I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU
BECOMING ONE SPIRIT
“…He [or she]… that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT….” (1 Corinthians 6:17).
“... a man...[shall]....cleave to his wife (woman); And they twain shall be one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV).
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“...And Adam said, This is now bone (self) of my bones (self), and flesh of my flesh (likeness): she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man...” (Genesis 2:23 KJV).
“...they shall be one flesh...” (Genesis 2:24 KJV). “...they twain shall be one flesh?...” (Matthew 19:5 KJV).
“...they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV).“...they two shall be one flesh...” (Ephesians 5:31 KJV).
The male and female became “ONE FLESH,” but “NOT” ONE SPIRIT.
“…He [or she]… that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT….” (1 Corinthians 6:17). “... a man (and woman)...[shall]....cleave to his wife (woman); And they twain shall be one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV).
When FLESH is joined to FLESH it becomes ONE FLESH. When the SOUL is joined to the HOLY SPIRIT it becomes ONE SPIRIT. “...This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are ONE...” (Ephesians 5:32 KJV). It also demonstrates how Jesus and his Father are ONE. "...I and my Father are [not simply close, but]…ONE...[Spirit]..." (John 10:30 KJV).
“…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). His WORD is Spirit. ). “…The Lord (the Word) is that Spirit (too)…” (2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV). His POWER IS SPIRIT. “…The invisible [Holy Spirit, his WORKING spiritual POWER]…from the creation of the world is …clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made …” (Romans 1:20 KJV).
“….let us (God, the Holy Spirit, his Word, and his POWER) make man[kind]... in our image, after our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26 KJV). “…And the LORD God ...breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (His Spirit or image)…” (GENESIS 2:7 KJV). “…God is not human (he is not a body, he is not a self, or the flesh, or a soul, but spirit)…” (Numbers 23:19 NIV).
“…the Spirit of God [is SENT to]....dwell in you (and the Holy Spirit dwelt with Adam and Eve)…” (Romans 8:9 KJV). “…God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son “INTO” OUR HEARTS…” (Galatians 4:6 NASB).
Adam and Eve were originally created representatives of HIS IMAGE (God’s SPIRITUAL image). “…..God created man in his own image…..male and female created he them…” (Genesis 1:27 KJV).
However, they became SEPARATED from the Holy Spirit, by choice and WERE LEFT ALONE with nothing, but their FLESHLY BODIES. “.... At that moment their eyes were opened (to an existence “separated” from God, the Holy Spirit)…” (Genesis 3:1-7 NLT).
At that moment, “…[their] ...INIQUITIES (disobedience to God’s Holy Law) … separated … [them from] ... God (the HOLY SPIRIT)…” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). So, “... they twain (the TWO) shall be one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV). "…That which is born (originates from) of the flesh is flesh…” (John 3:6 KJV).
BECOMING “ONE FLESH” has always applied to marriage, because God established it. When God establishes relationships with people or between people it is ALWAYS a covenant.
This ONE FLESH covenant, between Adam and Eve was a SACRED UNION God, the Holy Spirit instituted. “... a man (and woman)...[shall]....cleave to his wife (woman); And they twain shall be one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV).
Thus, the ONE FLESH covenant is about a MAN cleaving to HIS WIFE and the TWO “SHALL,” according to God’s WORD, BECOME “ONE” FLESH.
BECOMING “ONE” FLESH is all the things a husband and wife does, in the FLESH, to cleave together. However becoming ONE FLESH is also about joining flesh to flesh in an unlawful way too. “...What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh...” (1 Corinthians 6:16 KJV).
The SACRED covenant UNION between Adam and Eve allowed them to be close, join themselves together, cleave, and enjoy physically intimacy, lawfully, in God’s sight and thus BECOME ONE FLESH.
The most UNIQUE “TRUTH” about this SACRED covenant UNION, is that it was established by God.
The woman made and designed physically to literally make a “blood” covenant with her husband when they consummated the marriage on the wedding night.
When woman were VIRGINS and their husbands penetrated them, the first time, there was a shedding of blood. This symbolized the blood covenant they’d made with one another. “…almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission...” (Hebrews 9:22 KJV).
It also symbolized they were GIVING, PLEDGING, and COMMITTING their LIVES to one another UNTIL death parted them.
The BIBLE has MUCH to say about BLOOD covenants. “...This is the blood of the covenant God has established with you.” Practically everything in a will hinges on a death. That’s why blood, the evidence of death, is used so much in our tradition, especially regarding forgiveness of sins...” (Hebrew 9:18-22 MSG).
