Discuss Ezekiel 36 Page 4

  • ELB - In Reply on Romans 8 - 3 years ago
    Erich: Ezekiel is PROPHECY:

    How does one turn from sin and disobedience.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you and CAUSE you to walk in my statues, and to keep my judgements, and do them.

    PROPHECY FULFILLED at pentecost:

    Philippians 2:13 For id is GOD (SPIRIT) that worketh in you both TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    God Bless You!
  • ELB - In Reply on Psalms 103 - 3 years ago
    Sister Suze, we are the body, Christ, the Word, is the LIFE in US, the body.

    Christ said when you need a word to speak or a scripture to quote it will come to your mind, because THE WORD is the LIFE of the Body (YOU).

    PROPHECY:

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my SPIRIT within you, and CAUSE you (the body) to walk in my statutes, and keep my judgements, and DO THEM.

    FULFILLED at pentecost:

    Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD (the life) that WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    Your (the body) lips move because the life (Christ in You) CAUSES them to move.

    Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandments of HIS LIPS (you are ONE with Christ)(LIFE is Christ and BODY is You).

    Job 27:4 My (yours and Christ) LIPS shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

    Job 2:10 ...in all this Job did not sin with his lips.

    Psalms 12:4 Who (one with no knowledge of truth) have said, With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are our own: who is Lord over us.

    We were PREDESTINATED to be the IMAGE OF CHRIST.

    John 5:30 I can of myself do nothing ...

    Christ is the BODY that holds the LIFE of the FATHER.

    John 15:5 .....for without me you can do nothing ....

    WE are the BODY that holds the LIFE of Christ.

    John 17:22 And the glory that thou gavest me I have given them, that they MAY BE ONE, even as WE ARE ONE.

    Is it not mind boggling to walk in TRUTH.

    God Bless YOU!
  • ELB - In Reply on Acts 8 - 3 years ago
    Anthony:

    The first coming of Christ was his ministry IN THE FLESH, three and a half years, on earth in the flesh.

    His SECOND COMING is SPIRIT, you cannot see SPIRIT, it comes like a thief in the night.

    At pentecost Christ POURED OUT his Spirit on mankind.

    Christ, in the form of the Holy Ghost, now lives inside you, you are the BODY OF GOD, Christ is THE LIFE in YOU.

    Colossians 1:27 ....this mystery ....Christ in you ......

    Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD (Christ in you) that WORKETH IN YOU (the body) both TO WILL and TO DO HIS (the life's) good pleasure.

    PROPHECY:

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my Spirit (life and truth) within you, and CAUSE you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements, and DO THEM.

    God Bless You!
  • ELB - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Janet D:

    1 John 2:27 For the anointing that you have received of him abideth IN YOU, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

    The hardest thing, is THIS DYING TO SELF, and coming to TRUTH that the LIFE, IN US, IS CHRIST.

    Philippians 2:13 For it is God that WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    1 John 3:9 Whosoever is BORN OF GOD doth not commit sin .....he cannot sin because he is BORN OF GOD

    Why can't you commit sin; because the life IN YOU IS CHRIST.

    Philippians 1:27 ... this mystery .... CHRIST IN YOU .....

    If you pick up a pencil, it's not you, IT'S CHRIST, if you drive the car, it's not you, it's Christ, if you help you neighbor, it' not you, it's Christ, ETC.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my Spirit (life) WITHIN YOU, and CAUSE YOU (his body) to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements and DO THEM.

    God speaks to you through HIS WORDS (the bible), the more you study, the more he speaks.

    To whom much is GIVEN (the life of Christ); much more is GIVEN (the MIND OF CHRIST).

    Ask and ye shall receive.

    God Bless You as YOU DIE TO HIS WORDS and are GIVEN LIFE BY THOSE SAME WORDS.
  • S Spencer - 3 years ago
    What is Salvation? "Asked by Lala."

    "Answer"

    Salvation is life!

    Salvation is a new creation in you performed by God.

    Salvation is when "GOD TRANSFORM YOU" after you truly believing and trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ. You have been transformed from dead to life. we're not perfect but we are transformed.

    Here's a few old testament scripture that gives a description of salvation and how it's performed.

    Deuteronomy 30:6. And the LORD thy God will CIRCUMCISE thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. "Here you see the lord cutting away filthy flesh from your heart."

    vs. 8. " This is what God causes you to do after cutting away the "flesh".

    "And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day."

    Jeremiah 24:7.

    Jeremiah 31:33-34.

    Jeremiah 32:38-40.

    "I like vs 40! Eternal Security found in the old testament!

    ( And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me)

    Ezekiel 11:19.

    Ezekiel 36:25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I CLEANSE YOU.

    Ezekiel 36:26-27. "Salvation is a cleansing!"

    Salvation is a transformation by Gods spirit in you, and that comes by way of Jesus.

    New Testament references.

    John 15:1-8.

    John 10:27-29.

