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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.

Saturday, August 27, 2022

The Angelic Conflict. Part 14. Angelic Observation and Opposition in Human History.

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, only 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) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.

1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed 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. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? 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

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

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 14. Angelic Observation and Opposition in Human History.

From Week Ending 4-09-06

Point 8 in our study of the Angelic Conflict:

The Strategic Victory of the Angelic Conflict. This victory, in human history, refers to our Lord's humanity being judged for our sins on the cross. Col 2:13-14, And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh [your human nature could never be acceptable to God], He [God the Father] made you alive together with Him [Jesus Christ], having forgiven us all our transgressions, Having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us and He has taken it out of the way having nailed it to the cross.

The term having cancelled is from the Greek word ezaleipho

Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

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

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 Angelic Conflict. Part 14. Angelic Observation and Opposition in Human History. Gal 4:1-7; Eph 6:10-11; Mat 11; Luk 15:10; 1Co 4:9; Gen 2:16-17; Tit 3:5

From Week Ending 04-09-06

Point 12 in the Doctrine of the Angelic Conflict. The Existence of Free Will in humans and how it Perpetuates the Angelic Conflict.

Gal 4:1, Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything, As long as the heir is a minor, he has no advantage over the slave, though legally he owns the entire inheritance, because he has not recognized all the assets that belong to him. Even though the heir has a fantastic portfolio of assets of great wealth, he doesn’t act any different than a slave because he doesn’t know, recognize, appreciate, or utilize those assets. The analogy: there is really no significant difference between the lifestyle of the born again believer who is carnal, and the unregenerate individual who is an unbeliever. This is what Paul said to the Corinthians in 1Co 3:1-3, And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babies in Christ [acting like infants in relation to Christ]. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? All believers become adopted as sons at salvation. Being in union with Christ, we are joint heirs with Christ, and are therefore adopted at the moment of salvation, Gal 3:26, For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Back to Gal 4:1-7, Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father. So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world. But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

When a believer begins to develop a personal sense of destiny and begins to use the Problem Solving Devices (P.S.D.), he attains the first stage of spiritual adulthood, or the adult spiritual life, and only then does the lifestyle and the character of the heir begin to radically differ from the character and lifestyle of the slave. That’s why it is so important to, as 2Pe 3:18 says, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Likewise, the believer in Jesus Christ is experientially like an unbeliever when he is in carnality. When you begin to learn about the divine solutions for your life, which take training in the mind of Christ, and then utilize the divine solutions, you then as an heir begin to radically differ from those who are not heirs. Those who do not regard doctrine as their #1 priority eventually forget the divine solutions that they have learned. The reason for the ministry of the pastor-teacher is to get the believer out of the experiential stage of slavery and into the experiential stage of heirship and sonship. Here there is liberty and spiritual freedom, both to succeed and to fail, and when there is failure, then rebound. Paul said in Gal 5:1, It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Until the believer learns and metabolizes the P.S.D., he is like a slave and he’s under the authority of the circumstances and people around him, which is slavery. The believer without divine solutions only has a happiness that allows him to be a slave to his circumstances and allows others to dictate to him. A believer is like a slave to the very degree that he continues to look to the solutions that unbelievers exploit and use.

How does all of this apply to the angelic conflict? Positionally there’s a great difference between a Christian and an unbeliever, in fact even more of a difference than between the angels and human beings. The believer’s recognition of his sonship and union with TLJC and his exploitation of the divine solutions from living the unique spiritual life are what experientially sets him apart from both the unregenerate man, and the carnal Christian. Contained in the mystery doctrine of the Church-age is every solution for every problem you could ever face, whether it has to do with humans, circumstances of history, or with angels in spiritual combat against principalities and powers. The greatest pressure a believer can experience is what he faces when up against the kingdom of darkness, and God has made a solution for that; Eph 6:10-11, Be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Take up and put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

We take up by recognizing, and put on by utilizing, the full armor from God which is the armor of divine solutions. As a believer, there’s nothing that separates you from an unbeliever experientially until you take up the divine solutions by learning them, and put them on by utilizing them. Satan has many devices, 2Co 2:11, which we cannot afford to be ignorant of. Satan has many means of bribing believers away from the spiritual life by setting other priorities that seem worthy in themselves but become unworthy when matched up against the word of God.