“For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul…” (Leviticus 17:11 KJV).
“…This cup is the new covenant in my blood …which is poured out for you…” (Luke 22:20 ASV).
The BLOOD covenant is why God’s encourages his people to WAIT until they become ONE FLESH before having intercourse.
Also flesh to flesh interactions activate a hormone in the brain called “oxytocin,” which literally ENHANCES the ONE FLESH experiences.
Oxytocin is said to be a very powerful chemical, in the brain, that highly contributes to the pleasure one “feels” within many flesh to flesh experiences.
Oxytocin plays an important role in pairing, bonding, and attaching flesh to flesh interchanges.
Oxytocin is also thought to be released during flesh to flesh experiences.
For instance, oxytocin stimulates the male and female’s oxytocin systems, in the brain, to biologically or chemically influence them to desire to repeat the flesh to flesh experiences over and over again.
In fact, oxytocin supposedly BOOSTS certain chemicals in the brain. This BOOST heavily influences the desire to have this flesh to flesh experience over and over again.
Oxytocin also said to produce a “feel good” affect in the brain. The “feel good” affect produces feelings of peace, calmness, and well-being.
This God-given hormone, oxytocin, obviously heightens flesh to flesh experiences, which, in turn, inspires and enriches the intimate interchange.
If this is the couple’s first flesh to flesh experience with physical intimacy, oxytocin will help make this interchange something they will pursue and enjoy throughout the SACRED covenant UNION.
The SACRED covenant UNION God established was meant to be a place where the male and female can totally submit and give themselves, trustingly, to one another.
When a flesh to flesh experience “feels good,” outside of the SACRED covenant UNION, oxytocin can turn it into fleshly addiction.
When done right, oxytocin allows the male and female to experience a SACRED covenant UNION that is UNIQUE to this kind of ONE FLESH relationship, established by God.
Because this kind of SACRED covenant UNION is no longer SPECIAL, PRACTICED, or HONORABLE among many of God’s people, others think they can forge ONE FLESH relationships too. “…The [flesh]...nature ... never did obey God’s laws, and it never will…” (Romans 8:1-14 NLT). “...[Spiritual] ... death (physical existence without God (FLESH only)) spread to everyone...” (Romans 5:10-16 NLT). “….I was born a sinner (with “flesh” only and a sinful nature)….” (Psalms 51:5 NLT). “...I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. …I [am] …a slave to the sin (that comes through the FLESH and its sinful nature) …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
“…[their] ...INIQUITIES (disobedience) … separated … [them from] ... God (the HOLY SPIRIT)…” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). So, “... they twain (the TWO) shall be one flesh...” (Mark 10:7-8 KJV). "…That which is born (originates from) of the flesh is flesh…” (John 3:6 KJV).
The covenant UNION, established by God, the Holy Spirit, was SACRED, but without God’s Spirit all Adam and Eve could BECOME is ONE FLESH.
BECOMING “ONE” flesh is one aspect of a marriage between two KINGDOM people. “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “…The [Holy] Spirit of God dwell[s] in you (in the heart of Kingdom husbands and wives)…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).
Two KINGDOM people, however, are not only JOINED to each other through the FLESH, but also through God, the Holy Spirit, which makes them ONE SPIRIT, together, in Christ. “…he (she) that is joined unto the Lord (Jesus) is ONE spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).
THIS IS A POWERFUL TRUTH! A truly GODLY, SACRED covenant UNION is a ONE FLESH and ONE SPIRIT marital relationship
Jesus said: "...I and my Father are [not simply close, but]…ONE...[Spirit]..." (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 unity or an undivided whole: ONE SPIRIT!
In Hebrew, one definition of oneness (echadh) is “unity.” This unity is Holy and unique to God and Jesus. “... The Lord is our God ... is ONE...” (Deuteronomy 6:4).
God’s KINGDOM people, now, have the privilege of saying, “… I and my Father are one…,” however ONLY “in” Christ (John 10:30).
God shares his unique “ONENESS” with ALL his children, through faith in Christ. “…that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me…” (John 17:21-23 NASB).
This holy “ONENESS” is the joining of man’s (woman’s) soul and God’s Holy Spirit through Jesus. “…he (she) that is joined unto the Lord (Jesus) is ONE spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).
