Hebrews 4:10 KJB - For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God
did from his.
... continued ...
Yet there may be some of us still clinging to the life in the Old Man, whom can never enter Heaven, and who will not be allowed to live much longer. We should have nothing to do with that Old Man. It is to be completely dead. And since it is to be dead, it is unclean. Let it be severed - cut loose forever and separated from us!
Romans 7:24 KJB - O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rev 3:17 KJB - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
How? By Jesus Christ, the Ever-Living Man!, even as He says of Himself,
“... I am alive for evermore, Amen ...” Revelation 1:18
And so, as it is written in Romans 7:25, 2 Corinthians 1:9,10:
Romans 7:25 KJB - “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. ...”
2 Corinthians 1:9 KJB - But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
2 Corinthians 1:10 KJB - Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];
How does the Old Man of Sin die? By Crucifixion! How do we get to that Gethsemane experience of ours to drink the cup and be baptised with the baptism, and finally on to our Golgotha, our Calvary, unto the death and beyond?
Galatians 2:20 KJB - I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
For it is only then, can the sin be purged.
Isaiah 22:14 KJB - And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Must be born again, born from above, born by the Holy Spirit.
Christ Himself, born of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:35 KJB - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
John 3:3 KJB - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:7 KJB - Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
1 Peter 1:23 KJB - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Not Nationality, not Gender, not Rank, Not Status, not Church Office, not Paygrade, not even the Generation.
Luke 9:23 KJB - And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
1 Corinthians 15:36 KJB - [Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
Early Writings, Chapter Mark of the Beast, Pages 64-65:
“... In a view given June 27, 1850, my accompanying angel said, “Time is almost finished. Do you reflect the lovely image of Jesus as you should?” Then I was pointed to the earth and saw that there would have to be a getting ready among those who have of late embraced the third angel’s message. Said the angel, “Get ready, get ready, get ready. Ye will have to die a greater death to the world than ye have ever yet died.” I saw that there was a great work to do for them and but little time in which to do it.
Then I saw that the seven last plagues were soon to be poured out upon those who have no shelter; yet the world regarded them no more than they would so many drops of water that were about to fall. I was then made capable of enduring the awful sight of the seven last plagues, the wrath of God. I saw that His anger was dreadful and terrible, and if He should stretch forth His hand, or lift it in anger, the inhabitants of the world would be as though they had never been, or would suffer from incurable sores and withering [Page 64-65] plagues that would come upon them, and they would find no deliverance, but be destroyed by them. Terror seized me, and I fell upon my face before the angel and begged of him to cause the sight to be removed, to hide it from me, for it was too dreadful. Then I realized, as never before, the importance of searching the Word of God carefully, to know how to escape the plagues which that Word declares shall come on all the ungodly who shall worship the beast and his image and receive his mark in their foreheads or in their hands. It was a great wonder for me that any could transgress the law of God and tread down His holy Sabbath, when such awful threatenings and denunciations were against them. ...”
Remember what I said about “conversation”? We should not be in “conversation” with the Old Man, but we cannot live without being in conversation with Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20 KJB - For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 1:15 KJB - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
2 Peter 3:11 KJB - [Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness,
Hebrews 13:5 KJB - [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Given Christ John 3:16
“... Why are we so slow to give up our interest in the things of this world, and take Christ for our only portion? ...” -
Spiritual Gifts, vol. 4b, p. 150.1 (1)
“... I would ask the youth of today
who profess to believe present truth, wherein they deny self for the truth’s sake. When they really desire an article of dress, or some ornament or convenience, do they lay the matter before the Lord in prayer to know if His Spirit would sanction this expenditure of means? In the preparation of their clothing, are they careful not to dishonor their profession of faith? Can they seek the Lord’s blessing upon the time thus employed? It is one thing to join the church, and quite another thing to be united to Christ.
Unconsecrated, world-loving professors of religion are one of the most serious causes of weakness in the church of Christ. ...” -
Messages to Young People, p. 357.1 (1)
The Old Man of Sin...
Proverbs 21:16 KJB - The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Christ Jesus...
Luke 22:42 KJB - “... not my will, but thine, be done. ...”
In Christ's death, where was He when finally the sun was set? He was in the tomb. Dead. Yes, dead to world, the flesh and the devil, but alive unto God...
Hebrews 9:14 KJB - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
2 Corinthians 5:17 KJB - Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
If it is passed away, it is dead and gone.
This Jesus, even in Gethsemane...
“... His decision is made. He will save man at any cost to Himself. He accepts His baptism of blood, that through Him perishing millions may gain everlasting life. He has left the courts of heaven, where all is purity, happiness, and glory, to save the one lost sheep, the one world that has fallen by transgression. And He will not turn from His mission. He will become the propitiation of a race that has willed to sin. His prayer now breathes only submission: “If this cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Thy will be done.”
Having made the decision, He fell dying to the ground from which He had partially risen. Where now were His disciples, to place their hands tenderly beneath the head of their fainting Master, and bathe that brow, marred indeed more than the sons of men? The Saviour trod the wine press alone, and of the people there was none with Him.
But God suffered with His Son. Angels beheld the Saviour’s agony. They saw their Lord enclosed by legions of satanic forces, His nature weighed down with a shuddering, mysterious dread. There was silence in heaven. No harp was touched. Could mortals have viewed the amazement of the angelic host as in silent grief they watched the Father separating His beams of light, love, and glory from His beloved Son, they would better understand how offensive in His sight is sin. ...
…
No way of escape was found for the Son of God… ” -
The Desire of Ages, Page 693 -- Ellen G. White Writings
There was no escape for Him, how shall we think the Old Man of Sin will escape the judgment of God?
Psalm 48:14 KJB - For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
Philippians 2:8 KJB - And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
“... Why seek ye the living among the dead? ...” Christ Jesus cannot be found in anything the Old Man of Sin desires.
We ought to seek the Living, among the Living.
Want to see the entire plan of redemption in one verse, ready? Read slowly and prayerfully, and lt this really sink in:
John 1:29 KJB - The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Go to His great love in Heaven, His great condescension, His lowly birth, how he lived as a child subject to Joseph and Mary, lived as a brother, refused the evil, chose the good, lived as a youth, turned away from the folly of the world, loved His Father in Heaven, did good, worked with His hands, lived as an adult, worshiped with the congregation, loved the nature that was created, taught the right, rebuked the wrong in love, uplifted the fallen, healed the sick, cleansed the lepers, cast out the devils, raised the dead, brought light, weeping in the garden, alone and forsaken, was faithful unto death, even the death of the cross, was raised and ascended on High, and lives as the Mediator, that He may finish the work in you. Don't you yet see? BEHOLD [take it into the heart and DO NOT LET HIM GO] this life, and when temptation comes,
BEHOLD Jesus in the perfect LIFE, in the perfect WAY, the perfect TRUTH, in how HE lived according to the word, spake the word in all seassons, and this, this, is that
"WHICH" will indeed take away the sin of the world, for who can trangress when such an example, such a propitation has been sent before your eyes, mind and heart.
Awake, awake, awake from the dust of the earth. Shake off the sleep of death. Breathe in the Holy Spirit. Take in the life of Jesus. BEHOLD Him in the Word of God [KJB]. My son, my daughter, my child ... it's time to LIVE. So, Live ...
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