Born–Again Babies in Christ Jesus. This study is mostly meant for the new convert in Christ, who by these notes, can understand what they have experienced and why they will go through in their new life the things that may test their faith. Review and study all related scriptures, to grow in the Lord.
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If you do at least by, reviewing and scrolling through this entire following section, that also reveals here in detail and also in many other sections of this site, the Holy Plan of God’s created works from Gen 1:1 unto Rev 22:21, in God’s creation, by the HOLY WORD of Col 2:3, Psa 33:6, John 6:33, Isa 9:6, Matt 9:6 unto the Israel of Rom 9:6, the WORD of Gen 1:3, Rom 1:3, 1John 1:3, John 1:3, Heb 1:3, Rev 1:3, Isa 1:3, Col 1:15,16, Rev 4:11, because of His Holy WORD of Truth of Psa 107:20, John 1:14, John 4:23,24, John 6:36, John 14:6, John 3:16. 1John 3:16 of our God of 1Tim 3:16, you will miss out on the numerical tools that cannot lie, where you cannot deny, that these number symbols do unlock many of the Holy Scripture Mysteries, to you his Temple of 1Cor 3:16, see 2Cor 3:16, so try with all that is in you, not to be of those that wrestle with scripture in 2Pet 3:16.. Col 1:16 Rev 4:11 Rom 9:21 (Colors show; Red, works of Christ Spirit 1Pet 1:11— Green, works of Satan’s spirit Nah 1:11— Blue is Israel and or a pointed highlighted— Black bold point highlighted.) When studying any section of this website or scripture, you truly must learn the number symbols to truly comprehend what is recorded in each section of this website. The number symbols open up the keys of understanding, unto the truth of Christ’s work in scripture, within and without of His created works. Therefore, to comprehend Spiritually and scripturally, the true impact of Spiritual Scripture Truth (John 14:6, Heb11:6), of John 3:16 and John 16:9-15, 1John 1:1-3, by what you will learn and see Spiritually on this website, you must spend some time in the introduction section of Symbolism, where the number symbols will come alive for you in Christ’s works, by understanding Rom 9:21, Col 1:16, Rev 1:1-3, Rev 4:11, in the scriptural Revelation of true holy prophecy! If you do this and learn the number symbols in Symbolism, the sections of, Joseph Crown Kingdom, Beast Dragon 666 and scriptural prophecy as a whole, by the numbers symbols, these numbers will be the prophetic truth that will come alive unto you, and you will truly see the works of Christ and the deceptions of Satan, (John 10:10, 1Cor 10:10, Heb 10:10) throughout scripture, and in this world, by the recordings of this website, as the Lord intended for you to understand from the foundation of the worldWhat is a new born-again, baby in Christ? Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 1Pet 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God ( The word Anoint occurs in 33 verse. John 3:3-8 born of the Spirit. 3+4+5+6+7+8=33. 1Pet 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Matt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (See also Isa 11:1, Hosea 1:11, Mark 1:11, 2Pet 1:11, Rev 1:11. See phrase God Spirit scattered in 111 verses in Symbolism Introduction.)
Matt 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Mark 10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Luke 18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
First of all, one must learn how the humble self to the Mighty Spirit of God. Humble meaning, 1. modest: modest and unassuming in attitude and behavior 2. respectful: feeling or showing respect and deference towards other people 3. lowly: relatively low in rank and without pretensions.
How do I know that I am Born-again?
How does this experience feel and act within me?
What does it mean to become as a little child?
What does it mean to be born-again and what can I expect?
How do I know that I am born-again of God’s Spirit? How does this experience feel and what does it act like within me?
In Matt 12:33 Jesus said, either make the tree good (We are symbols of trees that bare good and or evil fruit Gen 2:17.), and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt, a tree is known by his fruit. ((Note: God knew that Adam and Eve would fall, just as he knew that Satan would fall from his grace. When he created the angles and mankind in his own image and likeness (Gen 1:26), he knew they would transgress his word (Not all did and are guilty, these are the exception by faith alone in Gods promise.). There is one thing that God cannot do and that is make another of himself, but only make creatures in his image and likeness. God is the Supreme Creator Ruler of all creation in Heaven and earth, and the one God alone, there is and will never be another God. He has created this world and placed man (Gen 5:2) on it, to allow of mankind in each individual, to choose his or her own destiny, thereby through this process, weeding out the hearts of rebellion. God owns pride alone (See section, Who Owns Pride), because Pride is His Glory and that Glory is Christ (Deu 1:11, Hosea 1:11, Mark 1:11, 1Pet 1:11, 2Pet 1:11, Rev 1:11, Rev 4:11.) His Power, and when any creature of knowledge elevates self above any other creature, especially above God, this forms the heart of spiritual treason, that will cause a spiritual fall from Gods grace. Pro 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. In Gen 3 chapter, we can see what happened to Adam and Eve, when they took the advice of a fallen angle that had already transgress by transgressing Gods Word of Authority. (The serpent was the symbol of a fallen angle in the garden, who is Satan, great dragon {Gen 1:21 can be read from the Hebrew as dragon.} of Gen 1:21, 1Chr 21:1, Rev 12:9(12+9=21). It is also clear from Isa 14:14, that it was the pride of Lucifer’s heart that caused his decent from Gods grace. Since Gods foreknowledge knows the past and can see things present and future, it is very clear that he both knew and allowed the choices and fall of many. Why would God allow this? It is also very clear, that the Lord God wanted to make eternal creatures that would obey Him, serve Him, be ruled by Him, dwell with Him and be like Him, but not one of or any of them can be Him, He is God Alone. Isa 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name (Rev 19:13, John 1:14): and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. If you look in the Lords code numbers 0-9, it is revealed there, that there are 0 Gods in all creation, except the Lord God of Israel. God lives in a dimension of where time is not a factor for God (Rev 22:3-5), although time is present in, and by the invisible Gods word. There is time within the creation, where all things are governed by the passage of time decay, but not in the eternal dimension of Gods Omnipresence. The word Omnipresent can be said to imply here and now in this present moment. Our full understanding of Gods Omnipresence will be understood when all things are once again subjected unto the invisible God. 1Cor 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Do not fall away out of your faith and trust you have in the Lord. Heb 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word (John 1:1-3,14) of God, and the powers (Acts 1:8) of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. You may stumble and you may fall, as noted in this verse. Pro 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. But what ever you do and where ever you are, never turn away from or your back to the Lord of Glory, Christ Jesus the King of Kinds and Lord of Lords. If you turn away from your faith in Christ, as did, men like David Koresh of Branch Davidian’s and or Jim Jones of the People temple, this is the unpardonable sin of blaspheme. Why?
Because without the grace and mercy of the Lord, there is no forgiveness and redemption. These two men that shame he good name of Jesus, claimed to be Christ and or God, which is the sin of, spiritual treasonous sin of the pride of the heart, which will cause within you spiritual blaspheme. Do not, I repeat, do not go there. Anything (You, an image, money, power and more.) that elevates self above God, or as God and or in Gods place of authority, or above others, will cause your fall, remember this (Remain Humble). I will give you this verse again, do not ever forget it. Isa 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name (Rev 19:13, John 1:14): and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. I will also give you this verse and never forget it. Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: Look in Symbolism and see who owns numbers 30 and 19.))
If you live by the 12 fruit of Rev 12:2, of Gods Spirit that are recorded in Gal 5:22 (9 fruit recorded), Ehp 5:9 (2 fruit recorded. Goodness in the 9.) and in Rom 6:22 (1 fruit recorded), and if you have surrendered up you will, soul and spirit unto the Lord, by these 12 fruits, that should govern and be active in your life, thereby overcoming the desires of the flesh that once led you away from the Lord God, then you are truly born of Gods Holy Spirit.
If we look at the chapter and verse numbers of Matt 12:33, we can see what happens when adding the digits, 1+2+3+3=9. The number 9 that reveals Gods truths. 12 is the number of Christ, that rules (First symbolized in Luke 2:42 at 12 years old, but noted in Matt 2:6. 2×6=12, rule.) over the 12 tribes, of Rev chapter 7:5-8 (7+5+6+7+8=33). 33 is the Anoint number symbol, on the truly redeemed of the family of Israel, of the Lord of the 12 tribes (by the Lord Gods promise hidden Jacob, seen in Rom 9:6-18). When we look at and consider John 3:3-8 (3+4+5+6+7+8=33) and the conversation that Jesus had with Nicodemus a ruler of the Jews, Jesus declares unto him, that one must be born-again (Or born from above). This means that when one is born of Gods Spirit (1Pet 1:11, 1Tim 3:16. See God Spirit 111 verses in Symbolism.), an anointing from above is present in the redeemed, that comes from God above and is placed on that individual’s life. If we add the 6 verses (6 is the number symbol of the Son of man of Isa 9:6, Matt 9:6, that sends the anointing.) of John chapter 3:3-8 this is what occurs. 3+4+5+6+7+8=33 the anointing number symbol on the truly redeemed. The word Anoint occurs in 33 verses of scripture.
Christ Jesus the Lord was 33 years old when he paid the price for our sins. There are 33 chapters and verses of scripture, with a 3:16 and in every verse is a partial reference to John 3:16…
Christ Jesus (1Tim 3:16) that was a man (John 1:14), whose body like ours, had a spinal column made up of 33 bones. 7 vertebrae in the cervical region, 12 in the thoracic region, 5 in the lumbar region, 5 in the sacral region and 4 in the coccygeal region. (See Psa 55 for the cry of the righteous against evil men with the spirit of a Judas in them Matt 27:3 {27+3=30 the number symbol of the rise of evil.}. Judas—J-10, u-21, +d-4, a-1, +s-19=55 (5+5=10). Green is Satan’s colors of his code numbers 0–9 and 10 is the number of completion, by the thief of John 10:10.)