Satan has means of intimidating, threatening, or coaxing believers away from the unique spiritual life, away from the provision of the local assembly, away from the gift of pastor-teacher, away from the Mentorship of God the Holy Spirit, and all the volitional assets and power that God has given the Church-age believer. The mystery doctrine of the Church-age is the means by which ordinary people can become invisible heroes and glorify God as a witness for the prosecution against Satan and all the fallen angels and have a tremendous impact which will be recognized in the future ages forever and ever and ever. They are not recognized now, they are as 2Co 6:9 says, unknown yet well known; this is what brings glory to God in the angelic conflict.

In our last two points, we saw the principle of the importance of every believer making his own positive decisions toward doctrine and toward the plan of God so that his life would glorify God in time during this historical phase of the angelic conflict. Therefore, blinding believers from the real reason they are here, and taking them away from their pastor-teacher assigned by God to teach mystery doctrine, is the intent and objective of the deceptions from the kingdom of darkness. In every generation, there are individuals who are used by the kingdom of darkness to try to silence the messengers of God. Therefore, you should be looking at the dangers of preconceptions concerning the messengers of God. In Mat 11, John the Baptist who was taken into custody (Mat 4) is on death row and he sends his disciples to ask TLJC a question. Mat 11:2-7, Now when John in prison heard of the works of Christ, he sent {word} by his disciples, and said to Him, “Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see: {the} blind receive sight and {the} lame walk, {the} lepers are cleansed and {the} deaf hear, and {the} dead are raised up, and {the} poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who keeps from stumbling over Me.” And as these were going away, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed or a stalk of a plant shaken by the wind?”

John had spent a long time speaking to these same crowds about TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] and now TLJC is going to speak to these crowds about John. As a true friend, He speaks very highly about John in this passage. He also points out in this passage what an evil generation is. This evil generation was constantly trying to silence the messengers of God, and John was one of those messengers. If those who went out to see John in the wilderness expected to see someone who buckled under pressure, that expectation was to be frustrated. People were used to hearing the Pharisees and scribes teach, but they did not teach with authority. When TLJC came on the scene, in Mrk 1:22 we read, They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Mrk 1:27, And they were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! To teach with authority was totally against the grain of a wicked and evil generation.

Mat 11:7-8, “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces.” John was not a delicate man; he would have been too harsh for delicate minds. Mrk 1:6, John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. The clergy of those days wore long robes, phylacteries, and tassels on their garments (Mrk 12:38, Luk 20:46, Mat 23:5); he did not fit the preconceived notions of the so-called clergy of his day. So in Mat 11:8, the Lord said But what did you go out to see?” [Many people flocked to John because of curiosity] A man dressed in soft or delicate clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces.”

There has been a concept that has wormed its way into the church for centuries that the clergy are supposed to be certain types of individuals. They are to be what people say is humble. But humility cannot be discerned by a person’s demeanor. Some of the most arrogant people on the earth have quiet demeanors. Some of the most humble people on earth were like Moses and John the Baptist, who were very commanding, very authoritative, and very outspoken at times. People have preconceptions with regard to the spokesmen of the word of God, and some preconceptions were formed by being around other clergy members of certain stereotypes. Many of the ones that they have been around don’t even belong in the ministry. You don’t go into the ministry because you think it’s a good profession to choose instead of something else; you go into the ministry because you are called by God and you have the gift of pastor-teacher. If the kingdom of darkness can get preconceptions into the minds of God’s people, especially concerning the one who is to teach them about God, then personality and lifestyle become the issue rather than the message. Many people have been around those in the ministry who may be truly gifted as pastors and called, but they have conformed to the spirit of the age over time, and then they are squeezed into the mold of people’s concepts and the cosmic consensus and they become conventional. They end up catering to conventional Christians by always being there to visit, counsel, and complement them, to be there for every personal crisis of every personal family member. Then they may come to a church where the pastor just studies and teaches and doesn’t give that kind of time, because that would be a distraction from what Jesus Christ called the pastor to do, and so they stumble all over that.

There are preconceived notions about the personality and demeanor of those in the ministry, but there is no prescribed personality for the pastor or the prophet of the O. T. God uses men of all kinds of personalities, like Amos who was a farmer, Daniel who was a scholar, Jeremiah who was very young when called into the ministry and tended to be emotional at times, Isaiah who was an ambassador for a king, Ezekiel who was gruff and harsh. In fact, TLJC was actually considered to be a reincarnation of Jeremiah by some people because of how he wept over Jerusalem and the client nation status being lost. Others thought He was like Elijah because He was on fire on certain days and blasted the daylights out of the Pharisees, Mat 23. John the Baptist did not fit into their preconceived ideas concerning the ministry; they said, he must be demon possessed, Mat 11:18, “For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon!'” They said, he doesn’t eat normal food, he doesn’t drink normal beverages. He’s always fasting, he lives alone in the desert, so he’s demon possessed. Then there is Jesus; they didn’t understand Him. He eats good food and He drinks wine! He hangs out with prostitutes and publicans and sinners. Therefore, they said, he must be a glutton.