    John 6:45.

    Ephesians 2:1-10.

    Philippians 1:6.

    Colossians 3:10.

    Romans 6:17-18.

    God bless.
  • S Spencer - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Hi Lala.

    Salvation is life!

    Salvation is a new creation in you performed by God.

    Salvation is when "GOD TRANSFORM YOU" after you truly believing and trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ. You have been transformed from dead to life. we're not perfect but we are transformed.

    Here's a few old testament scripture that gives a description of salvation.

    Deuteronomy 30:6. And the LORD thy God will CIRCUMCISE thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. "Here you see the lord cutting away filthy flesh from your heart."

    vs. 8. " This is what God causes you to do after cutting away the "flesh".

    "And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day."

    Jeremiah 24:7.

    Jeremiah 31:33-34.

    Jeremiah 32:38-40.

    Ezekiel 11:19.

    Ezekiel 36:25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I CLEANSE YOU.

    Ezekiel 36:26-27. "Salvation is a cleansing!"

    Salvation is a transformation by Gods spirit in you, and that comes by way of Jesus.

    New Testament references.

    John 15:1-8.

    John 10:27-29.

    John 6:45.

    Ephesians 2:1-10.

    Philippians 1:6.

    Colossians 3:10.

    Romans 6:17-18.

    I know this is a lot,

    I pray you read over them.

    God bless.
  • ELB - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Somefair:

    Ephesians 4:4 There is ONE BODY, and ONE SPIRIT ......

    Ephesians 4:6 ONE GOD and FATHER OF ALL ......

    God is Spirit, Spirit is God, no one can see Spirit, therefore no one can see God.

    God (Spirit) is all things that can't be seen: life, faith, love, truth, wisdom, counsel, understanding, mercy, obedience, light (not physical light), ETC.

    God wanted all these things to be seen, so he created a BODY, and he placed the FULLNESS of himself in that BODY.

    That BODY is CHRIST; that holds the FULLNESS of SPIRIT (God), all of GOD, life, love, faith, truth, ETC. can be seen in Christ. Christ said if you have seen me you have seen my Father.

    Christ, is ONLY THE BODY, for he said, the words you hear are not my words, but my Father's words, the work's you see are not my work's but my Father's works, of MYSELF I (the body) can do NOTHING.

    We were given that same BODY at Christ resurrection; therefore we must say the same thing as Christ, its not my words you hear but my Father's words, it's not my works you see but my Father's works; of myself I (the body) can DO NOTHING.

    Philippians 2:12 For it is God (Spirit) that worketh IN YOU both TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    He does the same thing in Christ. It's just that Christ knows this TRUTH, therefore he was without sin.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I (Spirit) will put my Spirit IN YOU (Christ), and cause you (Christ) to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements and DO THEM.

    Through TRUTH we are being created in to the exactness of Christ, (A BODY) that holds the FULLNES OF SPIRIT.

    GBU
  • ELB - In Reply on Philippians 2 - 3 years ago
    Wendy, you find it by finding what TRUTH is.

    Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

    Wendy, you are a new creation in Christ.

    Christ came as sinful flesh (you were that sinful flesh) and DIED, Wendy, you, sinful flesh died on that cross, and as you died with Christ, you also arose with Christ, a new creation.

    Colossians 1:27 ....that mystery....Christ in you ....

    Philippians 2:13 For it is God (Spirit)(Christ in you) that WORKETH (Spirit)(Christ, not you, you died) in you both TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I (Christ) will put my spirit within you, and CAUSE YOU to walk in my statues, and ye shall keep my judgements, and DO THEM.

    And truth shall set you free.

    Philippians 4:13 I (Wendy, the new creation) can do all things THROUGH Christ which strengeneth me.

    1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the (works of) the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us that are saved it (the workings of the cross) is the POWER OF GOD.

    GBU
  • ELB - In Reply on Genesis 1 - 3 years ago
    Rich, you don't pray to the Holy Spirit, but you pray THROUGH the Holy SPIRIT.

    When Christ came as sinful flesh and DIED, sinful flesh (YOU) died, and were raise (with CHRIST) a new creation.

    Philippians 2:13 For it is God (SPIRIT, LIFE and TRUTH) that WORKETH IN YOU (Christ has replaced sinful flesh (you) with himself (SPIRIT), and everything that he is, is now IN YOU) TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    We don't know what to pray for, but Christ as the mediator between Father and Son(s) does know. So what ever you pray for is being caused by the LIFE, now in you.

    Christ is the ROOT (LIFE), we are the branches, without THE ROOT (LIFE AND TRUTH) the branches would wither and die), of ourselves WE CAN DO NOTHING.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put MY SPIRIT within you, and CAUSE YOU to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements, and DO THEM.

    1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of GOD (truth and life) doth not commit sin; for his seed (truth and life) remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of GOD (Spirit, Truth and Life).