These numbers of the human body that where highlighted previously in red, are the symbol numbers of Gods NT Holy Man Israel (Christ‘s number value is 77.) and Gods people Israel, which is the body of Christ, noted in Eph 1:23… 33 is the Anoint number, that is (His rest number 7 in Psa 37:7) on the 7 churches Rev 2,3. Also seen in Revelation chapter 5:1-9, of the 12 tribes of Rev 7:5-8 (5+6+7+8=26 is the Crown number of Christ, that is on his house Israel. See word Crowns in Names Symbols numbers.), that receive two words of Salvation, that have 5 letters each Mercy 5 and Grace 5. All this revealed from the Creator whose code number symbol is 4. Which all in themselves, represent the Body of Christ Jesus in Eph 1:23. If we add all these single number digits of the spinal column of Jesus, this is what occurs. 3+3+7+1+2+5+5+4=30, which was the age of Jesus when he stepped into him ministry, Luke 3:23. If we add the chapter and verse number 3+23, we end up with His Crown number 26. Isa 40:26, Lam 3:26, Mat 2:6, Gal 3:26, Eph 2:6, Eph 5:26.
(Note: The Lord’s Truth (John 8:32, John 14:6) and Gospel (Heb 4:2,1Pet 1:25) is rejected three times by his people. Firstly, in this next verse by the whole of Israel. 1Sa 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. Secondly by the main body of the leaders (Not all) of Judea in this verse. Mar 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. Thirdly by the majority of the NT Church in these last days, that has rejected the truth of Gods Grace and mercy for doctrines of men, in self works, monetary gains and spiritual idolatry. 2Pet 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts (See Frustrations Transgression). In this verse we can also find a 33 hidden in plain sight. If you word search the phrase evil one in scripture, you will find that it is scattered in 33 verses. This number 33 is Satan’s evil anointing number. 2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.)
These numbers of the human body that where highlighted previously in red, are the symbol numbers of Gods Holy Israel, which is the body of Christ, noted in Eph 1:23. 33 is the anoint number (of His Rest Psa 37:7), on the 7 churches in Revelation, of the 12 tribes of Rev 5:5-8 (5+6+7+8=26 is the Crown number of Christ and Israel.), that receive two words of Salvation, that have 5 letters each Mercy 5 (Neh 1:5) and Grace 5 (Eph 2:5). All this revealed from the Creator whose code number symbol is 4.
So, who could have known these things at that time, except God, because the verses were not numbered, the Lords code and the code numbers were not know or truly recognized until 2011, when the Lord gave His two codes to His scribe recorder. These 5 numbers, 7, 12, 5, 5, and 4 that add up to and number 33, is the numbers of the Lords code in the Godhead and Gods works in Israel found in 1John 5:7,8. 1John 5:7 For there are three (3) that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1John 5:8 And there are three (3) that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. These two verses become God’s witness of number 33 the Anoint number symbol, Deu 17:6.
If your heart is truly sincere at your conversion, you will feel something very different occurring within your inner man. You will feel the cleansing power of the Blood washing your mind, cleaning your soul, and you may feel very unweighted within yourself. You will seek the scripture to learn more of your redeemer and the more you learn of Him the more you will understand Him and fall deeply and deeper in love with Him, as you walk in faith, unto trust in Him. The scripture will now seem precious unto you. You will feel a great inner Spiritual excitement. You will feel, this Spiritual High, like you have never felt before. Your understanding of the Lord will be opened up and your soul will hunger for and seek more of Him. You will find yourself praying now, seeking the Lord by his Spirit that is leading you. Conversations of unrighteousness and or vulgarity will seem offensive, strange and or unwanted by you. You will have this amazing desire to tell everyone what Christ has done for you and how you feel. The friends you once gathered with, will not understand the change in you, and you will withdraw yourself from the worldliness that they live in, and maybe even them. The worldly music you once enjoyed will seem strange and different unto you, and you will find yourself wanting thanksgiving, praise and worship music. Your family may see and ask you what happened too you, you seem so different today. You will feel the Spirit of the Mighty Eternal Living Spirit God drawing you closer unto Himself. You will talk different. You will think different. You will act different. You will be different than before, because now you have been born of the Spirit of the Eternal God of Israel, who is the creator of all things, even you the new creature now in Christ Jesus. 2Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away, all things are become new. Gods Spirit will work in concert with your spirit to change your whole persons character. Every day will be a new day of renewal in you, as the Spirit of God reforms you more and more into the image of His dear son (Rom 8:29), who was obedient unto death (Phi 2:8). You are, a brand spanking new babe in Christ, in the Lords crib, nursing from the virgin (The true Church) of Christ. You will know now, when most of or all of these strange things and changes occur after your heart is surrendered up to God through Christ the Lord, and you call on God in Christ’s name to forgive all of your sins and trespasses against God and others. You will feel that you are a different you, and that the Lord God has captured you away from your true enemy Satan (Rev 12:9). If You have read this and there is no change in your life, give your heart to Christ Jesus and or rededicate your life unto him, so he can make these changes in you. Know this now, that your sins are in Gods sea of forgetfulness and the Lord remembers them no more. There is a sign posted on the shoreline of this sea, absolutely no fishing. This means do not re-condemn yourself by taking your sin back within your thinking and your emotions, or allow some one else too deceive you into self condemnation, walk by faith not emotions or sight. The Lord has forgiven you and His mercy endures forever. If you have not surrendered your heart, soul and life to God through Christ Jesus and you are reading this, remember the next moment of your life may be your last, then you will stand before the Lord naked with sin attached to you, and your chance of hope will have vanished and escaped you, and will have passed you by forever. Your final expectation will then be the eternal separation from God, followed by eternal damnation. Choose Now!!!!!! I myself felt and experienced all of these feelings and actions of the New Birth and still do even today 56 years later in 2019.
What does it mean to become as a little child?
The children of Israel in the OT displeased the Lord God because of their lack of faith in Him. Deu 32:20 And he (The Lord) said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very forward (contrary) generation, children in whom is no faith. Hab 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Heb 4:2 For unto us (Of the NT) was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Only childlike faith truly pleases the invisible God of all Creation! Heb 11:6. You must believe that God is your Omnipresent help, that he will reward your faith, if you diligently seek him. You must continue to walk by faith in all things, to maintain this new birth. Do not be afraid as long as you walk in faith, he will never leave or forsake you.
We know firstly that the Lord is the Potter of Rom 9:21, who forms every person according to the choices one makes in one’s life in good and or evil, which then builds the Righteous and or unrighteous character of the person. The only thing in this world and life that we really and truly own, is our free choice (Joshua 24:15), because everything given us in this world, is given by the Lord who created all things Col 1:16, Rev 4:11. The Lord of Glory will not, and does not take away and or make our life choices in life for us, they are ours alone to make! There is only one truly righteous choice in life and that is to choose the Lord in faith by trust. By this process the Lord can separate unto himself those through His righteous love and acts, within the Born-again individual by His word of His Seed of Luke 8:11. The scriptures declare in Matt 25:31-33, that when the Son of man comes in His glory, he shall separate the sheep from the goats, which will have occurred by the power of the Potter of Rom 9:21, as the earth stands. Our futile attempts to correct ourselves always end up on the bottom end of failure. We try and fail, then try again and fail over and over, always missing the mark and goal, going around and around, accomplishing nothing but more failure trying to make ourselves seem perfect, or feel that we have reached some measure of perfection. Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Col 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom (Col 2:3, See number 23 in Symbolism.); that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus (by Faith). Psa 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word (John 1:14) of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him (Christ Jesus). Jas 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work (1Pet 4:12), that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
The reason for the lack of self perfection in mankind, is found in Rom 8:20 which states (NIV frustration) in the KJV version vanity, which has the same meaning. It is written in this verse that the creature (is you, noted in Gal 6:15.) is subjected to vanity (frustration), not willingly (Or I did not choose to be born in this sinful flesh.), but by reason of HIM (God) who hath subjected the same in hope. This simply means that we did not choose to be born in our sinful flesh, but by the hope in Christ, we can choose the good (Luke 18:19) and live eternally with the Lord God. However, if one chooses evil, only the expectation of eternal damnation awaits. We should be very mindful of Jer 10:23. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. We can choose Good (Luke 18:19) and or we can choose evil (John 3:20)!!!
But we the redeemed, that understand know thisà. Gal 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh love, and Gal 6:15 states the same but adds the phrase new creature (You, Rom 8:20), which implies born into and of the Spiritual family of the invisible Eternal Living God of Col 1:27. To whom God would make known the riches of His Glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you the hope of glory… See in Names Symbols Numbers these three Revelation, of Christ 77, Power 77 and Glory 77. And or look in Joseph Crown Kingdom and see the progression of Christ’s number revelation.
If Christ is the Power and the Glory of the invisible Father God of Abraham, then in and because of Christ, is found Gods rest number 7, for the redeemed of the 7 churches. If we look in Palms 37:7, (3 is the Godhead number.), we can find rest in the Lord (Matt 11:28), by those that wait (For a answer by faith in prayer.) patiently for Him. If we use these numbers by the Lord’s code numbers, we can see the number 3 of the Godhead (Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Col 2:9), 7 Gods rest number (Verse Psa 37:7), unto the 7 churches of the book of Revelation. Which reveals unto us the three 77’s, of the value of each of the words Christ, Power and Glory.
