Ephesians 4:6 "one God and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all, and dwells in all."
Eph 4:6 tells you who "all" is....in
Eph 4: 1
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to
the saints which are at Ephesus, and to
the faithful in Christ Jesus:
How does God speak to an unsaved person? He speaks to their mind by communicating with a persons spirit. How does He communicate with a persons spirit? By living inside them. Everyone has God talking to them, wooing them on the inside, always, consistently, loving them, desiring them, influencing them. Everyone. Not just "saved christians". How else can a person come to know God except through communication and experience with Him? The gospel is simply letting the person know that the Person they already know is God, and that God loves them and has completely forgiven them so they don't need to be ashamed but can approach Him in thankfulness and boldness; all of this because of Jesus. There is less difference between believers and non-believers than most christians acknowledge; all people can talk to God but not all people receive Him. All people have His Spirit but not all people receive His Spirit. By "have His Spirit" I mean He is inside of a person talking to them. But this doesn't mean the person listens to Him or invites Him in.
Sort of.
All have a body, all have internal body parts, all whose body is brought into it's own life, IS brought into its own life, by Gods breath, that imparts a living soul into the body.
Thereafter, the body (that God forms), begins it's own life.
The body's own life, is it's blood.
The blood, belongs to the man, is the body's life.
The living soul, belongs to God, is life from God.
Every living body, with a living soul, is called by the identity of the one man, ie his name.
Every living body, thereafter, such body (alive or dead) and living soul (in or out of the body), is called by the mans name.
God has communicated with mankind, through a series of ways from the beginning;
Always;
Getting "closer" to men who believe.
Always;
With a "cover" that man could not see Him.
IF, you follow History in the Bible, you can find WHO God communicated with, and HOW.
God does not "directly communicate" with the "un-believing" (in God)
Gods "ministers" "communicate" with the un-believing and believing.
Gods "ministers" being - believing holy angels - and believing men - ie His servants.
Man became "corrupt". His body, His reproducing seed. Man's body, became subject to death, for his own body's corruption. Thus man's body is sentenced to death, and ALL body's die.
Whatever, is "in", man's body, by the whatever "being IN" the mans body, therefore, ALSO becomes corrupt.
A man, of course has organs, bones, nerves, etc. And those things, (may be afflicted, by the body's corruption, ie disease, etc.) and the body, SHALL die.
However, What is paramount; IN a man, IS:
The body's life, ie blood.
Gods living soul.
Thoughts in a man's MIND.(can be truthful or deceitful).
Thoughts in a man's Natural spirit, which ARE, in man's Heart, IS the Natural man's truth.
The body's blood, (it's life, is established, it shall die).
AND;
Every other part; Living soul, Mind, Natural spirit ~ CAN BE ~ reconciled to God...
OR NOT.
A man WHO, is still living (his blood functioning), ON this earth, (which IS man's estate)...gets to DECIDE and CHOOSE, "IF" he wants to; Be reconciled TO God.....
OR NOT.
God does not "directly communicate", with a man, WHO, does not believe in God.
ALL bodies, of men, who DO BELIEVE, who DO NOT BELIEVE, who ARE NOT reconciled, who ARE reconciled.... TO God; ARE DEAD TO GOD.
(and the WHY, is because, When God Speaks, IT IS SO. He doesn't "wait" for it to occur. It just simply IS.)
God has spoken;
Lev 17: [
11] For
the life of the flesh is in the blood:
Gen 9: [
5] And surely your
blood of your lives will
I require;
Man's BODY; mind, heart CAN hear and learn
ABOUT God, and choose to believe, OR NOT.
The Gift from God (for a man WHO chooses to believe).
Man, hears, reads, listens, observes others in belief - walks along "following".
As the man IS "following", "believing" -
God is GIVING the man "FAITH".
As the man "CONTINUES" following - God increases the mans "FAITH'
The "DEPARTURE" -
A man who (for his own reasoning); stops believing, stops following along...
God "stops", giving the man "FAITH".
The man is "thus", "fallen from FAITH', ie lost faith.
How many times, can a man follow along, then depart, then resume following, then depart, then resume, then depart.....gain and lose faith?
As many times; as the man living on this earth, chooses.
The "RECONCILIATION" -
A man WHO has been following along, gaining faith, AND THE MAN DECIDES, he is confidant and sure, without doubt, he believes;
He CAN; call on the Lords NAME; and declared TO the Lord, his "YES", that he believes.