    Proverbs 16:6 By TRUTH and MERCY (which are GOD) iniquity is purged ....

    GBU
  • S Spencer - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Hi frank.

    I would like to add one parallel verse to my comment.

    Ezekiel 36:26-27. "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

    And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them."

    God bless.
  • Free - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Dear "Marke", in a way you are right too. Jews still keep the Sabbath, and Christians do not keep the Sabbath at all. The meaning of the Sabbath was to Honor God not man. Therefore, the Jews could not then do/work on that day of the Sabbath. This was then, as everyone knows, a great topic of conversation for the scribes. (You should see for yourself here on the web as well). So that we do not walk in unbelief where others are enlightened.

    Luke 6:7

    And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

    They followed everything Jesus did to get something and accuse Him. No further explanation is needed, because we know that.

    Jesus has now created a society that we can have with Him 24/7 that is, around the clock. The kingdom of the Holy Spirit understands everything we think/believe/confess and He does not beat us down if we do not get to go to Sunday meeting. For that is what we Christians do at meetings on Sunday.

    But what was done if the Jews did not follow the laws of the Sabbath?

    For to live up to what Jesus died for us, May we have fellowship in the Spirit as here in one example Fhilippians 2:1-4

    The law that has now been replaced by stone tablets is now directed into our hearts. So really, we only need One to teach us.

    He Is A Full Good Teacher. The Holy Spirit.

    Romans 5:5

    Ezekiel 36:26

    This was done so that we would be justified, but then another study begins. Then I'm pretty sure the elders in here have something good to say. Be blessed in Jesus name, love u in Christ
  • S Spencer - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Hi SolaScrip.

    Thanks for that. I don't think we are going to agree on this.

    Your quote:

    "When we take His Spirit into us, that is the same event as us receiving a new heart - spoken of in Ezekiel 36:26-27. Look closely at those verses. "I will ... CAUSE you to walk in My statutes, and ye SHALL keep My judgments, and do them."

    These verses is for the children of Israel and want be accomplished until the Millennium!

    Here's what you left out.

    Ezekiel 36:22-25. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

    And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

    For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

    Continued verses.

    Ezekiel 36:26-27. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

    And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

    But if you want to use it for the Church it serves my view well.

    ""AND I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, AND CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND YE SHALL KEEP MY JUDGMENTS, AND DO THEM.""

    That is a perfect picture of the work of the Holyspirit which we receive once saved.

    Thanks and God bless.
  • SolaScrip - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Jesus Christ obeyed all the 10 Commandments His entire life. John 15:10 If He had not, He would not have been 100% SINLESS (without blemish) and His sacrifice would not have been so powerful to accomplish all that it did.

    We are to walk just as Jesus walked. 1 John 2:6

    When we take His Spirit into us, that is the same event as us receiving a new heart - spoken of in Ezekiel 36:26-27. Look closely at those verses. "I will ... CAUSE you to walk in My statutes, and ye SHALL keep My judgments, and do them."

    Christ observed the 7th Day Sabbath every week of His life and it is the 4th Commandment. We are to do the same.

    Resting in the security of His providence is a good thing to do, but it is not a substitute for the Sabbath Day of rest instituted at Creation Week - because none of the Commandments have ever been repealed. Gen. 2:2-3 God blessed and sanctified only one day ever, and what God blesses cannot be reversed. Num. 23:20

    It is the only day He ever claimed to be HIS Day. Isaiah 58:13 It is the GENUINE Lord's Day that John refers to in Rev. 1:10. There is no other reference anywhere in scripture to that term and the Isaiah verse identifies which day that is.
  • S Spencer. - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Hi Dennis.

    Ephesians 6:12.

    Just wanted to bring clarity to what I posted and what has been presented. I used 2 Corinthians 4:4. You see the work of Satan that hinders the mind of most of the world.

    All the blessings mentioned in the other post is offered to the "whole world" but few will receive it. Mathew 7:13-14.

    The Lord is calling a people OUT of the world."His Church" starting with the Apostles who was to be a whiteness but to be separate from the world where Satan is the prince.

    Here is just a few scripture references of the Lord and our relationship to the world as we stand.

    John 17:9-16.

    John 12:31.

    1 John 2:15-17.

    John 1:6-12.

    In Revelation-12:9. Scripture says Satan deceives the whole world. You see by then the church is taken out of the world Gods children Will be with him, They're children of the light. Satan is the ruler of darkness. Ephesians 6:12.

    When a person is not born again "Born from above", He is what is called "In the flesh" and that flesh is controlled by principalities, powers, and rulers of darkness. His father is the prince of this world! Satan rules in his heart.

    The Lord came to give you a NEW heart and a new spirit as he promised the Jews in Ezekiel 36:26-27.

    More references:

    Beginning with Luke 4:5-7. Here you see Satan tries to temp Jesus to bypass the cross where he will bruise Satans head and have the final climax in Revelation.

    Did you notice, Jesus never refuted satans claim?