If you had a father as I, or seen in your friend’s father how a father treated his child, by this we can understand what Christ meant when he said, you must become as a little child!
I want to tell you a little about my earthly father and his love for me, so we can get a better understanding of our Heavenly.
I remember on this one particular occasion when I was a child about eight years old, seeing a TV commercial advertising PF Flyer running shoes, and then asking my father for a pair of new running shoes. He was a good father and man, and did not hesitate, but took me down town to the shoe store and I picked out the pair I wanted. He did not hesitate when I asked him, but responded the way a good father would to a child’s needs, especially a child that he loves. There is a little humour in this story, because after watching the commercial, I thought that I would be able to run faster. I was always a slow runner and thought that these shoes would improve my running skills. When I got home with my new running shoes the first thing I did was go outside and try them out for a test run. I was so disappointed in those shoes because I was still slow, but my father never disappointed me. I never doubted for one second that my father would not answer my request.
My Mother passed away in my arms when I was ten years old and my father got more attached to me and loved me with a greater degree. I always remember feeling this terrible lonely feeling without my Mother, and dad started taking me to sleep with him at night in his bed, to help me get through the pain of losing my mother, whom I was also very attached too. Dad would say, son we have to pray, and both of us together would be on our knees praying. A father and his son, that was ten years old, a beautiful site. After about nine months I was able to finally sleep alone again. My earthly father never forsook me at any time, but was always there when I needed him, right into my adult life. He even took me and my wife and three children in to live with him for about a year, when I fell on hard times. There was always plenty of good food in my father’s home and no one went hungry ever.
My father was a Marine Fireman and night watchmen, which meant that he fired up the boilers on a train cargo boat fairy. He worked the midnight shift and would be the only one on the boat at night, because he would have the boilers running for the fairy in the morning. I would ask him on some of the weekends that he worked, if I could go with him, he never said no. He would take care of the boilers, read a news paper and I would go all over this car fairy in the lower and upper parts of this boat punching the time clock for him, I even got to fish off of the side of the boat.
These lessons of a father and many others in my life would come back to play a part in my understanding of faith in God and being as a little child before my Heavenly Father. In Heb 13:5 it is written, of the Lord, I will never leave you nor forsake you, and in Matt 28:20, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Even though I feel that I have grown in the Lord, I still feel like a little child still in a crib, crying and kicking. When praying I remind my Heavenly Father, that I cannot breath without him, I cannot get out of bed in the morning without his help, I cannot walk out into this dark sinful world unless he holds my hand and opens my eyes, that I may see, I will starve if he does not feed me, that he needs to guide me because life is like walking a tight rope and I will fall off into this world if he is not in my immediate vision, and holding me that I fall not, and that there is much evil and many pitfalls in the world that I cannot see ahead of me, so Heavenly Father protect me from the worlds lies, deception and mistakes, and my worst enemy, myself and my own weaknesses. I ask Him to allow me to see the world as He sees it, to hear His voice always, to use my hands as his hand, and to walk in His path of righteousness for his name’s sake.
With God as your Father and pilot, His Spirit as the wind in your sail and faith in Him as your rudder, and the Word of God as the sailing vessel of your life, your ship will never sink, or fail to reach the port of call of the Lords will. We are reminded of who controls all creation in the story of Mark 4:39. In this story the Lord was asleep in the hinder part of the boat when a great storm of wind arose. His disciple woke him and said. Lord, do you care not, that we parish? When the storms of life and or the winds of bad doctrines (Heb 13:9) come against you, be not afraid! Just as Christ rebuked the wind and said to the sea (Rev 17:15) Peace be still, He can order the winds of troubles and the seas of distress to cease and bring Spiritual clam of his Peace (John 14:27), if your faith is as a child. In Matt 7:27 the rain came down, the floods (Rev 12:15) came and the winds (1Tim 4:1) blew, but the house (Eph 2:19) still stands. Life may be a challenge at times, because of life and or other peoples actions, but always remember that the Master is in the ship and he can calm the storms of your inner man, so be not afraid, your Heavenly Father will never forsake you.
The Lord is the Spiritual Bread of Life that came down John 6:51. He also stated in Matt 6:26 that our heavenly Father feeds the sparrow and you are much better than they. King David gave us the 23rd Palms which tells us an amazing story.
In the 23 Palms. The first thing David says is, The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. This means that the Shepherd of Psa 80:1, Heb 13:20, 1Pet 5:4; cares for your needs and wants, 1Pet 5:7, Heb 4:16. The shepherd keeps watch over the flock day and night, rain or shine, storm or calm, winter or summer, spring or fall.
The second thing David said is, He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters. Sheep are dumb and will wander into dry grasses, but if the shepherd is with them, they remain (1John 2:24) in the green pastures (Stay with and in Christ and you will be safe!) and stay close to the shepherd. What is interesting here is the sheep lie down, suggesting that they feel safe because the shepherd is on watch. It does not take much to spook a flock of sheep. When the waters (Of Rev 12:15) are troubled the sheep become nervous and may not drink but leave the water source. Have you ever been in a church where the doctrines of the people and leaders troubled you, and you were not sure of what you should and must believe. The water of John 4:13-14, is from the throne of God, of Rev 22:1. Sheep that are standing still and are grazing are not afraid when the shepherd is near. We are reminded of the God of Israel’s voice in 2Chro 20:17, that we need not fight (our inner battles, but trust the shepherd of 1Pet 5:4, by faith), but stand still and see the salvation of the Lord ofMatt 1:21.
The third thing David said is, The Lord restored my soul: he leads me in the path of righteousness for his name sake. The Soul of Adam and Eve and future generations of their descendants, were very troubled after the transgression of disobeying the voice and words of the Lord. Shame (Gen 3:7) and fear (Gen 3:10) entered into their souls, and the decay of the fleshes sins transgression destroys the emotions and mind of the fleshes outer man, and causes the inner man of the soul to cry out unto God for help. (This becomes the cry to be reborn-again into the image of God.). David knew that salvation was only found in Israel’s Messiah, who is Christ Jesus the Lord of Glory. In Psa 16:10 David speaks out in faith (Heb 11:27) knowing Gods restoration to come and says. Lord you will not leave my soul in hell (Matt 27:52); neither will you suffer your Holy One (Mark 1:24) to see corruption (Of sin Heb 9:28). Then David makes this bold statement about Gods path of righteousness and Gods name sake. In Psa 5:8 it is written and understood that righteousness is the Lords. In 2Chr 7:14 the Lord shows the way and path and calls unto his people to humble themselves, pray, seek his face (2Cor 4:6), turn from wickedness, then will he hear from heavens throne (Heb 4:16) and forgive sin (Matt 9:6, John 3:16,17.) and heal the soil of the heart (Matt 13:22). In Matt 7:14 Christ Jesus reveals to us the straight path that leads to the gate where is eternal life. In Rev 7:14 is found the source of redemption cleansing power, that allows the redeemed to once again approach the invisible God and Father of Isa 9:6, 1Tim 5:14-16. How do we know that David and the redeemed of the OT knew and understood these things by faith? Look at Mark 1:11, 1Pet 1:11, 2Pet 1:11, Rev 1:11, Rev 4:11, Gal 4:29 and 1Pet 1:9-13. What is the righteousness spoken of in scripture here in Psa 36:6, Psa 71:2, Psa 71:19? It can be said that it is of God and is applied by three key attributes of the fruits of Gods Spirit. Righteousness, Holiness and Truth, which belong to God alone! There are two scripture verses that reveal Gods three fruit, that belong to him alone and whosoever he grants to have access unto his fruit. Some claim that there are only nine fruit of the Spirit, but the scripture themselves dispute that and that is incorrect, because there are 12 fruit of Gods Spirit in total, as noted in Rev 22:2, (The fruit are from Him of 2:Pet 2:2) which are given unto the redeemed of Jacob and Rachel of Gen 46:22, by the faith prayer of Christ in John 17:22. The nine of Gal 5:22, we are born into and anyone can exhibit anyone of these at any time, simply because man was created in the image of God, when the Lord breathed the breath of Spiritual life into Adam nostrils and he became a living soul in Gen 2:7. That image of God was marred in Adam by the sin of transgressions disobedience of Adam and the woman of Gen 2:22, against the Voice and Word of command of the Lord, in Gen 2:17.
(A Little side note here for you. In Gen 2:7 God breathes the breath of life into Adam. 2×7=14. The weight of our natural atmosphere is 14:7 pound per square inch. This is the air the flesh of the outer man breaths and (Jude 1:23) needs to sustain its life.(14 and or 14 are the scriptural numbers of the kingdoms of Light and Darkness, first symbolized in Gen 1:14, by the two spirits of John 10:10, in the children of men of 1Cor 10:10, Heb 10:10, Col 2:10.)
The Spiritual breath (John 14:7) of the soul and spirit of the inner man (Eph 1:23), has to origins from the Spirit of the invisible Father (John 4:23,24, Job 33:4, Col 1:15, 1Tim 1:17.) and is only applied by works of the visible Son of Heb 1:1-3, John 1:1-3, Rev 1:1-3, Isa 9:6, Matt 9:6 John 14:6, into those of faith, that know the Father who is One in the Son John 14:10, who is of Isa 9:6 and Matt 9:6. (Therefore, the Spiritual air of John 14:7, that the redeemed of God breath, is of the invisible God the Fathers Spirit, by His Living Word {Psa 107:20, John 1:14}, the Son, whom are both One and the same of John 14:10. You the reader created in the image of God, are a triune being that is mind, soul and spirit, housed in a tent of flesh. The invisible God of all creation is also triune, because He is Mind Omniscient, His soul’s character is His Omnipotent Word, His Spirit that moves all things is His Omnipresence. In His wisdom He brought himself close to His Children and made a body of flesh, that we may see Him, and touch Him, and draw close unto Him without fear and trembling, but we must come unto Him in humble submission through faith by trusting Him and Him alone.)
