GOD IS SPIRIT
“…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…The Lord (THE WORD) is that Spirit…” too
(2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV). “…The Holy Spirit gives birth to SPIRITUAL LIFE…”
(John 3:6 NLT). “…God has sent forth the
Spirit
of His Son (the WORD) “INTO” [YOUR HEART (the
command center of the Soul)]…” (Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…Jesus Christ (the WORD) is IN YOU…” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…the Spirit
of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).
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GOD IS SPIRIT. Knowing you are in a relationship with God is
being AWARE that God’s BOND-of-LOVE AND COVENANT UNION with you is
strictly spiritual. “…God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…[SPIRITUAL]
love …is the perfect BOND of
unity...”
(Colossians 3:14 NASB). “… He that is joined (UNITED in a covenant
relationship) unto the LORD “is” ONE SPIRIT (with
him)…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).
AWARENESS of this relationship as a
SPIRITUAL “ONE” is HAVING a knowledge, consciousness, understanding, or
realization of God and that awareness comes BY FAITH. “… BY FAITH we UNDERSTAND (become AWARE of) …that what we now
see (the synergy of the relationship with God, who is SPIRIT) did not come from
anything that can be seen…” (Hebrews 11 NLT). SPIRITUAL SYNERGY.
“…The
person WITHOUT the Spirit DOES NOT accept the things that come from the
Spirit of God but considers them
foolishness, and cannot understand
them (or become AWARE of them) because they are discerned only through the [HOLY, invisible,
indwelling] Spirit. …” (2 Corinthians 2:12-15 KJV).
“…a right (through God’s SPIRITUAL love and union) relationship with God … comes by faith (by dependency upon his word)…”
(Romans 4:13 NASB). “…a person is made right
with God by faith
in (or dependency upon) Jesus Christ
(the word of god)…” (Galatians 2:16 NLT).
BY FAITH or dependency upon his WORD,
which is also SPIRIT, you become AWARE of God’s love and God’s indwelling union
WITH YOU. “…THE WORDS …
they ARE SPIRIT…” (John 6:63 KJV). “…Faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God…” (Roman 10:17 KJV). “…[The] Good News about
Christ (the WORD)…” is” the power of God at work, saving everyone who BELIEVES (in or depends upon God’s WORD, which
tells of his love and desire to be united to them)…”
(Romans 1:16 NLT).
GOD BONDS himself TO YOU (YOUR SOUL) with LOVE through
“HIS” INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT! “…God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…
[God’s SPIRITUAL] love …is the perfect BOND of
unity...”
(Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…Love is
patient, love
is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices
with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres, Love
never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). “…NOT that [you]… loved God, but that HE
LOVED … [you]...” (1
John 4:10 KJV). “….HE
FIRST LOVED [you]…” (1
John 4:19 ASV). “… [Nothing] … shall be
able to separate [you]… from the
love of God which is “in”
Christ Jesus our Lord (also the WORD)…” (Romans 8:38-39
KJV). “….the…faithful love of the Lord, never ends...” (Lamentations 3:22-23
NLT). “…God SO LOVED the world (YOU)…”
(John 3:16 KJV). “…There is no
greater love …”
(John 15:13 NLT).
GOD UNITES himself TO YOU through “HIS” INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT! “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…The Lord is that Spirit…” too
(2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV). “…The Holy Spirit gives birth to SPIRITUAL LIFE…”
(John 3:6 NLT).
“…It is the SPIRIT who gives LIFE…” (John 6:63 NASB). “Jesus (the WORD) saith…I am …THE LIFE…” (John 14:6
KJV). “…God has sent forth the
Spirit
of His Son (the WORD, which is Spirit) “INTO”
[YOUR HEART (the command center of the Soul)]…”
(Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…THE WORDS THAT I
(Jesus) SPEAK unto you, they ARE SPIRIT,
and they ARE LIFE…” (John
6:63 KJV). “…Jesus Christ (the WORD) is IN YOU
(indwelled WITHIn you)…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). Like a SEED planted in the earth, God has planted his indwelling Holy Spirit within your earthen vessel. “…Christ (the WORD) be “IN” YOU (indwelled in you)… (Romans 8:10 KJV). “…the Spirit
of God dwell[s]… in you (indwells within your earthen vessel)…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).