    This is why Paul stated this in Romans 8:19-22.

    This is why Abraham pitched tents looking for a land who's maker is God.

    Peter says we are strangers and pilgrims.

    When Christ come set up his literal kingdom he will rule with a rod of iron and rule in mans heart.

    That has not happened yet.

    God bless.
  • Chris - In Reply on John 3 - 3 years ago
    Hello Jeremiah. This account that you refer to, begins at John 3:10, as Jesus continues His talk with Nicodemus. Jesus has just given him a very strange Word (or, concept): that this new spiritual re-birth from God has nothing to do with a physical re-birth. And so when Nicodemus enquires further, Jesus states, that as a master (i.e. teacher or doctor of the Law) in Israel, he should have understood & be conversant with such a Truth. He should have known of God's Spirit working upon & within many people (e.g. Numbers 27:18; Judges 3:9,10; 1 Samuel 10:9,10; Ezekiel 36:26-28; Isaiah 11:1-5); that the self-same Spirit Who could come upon people could also one day give them a new Spirit within them to worship God & live through His Power - a new life acceptable to God, even as God gave His Spirit to accomplish His Purposes in those of olden days.

    Then Jesus continues to speak with Nicodemus; that what he is hearing now is coming from One Who knows & Who has seen the working of God's Spirit. And further (in John 3:13), Jesus says that there has been no one to have gone into Heaven to learn of these things & bring them to people, but only the One Who was always in Heaven & has come down from Heaven.

    Jesus' Words here don't just speak of life after death, but specifically about those who did rise (whether in spirit or in the first resurrection), who did not return back to share this Truth about rebirth with them; people living now could not learn this Truth from anyone, but from the Son of Man Who is the Son of God, coming from God & bringing it to man. And Nicodemus should have understood at least a little of what Jesus was saying to him, because of his knowledge of the Scriptures.

    And yes, true, there'll be a day when God will bring forth a new Earth, devoid of any stain of evil, where all of Heaven & Earth will reside ( Revelation 21:1-7), and all sinners (unrepentant, remaining enemies of God & the Cross of Christ), will only be found in the Lake of Fire (v8).
  • S Spencer - 3 years ago
    Hi M.

    Providing we're able to convince one there is a God by his creation,

    Psalms 19:1.

    Romans 1:19-20.

    Perhaps here's a few of many verses that shows the God of the Bible is that God.

    Genesis 13:14-15. And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

    For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed (FOR EVER.)

    As we know they went into captivity, And Ezekiel wrote from Babylon when the was desolate. They later returned and the land was left desolate again for over 1900 years.

    May14, 1948. We see the "start" of

    Ezekiel 37:1-27.

    Ezekiel 20:42.

    Jeremiah 30:2-3.

    Jeremiah 31:17.

    Isaiah 43:5-6.

    Micah 4:6-7.

    Amos 9:14-15.

    Ezekiel 36:23. AND I WILL SANCTIFY MY GREAT NAME, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I SHALL BE SANCTIFIED IN YOU BEFORE THEIR EYES.

    Jeremiah 16:14-15. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

    But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

    Jeremiah 23:6-8. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

    But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Cowboy:

    God says, You don't CHOSE me, I CHOSE YOU.

    You don't contribute one single thing to your salvation.

    Ephesians 1:11 In whom we also obtain an inheritance, being predestinated according to the PURPOSE of him who WORKETH ALL THINGS after the counsel of HIS WILL.

    Philippians 1:29 For unto you IT IS GIVEN on the behalf of Christ, to BELIEVE ON HIM .....

    1 Peter 1:21 Who BY HIM do BELIEVE in God .....

    Salvation is a GIFT of GOD, through GRACE and MERCY.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I WILL put my spirit within you, and (I WILL) CAUSE you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my commandments and DO THEM.

    Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD that worketh in you both TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    You do nothing, it's all the WORK OF GOD.

    And they will say unto me in that day, LORD DID WE NOT DO, and he will say depart you workers of iniquity.

    Revelation 2:26 And he that overcometh and keeps MY WORKS unto the end, to him will I give POWER OVER the nations.

    God Bless YOU.
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Brother Adam, man makes thousands of choices every day. The question is why or what makes him make that choice.

    MAN believes man is separate from God.

    The word says we are the body that GOD FILLS. Man has no KNOWLEDGE of this.

    Christ was the first BODY, you can see a BODY, God is spirit and spirit can not be seen. God wanted to be seen so he created a BODY, and FILLED that BODY with HIMSELF, and called HIMSELF MAN (Adam) and that first man was our GOD and SAVIOUR Jesus Christ. He, the body FILLED with the POWER of our unseen Father, created his wife EVE (WOMAN, which are both male and female).

    Christ was manifest in the flesh so his brothers and sisters could SEE who their Father is and cause them to have KNOWLEDGE of who they ARE, bodies that are FILLED WITH GOD.