(A little side note for you young science enthusiast. The Earth is the only body in space at present, that we know of, that has life, breathable air and water to sustain that life. From Google 21% of our natural atmosphere is oxygen rich, which remains a steady number despite the hand of man and or our population growth. Why is this scripturally important? {{I personally believe that the trees have a hidden function unknown as of yet, in that they keep and maintain this 21% number steady and stable. They may seem to sense the low oxygen content of the air, and than by regulating and stabilizing the 21% balance of oxygen at night not produced by diatoms in the oceans, when this number fluctuates.}}
The God of Col 1:16, Rev 4:11, who created all things and who through His creative design (diatoms make most of our oxygen in the oceans.), created and gave us the very breath we breathe in our lungs Gen 2:7. God that gave us this 21% number, has the same number symbol also, the number symbol 21. Do you find it strange that 21% of our atmosphere is the air we breath. Some of the stand out verses with this number symbol are these. Isa 42:21(Law of Mercies Grace) Isa 44:13 (Hidden in plain sight. 4+4=13=21), Isa 45:21, Matt 1:21, John 3:21, Rom 3:21, Rom 9:21, 1John 3:21, Rev 21:2.
An adult human at rest, breaths in 16 breaths a minute (From National Geo, series called Gasp, with Will Smith as host.). The New birth and Spiritual breath given by the God of Israel, was because of His mercy in John 3:16, 1John 3:16, by the Lord of Col 1:16. Do you think the writers over 2000 years ago and more knew these things, or that these are just chance events? If you do, I certainly feel sorry for you. Certainly, they did not know, or could not of known, because some of this is modern day science! But the invisible God of Israel certainly knew, because he created all things, and left these things as witnesses unto himself, for us to find Him, and glorify Him as Creator and God, and be save by Him, by His creative works.)
The two verses that reveal the three fruits of the invisible Gods Spirit are these. In Eph 5:9 (Goodness list in the 9 of Gal 5:22) where we can see the fruits of Righteousness, that are moved in the redeemed by Gods Omnipresent Spirit in verse 5, and the fruit of Truth that are at work by Gods Omnipotent Word in verse 5. The One stand alone fruit is of God the Fathers Omniscient Holiness found in Rom 6:22. Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
The fourth thing David said is, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and staff comfort me.
When one walks with the Lord by faith, one never walks alone, because in the valley where the sheep graze are predators that the Lord chases off, to protect me. I am reminded of the poem footprints in the sand, when I was walking with the Lord and there were left two sets of footprints in the sand. When life wore me down and I was in a low moment in life, I noticed that there was only one set of prints in the sand. I asked the Lord why he had left me in my time of need at this low point. He responded and said unto me, do you still love me and are you holding on to your faith, I replied yes Lord. He then said the reason there is only one set of prints, is because they are mine and I have been carrying you through your low point.
The Lord God of Col 1:16 and Rev 4:11, created all things including evil (Isa 45:7), and if he is the good shepherd that watches over me, why should I fear anything that is under his authority including evil. When I walk in the valley and predators stalk me (2Cro 4:4 1Tim 4:1), and these predators (1Pet 4:1) to try and cause within me spiritual death, I do not fear, because my Creator and Shepherd (1Pet 5:4), who created all things is with me. The Good Shepherds rod (Jer 51:1,6,19, who is NT Israel, who is Isa 9:6, who is Matt 9:6.) protects me from the enemy (1Pet 5:8, Eph 6:12), that seeks to devour me. The Chief Shepherds staff becomes my comfort John 15:26, John 16:7.
The fifth thing David said is, You Lord prepared a table before me, while my enemies stand by me and look on, you anoint me with the oil of gladness and I am your vessel that is overflowing. The blessing of the Lord on you will cause unrighteous jealousy in those that stand by you, and know you, that think they are pleasing the Lord and are really not. The Lord sustains them but does not bless them abundantly, because their walk of faith and or doctrines are a little crooked. The Lord is merciful unto all and desires truth in all that call on him. Those that are in Christ are Anointed by Christ the NT High Priest Heb 4:1-6 in life and in the Lords truth of John 14:6 and Heb 11:6.
The anointing that the Father has poured on Christ’s head (Isa 45:7, Heb 1:9),runs down his beard and onto his garment, falls off the tassel of his garment and onto the heads of those that are at his feet receiving his mercy Heb 4:16, Rev 6:10. Not only does the righteousness of Gods truth cause the redeemed natural blessings, but the Holy Oil of Gods Truth of John 14:6 , will fill ones heart with pure Joy that runs out of every vessel the Lord anoints in his Eternal Covenant of Promise. These will be Spiritually blessed, with the love of God flowing out of their lives, and the truth of Gods Word in their hearts, minds and mouth.
The sixth things David said is, goodness and mercy shall follow me all my days of my life and I will dwell in the Lords house for ever. Jesus made a statement concerning God, that is so true. Some one had called him good and he replied and said in John 18:19, that there is none good but God. His statement my shock some, but he was making reference to the weaknesses and failures of the flesh of mankind, that has a sinful nature, and that God who is a Spirit and not flesh is the only one that is truly good. Even though Jesus was a man, he was tempted in his flesh with the things that cause mankind to fail God (Jer 10:23). In Heb 4:15 it is written. For we have not an (as in One) an high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities (Weaknesses of our fleshes emotional failures. See section called Frustrations Transgression.); but was in all points tempted (By his own fleshes desires.) like as we are, yet without sin. Because he did not fail. He sin not, but followed the law to the letter, it gave him the right to be the perfect eternal offering, on Gods Holy Altar (Not mad by mans hands) for the world in John 3:16, which than brought about the manifold mercies (Neh 9:19) of God onto the true believer by faith of John3:16, John 14:6, Heb 11:6, Psa 107:1, Psa 118:1, Psa 136:1. There are ten things that occurred, that all start with an S, that brought about eternal life unto the true believers. A deception of Satan, Sins Slavery of the fleshes transgression. However the invisible Lord God before the foundation of the world (1Pet 1:20), had planned a Substitute, Sacrifice and a Saviour for the transgressions of mankind (1Cor 15:46), that produced (Eph 4:1) sons, servants and soldiers in Gods Spiritual army (Eph 6:13-18.), who were given Salvation by the invisible Gods, visible NT Joshua (Jeshua and Jesus here, are all one and the same name and person.), that the redeem of Gods house Israel Eph 2:19, may dwell at the end of time eternally with the invisible God Rev 22:3-7.
How does Gods goodness and mercy follow the truly redeemed for ever. Since God is an eternal Spirit who is pure goodness apart from the flesh of mankind, those that are anointed by God and recreated into his Spiritual image of John 3:3-8, will live eternally with him as Psa 23:6 states. Jesus said there is only one that is good and that is God. If God is goodness and God is merciful, then His goodness and His Mercy that endures forever, follows the true believer, because they are in Him, and what He is flows from and follows Him, therefore them also.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. This verse makes 8 statements. 8 is the Lord Reign number symbol.
1. Without Faith. (John 14:6, Rom 1:17, Rom 3:22, Rom 5:1.)
2. It is impossible. (Matt 17:20, Matt 19:26)
3. To please Him. (Isa 42:21, Luke 3:22.)
4. For he that cometh to God. (Isa 48:16, Matt 11:28)
5. Must Believe. (Ex 4:5, Matt 9:28, Acts 16:31.)
6. That he Is. (Gen 21:22, Gen 41:38, Ex 20:20, Deu 4:31, Deu 6:15, Luke 6:20, Luke 17:21.)
7. That He is rewarder. (Gen 15:1, Isa 62:11, Rev 5:15, Phi 4:19)
8. Of them that diligently. (2Tim 2:15)
What does it mean to be born-again and what can I expect?
It means to be Spiritually reborn into the invisible Gods Spirit and into the family of Gods True Holy Israel (See John 3:3-8, Rom 9:6-18). You are a new creature, that breaths the Spiritual breath of the Living God. You are sealed with the Spirit of promise.
Keep your joy by not warring in your fleshes emotions, with negative and or condemning or condescending thoughts or actions.
Stay busy in the Lord and allow Gods presence to move you unto his righteousness, not your own fleshes actions moving you. (Always remember that an idle mind is Satan’s work shop. Be filled with the Mind of Christ.)
Let the Love of God flow in you and fill your life and allow that Love to be spread onto others you associate with.
Stay in the word, it will clean your mind and thoughts. Gods Laws and word are nourishment unto your soul and spirit.
Find your calling, apply yourself to it and stay in your own lane. To many want to be, want to be the everything.
Stay clear of worldly things you used to do and now feel uncomfortable with, that will corrupt your inner man.
Allow Gods Spirit to lead you. Do not attempt to correct your faults and ways, by your own fleshes strength, you will fail if you do.
