-The Constitution of All Reality – Module 1

JunP — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:36:29 +0000

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-The Father Revealer

JunP — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:05:25 +0000

The Father Revealer

Author: A.W. Tozer

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

In John’s Gospel, we have the record of Jesus telling the people of His day that He could do nothing of Himself. He said, “The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does” (John 5:19). It was on the strength of such testimony that the Jewish leaders wanted to stone Him for blasphemy.

How strange it is that some of the modern cults try to tell us that Jesus Christ never claimed to be God. Yet those who heard Him 2,000 years ago wanted to kill Him on the spot because He claimed to be one with the Father.

God’s revelation of Himself is complete in Jesus Christ, the Son. No longer need we ask, “What is God like?” Jesus is God. He has translated God into terms we can understand.

We know how He feels toward a fallen woman: “`Neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin’” (John 8:11).

We know how He feels toward fishermen and workmen and common people: “‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men’” (Mark 1:17).

We know what God thinks of babies and little children: “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these’” (Matthew 19:14).

Verse

Jesus gave them this answer: ‘I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.’ John 5:19

Thought

So exact is the union of the Son and the Father, with unbroken communion between them, that the Son does the same things the Father would do. They are one in nature. Jesus Christ is God.

Prayer

Thank You, Lord, You reveal to me the heart of the Father. I can know what He is like because of You.

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-’Who says attending church is boring?’

JunP — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:33:49 +0000

‘The songs that you sing depend on whom you sing them to.’

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-The Distinctive Uniqueness of God the Father – Part 5

JunP — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:42:35 +0000

Bible Insights Episode 66 – Bible Video by Sis Carms Mendoza

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-Christ: the Radiance of God’s Glory

JunP — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:53:36 +0000

Christ: the Radiance of God’s Glory

Author: A.W. Tozer

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

We know what we believe. Let no one with soft words and charming persuasion argue us into admission that Jesus Christ is any less than very God of very God.

The writer of Hebrews was informing the persecuted, discouraged Jewish Christians concerning God’s final and complete revelation in Jesus Christ. He spoke of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Then he declared that Another had come. Although made flesh, He was none other than this same God. Not the Father, for God the Father was never incarnated and never will be. Rather, He is God the eternal Son, the radiance of the Father’s glory and the exact representation of His being.

Something has happened to the word glory, especially as it relates to the description of deity. Glory is one of those beautiful, awesome words that have been dragged down until they have lost much of their meaning. The old artists may have had something to do with it, depicting the glory of Jesus Christ as a luminous halo—a shining neon hoop around His head. But the glory of Jesus Christ was never a luminous ring around the head. It was never a misty yellow light.

Verse

Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” Exodus 33:18

Thought

“Show me Your glory,” Moses asked of the LORD. Glory revelation is given to us in finite measure. God’s glory includes His attributes, the essense of His being and much more. Christ reveals God’s glory attuned to our level of perception. Do you long to see His glory?

Prayer

O Lord, reveal to me more and more of Your glory as the radiance of the Father and the exact representation of His being.

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-The Exegesis of God

JunP — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:52:21 +0000

The Exegesis of God

Author: A. W. Tozer

Monday, June 29, 2009

I wish I could comprehend everything that the inspired Word is trying to reveal in the statement that Jesus, the eternal Son, is the “radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being” (Hebrews 1:3). This much I do know and understand: Jesus Christ is Himself God. As a believer and a disciple, I rejoice that the risen, ascended Christ is now my High Priest and intercessor at the heavenly throne.

The writer to the Hebrews commands our attention with this descriptive, striking language:

In these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, . . . [who is] the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word (Hebrews 1:2–3).

We trust the Scriptures because we believe they are inspired—God-breathed. Because we believe them, we believe and confess that Jesus was very God of very God.

Nothing anywhere in this vast, complex world is as beautiful and as compelling as the record of the Incarnation, the act by which God was made flesh to dwell among us in our own human history. This Jesus, the Christ of God, who made the universe and who sustains all things by his powerful word, was a tiny babe among us. He was comforted to sleep when He whimpered in His mother’s arms. Great, indeed, is the mystery of godliness.

Yet, in this context, some things strange and tragic have been happening in recent years within Christianity. For one, some ministers have advised their congregations not to be greatly concerned if theologians dispute the virgin birth of Jesus. The issue, they say, is not important. For another thing, some professing Christians are saying they do not want to be pinned down as to what they really believe about the uniqueness and reality of the deity of Jesus, the Christ.

Verse

No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known. John 1:18

Thought

Jesus Christ is Himself God. He is the One and Only at the Father’s side; the radiance of His glory; the exact representation of God being. He has made God known. Christ is the exegesis of God.

Prayer

Miracle of miracles! You, O Christ, that baby in Mary’s arms are both God and human being. You make God accessible to me.