    Christ always said of myself I can do nothing. Ever choice was made by his Father because Christ is only the BODY, its the LIFE in the body that make the choices. Christ had KNOWLEDGE of this, that why he NEVER SINNED.

    He WROTE these words to us:

    Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD (the LIFE) that WORKETH in YOU (the BODY) To WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    You and I, Brother Adam, are just a BODY that is FILLED with CHRIST, therefore it is not us making choices but THE LIFE in us CAUSING US to make those choices, to bring us to the knowledge that we are EXACTLY like Christ, a BODY that is FILLED with the LIFE, a Son of God.

    He who is BORN OF GOD cannot sin; WHY, becauses it's not the BODY, but the LIFE causing you TO WILL and TO DO, and God cannot sin.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and CAUSE you to walk in my statutes (CHOICES), and you shall keep my JUDGEMENTS (my purpose for you) and DO THEM.

    Joshua said, as for me and my household we will follow God, not because he was given free will, but because the Spirit within him CAUSED him to DECLARE IT.

    You are of the household of Joshua.

    God Bless You.
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Brother Adam: does man have any part in salvation.

    No he does't; you don't chose me I CHOSE YOU.

    God causes you to repent, God causes you to believe, God causes you to love him and your brothers ( Ezekiel 36:27), God causes everything in you life, because it's NOT YOUR LIFE, it's HIS LIFE, we are just the body that holds THE LIFE,

    Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD (THE LIFE) that worketh in you both TO WILL and TO DO his good pleasure.

    At God's appointed time for each individual to come to Christ, that PERSON will COME, Paul is our example, were are all on the road to hating and killing our brothers, UNTIL CHRIST APPEARS in is, then we declare what will you have me do LORD. We become a labour doing the WORKS OF GOD, of yourself you can do nothing.

    Everyone was saved (past tense) by Christ death and resurrection. Now each one individually waits for his APPOINTED TIME for Christ to CALL and that individual will COME, just as PAUL did. A FEW in this AGE the rest in the AGE(S) TO COME.
  • Tim legarie on Ezekiel 36 - 3 years ago
    Ezekiel 36:9 For behold,I am for you,and I will turn unto you,and you shall be tilled and sown: 36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land ,and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it. Matthew Henry 1710 The sin of the people defiles the land,renders it abominable to God ,and uncomfortable to themselves.Water is an emblem of the clensing of our polluted souls from sin. (TL) there is another word the world uses to divert people from the pollution of sin. God almighty will clense and heal our land by repentance ,and turning back to him only he can heal the land not man.
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Brother David, you said when we are born again, and I have no doubts you are born again, and we walk in the Spirit, we aren't breaking fellowship, but when we are not walking in the Spirit but in the flesh, we sin.

    I believe the Truth in God's word explains what you describe.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my Spirit in you and CAUSE you to walk in my statutes, and keep my judgements, and DO THEM.

    Philippians 2:13 For it is God (SPIRIT) that worketh in you both TO WILL and TO DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE.

    In Isaiah 10 God uses the King of Assyria to bring judgement upon Israel, therefore God's Spirit was in the king CAUSING him TO DO God's will.

    God said when he was finished judging Israel by the hand of Assyria, he would punish the King, not because the King murdered and stole and raped, but he would be punished because he took credit HIMSELF, instead of understanding God DID IT, through him.

    God CAUSES us, his creation, every second of the day TO DO his work (statues and judgements). We may think when God is causing us TO DO, that we are walking in the flesh, and we are, but it is not SIN. Unless you believe it is not God DOING IT, and then the SIN is UNBELIEF. The only sin that want be forgiven in THIS AGE or the AGE TO COME, after that (judgement) they will be forgiven.

    May the Spirit CAUSE us to come to TRUTH.

    ASK and you shall receive.
  • GRACE_ambassador {ChrisE} various washings on Hebrews 9 - 3 years ago
    Hebrews 9:10

    Precious friends, since God is "not the author of Confusion" 1 Corinthians 14:33, Would He not "Have The Biblical Answer" to all The denominational Confusion {I found 10 'Different water baptismal traditions' today...}? Please Be Encouraged And Edified!

    Part 1

    {Borrowed from 12 baptisms "study"} ONE of Israel's various {divers} washings! Greek: Baptismos = Hebrews 9:10:

    4. Levitical priesthood baptism Exodus 29:4 Leviticus 8:6 Numbers 8:7. This washing was The Second Requirement { The First being: "NO blemish!" Leviticus 21:21 }, in order to become a priest under the Law of Moses! Is this baptism in any way connected To baptism # 9?:

    9. "water" baptism of repentance that John preached (Before The Cross), And Peter continued (After The Cross!), to preach! Matthew 3:5-6 Mark 1:4 Luke 3:3 John 1:31 Luke 7:29-30 Acts 10:37 Matthew 28:19 Mark 16:16 Acts 2:38 Acts 22:16 Ezekiel 36:25.