Do not let the want to be, do gooders correct you and or lead you, but allow Gods Spirit to correct and guide you Only trust those that are Spiritual and have your best intentions at heart. You may ask what is Spiritual. We will give you two verses. John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The understanding Spirit and truth of these two verses, is found in two other verses which are. Since God is a Spirit of love, than we must look to this verse. 1Jn 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. If God the Father is Spirit and Love, what is truth. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, (Psa 107:20, John 1:14) and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me… Therefore, someone that is truly Spiritual, lives by, walks in and practices love and truth. Gods love is the heart of John 3:16.
This following section called Leading Up Too Born-Again, which is an older Bible study of mine in things you should and or might want to know, that I prepared and taught many years ago, and there are a lot of good scripture and advice in it for you.
LEADING UP TO BORN-AGAIN
John 3:3 Jesus said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Some might say, well this was spoken to the Jews at that time, and how does this apply to the Gentiles.
Gentile application; Isa 11:10, Isa 42:1-6, Isa 60:3, Isa 62:2, Mal 1:11, Matt 12:14-21, Acts 9:8-16, Ehp Chapters 1,2 and 3.
We can see in these passages, which are just a few, but there are many more. Gods plan always included the Gentile believers not born an Israelite, Gen 17:12.
A Walk from the Old Testament scriptures, into the New.
Psa 68:18, thou hast given gifts to men- Acts 2:38, (Acts 2:3-11. The gift of the Holy Spirit fell on all that came for a Holy Day, when God Baptized the redeemed of Galilaeans, Parthians, Medes, Elamites, dwellers in Mesopotamia, Judaea, Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia in Egypt, parts of Libya about Cyrene, strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Abrabians, all speaking the wonderful works of God.)
Pro 1:22,23 I will pour out my spirit unto you. Isa 1:1 woe to a rebellious, children that take counsel not of me or my Spirit. Isa 44:3,4- John 4:10- John 7:37, 38, 39- John 3:21- John 4:23,24. Isa 61:1,2,3 The Spirit of the Lord in upon me. Luke 4:18,19.
Jesus is the one who is the direct cause of our being filled with Gods Spirit- John 1:32,33.
EZ 11:17-21 One heart and a new spirit. He takes away the Stoney heart and gives a heart of flesh. Ez 36:25-28 is the same.
Joel 2:28,29 I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.
Zec 12:10. I will pour my Spirit upon the house of David, and they shall look on him whom they have pierced. (We all have wounded Christ in our lives. If it were not so then God would have not sought a New Covenant and Christ would have not had to go to Calvary.)
Matt 3:11 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Matt 12:18, Isa 42:1 He shall show judgment to the Gentiles.Matt 28:18-20 Go tell all nations.
STATEMENT OF JESUS EXPLAINED
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. (Change of heart from above. John 3:21, Rom 10:9-13, Heb 11:1-6, 1Pet 1:1-13,)
BORN OF THE FLESH COMPARED TO BORN OF THE SPIRIT
When a child is born, it is attached to its fleshy mother by an umbilical cord. Even though the child does not breath air on its own when first removed from it mother, it is still alive. The first thing the doctor does is encourages the child to breath on its own, so it can be cut from its mother’s world to survive it its new world. This may be done by a tap on the baby’s bottom. The child still had life before this period of cord cutting, but has not received the breath of life to function on it own. The baby is still depending on its mother even though it is in a new world apart from the mother’s womb, until it is detached and breathes on its own for the first time in this new world.
The baby in Christ is still depending on its fleshy strength after repentance. The individual must take the next step to be successful in this new world they have entered. The individual must be detached from his old fleshy ways and breath Spiritually by the breath of God in the new life entered.
There are three stages to a natural birth. There are three stages to Spiritual Birth. Understand that creating things of the Lord, are twofold or three, revealing the double or triple witness in created things. Deu 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. Deu 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Matt 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 2Cor 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
(1) The child is delivered into a new world from out of its mother and from the watery envelopment from which it was encased. At this point it is caught in two worlds via the umbilical cord. It is in the new world in which it must live in now, but is still tied to its mother.
So it is, with the babe in Christ. The individual is delivered from the flesh of mother earth (Gen 2:7) and from the water world of the flesh of its mother’s womb. In Matt 3:11 John baptized by the water of repentance Acts 1:5 Rom 6:1-6 but stated that Christ who will follow, will baptize the individual believer with the Holy Ghost. However, the water of John 4:14 is to drink and the same water cleanses, sanctifies and washes in Eph 5:26. At this point the individual is caught in two worlds, John 6:44 (Matt 12:43-45, Rom 8:5-7, Matt 12:18-23, 1Cor 2:11) Each person that is redeemed is drawn by the Spirit of God, but also drawn by the fleshes sinful nature. (Maybe this why so many that have not experienced True Repentance and Pentecost, have so much trouble, because they still have the fleshy nature drawing them away from the Lord Spiritual nature. The zeal of Gods nature comes with Pentecost. Pentecost was not about tongues as some think, but about the Spirit of God falling on those expecting him to fill them with witnessing power, Act 1:4, Luke 24:29, Acts 1:8.). It is one thing to be drawn by Gods Spirit, it is quite another thing to be filled with Gods Spirit. You are first drawn by Gods Spirit unto repentance, at conversion and filled at that moment, but after a period of time the initial zeal seems to fade. The staying witness power comes at your Pentecost experience. I myself gave my heart to Christ at 13 yearsold, but at 23 years old when I experienced Pentecost just like in Acts 2:2, which filled my earthly house, which is my body and things changed dramatically within me. I was drawn to God at 13, but the filling came remained at 23 and I am now 70 still going strong.
(2) The baby is then detached from the mother and takes nourishment of its mother’s breast. As long a we the redeemed are still on this earth, we receive nourishment from the Bride of Christ. Only after death and or if the Rapture shall occur, will the redeemed be cut from the flesh of mother earth and the nourishment from the Spiritual bride of Christ. In Revelation 17:5 it is said of Babylon, that she is THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
The babe in Christ must turn from the old ways, by the willingness of the heart within the inner man, to be detached from the old ways of the flesh. Rom 8:1-18. (Matt 15:18-19), Gal 5:17.
(3) The natural baby is encouraged to breath on its own, in its new life. Its the same with the new babe in Christ. The Spiritual breath of the Eternal God is in the babe in Christ. At the born-again process, God himself breathes Spiritual life into the believer and all things feel, seem and now very different and new to the babe in Christ. The newly redeemed are no longer led like this of the OT, but are no full of Gods Spirit, Acts 2:1-4, 1Cor 3:16-17, 6:19, John 16:7-5, Luke 24:49.
The born-again believer has received a new life, into a new Spiritual world. This new life came because of a choice, that brought a change of heart, John 3:36, Acts 16:31, Rom 10:8-13. This change of heart is the new birth into the Kingdom of God Matt 19:14. (19 is the Holy men number symbol and 14 is the Kingdom of Heaven number symbol.).
The new born babe in Christ becomes like the parable of the sower in Matt 13:22 and Mark 4:20. See also the parable of the Husbandman in John 15:1-27.
Leading up to Born-Again.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily (Truly) I say unto thee. Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
Some might say, well this was spoken to the Jews at that time, and how does this apply to the Gentiles?
Gentile Application.
Isa 11:10, Isa 42:1-6, Isa 60:3, Isa 62:2, Mal 1:11, Matt 12:14-21, Acts 9:8-16, Eph chapters 1 and 2:11-19 and 3. Therefore, we can see in these passages which are just but a few, there are many more, that God’s plan of redemption unto salvation, was not just unto he Jews and Israel, but to the Gentile believers also. Gen 17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger (Gentile), which is not of thy seed. (When a believer becomes born-again, they enter into the Eternal Eight Day of the Lord and their heart is then, at that point Spiritually circumcised, (Into the new Covenant, Jer 31:31,{{3+1+3+1=8}} Isa 8:8, Heb 8:8.), which day is not bound by time, space and the laws of creation, but they have entered into the Spirit world of the God’s eternal family, which dwells in a day beyond that which is created, as God is beyond that which is created. I have just given the numerical meaning behind the name Jesus in the Greek language.The name Jesus in the Greek language has a numerical value of 888.
Greek letter Iota I Value 10
Greek letter Eta H Value 8
Greek letter Sigma Σ Value 200
Greek letter Omicron O Value 70
Greek letter Upsilon Y Value 400
Greek letter Sigma Σ Value 200
10+8+200+70+400+200=888 888
(((Jesus reigns over both OT and NT worlds. Where in the Greek alphabet the name of Jesus by the number placements of the letters, is 888 symbolizing Jesus reigns over Gods Israel 8 OT, 8 NT and 8 the eternal dwelling.8 the reigning symbol of him that “Is” was and will be, in Revelation 1:8. See the Lords number code in the symbol section.) (Jer 31:31{3+1+3+1=8} Heb 8:8, Isa 8:8
888 Do you Remember the phrase connect the dots? Try with all your heart to connect the numbers, and understand Gods real truth! Seen in Symbolism, the word symbols Bible, Bread, Wheat, Season, Seasons. See symbolical phrase Food God and Foundation World. Note, only after you learn the proper meanings of the number symbols from 0-9 and the following numbers after 0-9, will your heart and understanding by opened to Gods hidden Mysteries in scripture and in his created works..
1Tim 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (See also John 1:1-3, Heb 1:1-3, Rev 1:1-3. and Col 2:9. 2×9=18. Ex 15:18, Deu 18:18, Isa 1:18, Matt 1:18, John 1:18, 1Cor 1:18, Rev 1:8, Rev 1:18.)