Mat 11:19, The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax gatherers and prostitutes!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds. The Lord said in Mat 11:16, “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other {children},” and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’Paul said in 1Co 2:15, But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no man. The only one that really knows you is God. In fact, you don’t even know yourself as well as you think that you do. This is why David said in Psa 19:12, Who can understand his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Paul said in 1Co 4:4, For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord. You may surrender a little of your thoughts, your thinking, your deepest secrets in a friendship, or in romance, or a marital relationship, that’s your prerogative. However, nobody knows your heart. This is why Col 2:16 warns us, Therefore, let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. Don’t let anybody tell you what you should eat or drink or what holy days you should be celebrating. Our lives should not be caught up in religion or in the ministry but should be caught up in occupation with Christ. The early church had problems with preconceptions and arrogance, in which Paul and Peter and Apollos were claimed by certain parties (1Co 1:12; 1Co 3:4-6). That is what the kingdom of darkness wants to blind you from, the content of the message, because it is the word of God which is alive and powerful not the pastor’s personality, vocabulary, charisma, or lifestyle.

Point 13. The Angelic Observation and Opposition in Human History.

Angelic observation is a very interesting subject in the Word of God. Elect angels observe human history while fallen angels are designed to oppose human history. For example, elect angels rejoice over the salvation of one person, Luk 15:10, “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

In the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union, angels observed every part of the First Advent and incarnation of our Lord; 1Ti 3:16 says that He was, Beheld by angels.

In the dispensation of the Church-age, angels observe members of the Royal Family of God in their failure or success to execute and fulfill the PPOG [Predesigned Plan of God] (1Co 4:9; Eph 3:10; 1Ti 5:21;1Pe 1:12). In 1Co 4:9, Paul said, “For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.” The Greek word for spectacleis theatron meaning a theater, a place for public shows. In Eph 3:10 we read, in order that the multi-faceted or many-sides of the wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. Angels even observe the believers in the Church-age receiving commands from headquarters according to 1Ti 5:21, I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality. Angels also desire and long to look into the things that so many of God’s people take for granted, 1Pe 1:12, It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

In Mat 18:10 angels also observe and protect children, “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their angels in heaven continually behold the face of My Father who is in heaven.

In 1Co 11:10, angels observe the attitude that the woman has toward her husband and the symbol of authority that it represents, Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

So angels learn from us but even more than that our life judges angels, 1Co 6:3, Do you not know that we shall judge angels?

While the elect angels observe us, Satan has organized a tremendous demon army to hinder Church-age believers from fulfilling the PPOG. Satanic observation is also a part of the organization of fallen angels to resist evangelism and the fulfillment of the PPOG. Fallen angels are organized to resist and oppose positive believers (Eph 6:12-17; Job 1:6; 2:1-3) 1Pe 5:8, Be of sober spirit [Attain S.S.E.], be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Satan has organized an almost foolproof system to get us out of the PPOG into cosmic systems one and two. Demons don’t just sit in the stands and watch us as do the elect angels; the demons are on the playing field. Satan has various functions as the ruler of fallen angels. For example, Satan and his angels are the enemy of unbelievers (Luk 8:12; 2Co 4:3-4; 2Th 2:7-10; Col 2:8), Luk 8:12, “And those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved.”

Satan and his angels are the enemy of the Church-age believer (1Pe 5:6-9; 2Co 11:3; Eph 6:10-17). Jm 4:7, submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Resist the devil means to not get involved in controversies that will sidetrack you from teaching the whole counsel of God. 2Co 11:3 says, But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

Satan and his angels are the enemy of the Church (Rev 2:8-10, 12-13). We should never get our eyes upon people, but upon our true enemy, Eph 6:12, For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Satan and his angels are the enemy of Bible doctrine, Mat 13:19, “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.”

Satan and his angels are the enemy of Israel, Rev 12:13-15, And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth [Satan is kicked out of heaven at the rapture], he persecuted the woman [Israel] who gave birth to the male child [TLJC – the one male who defeated Satan and the fallen angels]. And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, in order that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

Satan and his angels are is the enemy of the dispensation of the hypostatic union, Rev 12:4, And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman [Israel] who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

Satan and his angels are the enemy of nations, Rev 12:9, And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;

Satan and his angels are the chief antagonists of the extension of the angelic conflict into human history, Heb 1-2.

