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I am a retired pastor of
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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
We all have the body of flesh and bones. We do not have to be a genius to know this, since we are our flesh body. But God says that we are not the body that is of the flesh, but we are souls; and the body is given to the soul to live in. Further one more thing that is the jackpot is that a Spirit body is also available to us, and this body may look as bright as God, and may even take us to be with God. Let us study about this glorious Spirit body. God created Adam with Spirit, Soul and the body of flesh. God placed him in the garden of God, which is paradise, which is a part of heaven. God gave him a command, which was not to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Then God said to him that if he eats from the tree, he will die on the same day. Eve was Adams wife, and she was also in the garden. Satan, in a serpent came to the garden and deceived Eve and convinced her that she will not die if she eats from the tree. Eve ate the fruit and gave the fruit to Adam, and he also ate. As God said, Adam and Eve, both died the Spirit death, that is the Spirit in them was removed, they were thrown out of paradise, into earth. After that their generation was born without the Spirit, but just as Soul in the body of flesh. So, we lost our Spirit, and paradise which is heaven. But Jesus Christ gives them back, but not to all of us. He gives the Spirit only to those who ask him with an intent to obey him to live in righteousness. If we receive the holy Spirit, we will be living Souls; that is, we will live a godly life, and then we receive eternal life, which is heaven. So, we will get back what Adam and Eve lost, through Jesus Christ. If we do not get it back, it is our fault; but it is not the fault of Adam. So, we must get the Spirit back. As the first step, we must recognize that we are souls. So, please put up with me as I explain the Soul and the Spirit again and again.
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We should have two bodies, one is visible, the other is not visible. Our visible body is flesh, and the invisible body should be our Spirit. We have studied that God has created man and woman Adam and Eve as souls, which is of the Sprit matter, which is eternal, and it will never die. Then God made a living body of flesh, from the dust of the earth; and the life of the body is in its own blood. It is subject to die, and it will become dust again. God gives this body to the soul to live in. Then God gave Adam a Spirit, which is also a body, as well as a guide to lead him in godliness. As long as this Spirit body covers the Soul, the soul is considered as a living Soul. But if the Spirit body leaves, the Soul is considered dead and naked, and if so, this soul cannot go to heaven. As the flesh body leads the soul to have a good and healthy life in this world, the Spirit body will lead the Soul to have a good and healthy life towards God and heaven. And when the body of the flesh dies, it will return to dust, and the soul must leave the flesh body with the Spirit body. The Spirit will take the soul to rest or to sleep in Paradise until judgment day. If the soul does not have the Spirit, it will be thrown in hell, and it will be there until the judgment day. Judgment of God will not be like the judgments in our courts. All our destinations are already determined by what we have done while we were living on earth in our flesh bodies. On judgment day, hell will be cast in the lake of fire, and the souls in hell will be sent to their destinations. Those who are resting in Paradise also will be sent to their destinations. There are four major levels in heaven, and there are four major levels in the lake of fire also. In heaven, the four levels will be children, servants, Sons, and the Bride. Their dwelling places will be, Children will live in Paradise, it is also known as New Earth; Servants will be in the temple of God in Paradise; Sons will be all over in New Heavens, and the highest statues is known as the Bride of Christ, and also described as the New Jerusalem, and they will be at Sion, which is the house of God. They will live with God himself for ever.
We are living beings, and animals are also living beings. Are there any difference between us? Yes, we are intelligent beings, can communicate with language, gather information, develop ideas, make things, and so on. If that is all there is, we are just intelligent animals, but not humans. We live by intelligence, and Other animals live by instinct. Most people live as intelligent animals, but they may not accept it. God makes us as Souls and gives the flesh body to the soul, but we think that we are the flesh body. But the Soul is the one that makes us human. Lot of people are not aware of it. God gives conscience to everybody with the soul. So, they live with conscience also. Our conscience is in our souls, and our intelligence is in our brain, that is in our body. So, humans have Souls which animals do not have. And this Soul is eternal, and it will continue to live, even after the death of the flesh body. And the Souls are accountable for the kind of life they live in the body. Evil people live ungodly, rebellious, criminal lives and they do not want to be accountable and to face the consequences. So, atheists, leftists, and such people vehemently deny the existence of God, heaven, and hell. That is why they hate and oppose godliness. They want to erase the souls, but they cannot. They will be eternally damned.
