third test you can take is if your hope and confidence in the plan of God remains and you don’t quit, Heb 6:17-19, In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, in order that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a {hope} both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

There will be many things that will come in to try and shatter your hope and confidence concerning the plan of God for your life. And that is one of the main doctrinal principles where they have to completely quit because it seems like a contradiction. However, I’m not saying they were never saved, I’m simply saying no one really knows except the Lord. No matter who it is, do not get shocked at those who are with you and those who are not.

1Jo 2:19, They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us.

Remember a lot of people live with a Mat 13:20-21 attitude where they say that; Our Lord is the person who hears the word of God and immediately receives it with joy or happiness; And Yet he has no firm or solid root of doctrine in himself, but is {only} temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. You see, as a communicator and student of doctrine, you can be confident that there are certain people who are going to advance with their PVTD whereas there are others who have already. These are some groups of people who have perseverance and self-determination with regard to their intake of doctrine. And no matter how many setbacks, or problems or areas, of carnality or any other factor that might be a hindrance to them for a moment, they are able to overcome if they desire to. These people inevitably push on through and reach all of the divine objectives designed by God, especially those who have P.V.T.D [positive volition towards doctrine].

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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 believed 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 unconfessed 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, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] 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 [Num 21:4-9], 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;” if just hover doesn’t work, do a “control-left-click,” 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.

All 12 Apostles were appointed by our Lord.

All the eleven apostles were appointed by our Lord.

The teaching on the “importance of our position in Christ” and how it relates to us in our condition as Church-age believers.

The Baptism of the Spirit

Union with Christ

Indwelling of Christ

Positional Truth

Eternal Security

It’s not what we should teach that is the biggest obstacle to overcome but it’s what we can leave out.

Every believer’s personal privilege, responsibility, and personal obligation is to consent (homologeo – to name and cite and to agree with God) that we are loved by our Lord while we are unworthy.

Rm 5:8, But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners [totally reprobate], Christ died for us.

It’s an agreement that doesn’t seem to build us but to tear us down by saying that we are unworthy = knowing and accepting how unworthy we all really are that causes believers to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ.

“It is an agreement that doesn’t seem to build us but to tear us down by saying that we are unworthy,” = the same method that we operate under when it comes to spiritual metabolization.

Anabolism and catabolism working together within the believer’s soul and human spirit to achieve the believer’s ultimate goal which is found in Php 3:14 “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

The “building up process” called anabolism = the constructive part of metabolism, the location and the energy from divine viewpoint and it builds up the believer.

Anabolism = positive side of metabolism and builds up and motivates the believer to fulfill the plan of God.

Catabolism = negative side of metabolism that tear us down for our own benefit; Gal 4:16.

Gal 4:16, “Have I therefore become your enemy by telling you the truth?”

Catabolism where the purpose of the Law is given which is found in the last phrase Rm 3:20, through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. – This is the catabolism part found in the Word of God.

That may seem like catabolism because it tells us about the negative side of man but it also builds us up under the principle that we might decrease and He might increase; Jn 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.

Rm 5:20, And the Law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Gal 3:22, But the Scripture has shut up all men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

As the apostle to us Gentiles, Paul wrote some very interesting principles concerning the value of knowing and understanding the Doctrine of the Total Depravity of man.

“to abide” = Lk 17:10 ”So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.”

Abide refers to the fellowship that we can have with each other, both in the natural realm and the spiritual realm.

In the natural realm, we have the principle of ritual verses reality or the ritual of following the precise correct procedure and the directions that our Lord gave concerning the celebration of the Lord’s supper.

Spiritual realm = the Lord’s supper is revealed by the fellowship that we have with other believers and the importance of unity in the spiritual body of Christ, which is His Church; 1Co 10:14-17.

One of the major problems that Christianity had to deal with were the divisions and the fears that took place in the early Church between the Jews and the Gentiles, namely because of Ac 6:1-7.

This was just the beginning of the Church-age when the disciples were ordained and named by our Lord Jesus Christ as Apostles and were also given the spiritual gift of apostleship.