    a) Does this baptism "save" anyone Luke 7:29-30?

    b1) Is this baptism in any way "connected" to baptism # 4?

    b2) Wasn't John preparing National Israel for God's Promise For them "to be a nation of priests unto God" Exodus 19:6?

    b3) Was not The Second Requirement for priesthood induction, Washing? { may require re-review of baptism #4! }.

    b4) Did not CHRIST And The Twelve "heal" everyone in Israel who came to them, in order to meet "The FIRST Requirement" For the priesthood, that Of "NO blemish!"? Matthew 4:24 Acts 5:16 cp Leviticus 21:21

    Semi - conclusion? God {has Not 10 baptismS Today, but ONLY} ONE Baptism = Confusion SOLVED! And "PEACE {Not Confusion} In ALL the churches!" 1 Corinthians 14:33 Amen? Link

    More questions - to be continued in Part 2
  • GRACE_ambassador {ChrisE} repent for remission - In Reply on John 3 - 3 years ago
    Part II OR: Baptism Of Repentance For The Remission Of sins?:

    God's Word Of Truth, Rightly Divided, 'Shows water' is NOT Under God's GRACE, Today:

    (1) Prophecy/Law for ISRAEL: The Twelve 'Were Sent' to water baptize!

    The TWO Main, of 12 baptisms =

    A) water, For remission of sins/induction into Israeli "priesthood!" {separate "study" IF you wish...} ( Matthew 3:5-6 Mark 1:4 Luke 3:3 John 1:31 Luke 7:29-30 Acts 10:37 Matthew 28:19 Mark 16:16 Acts 2:38 Acts 22:16 Ezekiel 36:25 John 18:35 Exodus 19:6 ) +

    B) WITH The Holy Spirit, Poured Out By CHRIST, for power, signs And wonders! ( Isaiah 44:3 Matthew 3:11 Mark 1:8 Mark 16:17-18 Luke 24:49 Acts 2:17-18 Acts 2:38 Acts 8:15-17 Acts 11:16 )

    Prophecy/Law

    Rightly Divided ( 2 Timothy 2:15 ) From Things That Differ!:

    (2) Mystery/GRACE! = our "apostle to the Gentiles" for The Body Of CHRIST:

    Paul 'Was Not Sent' to {water} baptize! Why Not?:

    Today: 'Only ONE' Baptism = "BY" The ONE Spirit = God's OPERATION, Spiritually Identifying members In (The ONE Body Of) CHRIST!! ( Ephesians 4:5 Colossians 2:12 Galatians 3:27 Romans 6:3-4 1 Corinthians 12:13 )

    --------------------------------------------------

    Thus, This ONE Baptism Is Performed, By God, Today, Under God's GRACE/MYSTERY Program, when the believer "confesses Jesus as Lord and Savior and believes that He died and rose again, and God Saves them" in the twinkling of an eye.

    Thus, "water baptism" Is Scriptural, But Dispensationally, "was for the Previous Law/Prophecy Program" of God, For ISRAEL!

    Conclusion, water baptism is Scriptural, but, TODAY, is UNdispensational! Amen?

    More spiritual understanding of 'Prophecy vs MYSTERY':

    Link
  • GRACE_ambassador {ChrisE} on 1 Corinthians 12 - 3 years ago
    1 Corinthians 12:13 God's ONE Baptism for The Body Of CHRIST, Under GRACE/Mystery:

    Precious friends, Please Be Encouraged/Edified in This Important "study" of three baptisms:

    God's Word Of Truth, Rightly Divided, 'Shows water' is NOT Under God's GRACE, Today:

    (1) Prophecy/Law for ISRAEL: The Twelve Were Sent to water baptize!

    The TWO Main, of 12 baptisms =

    A) water, For remission of sins/induction into Israeli "priesthood!" {separate "study" IF you wish...} ( Matthew 3:5-6) ( Mark 1:4) ( Luke 3:3) ( John 1:31) ( Luke 7:29-30) ( Acts 10:37) ( Matthew 28:19) ( Mark 16:16) ( Acts 2:38) ( Acts 22:16) ( Ezekiel 36:25) ( John 18:35) ( Exodus 19:6) +

    B) WITH The Holy Spirit, Poured Out By CHRIST, for power, signs And wonders! ( Isaiah 44:3) ( Matthew 3:11) ( Mark 1:8) ( Mark 16:17-18) ( Luke 24:49) ( Acts 2:17-18) ( Acts 2:38) ( Acts 8:15-17) ( Acts 11:16)

    Prophecy/Law

    Rightly Divided ( 2 Timothy 2:15) From Things That Differ!:

    (2) Mystery/GRACE! = our "apostle to the Gentiles" for The Body Of CHRIST:

    Paul Was Not Sent to {water} baptize! Why Not?:

    Today: 'Only ONE' Baptism = "BY" The ONE Spirit = God's OPERATION, Spiritually Identifying members In (The ONE Body Of) CHRIST!! ( Ephesians 4:5) ( Colossians 2:12) ( Galatians 3:27) ( Romans 6:3-4) ( 1 Corinthians 12:13) --------------------------------------------------

    Thus, This ONE Baptism Is Performed, By God, Today, Under God's GRACE/MYSTERY Program, when the sinner "believes in CHRIST, that He died and rose again, and God saves them" in the twinkling of an eye.

