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I am a retired pastor of
the Church of God (Tennessee). My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India. |
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Email: Pastor True Gospel
Declaration
God made us in his own image and after his likeness. That is, God created our souls exactly as his Soul, and our spirits as feeble miniature to his Spirit. Spirit is life to our soul on earth. Adam died to the spirit by his sin. This death passed upon all of us. So, Jesus told us to be born again of the spirit. As the omnipotent Spirit is God's body, our born again spirit will be our body in eternity.
Praise the Lord, Alleluia.
Our topic is, the Declaration of Faith item # 3; how
did God create man? “God made us in his own image and after his
likeness. That is, God created our souls exactly as his Soul, and our
spirit as a miniature to his Spirit. Spirit is life to our soul on earth. Adam
died to the spirit by his sin. This death passed upon all of us. So, Jesus told
us to be born again of the spirit. As the omnipotent Spirit is God's body, our
born-again spirit will be our body in eternity.” Let us study these from
scripture, line by line.
In my last clip, declaration # 2, we saw that the
one and only Omnipotent Spirit is God and three persons, or souls, are in
him. So, the Spirit is his body, and the souls are his persons. Let us see about
Man.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 says,
"your whole spirit and
soul and body be preserved blameless,
etc." So,
we have soul, body and spirit. Our body is of flesh and bones. God does not have
flesh and bones. God is Spirit and Soul only, but no flesh.
Let us see the creation of man.
Genesis 1.
"26
says,
And God said, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness: ...." Here, God says ‘let us make’. So, the three souls of
God are speaking to each other. They say, 1 ‘in our image’, 2 ‘after our
likeness’. It is difficult to distinguish between these two phrases in English
language. Both phrases appear the same. So, let me try to explain using my
language. My language is Tamil, and it is Indian. Please bear with me.
26. (Tamil
Script)
That is to say, let us make man exactly as we are, and in our shape. So,
it is two kinds, one is exactly as God is; the second is in God’s shape, which
is a miniature. God’s Spirit is omnipotent. It cannot be duplicated. So, man’s
spirit was made as a miniature to the spirit of God, and man’s soul was made as
the same as God’s soul. A soul is a person. The attributes of souls are love,
compassion, anger, kindness, holiness, righteousness, etc. So, our souls can do
what the souls of God can do. So, God tells us to be righteous and holy since he
is righteous and holy. "Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in
heaven is perfect. 1 Peter 1:15
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation;
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." Christians argue
saying that we cannot become holy. So, they come up with all kinds of
interpretations. But we have the same soul of God, with same attributes. But the
Spirit of God is omnipotent, and nobody can do what the spirit of God can do.
So, God does not require us to do anything after his spirit, to do miracles,
wonders, etc.
Let us read: "27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God created he him; male and female created he them. 28
And God blessed them,
...
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold,
it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." So, God created Adam and Eve on the sixth day and God
blessed them. Please notice, God created both Adam and Eve together, on the same
day, in the image of his own soul, and so, they are only souls. Their souls are
the real persons.
God took rest on the seventh-day,
according to
Genesis 2:1-3.
Let us look after the seventh day.
Genesis
2:5 says,
"And
every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field
before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and
there was not a man to till the ground." That is, the earth was empty. There was no plant, no
herbs, there was neither a man. What happened to the creation? All were there.
But they were still in the form of seeds, they were waiting for the rain. "6
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole
face of the ground." They grew
after they got water.
Man and woman were in the form of
souls. They were waiting to receive their bodies.
"
7
And the LORD God formed man
of the dust of the ground,"
This body was given to the soul, he was Adam. Then the body of woman was made
later from the ribs of Adam and was given to her soul, and she was Eve. So, the
souls are joined with the bodies, they were man and woman. Please notice; their
souls were made on the same day, on the sixth day, but their bodies were made in
different days, after the seventh day. At this point Adam was a complete man. "7
says that God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul."
If we are not careful, or if God does not reveal to a person, we may
misunderstand this verse. Christians teach that God made a clay man, and
breathed into the clay, and the clay became a living man. It is carelessness. It
does not say that the clay became a living man, but it says that the
man became a living
soul.
At this point Adam was a man with soul and body, fully alive, but he does not
have the spirit. So, God breathed the spirit into him, to give life to his soul.
And, the living man became a living soul. In the New Testament language, we may
say that he was born of the spirit. God created man in three stages. 1) created the soul, in
his own image. 2) Then he created a flesh body and gave it to the soul as a
house or a tabernacle to live in. 3) God breathed into him the spirit and made
him a living soul, or a spiritual man, who is born-again. Now, the man is
complete.
Then, God put Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden. "16 says,
And the LORD God commanded the
man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for
in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
The Garden of Eden is the paradise, where the tree of life is in the midst of
it. Paradise is a part of heaven, and so, the spirit in them was in the
glorified state. This glory covers them, and so their nakedness cannot be seen.
If the glory is gone, then the nakedness will be seen. God also gave him a
commandment, not to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge. And, if they eat,
they will die on the same day. They were deceived by Satan, the old serpent, and
ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. The same day they both died to the
spirit, that is, their spirit departed with the glory. So, they saw that they
were naked. But, their body lived for a long time.
"Romans 5:12
…, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so
death passed upon all men, …" The
sin of Adam and the spirit death by sin, have entered the world and on all of
us. Since this is spiritual death, we are born with no spirit, but only with
soul and body.
So, Jesus Christ tells us to be born again of the
Spirit. "John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
5 Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Marvel not that I said
unto thee, Ye must be born again."
So,
we must be born of the spirit.
If we repent of our sins and ask God to give us the
spirit, God will give us the spirit. A born-again person can see the kingdom of
God, and if we are born of the water also, we can inherit the kingdom of God.
1 John 3:2 says, "2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be
like him; for we shall see him as he is." If
we are born with the spirit, our spirit will be glorified at his second coming,
as Jesus Christ was glorified, and we will be in heaven with him.
But, what will happen if we are not born again?
"Genesis
3:19 says ...
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
2
Corinthians 5:1-5.
Please read it at home.
Let me give the substance.
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We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
3
If so
we will
be .. clothed we
shall not be found naked. 5
... God has given us … the Spirit."
That is, all our flesh bodies will return to dust, where it came from. If we
have the spirit, it will be glorified in heaven, we will be clothed upon it,
will see Jesus Christ as he is, and we will be like him. But, if we do not have
the spirit, we will be found naked on that day, with no garment. We will be like
a guest to the feast with no wedding garment; was caught by the presence of the
king. "Then said the
king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him
into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
It is the verdict of the Lord Jesus Christ from the
gospel of Matthew 22.
But, we can avoid it. Be born again, be born of the spirit of God. We will be in
heaven.
Please write to me in the 'Mail Box' below. I will
reply promptly. Thanks.
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Matthew 28:20, & Mark 16:15. Jesus Christ preached his commandments to obey, as his
Gospel; it is the true Gospel to inherit Eternal life. Genesis 3:1-4 & 2 Corinth 11:2-4. But Preachers, who are Serpents of Satan, preach the life of man Jesus just to believe, but not to live as a chaste virgin, as the gospel; it is another gospel, which cannot and will not give Eternal life.The true gospel will convert evil people to do good and thereby they will inherit the kingdom in heaven
. John 3:19-21 say that people are two kinds, evil and true. Evil doers will not come to the Light, who is God; but people of truth come to God for their deeds to be made manifest. We have good and evil people by our standard of our society or culture. These evil people may be converted to be doers of truth by the power of God, and they may inherit the kingdom of God in heaven.
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