All the eleven apostles were appointed by our Lord and given the title and the gift of apostleship by Him: Eph 4:7-12.

In Ac 1:23, first of all, they put forward two men, Joseph and Matthias. – the Lord didn’t tell them to do that as we will see in just a few moments – they did it on their own.

Instability + confusion = they pray to God after they already made the choice to choose either Joseph or Matthias – the one person (Paul) that they believe is from the devil will become apostle #12.

“Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two that we have chosen is the one that You would choose, Matthias or Joseph = our Lord said NEITHER.

The very fact that we do not hear of Matthias or Joseph anymore which reveals that God did not choose them to be an apostle or anyone else, God’s choice was to become the apostle Paul.

Rev 21:14, And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Our Lord gave the spiritual gift of Apostleship to the Twelve Apostles and then He appointed these men as the leaders of the New Dispensation called the Church-age.

Our Lord also prepared them and equipped them for any problems that they ever face, = providing for His bride, logistical grace provisions and fantastic blessings.

“He is our Bridegroom” and “We are His Bride,” = He teaches us in the natural-spiritual realm to be prepared and trained just as our Lord teaches us that God the Holy Spirit, our Mentor of the Church-age, teaches us in the spiritual realm.

1. The Last Adam and the New Creation;

2. The Head and the Body;

3. The Shepherd and the Sheep;

4. The Vine and the branches

5. The Cornerstone and the building

6. The High Priest and the Royal Priesthood;

7. The Groom and the Bride analogy (Christian marriage);

8. The King of kings and the Royal Family of God;

Prin: Satanic Deception, which is to break down the unity that exists in the positive realm and it is also the demonization of the soul and personality of the believers or unbelievers who are living in the cosmic system.

As a source for comfort, there are degrees of deception so don’t try and play God, He will always be righteous and just in His evaluation of both believers and unbelievers; Gal 6:7; Rm 12:15.

Degrees of deception is taught in passages like Mat 10:15, “Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

As a believer, it depends on how long you reside in the cosmic system without the use of rebound and recovery.

Deception is thought transference of demon doctrine to the believer or unbeliever in the cosmic system.

Thought transference = I do not mean that you are thinking like members of the occult, but I am referring to human viewpoint or cosmic thinking.

Deception is the invasion of the soul, especially the mind, emotion, and self consciousness of the soul.

Result = the “invasion” of the human personality of the believer or unbeliever who lives in the cosmic system and grows weirder and weirder as time goes by, Deu 28:34.

If they did not obey then the result would be “shargar” or “Shiggaon” which means to drive a person mad or even crazy.

“shargar” or “shiggaon” – to drive a person mad or crazy, to experience severe changes in mood, activity, energy, and ability and ending up, of course, with the blame game to make excuses for being a complete loser and failure.

The shiggaon believer ends up attacking others because they are jealous and vindictive and because they have no spiritual self-esteem at all, and because of that they are also liars, phonies, and hypocrites.

The shiggaon believer lives in Denial which is a defense mechanism in which a person fails to acknowledge some aspect of external reality that is obvious and apparent to others.

The Shiggaon Projection is a defense mechanism by which a person takes their own flaws, sins and failures and assigns or projects them to others.

Direct Attack” which is a defense mechanism in which anger is used as a solution to the problems and frustrations of life.

Psychosomatics = how and what we think can produce physical reactions that are caused or aggravated by a mental factor such as internal conflict or stress.

Deception is not only expressed in terms of evil but, it also expressed in terms of improving this world, doing nice things for your fellow man, and supporting crusades.

“A Landmark Message.”

Deception is the invasion of the soul with thought that is false thinking, i.e., the policy and principles by which Satan operated prior to the creation of man and afterwards as the ruler of this world.

Under diving timing, they will be able to bear and accept whatever it is that the Lord desires for us them to bear and to accept.

Eph 4:14, We are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

2Pe 3:17, You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the deception of unprincipled men [men with no principles], you fall from your own steadfastness,

Only the truth can keep false thinking and false doctrine out of the soul.

Deception is a process of demonization in which every facet of the soul is eventually controlled by demon doctrine, so that there is a complete personality change to some form of sociopathic or psychopathic personality.

