God - who is he?

~ GOD EXPLAINED? ~
There is quite a bit we can claim to know about the nature of God based upon the scriptures and our various understandings of those same scriptures. Yet we still manage to argue endlessly with one another concerning what we, in reality, have very limited comprehension of, namely:

 what is God like. We have questions about what the God-head is and how many persons are in it, whether the Son is the same as the Father or a separate person, was the Son created like most sons on earth, is God both male and female, is the Spirit a person or a force or a part of God . . . etc.?

 I think you all know what I mean. These are questions we would like answers to, and some of us think we have all the answers to these already. Really!

~ This is what I believe:
It is apparently in our nature, given by God, to inquire about the Creator; but to know God fully is like a lump of clay trying to grasp the inner workings of the master potter as he works the wheel. So, let’s not presume we have much understanding of this subject; and let’s not get so tied up with arguing our viewpoint that we make enemies of our brethren and divide into different camps with watchmen on the walls. Aren’t we called to love one another? So let’s not make needless war with our comrades in arms, believing that we have better understanding than they.

3-19-12 ~ N. DeLaHunt

THE CHRISTIAN’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Therefore, if the SON makes you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36

I am free; Praise the LORD, I'm free! No longer bound; no more chains holding me. My soul is resting; it’s just a blessing; Praise the LORD! Hallelujah, I'm free!

Failure
 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” [Phil. 4:13]
Want
 “My God shall supply all my need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” [Phil. 4:19]

Fear
 “God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” [II Tim. 1:7]

Doubt
God hath given to every man the measure of faith” [Rom. 12:3]

Weakness
“For the Lord is the strength of my life” [Ps. 27:1] and “The people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits” [Daniel 11:32]

Satan
“For greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world” [I John 4:4]

Defeat
“For God always causeth me to triumph in Christ Jesus” [II Cor. 2:14]

Ignorance
“For Christ Jesus is made unto me wisdom from God”[I Cor. 1:30]

Sin
“For the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth me from all sin”[I John 1:7]

Worry
“For I am to cast my cares upon Him” [I Peter 5:7]

Bondage
“For where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”[II Cor. 3:17]

Condemnation
“For there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”[Romans 8:1]

Agreed

People sometimes quote this Bible verse "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" to show that tho persons can not have friendship if they don´t agree about everything. That is a lie. If that was a true no one could have friendship with anyone.

Let us look at this verse in context:

Amos 3:1-6
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

“You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

Do you see that it is about relationship with GOD and not between people?

Key to heaven

 

Anciently, when one came to seek the king's help or counsel, the servant's job was to open the door to the king's house and assist him in reaching the king. Christ's servants, the ministry, have a similar responsibility to assist those God is calling in coming to their King, Jesus Christ.

Christ showed that the religious teachers of His day, who had access to the knowledge of God's ways, had failed in this duty. "Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered" (Luke 11:52).

Revelation 3:7
speaks plainly of Jesus having the key. In ancient Israel, the human king was in fact the steward of God, the true King of the land. Similarly, the divine Christ will be the steward of His Father's Kingdom. With that authority, Jesus could allow or disallow someone entrance into the Kingdom—but no man had or has that authority.

Christ's statement in Matthew 16:19 meant that His apostles had authority to represent Him, to teach as He taught them and to be instruments in helping people live the way the Kingdom of God. Christ still lends His authority to His true ministers today to do the same work. Sadly, many falsely claim this authority and misuse it.
Jesus asked peter:
But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. (Matt 16:15-17)

Then Jesus said I give you the key. WHY? Because he just had a revelation that Jesus is God. No one can see that without the Holy Spirit. So everyone with the Holy Spirit have key to Kingdom of heaven and God used Peter here to tell that to everyone who was there. Right?

The "rock" of Matthew 16:18 is Jesus, not Peter. Peter was a leading apostle of the early New Testament Church of God for many years, but not its chief cornerstone that was and is Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:20).

It's erroneous to think any man could allow someone into the Kingdom of God whom God would not allow into it and no man could disallow someone access to the Kingdom whom God would invite into it.

The Bible - Word of God

It is very dangerous to interpret the Bible on our own. The Bible interprets itself, if you quote a verse or a teaching it must be supported by the Bible itself.

Yes that is true but the best interpreter is the Holy Spirit i.e. when you see a revealed picture in your spirit about the message delivered by the words and when you see His creation and word of God in everything of it.

 

Do you really believe that God would miss such a thing as allowing some men to mix with His words?

Bible is spiritual book and words are alive, when Holy Spirit explains the meaning to each one who read it. The Bible i.e. written word of God are pure without dross in it when seen spiritually, and all versions are just to delude religious, that is a part of the test.