1 is the lord God of Israel. The symbol number 8 comes from the Lord’s code and is the reigning number symbol of the first Chapter of 1Sam 8:7. We can understand, that by number 8, God was at work in the beginning of man’s creation, Alpha, Rev 1:8 God will be active until the completion of man’s creation, by Gods Omega Rev 1:8. Col 2:9. 2×9=18. (18 is the value of the Hebrew, Chai Life.) It is The Lord of Glory, that does Reign over all of Gods created works.
The Godhead of Col 2:9‘s, three attributes. The 1 God 8 reigns by Omniscience. “Is” God. (All knowing!)
The 1 God 8 reigns by Omnipotence. “Is” God. (All powerful!)
The 1 God 8 reigns by Omnipresence. “Is” God. (All present, in all things created!)
Jew—J–10, +e-5, +w-23=38. 3+8=11. 1Pet 1:11. (See John 4:22) A true Spiritual Jew, is of the Righteous Rebel‘s (of Matt 13:13) number 13 in Rom 2:29 (2+2+9=13. However, if we add the verse total number 13 of Rom 2:29, to the Lords rebel number 13=26 which The Lords Crown number in Isa 40:26, Matt 2:6, Gal 3:26, Eph 2:6, on the head of the redeemed of Israel. See Crowns in Names Symbols Numbers.) and is of Him, of Ex 11:1, Lev 11:1 (He is the Lamb and sacrifice, that the priest the sons of Aaron had crucified, therefore, causing the blood to be sprinkled about Gods prepared Altar of Calvary’s sacrifice, for redemption of Israel!), Deu 1:11, Deu 11:1, Isa 1:11, Isa 11:1, Hosea 1:11, Hosea 1:11, (The phrase God Spirit, occurs in 111 verses) John 1:11, Mark 1:11, 1Pet 1:11, 2Pet 1:11, Rev 1:11. Mal 3:17 (Is John 3:17. 3+1+7=11) And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. However, in Gen 1:11 mankind and his riches without Christ, are symbols of grass, symbolized in James 1:11. Gen 3:17, Rev 3:17. 3+1+7=11, which are those of Jer 3:11. Nam 1:11. Those that find themselves ashamed (occurs in 111 verses) of the Lord Jesus, will find the Son of man ashamed (God Spirit occurs in 111 verse. see 1Pet 1:11, 1Tim 3:16, 1John 3:16.) of them, before the Father and His Holy Angels, Mark 8:38… The Lord God had set the sun and moon to govern the times and season Gen 1:14, by the voice of His Word John 1:14, Rev 1:14, Col 1:14, for mankind too live by, according unto his heavenly created clockwork. C-3, +l-12, +o-15, +c-3, +k-11, +w-23, +o-15, +r-18, +k-11=111, of Christ 1Pet 1:11. Ecc 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (Gen 3:1, 2Tim 3:1. Gods judgment numbers on mankind are, 31 and or 31.)
In The Beginning God Created, (Col 1:16, John 1:1–3). There are 24 letters in this phrase, in the beginning God created. This is the first statement of the Holy scripture, however, in this statement there is revealed, something very divine about this statement. If we place all of the letters of this statement together, then divide them into 3 (Godhead number of Col 2:9. 2×9=18) sections of 8 letters each, it would look like this. (Col 1:16. 1+1+6=8 Reign). Note: There are 24 verses in Gen 3, where mankind fell from the divine grace of Gods Reign number 8, of the Godhead’s 3 attributes. (3×8=24) See the Lords Code 0–9, in Symbolism.
8 letters. INTHEBEG 8 letters. INNINGGO (Do you see the divine of John 1:1 {Gen 1:1, Mark 1;1}, 1Tim 3:16, of Col 1:16, Acts 4:11, Rev 4:11.)
8 letters. DCREATED (((The name God‘s number letter value is G-7,+o–15, +d-4=26, which is Isa 40:26, Gal 3:26, Eph 2:6, Matt 2:6. 2+6=8 Reign. 2×6=12 is the rule number of Christ, in Luke 2:42, at 12 years old. It is Christ that rules (Isa 40:22) over the 12 tribes from out of Heaven, Isa 40:26, Matt 2:6, Matt 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 2+6=8, which is Christ Reign number symbol. The Messiah of Israel, who has always been there as Gods Word of Psa 138:2, Psa 107:20, John 1:1, who became revealed in the beginning (The beginning has a letter number value of 114.), naturally and Spiritually in the NT John 1:14, Col 1:14, Rev 1:14, also in His first symbol of Light in Gen 1:14,18; Jdg 5:31; Psa 84:11, Mal 4:2, John 9:5.)))
888 is the umber symbol attached to God’s new covenant, that He made with Israel and Judah in Jer 31:31( Hidden in then revealed by 3+1+3=1=8), by the works of the Lord in Isa 8:8 (Gen 49:8, Luke 8:8), in the NT work of Christ Jesus in Heb 8:8. Who is the Lord God that was rejected of Israel in 1Sam 8:7, Rom 8:8, but where the Lord received back Israel in Matt 8:8, Acts 8:8. There are 404 verses in the book of Revelation (Revelation, book of the Omega.) x the 22 chapters =8,888. 8888 divided by the 16th verse of John 3=555.5, where the grace number is 5, in a row of, 4 the Creators number in the Lords Code of 0–9. See the cry of Israel in Psa 55. See 1Pet 5:5.)
A walk from the old scriptures, into the New.
Psa 68:18. You Lord have received gifts for men- Acts 2:38, (The gift of the Holy Spirit) Pro 1:22,23. I will pour out my Spirit onto you. Isa 1:1 Woe to a rebellious children, that take counsel not of my Spirit. Isa 44:3,4-John 4:10- John 7:37,38,39-John 3:21- John 4:23,24. Isa 61:1-3. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Luke :18,19. Jesus is the one who is the direct cause of our being filled with the Spirit of the Father. John 1:32,33. Eze 11:17-21. One heart and new spirit. He takes away the Stony heart and gives a heart of flesh. Eze 36:25-28, is the same. Joel 2:28,29. I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Zec 12:10 I will pour my Spirit upon the house of David, and they shall look on him whom they have pierced. (We all have wounded Christ Jesus. If it were not so, then he would not have had to go to Calvary.) Matt 3:11 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Matt 12:18, Isa 42:1. He shall show judgment to the Gentiles.
Statement of Jesus Explained.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Except a man be born-
again he cannot see the Kingdom of God. (A change of Heart John
3:21, Rom 10:9-
13, Heb 11:1-6.
A new born child that has a helper in the form of a doctor to encourage it to breath, so it is with the newly born Spiritual Christian. The new child of the King also needs a helper to encourage the born- again believer to breath in this new Spiritual Life. That helper is the Spirit of truth. John 14:13-17, 26. John 20:21-17. Joh_15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: Joh_16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Like when a new born baby is cut from the mother, so to is it with the new born-again believer, is cut from its fleshy ways. It is impossible for the new born baby to live in both worlds naturally. It is impossible to live in the world of the flesh and the World of Gods Spirit, at the same time. Rom 8:8, Gal 5:16-18, 1Pet 1:23, 1John 2:29, 1John 3:9, 1John 4:7, 1John 5:1, 1John 5:4, 1John 5:18.
Once the Spiritual cord has been cut at the born-
again experience, the child needs something to give
it a new life and breath of air. That breath come from
the baptism that Jesus gives Matt 3:11. The reason
we know that the Spirit Baptism, is of the Spirit
Christ (1Pet 1:11) at conversion and not of that of
John’s baptism of water, is because of the sudden
change that occurred within the inner man at the
conversion. One can be dunked in water and no
change will occur, but when the Spirit of God falls on
the new born-again Christian, their whole world is
different. Rev_21:5 And he that sat upon the
throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he
said unto me, Write: for these words are true and
faithful.
This is where the power comes to defeat Satan, Matt
28:18, Luke 24:49, Acts 3:8.
Zec_4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me,
saying, This is the word of the LORD unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but
by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 1Jn 4:4 Ye are
of God, little children, and have overcome them:
because greater is he that is in you, than he that is
in the world.
Once a new born baby is born, it has a steady
growth Process, first milk, them=n meat. It is also so
with the new born Christian 1Cor 3:2, Heb 5:12. The
food that this new Christian receives, comes from
above to make them strong, John 6:31-51, John
1:14 (Word), 1Pet 2:2 (Word), 1John 1:1-3 (Word of
Life). Live by and in the Word and you will not fail
Matt 4:4, Luke 4:4, John 6:27-40.
Statement of Jesus Explained.
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto
thee, Except a man be born of water (Eph 5:26) and
Spirit (John 4:23,24), he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. This is a strong stamen and I think
very poorly misunderstood.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you except a man be born-again he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
We shall (a), take John 3:3 first and attempt to see (1), what a person that has been born- again should act like, and (2) see why they should act this way.
We shall (b), take John 3:5 and (1), see what born of water means and (2) what born of Spirit means.
a-1. What a person should act like and why?
The first thing that should be apparent, is the new Christian should Love God and His Holy New Covenant first and foremost, Mark 12:28-34, Deu 6:4-5, Deu 10:12, Pro 23:6.
The question is, how do we love God.
We can compare the Love that God has for us and the love we should have for God, the same way that a man would love his wife, if he truly loves her.
A good man that truly loves his wife, cares for her and is concerned about and cares about her needs and feelings.