Not only was Jesus saying, with confidence, he was unified with the Father, but he was ONE with him. Jesus was so ONE with God, the Holy Spirit, that he could DISPLAY God’s GLORY (his presence, goodness, and working power) to the world. “… [Jesus BOLDLY said:]...I and my Father are ONE…” (John 10:30).
God told Jesus, “…Behold, I give unto you power to tread … over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you...” (Luke 10:19 KJV). “…Jesus [trusted what God, the Holy Spirit said and he] … spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth...” (Matthew 28:18 KJV).
Because Jesus and God, the Holy Spirit were ONE Jesus KNEW whatever belonged to his Heavenly Father ALSO belonged to HIM!
Thus, Jesus served God, the Holy Spirit, with confidence and wholeheartedly. God, the Holy Spirit “…entrusted [all things]… to [Him]... (Matthew 11:26 KJV) “...The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands...” (John 3:35 KJV).
Jesus’ unequivocal service was given to God and God’s unequivocal trust was given to Him. They were ONE. Jesus said I came “…not [to do] My will, but [God’s] be done…" (Luke 22:42-43 NIV). God therefore, “….placed all things in His hands…” (John 3:35 KJV).
Remember, Jesus DID NOT say, he and his Father were close, but he said they were “ONE.” Jesus said this because he was in a true, intimate, “covenant unity” relationship with God, the Holy Spirit. “...I and my Father are…ONE…" (John 10:30 KJV).
Covenants are God’s IDEA. He made them to BINDING agreements usually made between two parties.
In the Old Testament certain animals were sawn into two pieces and the dead carcasses were laid into two rows so the parties could walk between them in order to “seal” or “legitimize” the covenant agreement.
When the parties walked between the dead, bloodied carcasses they were making an oath or an unbreakable, covenant agreement that meant they would die like these animals if they didn’t keep the vows, terms, and promises. “...Those who have violated my covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces…” (Jeremiah 34:18-20 ASV).
The covenant process was a type of legal system for ancient Near East in the Old Testament. The animals represented the contract between the parties making the covenant.
There were two types of covenants. One is a two-party covenant which depended on the binding agreement of two or more parties (similar to a marriage).
The other one was an one-party covenant which depended on the binding agreement of ONLY “one” of the parties.
In the two-party covenant the parties making the covenant were committing to an unbreakable agreement which meant all they had or possessed in life was available to the other upon demand.
In addition, each party had equal rights and privileges to the other party’s possessions and resources.
Furthermore, what belonged to one party in the two-party covenant equally belonged to the other party.
The two-party covenant indebted both parties to an unbreakable commitment to each other for life and could only be broken if one of the parties died or failed to keep the agreement.
More often than not, if either party refused to keep the two-party covenant agreement between them; they would die a terrible death and possibly along with his or her entire family.
In the one-party covenant only one of the parties made a binding agreement to keep the covenant.
However, the other party was still privileged to all the committed party had or possessed and it was available to them upon demand.
In addition, what belonged to the committed party in the one-party covenant equally belonged to the other party.
The one-party covenant indebted one party to the binding agreement and the other party had no obligation at all other than a voluntarily one.
God made a one-party covenant with Abraham. If Abraham refused to keep the one-party covenant commitment; God still had to fulfill it and keep his promises. “…Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another... And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. …And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, [God promised Abram,] saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:…”(Genesis 15 KJV).
The above scriptures provide an example of a one-party covenant agreement. God (represented as the smoking furnace and burning lamp) “…passed between the pieces…”
Abraham fell into a “…deep sleep…” and did not participate in passing between the pieces of animal sacrifices.
“…The Lord [God] made [the] covenant with Abram…” Since God made the one-party covenant, he was responsible for the binding agreement and indebted to fulfill it.
The one-party covenant God made Abraham was this: “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly…. my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations…..thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee….And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised…” (Genesis 17 KJV).
Old Testament covenants were common and usually involved the two-party type of covenants. The two-party covenant tended to be more equitable in obligation and responsibilities.
The responsibilities and promises of both parties were equally shared and clear, but so were the consequences if the covenant was broken.
Another type of covenant was the “blood” covenant, which involved particular animal sacrifices. The animal sacrifices provided a covering for sins. “…almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission” (Hebrews 9:22 KJV).