 

By Simon Dannie

THE HOLY SPIRIT is a person just like God the Father and God the Son .
He is fully God.
He is eternal (never dies), omniscient 9He knows everything), omnipresent (present everywhere at the same time),
He has a will, and can speak.
He is alive; he was not born; He has been there all the time
He is a person.
He is not particularly visible in the Bible because His ministry is to bear witness of Jesus (John 15:26).
Some cults say that the Holy Spirit is nothing more than a force. This is false. If the Holy Spirit were merely a force, then He could not speak (Acts 13:2); He could not be grieved (Eph. 4:30); and He would not have a will (1 Cor. 12:11) etc.
The truth is that the Holy Spirit is a person the same as the Father and the Son.

THE WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:
References are only examples; there are other references available.
Access to God - Eph. 2:18
Inspires prayer - Eph. 6:18; Jude 20
Anoints for Service - Luke 4:18
Intercedes -Rom. 8:26
Assures - Rom. 8:15-16; Gal. 4:6
Interprets Scripture - 1 Cor. 2:1,14;Eph. 1:17
Authors Scripture - 2 Pet. 1:20-21
Leads - Rom. 8:14
Baptizes - John 1:23-34; 1 Cor. 12:13-14
Liberates - Rom. 8:2
Believers Born of - John 3:3-6
Molds Character - Gal. 5:22-23
Calls and Commissions - Acts 13:24; 20:28
Produces fruit - Gal. 5:22-23
Cleanses - 1 Thess. 3:13; 1 Pet. 1:2
Empowers Believers - Luke 24:49
Convicts of sin - John 16:9,14
Raises from the dead - Rom. 8:11
Creates - Gen. 1:2; Job 33:4
Regenerates - Titus 3:5
Empowers - 1 Thess. 1:5
Sanctifies - Rom. 15:16
Fills - Acts 2:4; 4:29-31; 5:18-20
Seals - Eph. 1:13-14; 4:30
Gives gifts - 1 Cor. 12:8-11
Strengthens - Eph. 3:16; Acts 1:8; 2:4;1 Cor. 2:4
Glorifies Christ - John 16:14
Teaches - John 14:26
Guides in truth - John 16:13
Testifies of Jesus - John 15:26

Important to know about true Christianity

There is "NOTHING" we MUST do.

 
The only thing that makes us "sons of God" is if we are lead by the HolySpirit in every single situation.
This contains EVERYTHING we must do, meditate on those four verses.

Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27
So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”

 

If you wonder, and I believe many do wonder but they maybe don´t dare to ask. How can I love all those stupid fools who are everywhere around us on all sides. The answer is: You can´t without Grace of God. This is what make you different. Only by His Grace we can love everyone. No one can pretend to love forever, sooner or later he or she will be tested and fail. To love your neighbor as yourself "doe´s NOT MEAN": that you are to be unequally yoked with evil people or foolish people or false brothers or even people who make you uncomfortable meaning who put you in danger to lose your faith or to fall in sin. This is what you must decide by yourself. You are still free indeed to do as you are lead by the spirit of God in every situation.

Religion puts you in bondage and Jesus make you free. So if you sense that you are in any kind of bondage, that is not from the HolySpirit. Depart from that.

 Satan even try to make "Bondage as something erotic and desirable"

Hope

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•     And in no way shall there enter into it anything that is defiled, nor anyone who does abominations, or lies; Rev 21:8,27
•     And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed. Isa 35:8
•     Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For from this time forward the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no more come into you. Isa 52:1

 

Salvation is not to be presumed, salvation is to be experienced and seen.

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We are saved by heart-and-soul-purifying grace through our faith in God's promises, but we must have the hope of our securing them:

We are saved by hope of:

• being guided into all truth and taught all things by God,
• being cleansed by the power of God,
• being delivered from our sins,
• coming out of darkness to the light of God,
•  becoming children of the light, (the light being God),
• overcoming the world, the devil, and death, to victory,
• being renewed into the spiritual image of God,
• walking by faith, in the spirit, in love, and in the light,
• becoming pure,
• seeing God appear in your heart,
• seeing the glory of God,
• you appearing in glory with Him when he appears,
• producing the fruit of the spirit and bringing glory to the Father,
• becoming righteous,
• becoming holy,
• a forever cleansing and perfection,
• being perfected as commanded,
• growing up into a perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
• being raised with Christ, as Christ is resurrected in you,
• becoming an entirely new creature,
•  Christ ruling in your heart,
• entering the promised rest from our labors, to thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, energized by God,
• joining in union with Christ and the Father,
• entering the Kingdom of God ,
• fellowship with Christ and the Father,
• fellowship in the Spirit with other saints in the world, and past men made perfect,
• eternal Life in God that is brought to us as we see him bring our salvation - and
• all of this occurring by faith through the grace of God as we live in this present world.