Point 14. The Angelic Conflict In Human History Answers Basic Questions About Life.

The first basic question that the angelic conflict answers is “Why the creation of man?” Mankind was created to resolve the prehistoric angelic conflict. Consequently, mankind was created to glorify God as an inferior creature to angels. The second question the angelic conflict answers is “Why sin?” Why did God create the human race knowing that they were going to fall and that the entire human race would be born in sin? To resolve the angelic conflict all members of the human race must have the same free will as angels have, and this free will can choose for or against God, as did the angels in eternity past. This free will is also the source of all human sin. The primary source of temptation is the old sin nature, but the source of sin is volition. In the original sin of man in the garden of Eden, there was the function of negative volition against the only prohibition in the garden. Gen 2:16-17, And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.” Satan is a master at twisting things around so that the truth will be confused, Gen 3:1, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” God said you could eat from any tree except one! Satan said, “Has God said you shall not eat from any tree?”

So, God allowed sin into the human race, because to resolve the angelic conflict all members of the human race must have the same free will as angels. God must allow them to make negative decisions. However, God’s plan still went on and God turned the curse into a blessing because at the cross, all human sin was judged while human good was rejected, Ti 3:5, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

This is why the efficacious saving work of Christ on the cross is the basis for the strategic victory of the angelic conflict (Col 2:14-15; Heb 1:4-14, Heb 2). The cross was the place where God expressed His love, justice, and righteousness.

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.

Friday, August 26, 2022

Internet Church Service – August 28, 2022; Escrow blessings and the results of positive and negative decisions toward what the Lord provided.

Please join us as we fellowship in the Word of God, listen to Christian Music, Pray in Christ’s Name, and Praise the Lord Our God in our Hearts and Minds.

ALL ARE WELCOME

from - Romans 8:38-39

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

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 micro 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 [the cross], 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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Internet Church Service – August 28, 2022; Escrow blessings and the results of positive and negative decisions toward what the Lord provided.

Pr 4:23 says Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it {flow} the springs of life.

Today the reason why we have such a small pivot and believers are not glorifying God is because of 2Ti 3:5, they are "Holding to a superficial form of the spiritual life, but they have denied its power; avoid such men as these."

(a) Failure to metabolize doctrine.

(b) Failure to make Bible doctrine number one priority in the life.

(c) Failure to learn and apply the ten problem solving devices resulting in the prevention of outside pressures of adversity becoming the inside pressure of stress in the soul.

(d) Stress in the soul or sin nature control of the soul is a major source of garbage in the soul.

(e) Garbage in the subconscious developed before salvation or after salvation does not remain in the subconscious, but bleeds into the stream of consciousness when there is no spiritual strength from metabolized doctrine.

Garbage in the subconscious is described by psychologists under the term defense mechanisms. Defense mechanisms are designed to hide or to relieve the conflicts and stresses in the soul that cause anxiety, hysteria, fear, worry, or other categories of the emotional complex of sins, the worst being guilt.

Defense mechanisms are designed to bury any reaction you might have, any lack of esteem, any explanation for impulsive behavior or failure on your part. Moses would hide his face behind a veil because the glory of God was not able to be seen because of the transformation that was taken place in his life and it was fading away and too great for believers to be in the presence of such glory.

The glorification of God comes by means of the Church (Eph 3:20-21) and occurs when the believer attains spiritual adulthood and moves to spiritual maturity. This is when the believer is said to be "filled with all the fullness of God," Eph 3:16-19; the apostle Paul states that “the Lord would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man.”

The believer glorifies God when he parlays the life beyond gnosis (Eph 3:19) into the life beyond dreams (Eph 3:20).

a. The life beyond gnosis, Eph 3:19.

b. The life beyond dreams, Eph 3:20.

Notice that left out of point one is all your Christian service, sacrifice, and works. All this is wood, hay, and stubble; it will all be burned at the Judgment Seat of Christ; 1Co 3:15; 2Co 5:10. Spiritual growth is not measured in works; spiritual growth is measured in momentum; when there is momentum, there will be production.

1. Reception of Bible doctrine is the #1 priority.

2. Retention refers to the metabolization of Bible doctrine, so that epignosis doctrine in the right lobe is the basis of momentum in the PPOG [the predsigned plan of God for your life].

3. Recall is comparable to the concept of wisdom; it refers to the application of doctrine.

There are three categories of suffering for blessing because of the three R’s .

(1) Providential preventative suffering.

(2) Momentum testing.

(3) Evidence testing.