“…Even the first plan required a death to set it in motion. After Moses had read out all the terms of the plan of the law—God’s “will”—he took the blood of sacrificed animals and, in a solemn ritual, sprinkled the document and the people who were its beneficiaries. And then he attested its validity with the words, “This is the blood of the covenant commanded by God.” He did the same thing with the place of worship and its furniture. Moses said to the people, “This is the blood of the covenant God has established with you.” Practically everything in a will hinges on a death. That’s why blood, the evidence of death, is used so much in our tradition, especially regarding forgiveness of sins...” (Hebrew 9:18-22 MSG).
Blood covenants with God, thru animal sacrifices, were usually mandatory. The shedding of blood was commanded by God as an atoning sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins.
This atoning sacrifice, though temporary and limited, satisfied God for the offenses of sins committed by his people.
The animal, representing the atoning sacrifice of the day, was temporarily, yet covered, by their shed blood, the sins of the people and freed them from the consequences of their sins.
Don’t make this complicated, animal sacrifices took place thousands of years ago and was simply a method God used as the atoning sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin.
Animal sacrifices, of course, have stopped. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul…” (Leviticus 17:11 KJV).
During ancient times certain animals died to serve as a temporary substitute for sin.
Since it was temporary the animal sacrifices had to be repeated over and over every year. The animal sacrifices, therefore, were a small tedious sample of the ultimate and permanent sacrifice predicted in Christ Jesus!!!
“For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins? But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins…” (Hebrews 10:1-4 NASB).
I say all of that to say that the covenant relationship between God, the Holy Spirit, through Christ and his people is a blood covenant.
A blood covenant is usually between two parties however, one or both of those parties can be a representative for an entire family or a group of people.
If one of the parties, of the blood covenant, is a representative of a group of people, he (she) totally represents every single person in the group.
The representative was also the guarantee that every responsibility, vow, term, or binding agreement of the covenant would be kept by his group.
The representative, therefore, acted on behalf of everyone in the entire group. The representative was considered “THE” voice and “THE” action for each individual member of the group.
In other words, each individual member of the group was embodied “in” the REPRESENTATIVE.
For instance, when the representative walked through the bloodied bodies, he “sealed” or “legitimized” the blood covenant for every member of the entire group. This is a very basic explanation of a blood covenant.
Furthermore, in the New Testament, Jesus is both the representative and the atoning sacrifice in the covenant relationship with God, the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is the slain sacrifice called the Lamb of God, who was killed in your place and therefore the atoning sacrifice for your sins. “…Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29 KJV).
Jesus’ sacrificial death was the atoning sacrifice for your sins. “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours…” (1 John 2:2 NIV).
You can NOW enter freely into the new covenant relationship with God THROUGH Christ. “…This cup is the new covenant in my blood …which is poured out for you…” (Luke 22:20 ASV).
Jesus’ death was like the death of the slain animal sacrifices in the Old Testament blood covenants. His blood is now the blood of the new covenant, which is an everlasting covenant (Ezekiel 37:26). “...This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Matthew 26:28 KJV).
Jesus as our permanent and once-for-all substitute for sin allows us lost and spiritually dead souls to enter into an everlasting covenant relationship with God, the Holy Spirit through our representative, JESUS. “...For Christ also died for sins ONCE for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us [back]...to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit...” (1 Peter 3:18 NASB).
Jesus is both the sacrificial lamb (atoning sacrifice) and the representative, for the lost and spiritual dead souls, in the covenant relationship with God, the Holy Spirit. “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit...” (1 Peter 3:18 NASB).
Jesus enters the relationship with God, the Holy Spirit, as the representative for lost and spiritual dead souls and opens the way, for them, to become reconciled with God. “… Jesus opened a new and life-giving way ... into the Most Holy Place…” (Hebrews 10:19-20 NLT). “...Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV). “…"This is the way; WALK in it…" Isaiah 30:21 NIV).
“… [He sent the ] …one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).
Those souls, who are “in” Christ by faith and chose to be represented by Him, enter the relationship too. “…, my righteous servant (Jesus) ... [made]... it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins…” (Isaiah 53:11 NLT).
“IN” Christ, God’s people are able, through the indwelling Holy Spirit, to keep the obligations and responsibilities of the “covenant unity” relationship with God, the Holy Spirit. “...For it is God who worketh in [his people], both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). , “…[God’s people]... can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth [them]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV).
Thus, Jesus becomes the guarantee that the “covenant unity” relationship with God, the Holy Spirit and his redeemed people, is kept. “…Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant...” (Hebrews 7:22 NIV).