God in the same manner is concerned about and cares for us, and we likewise should be concerned about Gods word of truth and care for God. If that wife gets out of line and does not care for the needs of the home and the children, teaching the children what is right and what is wrong while the husband works, and doing the deeds of a good mother and wife, the home becomes disorganized and chaos will be the homes outcome. When the husband comes home from a hard day of work just to find the home in disarray, he is very displeased. Also when a man that has become a husband, does all the duties of a good husband, just to find the wife cheating on him and or making eyes at another man, he becomes enraged with jealousy. It is the same with God. We the redeemed are the bride of Christ (John 3:25-36) and of the household of God Eph 2:19.
When we do not do our duties as a bride, such as
feeding the children of the Kingdom (Col 1:13, 1Thes
2:12, Heb 12:28.) their meat in due season (Luke
12:41-48), cleaning out of the midst of the church all
things that spiritually offend (Eph5:27), caring for
one another (Gal 6:2), teaching each other the ways
of Gods Truth in the Lord Jesus the Christ (Rom
12:6-8, Col 3:16), and doing he deeds of the
body of Christ (Eph 1:23), keeping things in order
(Rom 12:1-12, 1Cor 12:12-31), The Lord God
becomes very displeased with us when he finds His
house in disorder (1Cor 14:33, James 3:16.)
When a man has committed himself to Christ
(Num30:20), he has bound his soul to God with a
vow (Oath), as when a man and woman bind their
souls and lives together in a marriage vow that
should never be broken. Whenever we look at with
desire and or practice in any way foreign or strange
religious rites, we are provoking the one to whom
our soul’s bound, to Spiritual jealousy (Ex 20:1-6, Ex
34:10-17, Due 4:24, Deu 6:15, Rev 2:12-16, Rev
2:17-29.).
Example: Worship of mankind such as Mary worship,
is idolatry, saint worship is idolatry, astrology is
idolatry, crystal gazing is idolatry, human worship of
any kind is idolatry, money worship, self worship,
Satan worship is idolatrous spiritual high treason and
new age practices, and so on.
We are not to inquire out of curiosity and or count as
worthy, anything concerning a false religion (Deu
12:30), and or gospel, except that of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
EXAMPLE: A child goes missing and instead of
seeking the Lord, many Christians go to fortune
tellers, seeking an answer to the child whereabouts.
If we love the Lord God, we should please Him in all
Righteousness through faith and seek His face for
an answer, while worshiping Him in praise, honor,
thanksgiving, glory and direction and serve him
alone in faith and trust (2Chr 7:14, Isa 1:2, Isa
1:18, Isa 43:10.)
a-2 The second thing is why they should
demonstrate Love for God and love for one another,
to show a change in their life, John13:35.
When a person has something that is for someone
else, it still is in the possession of the giver and not
the receiver. To have love for someone special, is not
love given, but love held within the one that loves.
Love is an act (action word), which make it a fact. It
is like a gift that one person has for another. If the
giver has a gift for someone and does not give it, to them they still have it and still hold on to it, and it
is not really a gift received until it is actually given.
Once the gift is given to the receiver then and only
then, is it a gift after it is received. It is the same
with love that we should give to each other. Love is
only an action when it becomes a deed, then it is
love received and not love for. Words are cheap but
actions are true reality. We must apply our love,
not hold on to it.
If God only said he loved the world and did nothing to prove and redeem the world, then his love would be actionless and of no effect. There is not a scripture where the Lord God ever said I love you. His actions of John 3:16, declared His Love. Instead, not only did the scripture declare Gods love for the world, but the life of his Living Word Christ Jesus the Lord demonstrated the Love of God the Father. These are a few verses that declare the love we should give for one another. Rom 12:10, Rom 13:10, Rom 15:30, 1Cor chapter 13, Gal 5:1-15, Eph 1:1-14, Eph 4:1-8, James 1:12, 1Pet 1:15-25, 1John 2:5, 1John chapters 3 and 4, and 2John 1:6.
Now we come unto John 3:5(1) Born of water (2) Born of Spirit.
b-1 Born of Water. This involves two meanings, not one.
(Note: Life on this rock {Earth}, is born of water H20. The new born in Christ is born on a Rock.
Psa 118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. Luke 20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Act 4:11 (Same is Rev 4:111) This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 1Pe 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,) Luke 20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
The first step we should look at is water baptism and why did John water baptize. The water baptism is a very important symbolical act to God, and should be thought of the same, in the believer. This act of obedience to some seems to just be that, an act of symbolism. It is a very important step and runs deeper than just a symbol unto God!
(First water baptism symbolizes a manner of death.) The Old Covenant had to be dealt with, without breaking any of Gods Holy Laws, in order for the Jew to come into the New Covenant. Because of Israel’s unique relationship with the God of the OT, it was considered adultery to go after strange gods of a different covenant, other that with God and Israel (Ex 23:24 {{John 4:23,24}}, Lev 26:1… Deu 5:9 show Gods feelings about serving other gods. For those of you that think well, but now we are in the new testament, read these verses. REV 2:14, Rev 2:20, Rev 9:20-21. Mal_3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.)
Israel had a very unique covenant because she was married to the God of the Old Testament, as this next verse indicates unto us, Jer 3:8-14. This relationship made it hard for the Jew that did not understand John’s baptism, because to them it seemed that John was breaking the OT laws and covenant. Unfortunately for them, they neither knew or understood their own scripture, and their Messiah and or Jer 31:31, Heb 8:1-13. John’s baptism opened the door through symbolical death, for the believer, to enter into the new covenant of Jer 31:31 {3+1+3+1=8} Isa 8:8, Heb 8:8, without breaking God’s OT laws, or bringing God wrath upon them because of God being a Jealous husband (Ex20:5), seeing that they had a symbolic death. Unto God John’s baptism symbolised that the one being baptized, has died unto self and the OT and has entered into the new covenant of Jer 31:31. (You say wait a minute teacher, that was a symbol not reality? And I say that the entire OT was Symbolic of the works of the invisible God spirit of Abraham, including the killing of a lamb, which also was a symbol of the offering of Gods lamb (Rev 13:8), of John 3;16. See 1Cor chapter 10 for a good example, noting verse 6.
The only way to God before Christ appeared, was through the Old Covenant (Ex 12:43-51), which was a shadow of good things to come Col 2:6-17, Heb 8:13, Heb 10:9.
One had to be circumcised to enter into covenant with God Gen 17:1-14, Ex 12:48. One could not break that covenant, through spiritual fornication Jer 11:1-10. They were not permitted to break it, Gen 17:13-14. They were required to love God, as a woman would love her husband and be faithful unto him and not cause God to be jealous (Ex 20:5, Deu 10:12-22.)
When one has committed their self unto the God of the OT covenant, or unto God through Christ in the New Covenant, (Rev 12:17), one has bound the soul unto God, with a vow (Oath Numbers 30:2) of the faithfulness unto God covenant, as a man and woman bind their lives and souls together in marriage.
We can see, that to break the Old Covenant, was tantamount to Spiritual adultery. John understood this and came baptizing in water Matt 3:1-12. His purpose was a symbolical foreshadow, unto the Spiritual release by Gods design and wisdom, of the Jews in the south and Israel of the North, from the OT Covenant and the sinful nature of the flesh, (Rom 6:1:11.), symbolizing the work of Christ, and to relieve us from the shortcomings, of the OT due to the imperfections of the weakness of the flesh of mankind, Jer 10:23, Rom 7:7-25. Our failures are corrected by the works of Christ through faith, Rom 3:1-26, noting verse 10,11,23.). We are relieved from the Old Testament Covenant Heb 8:10-13, 9:1-18 noting verses 15,16,17.
Water baptism we can see served two purposes. (1) It released all of Israel and the stranger (Gentile), from the hold of the OT Covenant, with its laws and Ordinances, of the OT man’s flesh, (2) It symbolized our death to the old fleshy life we once lived, unto a new Spirit life in the Lord. We can see both points made if we examine Rom 6, which deals with freedom from bondage of sin; and Rom 7, noting verse 4,9,10, which deals with freedom from the bondage of the 613 laws of the OT Torah (5 books of Moses).
The water baptism Spiritualizes, the symbolical death to God and leaving behind the Old Covenant of the flesh, and being established in the New Covenant through Christ (The Messiah Dan 9:26, of Israel), Jer 31:31, Heb 8:1-3, Heb 12:15-29.
As touching the shadows in the new, we just have to look at Heb 1:1-3, Heb chapter 8, Heb 10:1-13, 1Pet 1:10-13, 2Pet 3:15-18.
The in the shadow of the OT, was the thought of death naturally and Spiritually. Psa_44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. Psa_44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Psa_44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Psa_44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Rom_8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Still looking at water and now its second meaning. John 3:5.
After the birth of a baby, there is one thing that is important for the childs diet and overall health. WATER!!!
Water to a natural child serves two important functions. (1) If the child does not have water, the child will dehydrate and death will occur. (2) Water acts as a cleanser, to clean the baby’s body and internal parts when drank. It flushes out the system.
The new born Christians needs (1) the water of the word to keep them from spiritual dehydration. (My old pastor used to call these spiritual runts), and Spiritual death. (2) They also need the washing of the word to clean the mind and heart, in order to keep their Spiritual inner-man clean from the infectious poisons of the fleshes carnal mind. Eph_5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word
Jesus speaks of being clean through the word John 3:5. (See the woman at the well in John 4:7-14.
Paul Spoke of being washed by the word, in 1Cor 6:11. This washing is by the word of God. The mind is the part of us that is being cleansed. 2Cor 10:5 speaks of casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exaulteth itself against the knowledge of God and to bring into captivity every thought, to the obedience of Christ. (Having the fulness of the word in you and you full in the word. John 1:13,18, John 14:6, Rom 12:2, Phi 2:5, Tit 2:4.) 1Pet 1:22 Purify your soul (The seat of the mind of the inner man.) John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 2Tim 2:15, James 1:18.
b-2 Born of Spirit.