Providence preventive suffering is a form of undeserved suffering which prevents the believer from becoming arrogant and self-righteous. So, notice that there is a form of undeserved suffering which prevents the believer from becoming arrogant and self-righteous.

Again in 2Co 12:7 And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me to keep me from exalting myself !So “their thinking was hardened;” for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant or the Old Testament, the same veil remains unlifted, because it is only removed by Christ. The left and right part of the soul are called: Left lobe of the Soul i.e., nous (mind or thinking) Right lobe of the soul i.e., heart (kardia).

It is important to realize that God did not dig deep into Pharaoh's heart and change his positive volition to negative. He did not finally win Pharaoh over, and then slip His hand into Pharaoh's heart and turn the repentant heart to negative.

Because Pharaoh changed his mind (or appeared to), this looks as though God did something to cause Pharaoh to go from positive to negative.

This is incorrect. What God did was to strengthen Pharaoh's heart enough to continue to express his negative volition toward God. When you are in opposition to something, whether you are right or wrong, it requires strength. Noah preached for 120 years without a convert, except in his own family……and it required the strength to keep on going. That took strength of heart. He built an ark to sail to on dry land in a world where it had never rained before. Pharaoh, although he was wrong, showed similar strength of heart. When it came to believing in JHWH or not, he already had his mind made up. What occurred when he faced off Moses and Aaron was that he was under a great deal of pressure.

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Saturday, August 20, 2022

The Angelic Conflict. Part 13. Human history demonstrates that God is glorified by the creation of man.

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 13. Human history demonstrates that God is glorified by the creation of man.

From Week Ending 4-02-06

Point 8 in our study of the Angelic Conflict:

The term having cancelled is from the Greek word ezaleipho

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 11. Satan's main goal is not to get believers to sin, but to be independent from God. Jn 8:52-58, 10:30, 14:28; Luk 4: Php 1:29; 1Jo 4:4; Psa 91:11-12

From Week Ending 03-12-06

We are now on Point 11 in our study of the Angelic Conflict: How God is Glorified in the Angelic Conflict. Heb 2:1, For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

The reason is the angelic conflict, the phrase what we have heard, is a reference to hearing doctrine, and the phraselest we drift away from it, is a reference to God's word.

Heb 2:2, For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable [incapable of being destroyed], and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense. The Greek word for disobedience is parakoe, referring to disobedience that results from neglecting doctrine. The phrase just recompense means that God is absolutely right and just concerning His judgment on the fallen angels. God owes the fallen angels the lake of fire, but they are not there at this time. Human history is the space between Satan's trial and his conviction. The sentence is the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and His angels before human history (Mat 25:41). The execution of the sentence is Re 20:10, And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. The sentence was passed before human history and will be executed at the consummation of human history. Satan appealed His sentence before human history, and man was then created as a third party to show Satan that His appeal is not justified. So, human history demonstrates that God is righteous, just, and perfect, therefore, God is glorified by the creation of man (Re 4:11; Is 43:21).

Heb 2:3, How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard. Just as the fallen angels are doomed, so will all unbelieving humans be doomed. The Greek word for neglect is ameleo, meaning to be careless toward, or make light of, disregard, be unconcerned, or to neglect something. What is it that the human race is warned not to neglect? The phrase so great a salvation refers to our Lord's finished work on the cross. The apostles heard Christ and passed down His message. We know that the fallen angels received judgment because of such passages as Jud 1:6, And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day. (see also Mat 25:41; 2Pe 2:4).

Heb 2:4, God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will. For example, there was the virgin birth foretold (Is 7:14). There were tongues as a sign to unbelievers (Is 28:11). There was the prophecy of the two deaths of Christ (Is 53:9). All of these were signs and wonders, but the Jews rejected their Messiah.

In Heb 2:5 we are back to the doctrine of the angelic conflict, and the glorification of our Lord's humanity, For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking. In the Church-age, Satan and his angels reign, but in the Millennium, man will rule, Jesus Christ, the Son of David. Heb 2:6, But one has testified somewhere, [David, Ps 8:4-6.] "What is man, that Thou rememberest him? Or the son of man, that Thou art concerned about Him?" The Greek word for remember is mimneske meaning to recall to mind, to remember in an affectionate way. In His grace and mercy God continues to call man even though man has rejected him. God does all the work to reconcile man, and man is the one that benefits. Although man is evil, sinful, and spiritually dead, God recalls us to His mind. In this verse the phrase son of man refers to the descendants of Adam, not to Christ.