THIS is a paramount decision the man makes.
The Lord is not fooled, by what the man declares.
The Lord does not go search the mans MIND, to see if the man is being deceptive.
The Lord searches the mans HEART, the mans natural truth, ie the mans natural spirit;
IF the mans natural spirit, IS declaring it's YES of belief in God, TO God -
WATCH -
The man immediately, asks for Gods Forgiveness - FOR;
... the mans SINS.
And what are the mans SINS?
1) his body, mind, natural spirit, not believing IN God.
2) his living soul, being corrupted, being in his corrupt, disbelieving body.
3) his complete, standing AGAINST God.
4) his trespassing AGAINST other men.
WOW - big list eh?
And then what happens?
THE FORGIVENESS "granted, given BY God"
WHY? FOR - Gods great NAME'S SAKE.
What does that mean?
1) Gods NAME'S, become exalted and GLORIFIED, when a man believes in Him.
2) When a man SUBMITS to God, "that man", becomes Gods "inheritance".
3) When a man SUBMITS to God, "that man", can NOW, be prepared, TO, serve God, by
the man, being a ministering disciple, ABOUT GOD, to "other men", that such "other men", may ALSO, choose to "submit to God".
The RECONCILIATION - initial preparation.
1) all effected BY Gods POWER.
2) the body, "dead to God", becomes, (crucified with Christ), ie dead in corruption; washed, cleansed, anointed, sanctified, and set aside, (kept with Christ), justified, to be called, purified, belonging to God ONLY, to be raised, (ie redeemed), claimed, by God ONLY, and waiting for the day of its resurrection; it waits ;
"on earth", still with its life (blood), or "in the earth", physically dead, void of its (blood) flowing. No matter, it waits for God to CLAIM, redeem it, AND...
change it into a glorified body.
2) the corrupt living soul in the body?
Restored, by Gods Power.
Restored to what? To it's pure life, it was when God blew it into the mans body.
Mans living soul, called SAVED.
SAVED from what?
a) ever having life departed FROM it.
b) ever being separated FROM God.
c) ever being destroyed.
SAVED to what?
a) eternal life with God.
3) the mans heart? (where the mans natural, spirit/ truth is) ?
God gives the man a NEW Heart, called circumcision of the Heart.
4) New Heart, ie = a pure Heart.
Pure Heart = NOT corrupt.
NOT corrupt = a place Gods Spirit can dwell.
5) New heart; Gods Spirit enters.
6) Gods Spirit - plants Gods Seed.
7) From Gods Seed - springs forth - a NEW spirit of man. (ie born again)
8) In mans NEW HEART - Gods Seed dwells, Gods Spirit dwells, Gods Word dwells. God gives the man FULL FAITH-FULLNESS, to the man forever.
9) The mans natural body, "dead to God", continues it's natural blood life, (forgiven AND dead to God), but the man is "spiritually" ALIVE to God, because: a man
who is reconciled, to God, IS kept in Christ, thus it is Christ's PURE body, the living body of Christ, is the body, the man is IN.
10) Mans initial RECONCILIATION is complete.
The man is called;
Wholly WHOLE, body, soul, spirit.
Forever ALIVE with Christ.
Born of God.
son of God.
11) Initial "reconciliation" ?
Yes. Forever the man IS with God, and God with the man.
12) Then what?
The growing of the NEW "relationship" between the Man and the Lord.
13) The growing and the extent thereof; Is again, like a mans choice TO believe; the growing IS , the mans CHOICE, to grow in his relationship with the Lord.
14) The growing - IS NOT about;
growing Belief, growing Salvation, growing Faithfulness...those things are accomplished.
15) The growing IS about; a man choosing to KNOW GOD intimately -
Know His knowledge, Know His wisdom, Know His understanding, Know His Power....
16) When a man CHOOSES to know God intimately - the man seeks, asks, calls on God, looking, desiring....And God responds.
17) And? To where does God respond? TO the mans new spirit, in his new heart.
18) Wait. God doesn't respond to the mans MIND? Uh, that dead flesh carnal mind? no
19) God is Spirit and communicates with a mans NEW born of God spirit.
20) However we as men, still think with our minds, make decisions, logically conclude things, concerning every day matters.
