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Don't try to do it yourself. Let go of all self cleaning and focus on the Spirit which God gives through your baptism. By giving up on your abilities, you allow God to make you a new person. You will begin to love others more than yourself and as that love grows the desire to do wrong fades away.
Yes indeed, the keys to the kingdom are in the scriptures, this is the real bread of life Christ is speaking of. So, hang on to your hat because if you receive this by faith it will instantly open your eyes and give you the knowledge and understanding the scriptures speak of throughout the Bible. Everything that we see and do not see is spiritual, that is, made by God speaking it into existence including us. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle and over all the earth, ...Genesis 1:26 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them,...Genesis 1:27 Now this part is huge because it all ties in to who you really are once you open up the kingdom with the Christ's words. Christ meaning anointed, and you too are anointed once you receive his words. Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts..2 Cor.1:21 Jesus came to help clarify the scriptures for us, actually first for the Jews because they already had the scrolls which explained the spiritual system we are living in. But they were simply living by the law of Moses and the love of God, and faith was not in their hearts. Since, God is love..1 John 4:16, this is the start of godliness. To this we must also add faith! Jesus tells us over and over, it is done unto you as you believe, only believe, Have faith in God... But what is faith? Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen..Hebrew 11:1 So, faith is invisible, not seen but is the substance of things hoped for, until they are manifested then they are visible. Every time you think and speak faith is moving in the unseen! Faith in either something good, that you want or faith in something you do not want, which is fear! This is huge, you remember you were made in God's image..God said in "our" image. Who is our? Our is the Father, who is love but also the Word which is God's thought in motion or spoken. You will notice that every time Jesus did a miracle he spoke it to make it manifest. He also tells us that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. He tells us out of a man's good treasure of his heart comes good, and out of evil abundance of the heart, evil.. but also Our is Spirit, the same word was used when he breathed the breath of life into man, the word, ruach, meaning spirit. So as soon as you receive Jesus' words, which he tells us is Spirit and Life, then you are a new creation, part of the vine. A branch of the vine, Christ said.. a branch is not separated from the vine but is an integral part of the vine but if separated withers and dies on its own. Christ said believe in me, that is what he is telling us. Everything is received by faith! If you believe this, believe in his life, words and resurrection, you are connected to the vine. All of our sins fall away. You see, if attached to God, believing it, then His power is in us, we are then One, as Jesus prayed in John 17:21 He literally prayed we would be one, as he was one with the Father, all of us, One. Glory to God, isn't that wonderful? Then everything is possible, Jesus tells us all things are possible with God! This changes the entire dynamic of life! You are no longer at the mercy of life, living reactively to circumstance because Faith changes any circumstance! This is godliness, knowing you are connected to the Living God! Then. "doing" God's will becomes much easier and very exciting! It is a new world, you literally have the keys to the kingdom, loving one another becomes much easier when you realize all of humanity are spiritual beings whether they know it yet or not! Even an atheist is living in a righteous spiritual system where it is done unto you as you believe! Faith is moving no matter who you are but the lack of knowledge is what cripples mankind. So, realize what Christ is telling you... he wanted to save the world... he loved us so much he was willing to go to the cross...so he tells us to love God, and one another and to definitely have Faith in the Word of the Living God. God is with us all..receive it.. that is godliness.. only believe!