When a child is born, it has the potenial to develop its human characteristics and persoanality, but does not demonstate much of any, but must grown into them. This is simply because of the emptyness of the childs mind, being fresh and new as a clean slate, with a lack of experience, but yet having emotions. Its also lacks other very important human charateristics such as corodination and vision focus.
It is the same with a newly minted Christian. They have just excepted Christ into their soul and have experienced this newly found Mercy and Grace from God. They know that something within has occurred in their life and has changed(John 1:13). Now unto them everything seems different, but they being a fresh convert do not know or may not even understand what has happened. Their Spiritual mind is fresh and new (Rev 21:5). They too like the new born child, have come into a new world and now have the potenial to be as God create them to be, in Gen 1:26. Now they are growing and have to developed into Gods charater(1John 4:8) and Gods Spiritual personality(Rom 8:29, 1Pet 1:11, 2Pet 1:11, Heb 1:1-3, John 1:1-3,14). They have to develop their Spiritual cordinations (1John 2:20), so as to not misuse, grieve, or abuse the Holy Spirit, when learning how to handle Gods word of truth(John 14:6), without stumbling around through the scripture. Their Spiritual eye (Matt 6:22-singleness) needs to be focused for them to see and learn to choose right from wrong, and they must have a clear preception of the power of God (1Cor 12:10), verses the powers of darkness.
Like a natural child that cannot become an adult over night, so too the new convert must learn and grow in the Lord to become a good student of God’s plan, purpose and service by them, in order to serve the Master, in the fullest (2Tim 4:2).
We must first consider John 3:6 and first define born of the flesh, and after we understand this, then we can define Born of the Spirit secondly.
1st Born of the Flesh; we all have the sinful carnal nature of Adam and Eve, but through and by Christ’s work within the inner man, we can escape this sin and self condemnation, that befell upon man, from Adam and Eve until now.
Rom 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that wsa to come.
1Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1Cor 15:45 And it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening Spirit.
This sinful nature of the flesh of Adam, still persist in mankind today. We are going to look at some scripture that define this nature and try to understand why man is like he is today. First we can examine some verses that speak of mans carnal nature.
Remembering that in the Lords code 10 is the number of that which God has made complete and 23 is the number of the flesh , so that is where we can look firstly at this verse. Jer_10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Rom 7:14,17,18; For we know the law is Spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin, Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (That is, in my flesh), dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. (It would certainly appear from the writings of Paul, that we have sin present always within our sinful flesh.)
Rom 8:7,8; Because the carnal mind is enmity (the attitude or feeling of an enemy or enemies; hostilities.) against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be, so then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. (These verses simply state, that a fleshy minded nature is not in Gods plan for his people. Php_2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.)
1Cor 3:3,4; For ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal. (We are not of Paul or Apollos, or any man, but we should be of Christ1)
1Cor 10:4; For the weapons of warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to pulling down of strongholds.
Heb 7:16; Who is made, not after the flaw of carnal commandments, but after the power of an endless life.
Heb 9:10; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. (See Col 2:6-16.)
I think at this point that we should insert the dictionary meaning of the word carnal. —- 1. Having to do with the desires and pleasures of the fleshes body; sensual; gluttony and drunkenness have been called carnal vices. 2 worldly; not Spiritual.
In Gen 6:4 the Lords scripture spoke and defined carnal (fleshy) in this manner. And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man (man’s number is 6), for that he also is flesh; yet his days shall be and hundred and twenty years. (And to this we can add Gen 8:21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. (The work of Christ within the inner man, can free us from the carnal nature of the flesh, that does not comply with the Spirit of God.
Before we move on to born of the spirit, I think that we should add two verses to our look at carnal. 1Cor 2:11, 14; For what man knoweth the things of man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God… But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit, for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they Spiritually discerned. Gal 5:16-18; This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Now we come to the part of our study that is the most important; Born of the Spirit.
Like a new born baby that needs air to breathe, so to the new Christian needs Spiritual air to breathe. If the brain is deprived of oxygen (Our atmosphere, is 14:7 Pounds per square inch.) the natural brain cells began to die. And the child therefore also dies. If a Christian is deprived of the breath of life that comes from the Holy Spirit of God the father through His word of truth John 14:7, their spiritual inner mans thinking process will Spiritually die also will die spiritually without Christ Php 5:2.
Truth. Jesus stated in John 4:23,24: The true worshipper shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship him in Spirit and in truth.
We must determine what spirit is and then what is truth, then we can identify who is born of the Spirit of God. Let us look at them in order, (1) truth, (2) Spirit.
John 1:14 And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father. Note; Jesus was born of the Spirit from conception, while we are born through Spiritual adoption, which is a mystery to many.) full of grace and Truth. This verse declares that the word of God is truth (Luke 8:11), and Christ later stated that he is truth in John 14:6. Jesus saith unto him I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father, but by me.
In John 14:7 we read that the comforter is also the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, If Christ is truth and the Spirit is truth, then we must have scripture to tie them both together. Rom 8:9 sates, But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
We can see by this next verse whose Spirit leads the children of the redeemed. 1Pet 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow.
Psa 33:4 Declares: For the word of the Lord [is] right; and all his works [are] in truth. Psa 119:43; And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in they judgments. 2Cor 6:7 Eph 1:13, Col 1:5, 1Tim 2:13, James 1:18. The wisdom of God is also truth, see 1Cor 2:1-6.
It must be understood that the Knowledge of Christ (Col 2:3) is truth and salvation, in both covenants OT and NT.
Acts 4:12, Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having receieved the promise, but having seem them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were stangers and pilgrams on the earth. Gen 15:6 And he (Abram) believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Acts 26:18, 2Cor 4:3-6, Heb 12:1.
There is only one truth, and that truth is hidden in Christ. Christ is the Word of God. It is by the word of God that every thing exist and consit, it I by the word of God that we have life and breath.
All things in bot OT and NT covenants, point to Christ (Israel’s Messiah) as all, in all, because of all, for you all. If anyone desires to find God or studies of Him, one must do so as to see Christ in all things to get a full pictrue and undestanding of Gdos plan, purpose and truth.
Spirit. We first look at the puropose of the Spirit of Gdo in our lives. He has but one purpose and all his work can be found under this one purpose. HE SEARCHES OUT THE DEEP THINGS OF God AND REVEALS GODS TRUTH IN CHRIST UNTO THE REDEEMED. (he being the Spirit of truth, Joh 14:7, 15:26, 16:13, 1Pet 1:22, 1John 4:6, 5:6.)
Why must we serve God in the Spirit?
This is Gods request of us, John 4:22-24, We must worship Him in Spirit and truth.
He (The Holy Spirit) is not avialibel to anyine. But to the believers only, See 1Cor 2:1-16.
What can we expect from Him?
1. He is wisdom from above, James 3:17,18. He is the Spirit of Christ ROM 8:9, 1Pet 1:11, 2Pet 1:11, Rev 1:11. (Christ is the wisdom of God, Col 2:3, Heb 11:3, John 1:3, 10, Psa 104:24, Pro 3:19, Jer 10:12, Jer 51:15, Eph 3:9, Coll 1:12-20, heb 1:2.)
2. He shall give truth John 14:6,7.
3. He searches the hidden things of God, Rom 11:32-34; but we have the mind of Christ 1Cor 2:26, that we might understand 1Cor 2:10-12, John 16:13-15.
4. He gives Gifts 1Cor 12.
5. He gives you the noble nature of God (See 2Pet 1:4), as opposed to the fleshes sinful natrue, Gal 5:16,26. In Gal 5 there are 9. (There are 12 fruit of the Spirit as noted in Rev 22:2.) Gal 5:22,23, love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, gooness, faith meekness, temperance. In Eph 5:9 there are two more, Righeous and truth. There is one more in Rom 6:22 Holiness.
God’s nature is Love 1John 4:4, and this selfless love must be demonstated in the life of the believer Matt 22:34-40.
Our love should be no less than Gods love. If the opertunity arises, we should lay down our lives for each other. John 3:16,17 states. For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever lasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to comdemn the world; but that the world throuh him might be saved. –We must take to heart the teachings of Christ John 15:1-14. –1Cor 13 speaks of the love we should posses in our lives. A love that seems to defy the very nature of human fleshes exisitance. –1John 1:15-17 Give us a clue where the direction of our love should be focused. –1John 4:7-21 Gives us the direction of the love that we should have for each other. Note verse 8.
All this love that is taught us by the Holy Spirit, is intended to make us more each day like our Heavenly Father in His oneness EPh 4:4-6. See the prayer of Jesus about oneness of Israel in John chapter 17.
KEY TO SUCCESS.
LIVE BY THE SPIRIT OF God Rom 5:5, and hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE OF GOD is shed in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, which is given unto us.
FINAL STATEMENT
ONE BORN OF THE SPIRIT, IS SOMEONE THAT LIVES BY THE SPIRIT AND TRUTH
6. He shall comefort John 14:16,16, 15:26, 16:7-15.
7. He is a direct source unto God Rom 8:26, 1Cor 2:16, Eph 2:18, Eph 6:18, Jde 1:20.
If we have the Spirit of Christ (Rom 8:9, 1Cor 2:16, 1Pet 1:11), and Christ is not here in a bodily form, then John 15:5 referes to Chrsit Spirit, and without the Spirit of God we are helpless.