There are many sins a person can commit that are designed by Satan and his kingdom to wear down the saints of our Lord; Dan 7:25.

If the sins of arrogance are allowed to continue, it is inevitable that the believer in Cosmic will become an abnormal person, even age doesn’t even matter.

Members of our own family become bitter, angry, judgmental, critical, and in some cases even commit murder mentally toward other individuals because they secretly harbor jealousy and hatefulness.

Shiggaon = the Old Testament word for being mad, or crazy, having bipolar systems that one p>

Hebrew scholar said, that Shaggaon is what psychology calls the bi-polar personality of a sick head and a deceitful heart; Jer 17:9.

The prophet Isaiah said that these types of individuals are usually bullheaded from the top of their head to the bottom of their feet.

Isa 1:5, Where will you be stricken again or attacked mentally as you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick, And the whole heart is faint.

Isa 1:6, From the sole of the foot even to the head there is nothing sound in it, only bruises, welts, and raw wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, nor softened with oil.

Job 15:14-16, man is vile and corrupt, and he who drinks up evil like water.

“Dante’s Inferno” = nothing more than an allegory, or just a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal hidden meanings.

It is known as an allegory on a symbolic journey of a main character through the depths of the underworld, to purgatory, and finally to paradise where he is reunited with his loved one.

Dante’s Inferno = filled with satanic viewpoint and doctrines of demons designed to mislead and ultimately deceive the entire human race concerning who Satan really is and what is it that he does.

Dante’s Inferno states that there are seven deadly sins listed in the Bible that are called the worst sins man can commit which, according to Dante’s inferno are (1) Pride; (2) Envy; (3) Gluttony; (4) Lust; (5) Anger; (6) Greed, and (7) Sloth.

God’s opinion: Prov 6:16-19;

(1) Arrogance;

(2) A lying tongue;

(3) Murder; – hands that shed innocent blood;

(4) A heart that devises wicked plans;

(5) Feet that run rapidly to evil;

(6) A false witness who utters lies,

(7) One who spreads strife among brothers.

Some of the most difficult things to teach on is Satanology, Demonism, and especially the Doctrine of the Angelic Conflict.

Because the presence of the Deity of God the Father, the Deity of God the Son, and the Deity of God the Holy Spirit will not be there or be with them for all of eternity.

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 of their eternal future.

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

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

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Grace Bible Church Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

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The desire of the Father that all men should know. Theandric Action.

Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

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

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Grace Bible Church Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Doctrinal Statement

The Tree of Life is a weekly teaching summary: God’s Word is taught Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

Alphabetical Listing of Terms & Abbreviations used:

STUDY TITLE:

The desire of the Father that all men should know. Theandric Action.

Martin Luther wrote: “If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except that little point which the world and the Devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.”

We are looking at the LORD’s first recoded miracle in Jn 2. It deals with the six waterpots which the LORD had filled with water and then turned it into wine.

Now, the number six is usually the number of man, but at times, it represents the work of God as in Genesis when in six days God worked and the 7th day, God rested.

So, no longer were the Jews to be cleansed by the ceremony of pouring clean water in the vessels or waterpots and wash them and then empty out all of the water and pour new water in the vessel. They were just to fill the vessel to the brim then pour the pure clean water into the waterpot vessels, but now they could be cleansed by believing upon the Lord and enjoy the life that He gave you.

So, He tells the servants to draw water and fill the jars or the empty vessels who had believed in the Lord as their Savior and now they are also believing the Lord’s will as empty waterpots or the empty vessels for the Jewish custom of purification.

Instead, our Lord told them to bring the water to the headwaiter and let him drink it so He can taste it to see if it was good enough to drink, which he drank it and found it to be heavenly wine.

And notice what the headwaiter said, “Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you’ve saved the best till now!”

This action removed all doubt that this was a miracle performed by the Messiah to manifest His glory and it was also a glimpse of the Hypostatic Union in our Lord and the Theandric action that was about to be manifested to His disciples.