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-The Distinctive Uniqueness of God the Father Part 4

JunP — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:45:57 +0000

Bible Insights Episode 65 – Bible Study by Sis Carms Mendoza

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-The Great Unifier

JunP — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:45:38 +0000

The Great Unifier

By A.W. Tozer Monday, June 22, 2009

God is planning to do some wonderful and spectacular things with His vast creation. Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians, gave us a little glimpse into the future of the redeemed:

He has made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ (Ephesians 1:9-10).

The apostle is assuring us that even as an architect-builder gathers the necessary materials needed to fashion the structure he has designed, so God will gather all things together. And how will He do that? By “bring[ing] all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.” If we will give the Scriptures attention, we will learn from them that a great future day is coming in which God will prove the essential unity of His creation. That spectacular display will be correlated and fulfilled in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. God will make it plain that all things have derived their form from Christ; they have received their meaning by the power of His word; and they have maintained their place and order through Him.

Jesus Christ is God creating. Jesus Christ is God redeeming. Jesus Christ is God completing and harmonizing. Jesus Christ is God bringing together all things after the counsel of His own will.

Verse

And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. Ephesians 1:9-10

Thought

We little appreciate the relation of Christ to all creation. He is the Great Unifier. What will it be like when all creation comes together under Him! Such complete harmony we can hardly imagine. How astonishing will be its reality!

Prayer

Lord, the consummation of Your will for all creation amazes me. What a glorious future for Your people. Thank You!

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-Man’s being in God’s Image

JunP — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:07:37 +0000

ARTICLE-PRIMER OF THE TRUE BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH 78

Man’s being in God’s Image

That Man’s being in God’s (ELOHIM’S) image (Gen.1:26) does not only mean that the humankind is in conformity with the character of God the Son (Gen.1:27; Col.1:15; Rom.1:29; Heb.1:8-9) but it also means that the humankind has the right, capability and responsibility to manage all of the createdkinds only from, on, in, through, with, to and for God the Son, the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH), HIMSELF; thus the cultural mandate, viz. Gen.1:27-31; 2:18-24, for the humankind was never abolished but instead it is enhanced in the new creation (II Cor.5:9-21); for by the power (dunamis) of the Holy Spirit the new man IN Christ Jesus is being transformed from glory (excellence) to glory (excellence) and every human person in Christ Jesus is called upon to overcome (I Jn.5:4-5), conquer (Rom.8:35-39) and use (I Cor.7:29-31) the world by the Biblical faith of (from, on, in, through, with, to and for) the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH);

That The entire human person and the total stream-current-course-flow of his/her life is composed of, constituted by and having aspects pertaining to the human spirit (Zech.12:1; Job 32:8,18; Ps.31:5; 51:10; 77:6; 16:32; 20:27; 29:23; Isa.26:9; Gen.45:27; Ex.35:21), soul (Gen.2:7; 12:13; 19:20; 17:14; 34:3,8; Ex.30:12; Lev.4:2; 5:1,2,4,15,17; 5:17; 6:2; 7:18,20,21,25,27; Nu.30:2,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13; Deut.4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 11:13,18; Ps.42:4; Ezek.18:4,20; Micah 6:7; Matt.10:28; 16:26; Lk.12:19-20; I Cor.15:45; Heb.4:12) and body (I Thess.5:23; Gen.2:7; I Cor.15:45);

That The spirit, which is also the Biblical figurative heart of a person, consists of his/her (i) reason or thinking capability (to perceive [Jn.12:40], consider or intellectually address-attend to, account for [Jer.12:11], know [Prov.14:10], think [Prov.23:7; Gen.6:5], study [Prov.15:28; 24:2], imagine [Lk.1:51], remember or store in memory [Lk.2:51], ponder ["sumballo" = to put together, Lk.2:19], meditate [Ps.19:14; 49:3], argue-debate [Isa.1;18; Job 13:3; 15:3; Mk.2:6], understand or identify-differentiate-choose the true-right-good against the false-wrong-evil [I Kings 3:9; Isa.66:18] and to plan/devise/prepare [Prov.16:1,9,21-23; 19:21; 6:18]), (ii) intention-purpose-aim (Heb.4:12; Gen.6:5; 8:21; Prov.4:4,21,23; Ecc.1:13,17; Isa.6:10; 10:7; 14:12,13,14; 63:4; Jer.3:17; Joel 2:12-13; Matt.6:21; 15:8) and (iii) will or volition or self-determination (Ps.62:8; 78:8,37; 86:11,12; 94:15; 57:7; 108:1; 112:7,8; 119:2,10,34,58; Ex.35:5,29; Deut.4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 11:13; 30:6,10);