Heb 2:7, Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, And hast appointed him over the works of Thy hands; here is the divine strategy repeated again: Out of the lowest, God shall bring the highest. Out of the insignificant, God shall bring the significant. In fact, He shall Himself condescend to be a member of this lower creation called humans. Out of that creation, even out of man's fallen condition, God will reach down below the level man was created and bring new sons who shall be associated with Him for all eternity. Is it any wonder why Paul said in Rm 11:33, Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

Out of the creation of a lower creature called man will come the greatest glory to God, and the full and total victory in the invisible war or the angelic conflict. Little did man realize that he was to be entered into this invisible war and be an important weapon in it. God was choosing man as the arm which would defeat Satan, both in bringing him to total defeat, and in replacing him in the scheme of the governing the universe. It was to be from man that Christ would come, and it would be through certain chosen members of the human race that God would proclaim the defeat of Satan to both the elect and fallen angels.

In verse 7 we have a reference to the first Adam who failed, and in verse 8 we have the last Adam. Heb 2:7-8, Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, And hast appointed him over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet [TLJC=The Lord Jesus Christ]. For in subjecting all things to Him, He left nothing that is not subject to Him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him. This is a reference to the resurrection of Jesus Christ whereby all angelic creatures, including fallen angels, are subordinated to Him in His humanity. In His deity, Jesus Christ is the creator of angels, but in His humanity, He was made lower than angels. However, in His resurrection, He is higher than angels even in His humanity. Some day in our resurrection body, we will share that same privilege experientially.

1Co 15:45-49 describes only 2 members of the human race who came into the world under conditions of perfection without an Old Sin Nature (O.S.N.). The first Adam, who fell and lost it all, and the last Adam, who regained it back and provided salvation.

1Co 15:45-49, So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam [TLJC in His humanity] became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural [Adam came before the humanity of TLJC]; then the spiritual. The first man [Adam] is from the earth, earthy; the second man [TLJC] is from heaven. As is the earthy [Adam was dead in sin], so also are those who are earthy [those in Adam die], and as is the heavenly [Christ is alive], so also are those who are heavenly [those in Christ will be made alive] And just as we have borne the image of the earthy [the nature of Adam or the O.S.N.], we shall also bear the image of the heavenly [the new nature given to those who are born again]."

In Heb 2:7, we have a description of the first Adam. Originally man was made inferior; the first Adam was made inferior to angels, both elect and fallen. The only way man becomes superior to angels is through union with TLJC who is seated at the right hand of God the Father. Note Eph 2:6, And He [God the Father] raised us up with Him [Jesus Christ], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus.

Only through regeneration and positional truth can man become superior to angels. This is why Satan has deceived the Church from the real meaning of the baptism of the Spirit. Satan hates anyone who is greater than him. Positionally, every believer in the Church-age is superior to angels; some day experientially we will also be greater.Phil 3:21 and 1Co 15:53 teach that our resurrected body is greater than angels.

Heb 2:7, Thou hast made him [man] for a little while lower than the angels; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, and hast appointed him over the works of Thy hands. Adam in his original state was crowned with glory and honor; he had no O.S.N. We know that because of Deut 32:4, The rock! His work is perfect, for all his ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and upright is He. Man was originally created perfect, but through his free will, he fell. In Gn 1:28-30, God gave the first Adam dominion over creation, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Heb 2:9, But we do see him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. Here, crowned with glory and honor refers to the birth of TLJC which was just like the creation of the first Adam. The difference is that the first Adam lost his glory and honor, the second Adam, TLJC, built upon His glory and honor. Because TLJC kept His glory and honor, mankind now has the privilege to share in our Lord's victory through union with the second Adam, TLJC!

We have positional truth in the first Adam; we have positional truth in the second Adam, 1Co 15:22, In Adam all die, in Christ shall all be made alive. The victory of the last Adam, TLJC is given in Heb 2:8, Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet. For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to Him. This is a reference to the Millennium when Christ, the second Adam, will rule. At the second coming, when the Millennial reign begins, there will be believers on earth, minus demons and unbelievers, (the baptism of fire, Mt 24:40-41). We are being prepared to rule with the Lord during His Millennial reign. Some will rule ten cities, some five, some will run errands and be glad to do so. During the Millennial reign, the saints will rule in resurrection bodies. All things being subjected to Him refers to the human and angelic races, nature, weather, animals, and plant life. Phil 2:9, Therefore also, God has highly exalted Him and given Him a title which is above every title, that at the title of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue should confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of the Father.