Since the beginning of the Church-age, Christians have struggled with the dilemma of representing the infinite God to finite mankind through vessels of clay. The process of Theandric Action is the only provision whereby Chris¬tians are able to manifest the true nature of God in their mortal bodies within the Body of Christ and to a lost and dying world.

The word “theandric” comes from two Greek words, theos (God) and Anthropos (man).

In Job 10:9, Remember now, that Thou hast made me as clay; And wouldst Thou turn me into dust again?

Isa 64:8, But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father, We are the clay, and Thou our potter; And all of us are the work of Thy hand.

Most Christians never experience Theandric Action, because they ignorantly live in the effects of fallen man, expressing the character of the old adamic nature in the mentality, fulfilling selfish and vain pursuits.

When the life of God the Father is operational in the believer’s life, through the filling of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, which is the mind of Christ, the possibilities of experiencing Christ’s victory is limitless.

Concerning the Father, Jesus said in Jn 8:29, “…For I do always those things that please Him” . Therefore, the Father’s dis¬position was totally manifested to the world through Jesus Christ. Jesus said in Jn 1:9, “He that hath seen me has seen the Father” , because Jesus, in His humanity, was the exact reproduction of the image of God.

Describing HIS disposition, Jesus said in Mat 11:29, “I am meek and lowly in heart,”

This sheds light on the attitude of Jesus as HE prayed, Jn 17:21, “That they all may be one; as thou Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me”.

It is the desire of the Father that all men would know Christ and ex¬perience the very same life that HE derived from HIS Father, through the provision of recovery for their growing process.

It must be emphasized that Theandric Action does not mean losing our individuality or creative capacity, nor does it imply that our sin nature can ever be eradicated.

In 1Co 15:l0b Paul said, “I labored more abun¬dantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God that was in me.”

Truth concerning the invisible God can only be imparted to natural men by those Christians who under¬stand and live in the appropriation of the principle of Theandric Action. As the Christian faces every situation in life in the power of Theandric Action, the nature of God will be revealed to the world.

Through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, all human problems and failures can be transformed into victories for the believer who, in courage and faith, applies this principle.

Back to the miracle, with its limitless power to change us, our Lord demonstrated HIS marvelous ability to master the processes of nature realizing what the apostle John said when HE said in Jn 1:3, “All things came into being by Him.”

In spite of the fact that God begins the work and completes it, we do have a part in the work that HE began. Every believer is a vessel. In fact, the Bible describes the human body of the born-again believer in the Church-age as a vessel in 1Th 4:4, that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

And so, this verse says there are some believers who are vessels unto honor. And there are other believers who are vessels unto dishonor. Some believers are being prepared through progressive sanctification through the word and through the Spirit to have a great impact in history.

Now whenever you see the word sanctification, remember that it has three different meanings:

1. Positional Sanctification = Received at salvation.

2. Experiential Sanctification = Set apart in time.

3. Ultimate Sanctification = The final destiny for eternity.

So, some believers are being prepared through progressive sanctification or through the Spirit and the word and have a great impact in history. On the other hand, other believers through negative volition are becoming vessels unto dishonor. Whether you are a vessel of honor or a vessel of dishonor depends on one thing in your life: Your free will or volition concerning what you choose to follow. Our Lord is a perfect gentleman and never violates our choices.

There are believers who react against the word of God and adopt the cosmic agenda as their own personal self-agenda rather than the divine agenda. They are the salt that has lost its’ affect to preserve. They have become useless and ineffective to fulfill their calling and as far as the spiritual life is concerned.

Mat 5:13, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty {again}? It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” They are no good for preservation of the church, cities, states or nations.

So, Paul is saying very bluntly something that most believers don’t understand today: That is that there are two types of believers. One that is being fitted out for honorable purposes called good work which in 2Ti 2:21 means having a positive historical impact with divinely good production. The other type of believers are loser believers, usually very moral and very self-righteous, works oriented and phony.