God’s people can now enjoy the same “ONENESS” with God THROUGH Christ. Jesus said, "...I and my Father are ONE..." (John 10:30 KJV). God’s redeemed people can too.
The bible says, “…that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me (Jesus, your powerful WORD)…” (John 17:21-23 NASB).
This is the ONE SPIRIT relationship with God, the Holy Spirit that will NEVER LEAVE the soul ALONE again. Jesus boldly stated, "...I and my Father are one (forever)..." (John 10:30 KJV). “…that they also may be [one] in Us (forever)…” (John 17:21-23 NASB).
In a two-party “blood” covenant both parties share each other’s resources equally, meaning whatever one of the party’s possesses, so does the other; equally!
Jesus exercised, BOLDLY and CONFIDENTLY, his covenant rights with God. When Jesus said he and his Father were one, he was actually saying “...I share everything with God and he with me, because of our covenant relationship. All that he has are mine and all that I have belongs to God...” Can you say that and mean it?
According to the bible, every child of God can say what Jesus says. “…In this world [God’s people]... are like Jesus…” (1 John 4:17 NIV). "...I and my Father are one (forever)..." (John 10:30 KJV). “…that they also may be [one] in Us (forever)…” (John 17:21-23 NASB).
The Jews got mad at Jesus for being so bold and confident about his covenant relationship with God, the Holy Spirit. They accused him of blaspheming. Jesus said, “…I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God...” (John 10:30-34 KJV).
If covenants are binding agreements then everything that belonged to God EQUALLY belonged to Jesus. Was Jesus blaspheming or telling the truth? “…All things that the Father hath are mine….” (John 16:15 KJV). “… And all mine are thine, and thine are mine…” (John 17:10 KJV).
Those are the words people say that are “in” covenant (or married) relationships with one another. “… all mine are thine, and thine are mine…” (John 17:10 KJV).
Jesus boldly and confidently walked in the privileges, resources, and blessings he had within his “covenant unity” relationship with the God, the Holy Spirit of Glory!!
Jesus lived in his “one Spirit” relationship with God boldly and confidently. Jesus spoke and conducted himself like he KNEW, without a doubt: “...Because of his covenant relationship with God, the Holy Spirit, he had access to all his Father’s presence, goodness, working power and resources. He also had the rights to freely use them!!...”
It was true for Jesus and it’s true for his redeemed children, today. "...I and my Father are one ..." (John 10:30 KJV). “… that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You…” (John 17:21-23 NASB).
BECOMING “ONE” SPIRIT with God, through Christ is not a cliché, but a TRUTH. “…He (she) that is JOINED unto the Lord is ONE Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).
As a child of God, what rights and privileges do you NOW within the “covenant unity” relationship with God through Christ that you DON’T utilize? Why aren’t you freely utilizing them?
Every redeemed child of God is in a “covenant unity” relationship with God through Christ, RIGHT NOW, and has all the benefits of God’s promises, his presence, his goodness, his working power, his blessings, and privileges. “… because THEY BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS…” (Ephesians 3:6 NLT). “…All things that the Father hath are mine….” (John 16:15 KJV). “… And all mine are thine, and thine are mine…” (John 17:10 KJV).
“… [Everyone (male or female) who belongs, to him through Jesus and] … who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by [ALL of]...God’s children. [They]…are [ALL]… part of the same body, and enjoy the promise of … [provisions] …” (Ephesians 3:6 NLT).
God assures his people, citizens, and ambassadors that ALL of his benefits and resources are part of the BINDING “covenant unity” relationship he SHARES with each of them. “…For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes …also … Amen …” (2 Corinthians 1:2 NASB).
God’s people can expect God to keep his EVERY ONE of promises to them. They will NOT fail. “…Not one of the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass…” (Joshua 21:45 NASB). “…For as many as are the promises of God, in Him (Jesus) they are yes …also … Amen …” (2 Corinthians 1:2 NASB).
Every immutable promise in God’s Word is “yes” to THOSE in Christ and will result in “amen” to the glory of God. “…He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises…” (2 Peter 1:4 NASB).
When God’s people are JOINED to Jesus, God’s LIVING WORD, they are reconciled, restored, and made WHOLE or ONE SPIRIT and are granted his precious promises. “…He has granted …us His precious and magnificent promises…” (2 Peter 1:4 NASB).