This strategic victory of Jesus Christ in the great power demonstration of the Hypostatic Union is related to the award of His third royal patent which is related to His resurrection and ascension. His title is King of kings, Lord of lords, bright morning star. His Royal Family is in the process of being completed, made up of every Church-age believer. This means that you are not simply a child of God; you are a royal child of God. Salvation is the means by which TLJC not only saves mankind but gains dominion over mankind. The cross did two things: 1) It saved mankind. 2) It got back the crown that Adam lost.

Heb 2:10, For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, To perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. God the Father, through TLJC, brings many sons into glory. These sons of glory are every dense and moronic believer; most of us are included in that statement. As a part of the victory in the angelic conflict and our Lord's new position at the right hand of God the Father, God takes fallen human creatures and makes something out of them that causes Satan to grind his teeth. The Greek word eprepen translated it was fitting, means everything depends on God's character and ability. It emphasizes that God designed a perfect plan that man can have nothing to do with, or else it is no longer perfect. That's why legalism is the great enemy of Christ. More damage is done to Christianity from legalism than from sin. Satan cannot get to a believer through demon possession, so he uses false doctrine and legalistic teaching to cause demon influence in the souls of many believers. In Heb 2:10, the Greek word for author is archegon meaning the chief or supreme leader, ruler, prince, or the author. This word is only used three other times in the Bible, always for the humanity of Christ being exalted and seated at the right hand of God the Father (Ac 3:15; Ac 5:31; Heb 12:2). The phrase to perfect is teleiosai, meaning to advance to completion, or to finish. TLJC is completed when every son (Church-age believer) is presented to Him as His bride, the Royal Family of God, for all of eternity, and all of this came through sufferings. Sufferings is in the plural because He was judged for every sin that will ever take place in the history of the human race. Because of this, fallen angels gnash their teeth every time they observe a fallen member of the human race that understands grace.

Heb 2:11, For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, The phrase He who sanctifies is the Greek word hagiazon meaning to make holy, to purify even mentally: no bitterness against anyone, no anger, no vindictiveness, and no garbage in the soul. 1Co 1:2 and Heb 10:10 tell us that every believer is sanctified, or set apart for God. Sanctification is not something we attain, rather it is a state in which we begin the Christian life. So, we have Heb 2:11, For both He who sanctifies [TLJC] and those who are sanctified [all believers in the Church-age receive this sanctification, they do not produce it] are all from one Father; for which reason [positional truth], He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

We are all from one source, the Father's plan. Positional truth illustrates the Father's plan, and, if you don't understand positional truth, you won't understand the fantastic implications and applications concerning the angelic conflict. Our position is what ultimately counts, not our condition. God can look right at what we think, as Heb 4:13 says, And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. In Ps 130:3, If You Lord marked iniquities, no one could stand.

God sees all of us as we really are, and He is not ashamed of us, because TLJC is perfect and every believer is in union with Him. The Greek verb for to call is kalien meaning to call or to name; God is never ashamed of us, no matter what. Satan can do what he loves to do, make accusations against members of the Royal Family of God, but the Lord is never ashamed of us, even if the accusations are true. Satan knows that God has all knowledge, so he is smart enough to only bring accusations that are true.

Heb 2:11-12, For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, [TLJC is declaring or announcing] "I will proclaim Thy name [the name of the Father] to My brethren, in the midst of the congregation I will sing Thy praise." He announces and declares these things to us, through the mind of Christ (1Co 2:16).

Heb 2:13, And again, I will put My trust in Him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me. Here TLJC is saying to all angelic creatures in the universe, look down on earth, there is something new, something special. At the point of salvation, God the Father and God the Holy Spirit give us to Christ (we are placed in union with Him). Whether we fail or succeed, we cannot damage His plan; in the end, we will be given completely and totally over to Him. Satan and the fallen angels know that we as believers are going to knock them off, so they want to take every crack at us that they possibly can.

Heb 2:14, Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; The cross neutralized Satan, and made him powerless. Satan became the ruler of death when he tempted man to be spiritually independent from God. The ruler of death does not mean he can kill, except when God permits it. So, in this angelic conflict, Satan holds man in his power, just like a jailer holds a prisoner until there is a true legal release, which the cross provided.

Heb 2:15, And might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. The phrase might deliver is apallaxe, which means to release or to set free, to deliver. Fear of death is the basic satanic doctrine used to keep members of the human race in bondage.