GOD BONDS and UNITES himself TO YOU
through “HIS” INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT just like he did with Jesus, the WORD! "I and my Father are [not simply close, but]…ONE." (John
10:30 KJV).
Jesus DID NOT say he and his Father were
close, but he said they were “ONE.” Close implies a nearness to, but “one”
implies a single unit or an undivided whole.
In
Hebrew, the definition of oneness (echadh)
is “unity.” This unity is, first and foremost, HOLY and unique to God and Jesus (Deuteronomy 6:4). JESUS is The
WORD of GOD. “… He (Jesus) had a
name written, that no man knew … his name is called The Word of God…”
(Revelation 19:12-13 NASB). The WORD of God is SPIRIT. “…THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK unto you, they ARE SPIRIT
…” (John 6:63 KJV).
Thus, Jesus (THE WORD) is also SPIRIT. “…The Lord is that Spirit…” (2
Corinthians 3:17 KJV).
God is Spirit. “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). Jesus (the word)
is SPIRIT. “…The Lord is that
Spirit [too!]…” (2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV).
God is Spirit and Jesus, the Word is Spirit. “… I and my Father are ONE…”
(John 10:30 KJV).
Believers, now have the privilege of
saying, “… I and my Father are one…,”
TOO.
However ONLY “through” Christ, the WORD
can you be bonded and united to God, the
Holy Spirit (John 10:30). “…God … reconciled us to himself through Christ
(the WORD) …”
(2 Corinthians 5:18 NIV). “…
[God sent the] …one … who can reconcile
God and humanity—the
man Christ Jesus (the word of God)…”
(1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “…For Christ (the Word
& atoning sacrifice)… died for sins ONCE for all, the just for the unjust, so
that He might bring us [home again] to God…” (1
Peter 3:18 NASB). “… I will bring them home again,” says the Lord (the word of God….” (HOSEA
11 NLT).
The Holy Spirit is non-physical
(metaphysical) and man’s SOUL is non-physical. Jesus, the WORD of God has the
POWER to BOND and UNITE the Spirit and SOUL together again like he did when he
FIRST created the male and female. “….LET US MAKE
man … after our likeness…”
(Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…in his OWN image…..male
and female created
he them…” (Genesis 1:27 KJV). “…And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground (body),
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (Holy Spirit); and man became a
living soul (soul)…”
(GENESIS 2:7 KJV). “….God saw every thing he had made……and, behold, it was very good…”
(Genesis 1:31 KJV).
God shares his unique “oneness” with
believers AGAIN, through their faith in or dependency upon Christ, the WORD, at
SALVATION. “…Faith cometh by hearing … THE WORD of God”
(Roman 10:17 KJV). "…I will put My Spirit
within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be
careful to observe My ordinances…” (Ezekiel 36:27 NASB). “…The grace
of our Lord was poured out on me (or transferred to me) abundantly, ALONG WITH FAITH (the power to depend upon God) … that are “IN” Christ Jesus (the WORD)…” (1
Timothy 1:13-14 NIV). “… God has sent forth the
Spirit of His Son into [your]… hearts...” (Galatians 4:6 NASB).
HE BONDED and UNITED YOU WITH HIS HOLY
SPIRIT SO… “…that [YOU] may all be ONE; even as You, Father, are in Me (the
WORD, which is SPIRIT) and I in You (God, the Holy Spirit), that they also may be
in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me (YOUR WORD)…”
(John 17:21-23 NASB).
This Holy “ONENESS” is the uniting of man’s soul and God’s Holy Spirit through
Jesus, the WORD. GOD RESTORES MANKIND “BACK” TO THE ORIGINAL CREATED
“IMAGE.”
What can MAKE mankind spiritually WHOLE
again, spiritually ALIVE, and RESTORE them BACK to God’s original image? The
answer: the Holy Spirit; the indwelling
HOLY SPIRIT? “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “…The Holy
Spirit gives birth to SPIRITUAL LIFE …” (John 3:6 NLT). “….Apart from [the HOLY SPIRIT], you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV).