That The soul of a person is his/her self-identity-awareness or consciousness of his/her own individuality or absolutely distinct living selfhood (Gen.2:7; I Cor.15:45; Gen.12:13 [note that in some English translations the word "soul" is replaced by the word "life" or "person" or "any one" or by some appropriate personal pronoun, e.g. "I" or "you" or "himself" or "me" etc...]; Gen.19:20; 27:4,19,25; 35:18; Ex.12:15,19; 30:12; 31:14; Lev.5:1; I Kings 17:21,22) with its affection (Deut.13:3; Gen.34:3,8; 42:21; Deut.12:15,20,21; 13:6; 14:26; I Sam.2:16; 18:1,3; 20:17; 30:6; II Sam.13:39; II Kings 4:27; Ps.116;7; Prov.13:4; Isa.26:8-9; 42:1; Acts 2:43; Heb.10:38) and attachment-engagement-doing (Lev.20:6; 23:30; 26:11,15,30,43; Nu.9:13; 15:30; 30:2,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13; Deut.12:15; Ps.103:1,2,22; 104:1,35; 107:18; 146:1; Prov.11:25; Isa.53:11,12; Jer.32:41; Ezek.18:4,20; Zech.11:8; Rom.13:1) by its capability in itself and/or in its relation to any or all others;

ThatThe body of a human person is the organic or biophysical component-constituent of his/her individual living selfhood; this body was originally formed by the Lord Jesus Christ from the dust of the earth (Gen.2:7) and so it is of the earth, earthy (I Cor.15:47-48); it was “made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth” (Ps.139:15); then it is the Lord who did the weaving or knitting of the human body in its mother’s womb (Ps.139:13); however, the human body is a totally different and unique flesh and blood from that of animals or birds or fish (I Cor.15:38-39); all of the human bodies from Adam and Eve have only one genetic source and/or one source of blood, viz. Adam (Acts 17:26); therefore, upon the First Adam’s/Man’s incurring of the death penalty due to his voluntary/willful/deliberate disobedience-sin-fall (Rom.6:23) the humankind in and from him became dead to God and alive in trespasses and sins; so the human body became the body of death even for those who have already repented of their sins as they believe into the Lord Jesus Christ who is their only Salvation from sin, death and hell (Rom.7:1-25; 8:1-2; Jn.3:16-17; Matt.25:14-46); but although it is already a body of death (Rom.6:23; 7:24) yet it must and can still be presented as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to the Lord God the Son, Christ Jesus (Titus 2:13-14; Rom.12:1-3; I Cor.6:12-15); because from, on, in, through, with, to and for the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH) Himself the human body is not only saved and sanctified (I Thess.5:23; I Cor.1:2,30) but it is also a temple of the Holy Spirit (I Cor.6:16-20) if the said body is truly wholly, directly and permanently addressed-committed-devoted to the same Lord Jesus Christ Himself (I Cor.6:12-15; II Cor.5:14-15);

That, In being willed by God the Father and so directed by God the Holy Spirit, the only right direction of the entire stream-current-course-flow of all the components-constituents-aspects, viz. spirit, soul and body, of the individual human life, as freely, definitely and wisely chosen, committed to and carried out by any and/or every concerned human person is wholly/fully, permanently and directly only from, on, in, through, with, to and for Christ Jesus Himself, the Almighty Lord God the Son and the justly all-appropriating All in all even before, during and after His incarnation;

That The body of the First Man/Adam was directly “formed from the dust of the ground” by the Lord God the Son, Christ Jesus (Gen.1:27; Col.1:15; Gen.2:7); then the same Lord God the Son Himself directly breathed the breath of life into the nostrils of Adam and the latter became a living soul (Gen.2:7; Acts 17:25); God the Son, the Lord (Adon/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH), Himself did all of that because it is He who GIVES life, breath and all things to every living creature (Acts 17:25);

That The First Man/Adam was originally made innocent or sinless, very good and capable not only of ruling the subhuman creation but also of maintaining his conformity with Lord God the Son, Christ Jesus; but Adam is also equally capable of sinning against God; if Adam will adhere to the gifts-calling-order of the Lord God the Son to him, then, Adam will continue being alive to God and dead to, or cut off from, sin; upon Adam’s unfaithfulness-disobedience-sin he and all of humankind in, by and from him are thereby dead to, or cut off from, God and alive to sin;

The sin of the humankind is committed-incurred not only as an act of the individual person’s will but also due to the individual person’s being embodied in and represented by the First Man/Adam in the latter’s unfaithfulness-disobedience-opposition to, deviation from and falling short of the glory (excellence) of, the Lord (YAHWEH) God (ELOHIM) the Son, Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH), who is, and who must ever be adhered to and followed through by all as the only FIRST-WAY-TRUTH-LIFE-LAST;