Heb 2:16-17, For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

There are at least five reasons why TLJC had to become a member of the human race: 1) Jesus Christ became true humanity to do the will of the Father (Heb 10:5-10). 2) Jesus Christ became true humanity to be the Savior of the world (Phil 2:7-8; Heb 2:14-15). 3) Jesus Christ became true humanity to be the mediator between God and man (Job 9:2,32-33; 1Ti 2:5-6). For this He had to be equal with both God and mankind; so He had to be both undiminished deity and true humanity in one person forever. 4) Jesus Christ became true humanity to be a priest. A priest must be a man in order to represent man before God. Jesus Christ became true humanity to be our high priest (Heb 7:4-5,14, 28; 10:5, 10-14). 5) Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be a king and rule forever. He had to be the son of David to fulfill the Davidic covenant to Israel (2Sa 7:8-16; Ps 89:20-37).

Heb 2:18, For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. He was tested constantly to prove His humanity, and because he passed the test, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. He is able to rescue, aid, and help those that are tempted. We will be tempted throughout our life time, and in the Greek, this is a dative of advantage, meaning it is to our advantage to be tested. Believers who go through suffering in time, cause angels to witness the grace of God in this angelic conflict.

Point 12. The Existence of Free Will in the Human Race Perpetuates the Angelic Conflict.

This is a point which many Christians do not believe. One of the false teachings that has been perpetuated by the kingdom of darkness in the angelic conflict is the fact that man does not have a free will or a choice. This is actually promoted by many Calvinists, especially hyper-Calvinists. They teach that man cannot choose God or the plan of God, and therefore God must choose Him. This comes from taking certain scriptures out of context, and not comparing scripture with scripture.

t also comes from not knowing the original language, and operating under the principle of ICE. Bible doctrine must be taught based on three principles. Isagogics is the historical setting of the passage.

Categories is the systematic theology developed from combining Scripture with Scripture.

Exegesis is the grammatical and syntactical analysis of the passage from the original languages.

Because many teachers of the Bible reject this principle of ICE, certain problems result concerning such doctrines as the angelic conflict and the justice and righteousness of God. Many Calvinists hold to the doctrine of double predestination which is heresy and an attack upon the justice of God. They teach that God has predestined some to be saved and some to the eternal lake of fire. This is an attack upon the character and nature of our God and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We were all born guilty and in sin as David said in Ps 51:5, Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. We were all born in sin, not by choice. This is why David also said in Ps 58:3, The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. We became sinners not by our own volition, Rm 5:12, Through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned when Adam sinned. 1Co 15:22, in Adam all die. In Eph 2:3, Paul said we were by nature children of wrath. Every member of the human race has been born into sin ever since Adam and the woman sinned willfully in the garden of Eden. Since they are all born into sin without their consent, if God sent them to hell because they were born sinners, He would be unjust, and no one would love to see that more than Satan. Mankind is not responsible for imputed sin.

Man has a choice, yet he is not free to choose what he wants to and get away with it. There are consequences to his decisions that he has no control over. However, he does have a choice to go to heaven or to hell. This is why we are told that Jesus Christ took away the sins of the world. In Jn 1:29, we read, The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"

Why did TLJC, as the Lamb of God, take away the sin of the world and not just the elect or the chosen ones, or just the ones who have been predestined by God to go to heaven? Because everyone has the opportunity to make a decision to be saved, and if they don't have the opportunity then they are safe. All children who die before the age of accountability, mentally speaking, go to heaven and are given eternal life (2Sa 12:23). People who are mentally incapable of making a decision to believe on TLJC as their Lord and Savior will also go to heaven (Jon 4:11).

This is why we read in Jn 3:15, that whoever believes may in Him have eternal life. Not whoever is chosen, but whoever believes. Jn 3:16-17, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, [because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God].

People go to hell or the eternal lake of fire and are judged, not because they are liars, murderers, or immoral, but because they did not believe in TLJC. This is why our Lord said in Jn 6:32, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

Jn 6:33, "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world [not to the chosen but to the world].

In Jn 6:51, "I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread also which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh."

In Jn 12:46-47, "I have come {as} light into the world, that everyone who believes in Me may not remain in darkness. And if anyone hears My sayings, and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world."

Rm 5:6, For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

In 2Co 5:19, God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them.

In 1Jo 4:14, And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

1Ti 2:4, He desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

In 1Ti 2:6, He gave Himself as a ransom for all.

In 1Ti 4:10 He is called the Savior of all men, especially of believers. And in HEB 2:9, we are told that TLJC tasted death for everyone.

1Jo 2:2, and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

The point is that man has a free will to either chose or reject TLJC as his Lord and Savior.

No one has ever been predestined to Hell or to eternal damnation. People go to Hell because of their own negative volition, Jn 3:18, 36.

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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Saturday, August 27, 2022

The Angelic Conflict. Part 14. Angelic Observation and Opposition in Human History.

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