Only the “breath of life” or “the HOLY
SPIRIT” can return mankind BACK to God’s original, created “image” and “likeness” that was ONCE so VERY good? “….LET US
MAKE man … after our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26
KJV). “…in his OWN image…..male and female created he them…”
(Genesis 1:27 KJV). “…And the LORD God
formed man [of] the dust of the ground (body), and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life (Holy Spirit);
and man became a living soul (soul)…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV). “….God saw every
thing he had made……and, behold, it
was very good…”
(Genesis 1:31 KJV).
HOWEVER, when mankind chose to follow
after their flesh instead of God’s Holy
Spirit they became a DEAD SOUL. The STORY changed. “…And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground (body),
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (Holy Spirit); [but they followed after the FLESH]
and man became a [dead] soul (soul)…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV).
. “…[Their]
INIQUITIES (sin) … separated … [them] and [their] God
(Holy) …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…It’s YOUR SINS that have cut you off from God (who is HOLY)…” (Isaiah 59:2 NLT).
SIN created a BARRIER between sinful
man and the HOLY God. “… And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm (barrier) has been set in place, so
that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over
from there to us…”
(Luke 16:22-25 NASB).
This
barrier will ALWAYS cause a SEPARATION, because HOLINESS can NOT and will NOT “EVER” MIX
with SIN. SIN and HOLINESS SEPARATES; just like oil and water. “… And
besides all this, between
us and you a great chasm
(barrier) has been set in place…”
(Luke 16:22-25 NASB).
Therefore, ONLY “…Jesus Christ maketh thee whole [again]…”
(Acts 9:34 KJV). “…If any man be in Christ, he is a NEW creature …” (2 Corinthians 5:17
KJV). “… [because] … all things are … [MADE] … NEW…”
(2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV). “… I will put a “new”
spirit in you. …”
(Ezekiel 36:26 NLT).
“…May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together [again]—spirit, soul,
and body …” (1
Thessalonians 5:23-24 MSG).
God “SO” loved you and WANTED “YOU” back
in UNION with him (the HOLY SPIRIT). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “… I am [also] holy…” (1
Peter 1:16 KJV).
“…There ... [is] … …one … who can reconcile God and humanity— the man Christ Jesus (The Word of God)…” (1
Timothy 2:5 NLT). Thus, “... God so loved the
world, that HE GAVE his only begotten (specially created) Son,
that whosoever believeth in him (depends upon him) should not perish, but have
everlasting life…” (John 3:16 KJV).
GOD MADE A HUMAN VESSEL AND CAME DOWN TO
EARTH TO PERSONALLY SPEAK TO YOU AND BECOME YOUR ATONING SACRIFICE!! “…Though
he (JESUS, THE WORD, THE HUMAN VESSEL) was God…”
(Philippians 2:6-7 NLT). He was“…born as a human being…”
(Philippians 2:6-7 NLT). “… Which were
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God…” (John 1:13 KJV). “…The Holy Spirit
shall come upon you (Mary, mother of Jesus), and the
power of God shall overshadow you; so the baby born to you will
be utterly holy—the Son (THE WORD) of God…”
(Luke 1:35 NLT).
GOD expressed his LOVE through JESUS. “…God SO LOVED the world, that he GAVE…” (John 3:16 KJV). “…God ….GAVE his only begotten (specially created) Son…” (John 3:16 KJV). “…NOT that we loved God, but that HE
LOVED US...” (1
John 4:10 KJV). “….HE
FIRST LOVED US…” (1
John 4:19 ASV).
GOD expressed his LOVE through the Holy
Spirit’s actions. “…
he … SENT HIS SON
(action) to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1
John 4:10 KJV). GOD “…SPARED NOT his own Son, but DELIVERED (action) him up FOR US ALL…”
(Romans 8:32 KJV). “…God SHOWED HIS
GREAT LOVE FOR US by “SENDING” (action) Christ to die (action) for us WHILE we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “…There is no GREATER LOVE than to lay
down (action) one’s life…”
(John 15:13 NLT).