The promises of the covenant work together with faith or trust in and dependency upon God’s WORD. God’s people willfully choose to trust and obey HIM. “...But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that YE break my covenant: …” (Leviticus 26:14-15 KJV).
Remember in the two-party covenant the parties making the covenant were committing to an unbreakable agreement which meant all they had or possessed in life was available to the other upon demand. “…All things that the Father hath are mine….” (John 16:15 KJV). “… And all mine are thine, and thine are mine…” (John 17:10 KJV).
In addition, each party had equal rights and privileges to the other’s possessions and resources. “… And all mine are thine, and thine are mine…” (John 17:10 KJV).
Thus, what belonged to one party in the two-party covenant equally belonged to the other. The two-party covenant indebted both parties to an unbreakable commitment to each other for life and could only be broken if one of the parties died or failed to keep the agreement.
In the Old Testament God told his people, “…[If] …ye will not do all my commandments, … YE break my covenant: …”(Leviticus 26:14-15 KJV) .
Obedience is not simply about doing what God wants you to do, but obedience is instrumental in having access to the benefits and resources of the covenant agreement as well as demonstrating you have a personal love for God, the Holy Spirit too. “…If you love me, you will (not might, maybe, sometimes, when I feel like it, or occasional, etc.) keep my commandments…” (John 14:15).
Conversations between God’s people and God, the Holy Spirit, takes place when HIS WORD is read, study, and meditated upon and through prayer. “…The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward …”(Psalm 19:7-11 NASB).
“...I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.” Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully....” (Hosea 14:5-9 NASB).
When God’s people keep or are obedient to the covenant promises “…there is GREAT reward…” “…If you OBEY the Lord, your God, blessed shall you BE….” (Psalm 19:7-11 NASB; Deuteronomy 28:1 KJV).
Without obedience and faith, God told his people, “…YE break my covenant …” (Leviticus 26:14-15 KJV).
I said earlier, that in the one-party covenant only one of the parties make a binding agreement to keep the covenant. Yet the other party is still privileged to all the committed party has or possesses and it is available to them upon demand.
In addition, what belongs to the committed party in the one-party covenant equally belongs to the other party in the covenant.
The one-party covenant indebts one party to the binding agreement and the other party has no indebtedness at all. Would you marry someone and make vows to them, if they didn’t make vows to you also?
God made this kind of one-sided covenant with Abraham. If Abraham refused to keep the one-party covenant commitment; God still had to fulfill it and keep his promises. “…Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another:… And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. …And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:…”(Genesis 15 KJV).
God (represented the smoking furnace and burning lamp) “…passed between the pieces [and made the covenant with Abraham all by himself]…” (Genesis 15 KJV). “…The Lord [God] made [the] covenant with Abram…”
Since God made the one-party covenant with Abram. God was indebted to the binding covenant agreement and indebted to fulfill it. “…He … remains faithful…” (2 Timothy 2:13 NLT).
God’s faithfulness is ALWAYS about how God loves his people and goes out of his way to demonstrate it. “...This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us…” (1 John 4:10 NIV).
When his people we STILL sinners, he desired to be in a covenant relationship with them anyway.“….God SHOWED HIS GREAT LOVE FOR [his people] by sending Christ to die for [them] while [they] were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT).
“… [Nothing]…will be able to separate [God’s people] from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:31-39 NASB). He has “….loved [his people]...with an everlasting … love….” (Jeremiah 31:3 KJV). “…God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…There is no greater … LOVE …” (John 15:13 NLT).
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” (1 John 4:10 NIV).
“...For Christ also died for sins ONCE for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring [his people BACK]... to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;” (1 Peter 3:18 NASB).
God “…spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for [lost and spiritually dead souls]….” (Romans 8:32 KJV). “…God so loved [lost and spiritually dead souls]... that HE GAVE his only begotten Son…” (John 3:16 KJV).
“...[Jesus]... said, It is finished…” (John 19:28-30 KJV). “… I lay down my life... [FOR the LOST and spiritually DEAD souls] …” (John 10:17-18 KJV). Jesus did “…not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many...” (Matthew 20:28 KJV). “... Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and SENT His SON to be the propitiation (substitute, intervention) for our sins.” (1 John 4:10 KJV). “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT).