Since The First Man/Adam embodies in himself all of humankind and since the responsibility for the createdkinds was given-charged to him and since he has voluntarily chosen to sin against his MAKER who is none other than the Lord God the Son, Jesus Christ, Himself, therefore, not only all of humankind but also all of the world sinned IN, BY/THROUGH and FROM the First Man/Adam; thus IN, BY/THROUGH and FROM the First Man/Adam sin is incurred-transmitted-imparted to all of humankind and the world (Rom.5:12); so it is absolutely just on the part of God to impute sin upon all of humankind; but it is also absolutely just for God the Son, Christ Jesus, to voluntarily assume, embody, take the place, bear the responsibility to redeem-save-sanctify-keep-complete to Himself the humankind in, through and upon His incarnation and assumption of Perfect Manhood;

That since every offspring from Adam and Eve is embodied-represented-included in the First Man’s/Adam’s unfaithfulness-disobedience-sin against the Lord God the Son and fall into spiritual death consequently every offspring from Adam and Eve, although its spirit and soul are newly given and formed by the Lord Jesus Christ (Zech.12:1; Isa.42:5; Num.16:22; Heb.12:9) upon the fertilization of the concerned egg cell from the human mother by the concerned sperm cell from the human father (Ps.139:13; Jer.1:4-5) yet since the biophysical body where the appropriate spirit and soul are newly given and formed by the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH) is not only represented-embodied in the unfaithfulness-disobedience-sin-fall of the First Man/Adam but it is also derived and taken from the aforementioned Adam’s sinful nature so the entire human person so comprised by the newly given-formed spirit and soul to the biophysical offspring of parents from Adam and Eve is already polluted-flawed-depraved in, by/through and from Adam’s unfaithfulness-disobedience-sin-fall;

All of the foregoing Biblical revelation-teaching-claim is diametrically in opposition to and absolutely negates-refutes not only (i) the Mormon’s erroneous contention that the human spirit and soul were already in existence even PRIOR TO the formation of the biophysical body belonging to them and where they belong but also (ii) the Hindu-Buddhist-Spiritist-Theosophist-Occultist erroneous belief that the soul, after the death of its former body, reincarnates or take to itself another body and thereafter simply undergo an endless series and/or cycles of reincarnations, and, even (iii) the traducianist-Greek Orthodox-Lutheran unscriptural contention that the entire spirit, soul and body of every human offspring-person is reproduced by and is wholly derived from his/her human parents; for the Word of God reveals-teaches not only that the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH), the LOGOS who was already GOD IN the BEGINNING (Jn.1:1; I Jn.1:1-2), is the Eternal Life (I Jn.5:20; 1:1-2) that enlightens EVERYONE that comes into the world (Jn.1:4,9,10; 8:12) but He is also the ONE WHO GIVES to ALL life, breath and all things (Acts 17:25); for it is He who gave (Isa.42:5) and formed the spirit that is in man (Zech.12:1);

However, all of the cosmic (worldwide) sin in, by/through and from the First Man/Adam is more than overcome by the infinite grace of the TRIUNE LORD God that nullified sin only IN and BY/THROUGH and UPON and FOR the once and for all accomplished atoning work of Christ Jesus, the Almighty Lord God the Son incarnate, (who, upon the death of His body at the cross, fulfilled His commitment before the foundation of the world to be the Sacrificial Lamb that took away the sin of the world [I Pet.1:18-20; Jn.1:29]), paid the death penalty incurred by every sinner and redeemed-ransomed-saved the world or all of the createdkinds unto Himself when He in His voluntary once and for all sacrificial offering of His Perfect Manhood unto its blood shedding death at the cross assumed, embodied, took the place, paid in full the penalty for sin, blotted out all sins and transgressions, granted pardon-forgiveness to His true (real, right and consistent) voluntary adherents to share-impart His resurrection and ETERNAL LIFE with them; so all that is required of every human person is to repent of all his/her sins-wrongdoings-transgressions-disobedience and, by faith-hope-love, to adhere to the Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH) and accept-take Him as everyone of His adherent’s own WISDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS, WAY, TRUTH, LIFE, REDEMPTION, SALVATION, SANCTIFICATION, ETERNAL LIFE, EVERLASTING GLORY and the ALL-APPROPRIATING ALL IN ALL; according to the will of God the Father and by the power of God the Holy Spirit, the Lord Jesus Christ, in turn, has not only imputed-credited-vested but He has also imparted His RIGHTEOUSNESS-HOLINESS-PURITY to every one of His ADHERENTS who has truly, directly and permanently addressed-committed-devoted his/her all to Him;

Author: Edilberto C. Medina

Man’s being in God’s Image is an excerpt from the All for Jesus Creed by Rev. Edilberto C. Medina is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Philippines License.
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-The Issues Jesus Christ Publicly Contended Against His Enemies

JunP — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:53:02 +0000

ARTICLE-PRIMER OF THE TRUE BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH 74

The Issues Jesus Christ Publicly Contended Against His Enemies

That Some of the most vital-important-significant issues which the Lord Jesus Christ uncompromisingly, systematically, boldly, openly, intersubjectively or interpersonally and/or publicly debated-argued-contended for against His enemies are the following:

(1) the complete and appropriate identity of the Biblical Jesus Christ and exactly who (Matt.16:13-16) and what (Matt.1:21,23; Jn.1:1-4,14; 8:24-58; 20:31; 5:18-19; Rev.1:8,11,17,18; 22:13-14) He is;

Jesus Christ Biblically revealed-identified-demonstrated Himself that He, Singularly-Personally-Historically, is the Almighty (Rev.1:8; Mk.10:23-31; Jn.8:58; Ex.3:1-18; 6:1-8) Lord (ADON/DESPOTEN: Matt.22:41-45; Ps.110:1; 140:6-7; Heb.1:10-12; Rev.17:14) God (Matt.1:21,23; Jn.1:1,14; 5:18-19; Rev.21:1-7) the Son (Heb.1:8; Matt.11:27; 16:16-17; 28:19; Jn.1:1,14,18; 3:16-21,36; 20:31; Rev.2:18), the Eternal Life (I Jn.5:20,9-13; 1:1-2; Jn.3:16; 10:27-28; 20:31), the Alpha-First-Beginning-Head-Intervenor-Channel-Way-Mediator-High Priest-Confessor-Witness-Advocate-Truth-Life-Head-Omega-End-Last (Rev.1:7-8,17,18; 21:1-7; 22:12-13; Jn.14:6; Eph.1:9-23) and the Resurrection (Jn.11:24,25,26) who being the justly All-Appropriating (Rev.1:8,11,17-18; 22:12-13; Eph.4:7; Col.1:16-17; Acts 17:25-28; Ecc.3:1-11) All in all (Col.3:11; Eph.1:3-23; Rom.9:21-24) even in His incarnation (Jn.1:1-14; Phil.2:1-8; I Jn.4:1-3) and Perfect Manhood (Jn.8:24-47; I Cor.15:45-48; Rom. chpt.5) is also the singular Personal, actually and historically self-revealing and self-identifying Creator-Maker-Founder (Jn.1:1-3,10; Col.1:16-17; Rom.4:17; Rev.1:8; Acts 17:25), Orderer (Rev.1:8; Col.1:16-17; Jn.1:3), Provider (Eph.1:3-23; Acts 17:25-28), Upholder-Preserver (Heb.1:2-3; Col.1:16-17; Ps.130 to Ps.150; Isa. chpts.40-48; Neh.9:6-30), Judge (Jn.5:22), Redeemer (Titus 2:13-14)-Salvation-Savior (Matt.1:21; Acts 4:12; Jn.3:17; 4:42; Gen.49:18; Ex.15:2; Ps.27:1; 62:1-2,5-6; Isa.12:1-2)-Sanctification (I Cor.1:30)-Keeper (Jn.6:37-40; 17:10-24) and absolutely just Appropriator-Fulfiller-Consumator-Finalizer (Rev.1:8,11,17,18; 22:12-13; 21:1-8; Rom.10:1-13; Acts 17:25-28; Eph.1:3-23; Ecc.3:1-11; Rev.20:1-15; II Pet.3:1-10) of all things and/or of every createdkind person who would completely and truly be, have and do ALL FROM, ON, IN, THROUGH, WITH, TO and FOR HIM; all of those who disagree with the foregoing Biblical Self-revelation, Self-identification, Self-demonstration and Self-claim of the Lord Jesus Christ are not only children of the devil and dead in their trespasses and sins but they are also all liars deserving to be cast into, and punished endlessly in, hell and the lake of fire (Rev.21:8);