    Thus, "water baptism" Is Scriptural, But Dispensationally, "was for the Previous Law/Prophecy Program" of God, For ISRAEL!

    Conclusion, water baptism is Scriptural, but, TODAY, is UNdispensational! Amen?

    Precious friends, Please be Richly Encouraged, enlightened, exhorted, and edified!"

    ( 2 Timothy 2:15; Romans 16:25; Ephesians 1:3-9; Ephesians 3:9 = Grace/Mystery 'fellowship,' today?)

    God's 'Simple' Will: Link
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Sister Glenda, may CHRIST IN US grace us with HIS wisdom and HIS understanding.

    Age is in YOUR favour; because, you can look back at more experiences of LIFE, than your daughter.

    The SPIRIT has CAUSED you (through the CHOICES he CAUSED you to make) to have those experiences of LIFE (good and evil) because it is necessary to become like God. ( Genesis 3:22)

    God KNOWS how to USE EVIL for GOOD.

    God CAUSED Joseph to have a silly little dream and to tell his brothers about that dream.

    God CAUSED his brothers to be envious and hate Joseph.

    God CAUSED his brothers to rise up and do EVIL against their brother Joseph.

    But look what THE WORD SAYS:

    Genesis 50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not, for I am in the place of God (where God purposed him to be).

    Genesis 50:20 But as FOR YOU, you thought EVIL against me, but God meant (caused) it (evil) unto GOOD, to bring to pass, as it is this day, TO SAVE MUCH PEOPLE ALIVE.

    God is STILL DOING this TODAY; Man just does't BELIEVE IT.

    Did Judas have a Choice outside of what God had purposed him TO DO.( Zechariah 11:12)

    Did Peter have a Choice outside of what God had purposed him TO DO (deny Jesus and flee)( Zechariah 13:7).

    Did Pharaoh have a Choice outside of what God had purposed Him TO DO ( Romans 9:17).

    Did David have a Choice outside of what God purposed him TO DO.

    2 Samuel 24:1 And AGAIN the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he MOVED (CAUSED) David against them, to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

    God PURPOSED that you are going to become the IMAGE of HIM ( Romans 8:29)( 1 Corinthians 15:49), Do you think you have a CHOICE outside of what he has purpose you TO DO.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my Spirit in you, and CAUSE you to walk in my statues (good or evil), and you shall keep my judgements, and DO THEM.

    God's WAY is not man's WAY.
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply - 3 years ago
    Sister Glenda, may CHRIST IN US grace us with HIS wisdom AND HIS understanding.

    God is SOVEREIGN. That implies that NOTHING is done apart from HIM DOING IT; his WILL being done (good and bad). Since GOD'S WILL is always being done (even though man DOES NOT BELIEVE IT), man DOES NOT HAVE FREE WILL (man does't believe that he DOES NOT HAVE FREE WILL).

    These scriptures below say man does not have free will; but that God is sovereign and does HIS WILL:

    Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD (his SPIRIT) which WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL (he CAUSES his will to be your will) and TO DO (good or bad) his good pleasure.

    Romans 9:21 Hath not the potter POWER over the CLAY (his creation) of the same lump to make one vessel (man) to HONOUR, and another (man) to DISHONOUR.

    Ephesians 1:11 In whom (in CHRIST) we also have obtained an INHERITANCE (from the Father, to become a SON OF GOD, like our brother Jesus Christ), being PREDESTINATED according to THE PURPOSE of him (the Father) who WORKETH ALL THINGS after the counsel of HIS WILL.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I WILL put my Spirit WITHIN YOU, and CAUSE YOU to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgements, and DO THEM.

    God has a PLAN for ALL mankind. We can not fully understand why God does things the way he does; but he has PROMISED that HIS PLAN will end in PERFECTION.

    When the Spirit causes you to BELIEVE the above verses you will REST in the SECURITY of his will, instead of the UNSECURITY of you SUPPOSED free will.
  • GRACE_ambassador {ChrisE} - In Reply on Acts 4 - 3 years ago
    Precious Yunda, Please Be Encouraged/Edified in This Important "study" of three baptisms:

    God's Word Of Truth, Rightly Divided, 'Shows water' is NOT Under God's GRACE, Today:

    (1) Prophecy/Law for ISRAEL: The Twelve Were Sent to water baptize!