21) However we as men, WHO DO, cultivate, seek, grow our relationship WITH our spirit to Gods Spirit; begin to LISTEN to the thoughts of our spirit, being taught by God, OVER the thoughts of our MIND.
22) THAT, is our job, not Gods. THAT is our job, to subject our mind TO our spirit, that is subject to God.
23) THAT, is HOW we become having a "mind LIKE Christ".
24) AND, what IF, a man DOES not, subject his minds thought, to his new spirit in his heart?
25) OBSERVE men. Watch and Hear, what men say and do.
Listen to what they say - see IF what they say IS "applicably in line with Scripture".
Not can they "quote" scripture.
But rather;
are they rendering Gods wisdom and understanding.
are they rendering Gods words, or their own,
not in line with Gods word.
are they rendering the correct application OF Gods word properly.
are they flat out telling you, it is their minds thought.
26) THAT is HOW, a man knows another mans fruit.
Any mans "fruit", is that which a man "produces", reveals by his word and action.
27) IOW - productive or otherwise GOOD (ie spiritual) fruit, always originates from Gods Spirit in a man, to the mans spirit, forward out of the mans mouth or deeds. IF it comes, forward out of a mans MIND, it is not GOOD, (ie not spiritual) fruit.
28) It must always be through the spirit, to be GOOD.
Can it ever be "through" the mind? Only IF the thoughts, and words, First originate, with Gods Spirit, then the mans spirit, THEN forward to the man's mind.
But just through the mans MIND only? no.
29) WHAT if, a man, does not channel his thoughts; from Gods Spirit, to his spirit, to his mind? What IF, a man simply relies on his MIND,
to speak, preach, teach, do things IN Gods Name of Spiritual things?
a) He is not saved or born again. Thus can ONLY use his mind, to reveal his own thoughts. He does NOT the will of the Father.
b) What if the man, DOES NOT, at all, teach or preach ABOUT God, but does believe, and HAS submitted to God? He is saved and born again. He does not cultivate a close relationship with God, BUT neither does He attempt to teach or preach ABOUT God, according to "His MINDS thoughts" (which is against God).
That man IS saved and born again, IN STANDING with God, WHICH IS, the will of the Father.
c) So, can a saved and born again man, OBSERVE, other men, know their fruits?
Yes and no. Yes, while able to observe. No, when at ANY time the man is physically alive, CAN turn to God, and become reconciled to God. And can also develop his relationship with God.....to which other men, may or may not know occurred.
There are many things in Scripture that apply to a man in general, or particular men.
And what applied ON ONE DAY, may be completely different ON a subsequent day.
Thus, ALL Scripture does not APPLY equally to ALL men.
For example:
IF a man Does not believe- Some Scriptures ABOUT "unbelieving" men applies to the man.
IF that man Comes into belief-Some Scriptures ABOUT "believing" men applies to the man.
IF that man Submits to God-Some Scriptures ABOUT 'submitted " men applies to the man; and the Scriptures ABOUT, unbelieving men NO LONGER applies to the man.
Thus - Scriptural "application" to a man, becomes important, that the correct applications is being applied.
We can know what "applies" to ourselfs. We can only know what "applies" to another man, by listening to "his own testimony" regarding himself.
Bottom line -
All men born of the dust of the earth, are born in sin, and sinful.
God has provided a WAY, for sinful men to become, forgiven, restored, saved, quickened, ie born again, relate to Him, know Him, be made whole, sin no more....
IF they will Believe and desire to submit to Him.
All is BY God and FOR God.
Those that seek Him shall find Him, and have forever life with Him.
Those that reject Him, so too, shall He reject, and they forever shall have no life in them, and forever be separated from Him.
Revelation 3:20 "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."
Yep. He's HERE!!
Perhaps it's semantics but I see Jesus standing at the door knocking as something that occurs inside of a person.
Actually it is ding, ding, ding.......hey y'all who have been WAITING for prophecy to be fulfilled. The Messiah, the Lord, God to walk among you, SAVE you...
HELLO....pay attention.....Look.....Behold......Believe......it HAPPENED!
Prophecy and your waiting IS OVER.....was over 2,000+ years ago!!
Come to His Door, He is patiently waiting to meet and greet and welcome you IN, FOR to you be with Him and He be with you, FOREVER.
God Bless,
SBC