God’s DEMONSTRATION OF LOVE, THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST, (HIS LIVING WORD), MIRACULOUSLY COVERED over ALL that separates YOU from
him. “…Love COVERETH a multitude of sins…”
(Proverbs 10:12, 1 Peter 4:8 ASV).
Thus, Jesus told the world he was bonded
and united with the Father. He told us they were ONE SPIRIT working together to
CONFIRM and REVEAL God’s DIVINE nature and DIVINE power. “… I and my Father are ONE…” (John 10:30).
Becoming AWARE of your UNION with Christ,
the WORD of God, means you have become familiar, acquainted, mindful,
attentive, or enlightened by God’s SPIRITUAL bond and union with YOU. “…Love
… is the perfect BOND of unity...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “… He that is joined
(UNITED) unto the LORD “is” ONE SPIRIT…[with HIM]…” (1 Corinthians
6:17 KJV).
The UNION between Christ, the WORD, and
the believer resembles the union between the BRANCH and the VINE in the John 15
parable. “…I AM
THE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE
HUSBANDMAN (SOVEREIGN CAREGIVER)…I AM THE VINE AND YE ARE
THE BRANCHES…” (JOHN 15:1, 5 NIV).
The BRANCH represents the believers and
the VINE represents Christ, the WORD. “…I AM THE VINE AND YE ARE
THE BRANCHES…” (JOHN 15:1, 5 NIV).
The VINE diffuses sap to the BRANCHES from
the root (the SOURCE of its survival) to supply the necessary nourishment. “…The branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in
the vine…”
(John 15:4 KJV).
Christ, the WORD, imparts the indwelling Holy Spirit to believers
in order to supply spiritual nourishment from the root or SOURCE. “…The … HOLY SPIRIT … is the source of …[IT]…all. …” (1
Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT). “…God has sent forth
the Spirit of His Son (the WORD,
which is Spirit) “INTO” [YOUR HEART]…”
(Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…Christ (the WORD) be “IN” YOU… (Romans 8:10 KJV).
“…God shall supply ALL YOUR NEED
according to his riches in glory [through the indwelling Spirit of] Christ Jesus…”
(Philippians 4:19 KJV). “…Jesus Christ is in you…” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…God will generously
PROVIDE all … [the supplies] … you need…” (2
Corinthians 9:8 NLT).
“…The … HOLY SPIRIT …
is the source of …[IT]…all. …” (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).
The husbandman represents, God, the Father
(the HOLY SPIRIT) and like a gardener, he takes care of the VINEYARD to ensure
its fruitfulness. “…I AM
THE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE
HUSBANDMAN …” (JOHN 15:1, 5 NIV).
From the grape VINE you look for grapes, but from the redeemed BELIEVER
you look for the fruit of the Spirit.
“…He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit…”
(John 15:5 KJV). “…The branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye
abide in me…” (John 15:4 KJV).
To produce FRUIT or MORE fruit the
BRANCHES must be pruned by the husbandman every now and then. “…Every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it…”
(John 15:2 KJV).
Natural pruning is equivalent to spiritual
pruning, which is sanctification for the believer and enables them to produce
fruit or MORE fruit. “…Every branch that
beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit…” (John 15:2 KJV).
A gardener uses special tools to prune the
branches such as pruners, loppers, saws, or hedge shears. God uses the WORD. “…ye are CLEAN
(pruned) through
the WORD
which I have spoken unto you…”
(John 15:3 KJV).
Pruning is done for the sole purpose of
encouraging healthy growth, more flowering, attractiveness, or more fruit. “…every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit...”
(Matthew 7:16-22 KJV).
The right TIME and the right SEASON is
important for pruning also. “….To every [thing there is] a season, and A TIME to every purpose under the heaven…” (Ecclesiastes
3:1 KJV). “…For the vision [is] yet FOR AN APPOINTED TIME….” (Habakkuk 2:3
KJV).