    The TWO Main, of 12 baptisms =

    A) water, For remission of sins/induction into Israeli "priesthood!" {separate "study" IF you wish...} ( Matthew 3:5-6) ( Mark 1:4) ( Luke 3:3) ( John 1:31) ( Luke 7:29-30) ( Acts 10:37) ( Matthew 28:19) ( Mark 16:16) ( Acts 2:38) ( Acts 22:16) ( Ezekiel 36:25) ( John 18:35) ( Exodus 19:6) +

    B) WITH The Holy Spirit, Poured Out By CHRIST, for power, signs And wonders! ( Isaiah 44:3) ( Matthew 3:11) ( Mark 1:8) ( Mark 16:17-18) ( Luke 24:49) ( Acts 2:17-18) ( Acts 2:38) ( Acts 8:15-17) ( Acts 11:16)

    Prophecy/Law

    Rightly Divided ( 2 Timothy 2:15) From Things That Differ!:

    (2) Mystery/GRACE! = our "apostle to the Gentiles" for The Body Of CHRIST:

    Paul Was Not Sent to {water} baptize! Why Not?:

    Today: 'Only ONE' Baptism = "BY" The ONE Spirit = God's OPERATION, Spiritually Identifying members In (The ONE Body Of) CHRIST!! ( Ephesians 4:5) ( Colossians 2:12) ( Galatians 3:27) ( Romans 6:3-4) ( 1 Corinthians 12:13) --------------------------------------------------

    Thus, This ONE Baptism Is Performed, By God, Today, Under God's GRACE/MYSTERY Program, when the believer "confesses Jesus as Lord and Savior and believes that He died and rose again, and God saves them" in the twinkling of an eye.

    Thus, "water baptism" Is Scriptural, But Dispensationally, "was for the Previous Law/Prophecy Program" of God, For ISRAEL!

    Conclusion, water baptism is Scriptural, but, TODAY, is UNdispensational! Amen?

    Precious friend, Yunda, Please be Richly Encouraged, enlightened, exhorted, and edified!"

    ( 2 Timothy 2:15; Romans 16:25; Ephesians 1:3-9; Ephesians 3:9 = Grace/Mystery 'fellowship,' today?)
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply on 2 Chronicles 16 - 3 years ago
    Amen BSP, may CHRIST IN US grace us with HIS wisdom and HIS understanding.

    You are correct; when God purposes something, it's good as done.

    1 Timothy 2:4 Who WILL HAVE (God's WILL; will be done)( Matthew 6:10) ALL MEN TO BE SAVED, and come to the KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH.

    1 Timothy 4:10 For therefore we both labour (in the WORKS OF GOD; not our work)( Colossians 1:29) and suffer reproach, because we trust ( Ezekiel 36:27) in the living God, who is the SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN, specially those who believe ( Philippians 1:29)

    1 Timothy 4:11 There things COMMAND and TEACH.

    God IS NOT searching for those who want to SERVE HIM; because if it were up to flesh, NO ONE would serve him. He has already CHOSEN US ( Ephesians 1:11); he is BRINGING US TO THAT TRUTH ( Ezekiel 36:27).

    Flesh WILL NOT serve GOD; it is enmity to SPIRIT ( Romans 8:7) .

    God has CHOSEN (through casting the die; if you will)( Ezekiel 20:37) a select FEW to be KINGS and PRIEST ( Revelation 5:10) with HIM in his kingdom.

    Those, CHOSEN TO BECOME the IMAGE of GOD ( Romans 8:29)( Ephesians 4:24), will become judges with Christ' at the resurrection of the dead, back to their flesh ( 1 Corinthians 6:2)( Revelation 2:26-27). They (the dead) will be THEN brought to TRUTH.

    Isaiah 29:9 For when thy judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants WILL LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS.

    None of this is a reproof to you, my brother in Christ, I am just ADDING to your comments.
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply on 1 Timothy 1 - 3 years ago
    Sister Karen, may CHRIST IN US grace us with HIS wisdom and HIS understanding.

    You haven't made bad choices in the past; but you have been DECEIVED about those choices.

    Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD (Spirit, truth, life) which WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL (he causes his will (choice) to be your will (choice) and TO DO (take a certain job, etc.) of his good pleasure.

    We can not see the END from the BEGINNING; but God can, and he causes us to follow the path he has laid out, because it will end in PERFECTION.

    Ezekiel 36:27 And I WILL put my Spirit WITHIN YOU, and CAUSE you to walk in my statutes (my WILL), and you shall keep my judgements (WORDS) and DO THEM. Ending in perfection, you become the IMAGE OF GOD.

    You can not take the wrong path, even though it may not seem right to your eyes of flesh.

    ALL IS OF GOD; TRUST and BELIEVE.

    Colossians 1:27 ....this mystery ....Christ in you .....
  • Earl Bowman - In Reply on Romans 13 - 3 years ago
    Amen and Amen, Brother Carleton:

    We follow him because of HIS WORK:

    Ezekiel 36:27

    Philippians 1:29


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