2Ti 2:20, Now in a great house [body of Christ] there are not only gold and silver vessels,

The gold and silver vessels represent believers in the pivot. Believers who called gold are those who have reached the place of having maximum glorification of God and are ready to suffer for blessing by being a vessel prepared to be a witness for the prosecution in the midst of the angelic conflict. Believers in the silver are those who have reached at least the second stage of spiritual adulthood which is spiritual autonomy or spiritual independence and they keep on plugging.

The point is that every believer has the opportunity to be used by the Lord as gold or silver or precious stones which all glorify the Lord in some way.

2Ti 2:20, Now in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels [believers with PVTD=positive volition towards doctrine], but also vessels of wood and of earthenware,

Vessels of wood and earthenware are vessels of dishonor. Wood represents humanity or the flesh and those of wood and earthenware are born again believers either in carnality or reversionism. And one vessel is for an honorable purpose and one is for a dishonorable purpose. Many vessels of dishonor are moral people, but they assume that morality is spirituality. And these are the biggest drag on our nation today.

Most believers enter into religious fanaticism, self-righteous arrogance, Christian activism, and some even assume that violence is a way to solve problems such as blowing up Abortion Clinics, hurting doctors who perform abortions and nurses and workers who help them. This is the garbage that we are being fed every day from those especially who are suckers to believe Religion and the fourth estate of the nation which is rightly described as “Fake News.” And these are made up of the believers who are salt who have lost their savor. And when the savor is gone from the salt then the salt is worthless.

In fact, it’s not only worthless but it has a negative impact on the land, and it is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. This may be one of the reasons why our nation is having so many problems and things to be concerned about because we may be under divine discipline.

2Ti 2:20-21, Now in a great house [the body of Christ] there are not only gold and silver vessels [believers with PVTD], but also vessels of wood and of earthenware [carnal and reversionistic believers], and some to honor and some to dishonor. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself away from these things [the characteristics of the dishonorable vessels, the reversionistic believers], he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified,

Now, the word sanctified refers to progressive sanctification which is the will of God or the agenda of God for all of His children.

And that means that believers are taking in the word of God. They are rebounding when necessary. They are making progress by means of the perception, metabolization, and application of the word of God, Jn 17:17, “Sanctify them [progressively] by means of the truth; Your word or doctrine is truth.” Known as experiential sanctification. And that means the believer is beginning to enjoy freedom from the control of the soul by the sin nature. Freedom from the cosmic system controlling his mind.

Freedom from diabolical influences from principalities and powers. He has freedom from false doctrine, whether it comes from human viewpoint called doctrines of men in Eph 4:14, or from satanic fronts called doctrines of demons, 1Ti 4:1. He becomes free from the cosmic consensus or the opinion of people without Christ and Christians without doctrine. And that’s what it means in 2Ti 2:21 when it says, if anyone cleanses himself away from these things. This is a passage that is directly related to our Lord’s first miracle.

This is what Peter said in 2Pe 1:2-11, where he describes how to become a vessel unto honor; 2Pe 1:2-11, Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge; and in your knowledge, self control, and in your self control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness; and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

And that’s what to expect if you become an honorable vessel. Rather than a vessel that is filled with lies, arrogance, jealousy, envy and hatred for some of his fellow vessels.

How would you like to be a vessel that hears one day what Mat 25:21 says, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master.”

The majority of believers are vessels that fall into the same thing our Lord said to the Pharisees in Mat 23:23, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.”

The born-again believers who go for progressive sanctification become a vessel for honor, sanctified [set apart] for a very profitable use by God.

All vessels have been prepared for every good work according to Eph 2:8-10, For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

This means the honorable vessel has a personal impact defined as blessing by association with the mature believer who executes the PPOG [predesigned plan of God] through the function of the spiritual mechanics. This results in Psa 23:5, Thou dost prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.

This means the honorable vessel has impact defined as blessing by association to the Gentile client nation through the formation of the pivot of mature believers. This principle is mentioned in Jn 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.”

It means international impact and fulfilling the great commission by obeying Matt 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

It also means angelic impact defined as the invisible hero becoming a witness for the Prosecution in the rebuttal phase of Satan’s appeal trial during human history as illustrated by Job.

It means heritage impact which is blessing by association with the invisible hero after his death.

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