(2) because prior to His incarnation Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH) is already THE TRUE GOD and ETERNAL LIFE (I Jn.5:20,9-13; 1:1-2; Jn.8:58; Ex.3:1-18; 6:1-8; Gen.17:1-3; Ps.90:1-2) so His going forth or proceeding is from everlasting (Micah 5:2), before/prior (Rev.1:8,11,17,18; 22:13-14; Col.1:17; Jn.1:1-3), within (Jn.1:10; Eph.1:9-23; Col.3:11) and beyond (Jn.3:31; 8:23-24) the world/all things, even unto everlasting (Ps.90:1-2; Heb.1:8-12; 13:8; I Jn.5:20,9-13; Rom.6:23), although, He also came into the world (Jn.16:28; Heb.10:1-7; Jn.3:17); however, while Jesus Christ was IN the world (Jn.1:10) He remained as being NOT OF this world (Jn.8:23-24); so the Lord Jesus Christ has no human father neither a human mother; that is why the one and only designation of Jesus for Mary is “woman” but never ever mother; it is God the Son who, in accordance with the will of God the Father, had voluntarily once and for all made, (through the cooperation of God the Holy Spirit), and forever perfectly united to Himself an entirely new Manhood which was coursed through the womb of, and given birth by, the VIRGIN Mary; thus the absolutely real Perfect Manhood of God the Son incarnate is not from the world and so the Lord Jesus Christ has no human father neither any mother at all; as far as the Lord Jesus Christ is concerned Mary is just a woman but never a mother to Him; the teaching that Mary is “the mother of God” is not only a BLATANT LIE/FALSEHOOD but it is also an abominable blasphemy because Mary is finite but God is infinite, therefore, the finite CANNOT BIOPHYSICALLY REPRODUCE the INFINITE; moreover the teaching that “Mary is the mother of Jesus IN THE FLESH” is not only an antiJesus designation for Mary (Jn.2:4; 19:26-27) but it is also a contradiction of Jesus’ claim that HE, as God the Son incarnate and Perfect Man, is NOT OF this world (Jn.8:23-24; 3:13,31-32); the perfectly holy and sinless nature of the Manhood of God the Son incarnate IS NOT a REPRODUCTION from the imperfect and sin-infected human nature of Mary; Mary’s human nature is a reproduction of, (so that it came from and belongs to), the sinful nature of the First Adam/Man; the human nature of the Manhood of God the Son incarnate, Christ Jesus, is an ENTIRELY NEW human nature, prepared by God the Father (Heb.10:5-10) and made by God the Son (Jn.5:19; I Cor.1:24; 8:6; Jn.1:3; 8:29) and begotten-formed-deposited by God the Holy Spirit in the womb of the VIRGIN Mary and thus it was born of a VIRGIN, so that God the Son incarnate and Perfect Man is the Second Man and the Last Adam (I Cor.15:45-48); all of those who deny or minimize or downplay or obscure the significance of the Biblically true teachings about the Manhood of God the Son incarnate, although, they may claim that they are devout Christians, are not only blind to the TRUTH but they are also liars and blasphemers who deserved to be tormented forever in the lake of fire;

(3) the entire lifework-ministry-achievements of the Lord Jesus Christ on earth is the fulfillment of (3-1) the Biblical law that was given through Moses, (3-2) the Christology of the Canonical Old Testament prophets and (3-3) the Messianic Psalms; (some, but certainly not all, of the Hebreo-Judaeo-Christian Canonical Old Testament references regarding the Lord Jesus Christ are listed here: Gen.3:15; 9:26; 22:18; 49:10,18; Nu.24:17; Deut.18:15; 32:43; I Sam.2:10; II Sam.7:13,14; 23:3; Job 17:3; 19:25; Ps.2:1,2,4,6; 8:3; 16:10; 22:1,6,10,11,19,22,27; 40:6;72:7,8,12,17; 89:4,26; 110:1,3,4,6; Isa.2:4; 7:13,14,15; 8:9,17; 9:1,4,6,7; 11:1,2,4; 12:1; 24:16; 26:21; 40:3; 42:1,2,6; 49:7; 52:15; 53:4,5,9,10; Jer.23:5,6; 30:21; Ezek.17:23; 21:27; Dan.7:13; 9:24,27; Hos.1:11; 6:1; Joel 3:16,17; Amos 9:11; Micah 2:13; 4:3; 5:2,3,5; Zeph.3:15; Hag.2:9; Zech.2:5; 3:8,9; 6:12,13; 8:3; 9:9,10; 11:12; 12:1,10; 13:7; 14:4,5; Mal.3:1,2,3); therefore, there cannot be any Christ/Messiah other than He, viz. Jesus of the entire Hebreo-Judaeo-Christian Canonical New Testament, Himself; all of those who contend otherwise shall not see LIFE, will perish IN their sins and the wrath of God will abide in them (Jn.3:16-21,36; 5:39,40; 8:23-24); this total individually unique, all-exclusive but eternal self-identification, historical self-revelation and absolute self-claim of the Biblical Jesus Christ must be systematically adhered to, conformed with and followed through by everyone claiming to be truly His own;