The Father, the husbandman for the
believer, uses the WORD to prune believers. “…ye are CLEAN (pruned) through the WORD
(Jesus Christ, the atoning sacrifice for the remission (forgiveness) of
sins)…” (John 15:3 KJV).
Pruning is done for the sole purpose of
encouraging holiness and fruit bearing. “…Your fruit [will result] unto holiness (in being set apart and living free from sin)…” (Romans
6:22 KJV).
“…Before
he made the world, God loved us and
chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to
himself through Jesus Christ (his Word). This
is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious GRACE he has poured out on us
who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and GRACE that he purchased our
freedom with the blood of his Son
and forgave our sins. He has
showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. God has now revealed to us his mysterious
will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring
everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on
earth. Furthermore, because we are
united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for
he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to
trust in Christ would bring praise and
glory to God. And now you Gentiles have also heard the
truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you
as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he
promised long ago. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has
purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and
glorify him (acknowledge his presence)…” (Ephesians 1:3-8 NLT).
HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God chose you to be HOLY (set apart, free
and totally separated from sin) and without fault in his eyes. “…ye shall be holy
(set apart, free from sin) unto me: for I the Lord
(the word) am HOLY (set apart and free from sin) …”
(Leviticus 20:26 KJV). “…he hath made us accepted in the beloved…”
(Ephesians 1:6 KJV).
Pruning, for the believer, is equivalent
to sanctification which is wroth by the cleansing power of the WORD of God. “….
“…SANCTIFY them in the truth; Your WORD is truth…” (JOHN 17:17 NASB). “…God
has chosen you from the beginning for salvation (a right relationship with God)
through SANCTIFICATION (cleansing
of sin) by the [indwelling Holy] Spirit and faith in (dependency upon) the truth (God’s
WORD)…” (2 Thessalonians 2:13 NASB).
BRANCHES produce fruit or MORE fruit by
virtue of the UNION with the VINE and believers by UNION with CHRIST, the WORD.
“…The branch cannot
bear
fruit
of itself unless it abides in
the vine …”
(John 15:4-6 NASB).
The UNION between the VINE and BRANCHES or
between CHRIST, the WORD, and the BELIEVER is one of dependence. “…Apart from Me, (Jesus, the Word) you
can do nothing…” (John 15:4-6 NASB).
To break-up, disconnect, or separate from
the UNION with CHRIST, the WORD, believers, by their OWN volition, move away
from their SOURCE (ROOT) of spiritual nourishment. “…The branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me …” (John 15:4-6 NASB).
True believers, through Christian
experience, learn that any interruption in the UNION with CHRIST, the WORD,
will result in the decline of holiness (being set apart & free from sin)
and fruitfulness. “…If a man abide NOT in me, he is cast forth …
and is withered…”
(John 15:6 KJV). “…Have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness…” (Ephesians 5:11 KJV).
"… You are the salt of the earth; but if
the salt has become tasteless, how can it be
made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out
and trampled under foot by men…” (Matthew 5:13 NASB).
Any interruption in the UNION with Christ,
the WORD, will eventually lead to a state of uselessness and futility. “…he is cast forth
as a branch, and is withered…”
(John 15:6 KJV). "… You are the salt
of the earth; but if the salt has become
tasteless …It is no longer good for anything…”
(Matthew 5:13 NASB).“…But if a field
bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that
field and burn it…” (Hebrews 6:4-8 NLT).
Withered or weakened branches are gathered
together, cast into the fire, and burned. “…If
a man abide NOT in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them
into the fire, and they are burned…”
(John 15:6 KJV). "… if the salt has
become tasteless … It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown
out…” (Matthew 5:13 NASB). “…if a
field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. …” (Hebrews 6:4-8 NLT).
It is the UNION with CHRIST, the WORD,
that enables the BELIEVER to grow healthy, wholesome, holy, and fruitful. “…The branch cannot bear fruit of
itself unless it abides in
the vine …”
(John 15:4-6 NASB).
To REMAIN in the UNION with CHRIST,
believers choose to live a life of dependency upon God by submitting to his
instructions and pruning. “…Abide in Me,
and I in you…” (John 15:4-6 NASB). “…Apart from Me you
can do nothing…” (John 15:4-6 NASB).