Not only does God make one-sided, one-party covenants, but He also loves his people unconditionally. God proved his HOLY love by sending His ONLY one who could reconcile mankind to God, the Holy Spirit. “...[He sent the ] …one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “…, my righteous servant (Jesus) ... [made]... it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins…” (Isaiah 53:11 NLT). “…Jesus Christ maketh thee whole (SAVES, RECONCILES, RESTORES, etc.,)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV).
God sent his ONLY son for unworthy, wretched, and willful sinners, who weren’t even thinking about Him. “...Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). Yet, “...God, …sent his Son ….” (1 John 4:10 NIV).
God SENT Jesus to be both the representative for all SINNERS in the covenant relationship with God and the atoning sacrifice.
Jesus became the slain Lamb of God who took away the sins that separated humanity from God, the Holy Spirit, and reconciled them. “…Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29 KJV). “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 2:2 NIV). “…This cup is the new covenant in my blood…which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:20 ASV).
“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Matthew 26:28 KJV).
. “…Jesus saith unto to them, I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV). “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God…” (1 Peter 3:18 NASB).
“...so that He might bring us [BACK]... to God…” (1 Peter 3:18 NASB). “…He [or she]… that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT….” (1 Corinthians 6:17).
Becoming ONE FLESH (soul and soul) is NOT the same as becoming ONE SPIRIT (soul and SPIRT). “…the Holy Spirit gives birth to (or restores) SPIRITUAL LIFE…” (John 3:6 NLT). God is a “…restorer of thy life…” (Ruth 4:15 KJV). “…He restoreth my SOUL…” (Psalm 23 KJV). “…The law of the LORD (the WORD of God) is perfect, restoring the SOUL…” (Psalm 19 NASB). “….He (the WORD OF GOD) restoreth my soul….” (PSALM 23:1-3 NLT). “…I (God, the holy spirit) will restore…” (Jeremiah 30:17 KJV). “….Jesus Christ (the WORD of GOD) maketh thee WHOLE (AGAIN)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV). “... and man became a living soul …” (Genesis 2:7 KJV).
Becoming ONE SPIRIT (soul and SPIRIT) reconciles one to God, the Holy Spirit, restores the soul, makes a person whole again, and gives them a renewed desire, attraction, or affinity toward God. “... You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...” (Psalms 63:1 NLT).
The lost and spiritually dead soul is SEPARATED from God, the Holy Spirit. It is LEFT ALONE and even the ONE FLESH relationship won’t make the soul WHOLE. It is the ONE SPIRIT relationship that makes a man or woman WHOLE. “…Jesus Christ maketh thee whole …” (Acts 9:34 KJV). “... Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV).
God’s people often think there are things and people they simply can’t leave without, but WORST is living without God, the Holy Spirit. “… God will supply all [your need]…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB). GOD says, “…I… satisfy …” (Jeremiah 31:25 NASB).
The soul that is RESTORED to God can say in ALL situations, “…The Lord is my shepherd; I SHALL NOT WANT…” (Psalms 23 KJV). “…YOU [God]... SATISFY ME MORE THAN THE RICHEST FEAST …” (Psalms 63:1-5 NLT).
“… [God, the Holy Spirit, ALONE WILL]…satisfy … [his people] …” (Jeremiah 31:25 NASB). “… [God, the Holy Spirit, the eternal LOVER of one’s soul.] … will supply all [his children’s need]…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB).
“…He(she) that is joined (restored, reconciled, made whole, etc.,) unto the LORD is ONE SPIRIT…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). “[God, the] …Holy Spirit …is the SOURCE [for becoming ONE SPIRIT]…” (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).
“… [God, the Holy Spirit, ALONE WILL]…satisfy … [his people] …” (Jeremiah 31:25 NASB). God will “…Never leave nor forsake [his people]…” (Hebrews 13:5 KJV). “…[God, the Holy Spirit will]... surround … [his children] … WITH FAVOR as with a shield…” (Psalms 5:12 NASB).
“…Behold, I (God, the Holy Spirit) am with … [my people] and will keep … [them] whithersoever [they]… goest…I (God, the Holy Spirit) will not leave [them] ..." (Genesis 28:15 ASV).
“… [God, the Holy Spirit] … is [their] rock and [their] fortress, [their] deliverer, [their] GOD, [their] rock, in whom [THEY (his people)] … take refuge…" (Psalms 18:2 NASB). “…there is none like unto thee…” (Jeremiah 10:6 KJV).
I AM “…joined (restored, reconciled, made whole, etc.,) unto the LORD [and I am]... ONE SPIRIT [with God, the Holy Spirit, again]…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).
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