(4) Jesus Christ is the direct, exclusive and permanent Intervenor-Channel-Way-Mediator not only of the Father (Jn.1:18; Matt.11:27; Jn.5:18-19; 14:9-11) and of the Holy Spirit (Jn.3:34; 14:26; 15:26; Acts 2:33) to the createdkind(s) but also of the createdkind(s) to the Father (Jn.14:6) and to the Holy Spirit (Matt.3:11-17); one of the most basic teachings of the Word of God is that the INTERVENORSHIP-CHANNELING-MEDIATORSHIP (or THE ENTIRE INTERVENING-CHANNELING-MEDIATORIAL FUNCTIONS or THE GO-BETWEEN ROLE) of Christ (MESSIAH) Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) is INDISPENSABLE BUT ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE, OVER ALL, ETERNAL and VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO or COVENANTED by Him; it is OVER ALL primarily because the Eternal Purpose of God is only realized IN (”en” in Greek means located at and by means of) the Lord Jesus Christ Himself (Eph.3:11); for without Jesus Christ then God the Father or God the Holy Spirit or even the Godkind of being has no power/capability neither wisdom (I Cor.1:24); corollarily the INTERVENORSHIP-CHANNELING-MEDIATORSHIP of Christ Jesus is OVER ALL not only because all things are through Him (I Cor.8:6) and without Him was not anything made that was made (Jn.1:3,10) but also because He as God the Son is the CHANNEL-MEDIATOR of the Godkind to all of the createdkinds (Jn.1:18; Matt.11:27), and, the same God the Son before, during or upon His incarnation and IN His Manhood (Col.1:19; 2:9) is the INTERVENOR-CHANNEL-MEDIATOR of the createdkind to the Godkind (I Tim.2:5-6); so that all of everyone and all of all in all of creation are ransomed (I Tim.2:5-6), reconciled (II Cor.5:14-21; Col.1:19-20) and gathered together (Jn.17:10-24) only THROUGH and IN and UNTO-FOR Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) Christ (MESSIAH [Col.1:16-17; Jn.3:35; 10:27-28; Matt.18:20; Phil.2:9-11; Rev.17:14; Matt.12:30; 11:27,28,29; Eph.1:3-14]) HIMSELF; the MEDIATORSHIP of the Lord Jesus Christ is ETERNAL because He is the ETERNAL PROPHET (the God who is the LOGOS-REVEALER-REVELATION of God [Jn.1:1,14,18; Rev.1:1,2,9; 19:10]), the ETERNAL PRIEST (ever living to make intercession for those who come to God through Him [Heb.7:1-25; 9:24; Rom.8:34; Heb.3:1-6] and it is IN and THROUGH the Lord Jesus Christ that the Godkind will supply the needs of the createdkind [James 1:17; Phil.4:19; Matt.6:33; Eph.4:7; 1:9-23; II Cor.1:19-20; Acts 17:25-28]) and the ETERNAL KING [Heb.1:8; II Pet.1:11; Rev.17:14; 19:16; Ps.145:1-21; Isa.6:1-6]); however, the MEDIATORSHIP of the Lord Jesus Christ is voluntarily agreed to, covenanted, assumed, actualized and carried on by Him in the Biblical ALL FOR JESUS ETERNAL COVENANT OF the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit;

(5) the only absolutely right Biblical faith (Jn.3:16-18; 1:12), life (Jn.20:30) and prayer (Jn.14:13-14) is just IN, ON (Acts 2:21; Rom.10:1-13; Jn.16:26; I Cor.1:2), THROUGH (I Jn.4:9; Phil.4:13) and UNTO (II Cor.5:14-15; Col.3:23-25; Lk.6:46-48; Jn.6:37; Matt.11:27-29; I Pet.2:1-9; Ps.144 to Ps.150) the Person and the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself; Jesus never taught His disciples to pray to the Holy Spirit; according to Jesus His speaking about the addressing of prayers to the Father (e.g. Matt.6:6-13; Lk.11:1-4; Jn.15:16; 16:23) are just allegories (Jn.16:25) or mere symbolical representations not only of the reality of the graciousness, holiness and righteousness of God the Father and of the truth that all of these graciousness, holiness and righteousness of God the Father is realizable only IN the NAME (Jn.14:13-14; I Jn.5:13-15; Phil.2:9-11) and THROUGH THE PERSON (Phil.4:19,13; II Cor.1:19-20; Eph.3:11) of the Lord Jesus Christ but also of the teaching and order of the Lord Jesus Christ that such allegories are preparatories for, and will give way only to, the time when all of the adherents of Jesus will just pray IN the NAME of the Lord Jesus Christ (Jn.16:26; Acts 3:1-5; 7:56-60; 9:1-21; I Cor.1:2); for only those who in all place are CALLING ON the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ are saved (Acts 2:21; 4:12), sanctified (I Cor.1:2) and kept (Jn.10:25-28; Jude 3-4; Rev.22:3-5) by the Lord Jesus Christ;

(6) the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is not only doing ALL the works of God the Father (Jn.5:18-19; 3:35; 10:37-38; Matt.11:27) but Jesus also ALWAYS DO what is pleasing to God the Father (Jn.8:29); thus after the incarnation of God the Son (Heb.10:1-7) His sacrifice unto death of the Manhood which He has once and for all united to His Godhood and the resurrection-immortalization-desexualization-glorification-ascension-exaltation of that dead Manhood of God the Son incarnate is not only an acceptable-pleasing-offering of God the Son (I Cor.5:7; Jn.1:29,36; Rev.17:14; Heb.9:14; 10:1-29; Rev.3:21; 5:11-12) to God the Father but it is also the expiation- propitiation for the sin of the world (I Jn.2:1-2), and, therefore, all of these works-functions, viz. the sacrifice unto death, resurrection-immortalization-glorification-ascension-exaltation of the Manhood of God the Son incarnate, are all the doings of Christ Jesus Himself, the Almighty Lord God the Son incarnate and Perfect Man;