Christ is the example you are to imitate
when it comes to being UNITED with God and exercising faith in or dependency
upon Him. Jesus said, "…I and my Father are one…" (John 10:30 KJV). “……
[Jesus] … [entrusted] himself to him who judges
justly…” (1 Peter 2:19-23 NIV).
Believers are UNITED with God through
CHRIST and exercise FAITH or dependency upon HIM by hearing the Word. “…God’s Spirit
dwells in
you?...”
(1 Corinthians 3:16 NASB). “…He that is joined
(united) unto the LORD is ONE SPIRIT…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). “…[One of] the fruit of the Spirit is …faith…”
(Galatians 5:22-23 KJV). “…[The
FRUIT of] Faith cometh by hearing … THE WORD of God…” (Roman 10:17 KJV). “…THY WORD is truth…” (JOHN 17:17 KJV).
If the believer chooses to STAY in UNION
with CHRIST God, will care for them,
comfort them, supply their needs, impart spiritual
blessings, never leave them, and
love them forever. “...Casting all your care upon
him; for he careth for you…” (1 Peter 5:7 KJV).
“…Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of mercies and God of all comfort who comforts us in
all our affliction so that we will be able
to comfort those who are
in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by …our comfort is
abundant through Christ.…” (2 Corinthians 1:3-5
NASB).
“…God will generously provide all you
need. Then you will always have everything you need …” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT). “…[he]…WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV)
“…Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who HATH blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ…”
(Romans 1:3 KJV).
“…God
has said “Never
will
I leave you; never will I
forsake you…” (Hebrews 13:5 NIV). “…I AM
WITH YOU ALWAYS, to the very end…"(Matthew
28:20 NIV). “…Behold, I AM WITH… [YOU] and …I WILL NOT LEAVE [YOU]…." (Genesis 28:15 ASV). “…The LORD thy
God …will not fail (leave) thee, nor forsake thee…” (Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV). “…Behold, I am with… [you] and will keep… [you] whithersoever
[you]… goest…I
will not leave [you]..." (Genesis 28:15 ASV).
“… [God
has]... loved [you]...with an everlasting love….” (Jeremiah 31:3 KJV).
“…I
am the Lord, I change NOT…” (Malachi 3:6 KJV). “Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8 NIV).
If the believer CHOOSES “NOT” to STAY in
UNION with God, through Christ, “they”
CUT their own selves OFF from God’s care, God’s comfort, God’s supply of their
needs, God’s spiritual blessings, God’s presence, and God’s love. “….Apart from Me, you
can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV).
Relational benefits stem from
choosing to stay continually dependent upon the UNION with Christ, the WORD
(THE SOURCE, ROOT). The believer is UNITED to God through Christ, the WORD, by
continual faith or dependency upon the WORD. “…a person is made [and stays] right with God by faith in
[or dependency upon) Jesus Christ (the word of God)…”
(Galatians 2:16 NLT). “….Apart
from Me, you can do nothing…” (John
15:5 NIV).
Without willfully and
voluntarily choosing to REMAIN dependent upon the UNION with Christ, the
believer will weaken, wither, and become spiritually useless or “good for nothing.” (Jeremiah 13:10,
Matthew 5:13 KJV). “…This evil people,
which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart,
and walk after other gods, to serve them and worship them, shall even be this
girdle, which is GOOD FOR NOTHING…” (Jeremiah 13:10 KJV). “…Ye
are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith
shall it be salted? It is thenceforth GOOD
FOR NOTHING, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men…” (Matthew 5:13 KJV).
“…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…The Lord is that Spirit…” too
(2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV). “…The Holy Spirit gives birth to SPIRITUAL LIFE…”
(John 3:6 NLT). “…God has sent forth the
Spirit
of His Son (the WORD) “INTO” [YOUR HEART]…”
(Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…Jesus Christ (the
WORD) is IN YOU…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…the
Spirit
of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).“….Apart from [THE HOLY SPIRIT],
you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV).