(7) Jesus Christ not only revealed-taught-claimed, but He has once and for all demonstrated that He is able to lay down His life and to take it again not only because the Father has charged Him to do so (Jn.10:17-18) but also because the aforementioned Jesus Christ, (being the true God and Eternal Life [I Jn.5:20] and as the doer not only of all the works of God the Father [Jn.5:18-19] but also of all that is pleasing to the Father [Jn.8:29]), Himself is asserting that “I am the resurrection and the life…” (Jn.11:24,25,26) so even if His enemies “destroyed”/killed His human body yet in three (3) days Jesus, as God the Son, has raised it up (Jn.2:18-22), according to the will-commandment of God the Father (Jn.10:17-18) and through God the Holy Spirit (Heb.9:14); note that in Romans 6:4 Christ was raised from the dead NOT by God the Father Himself but BY/THROUGH the glory of the Father; however the Father has already shared (Jn.17:5) and given (Jn.17:24) His glory to Jesus, viz. God the Son, even before the foundation of the world and, so the Son is the Lord of glory (I Cor.2:8; James 2:1); therefore, “Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father” simply means that the incarnate Lord God the Son, Christ Jesus, raised His Manhood from the dead; thus Jesus said, “destroy this temple”, referring to His body, “and in three days I will raise it up” (Jn.2:19-22);

(8) the Lord Jesus Christ has the authority-power on earth to forgive the sins and to designate-qualify-accept as His spiritual children or sons those who come to Him because they have faith in Him (Matt.9:1-8; Mk.2:1-10); and it is only in reliance upon His Name that repentance and remission-forgiveness of sins shall be proclaimed to all nations (Lk.24:47; Acts 10:43; I Jn.2:12); all sins must be directly confessed to Jesus not only because He is the principal offended party and sins can only forgiven by Him for His name sake but also because no one but Jesus, through His atoning-redeeming-purchasing-cleansing-liberating-sanctifying shed blood which He applies-appropriates to the repentant-believing person in the power of the Holy Spirit, can cleanse from all unrighteousness (I Jn.1:7,8,9; I Cor.6:11; Rev.1:5-6);

(9) the Lord Jesus Christ in His conditional but universal and all-appropriating grace (Acts 17:25-28; Jn.1:12-17; 3:27) performs miracles in accordance with what is written in the Bible (Matt.8:16-17), motivated by compassion (Matt.14:14; Mk.1:40-43), to manifest His glory (Jn.1:14; 2:1-11) in doing the works of the Father (Jn.9:1-4) and to assert the coming of the kingdom of God from, on, in, through, with, to and for Himself even as He, viz. Jesus (YAHWEH SHUA) the Christ (MESSIAH), casts out the devil and/or works signs and wonders by the Holy Spirit (Matt.12:22-30); so in the Kingdom of God the only Person who is actually performing-doing the miracles is Christ Jesus, the Almighty Lord God the Son before and/or upon and/or after His incarnation or coming in the flesh;

(10) Jesus Christ is not only the Almighty (Rev.1:7-8) Lord (Matt.22:41-45; Ps.110:1; 140:6-7) God (Isa.9:6; Matt.1:21,23; Titus 2:13-14; Rev.21:1-7) the Son (Heb.1:8; I Jn.5:20) who came from beside the Father (Jn.16:28; I Jn.1:1-2; Jn.1:1-2; 3:31; 8:23-24) and who came into the world (Jn.3:16-17; Heb.10:1-7; I Tim.1:15) and has gone back to the third heaven to be seated with the Father on the latter’s throne (Jn.16:28; Rev.3:21) but He is also the one who is to come again on earth (Jn.14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Rev.1:7-8,11,17,18; 22:12-13,17-20; Matt. chpt.24; Mk. chpt.13; Lk. chpt.21; II Pet. chpt.3; I Thess.4:16-18) to take His own not only into the Father’s house but to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself that they may be with Him wherever He is to behold His face and glory forever (Jn.14:1-3; 17:24; Rev.7:13-17; 22:3-5); nowhere throughout the Bible is it taught that God the Father or God the Holy Spirit is the one who is to come again on earth; for Christ Jesus, being both the Son of God (Matt.16:16-18; 3:11-17; 17:1-5; Rev.2:18) and the Son of Man (Jn.3:13; 6:53-54), is the one who is to come again on earth (Jn.14:1-3; Matt.24:3-31; Lk.21:27; Acts 1:9-10); therefore, no one except Christ Jesus is the Lord God Almighty being referred to as the one or He “who is to come” not only in the aforementioned portions of the Bible but also throughout the book of Revelation (Rev.1:7-8; 4:8; 22:6-7,12-13,17-20);

Author: Rev. Edilberto C. Medina

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