Now, let me repeat the whole thing in a different way. If you think that your body is you, it is 100% correct. If your body is sick, you are sick; if your body is healed, you are healed; and if your body eats food, you eat food. So, it is true that you are your body. Now you are a normal human person, but you are not a godly or spiritual person. Because a godly or spiritual person believes what the bible says more than their own findings and proof. Bible says that you are a Soul, and if you believe the bible, you will know that you are a Soul. If you do, you are a believer, and believes the bible as the word of God, but you are not yet spiritual. Say, now you believe Jesus Christ and decide to be born again of the holy Spirit. So, you sincerely ask God for the holy Spirit, and God will give you the holy Spirit. So, now you are born of the Spirit, yet as a baby. Now let us say that the Spirit begins to guide you in the ways of God, and you begin to walk in the ways of God. Now you are Spiritual. Then the Spirit grow up by the word, in grace, and gradually up into Jesus Christ himself. The Spirit that was a candlelight at birth, may grow as even the sunlight.
2. Paradise is
Garden of God, and it is New Earth.
The old testament is the shadow
of the new. The old testament says about the 'Tree of Life', which could be
actual, however it is the shadow of Jesus Christ, and there is only one 'Tree of
Life', and as a tree it is in one place.
Genesis 2:9 "the
tree of life also in the midst of the garden, ...
Genesis
3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at
the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every
way, to keep the way of the tree of life." Both verses say that the
'Tree of Life' is in the Garden of Eden.
Revelation 2:7 says, "... the tree of life,
... is in the midst of the paradise of God."
Here we see that the Tree of Life is in the midst of Paradise. So, the garden
and paradise are the same. In Revelation 22:2, we see, "2
In the midst of the street of it, and on
either side of the river, was there the tree of life, ..." This is
the description of new earth, and the Tree of Life is in new earth. So, the only
one Tree of Life is in the middle of the garden of Eden, is in the middle of
paradise, and is in the middle of the streets of new earth. And so, paradise,
garden of Eden, and new earth, are all the same. It is the third heaven; it is
in "2 Corinthians 12:2
... such an one caught up to the third heaven. ...
4 ... he was caught up into paradise, ..."
So, these three are the third heaven. If we have the Spirit, striving but failed
to become perfect, because of some reason, we may be in the status of
children, and we will be in Paradise.
"Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." We have studied many times that this first day creation light is Spirit, it is life, it is the Spirit of Man, as well as it is the holy Spirit. John 1:4 says, "In him was life; and the life was the light of men." So, the light is the life, and this life is in Jesus, that is, Jesus Christ is the custodian of this life, and this life is the light of men. Verse 9 says, "That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." Here, the world does not refer to the entire world, but into the world refers to the Spirit World. That is, Jesus Christ will ignite everyone with this light, if we come to him. Jesus Christ is the store house of this light. Jesus Christ says in John 8:12, "I am the light of the world: (so, he is the store house of this light for the whole world, and he says,) he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." That is, he does not say that if we follow him, we will walk in his light; but he says when he lights us, we will catch this light, we will have the light in us, and we will be as lighted candles. This light is the holy spirit that was created on the first day, and it will lead us to everlasting life.
Christians know and believe that we have Body, Soul, and Spirit. But they do not know the details. Adam lost his Spirit by his sin, and we also lost it, since we are his generation. It is the Spirit of Man, and also is called the Holy Spirit, since it makes the people holy. But Christians, churches, and preachers, make the first mistake by teaching that this Holy Spirit is God, and they cunningly change it in the bible also, in the pretense of new translations. But they are not translations, they altered the bible, and it is the work of Satan, who changed the word of God at the garden of Eden to Eve. So, please know that the Holy Spirit is not God, but he is the Spirit of Man. Their second error is also on purpose is this. They preach that the baptism and the gifts of the Holy Ghost is the same as the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ gives to repented people as gift for holy living. But the baptism and gifts are even given to rebellious people. It is in "Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them." So God gives the gifts to the rebellious people also in the churches. This is why Jesus Christ calls them on judgment day as workers of iniquity. It is in "Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." These people are not of God, but they are famous people in churches, attracting so many Christians to themselves and to the churches, but not to God. The churches and preachers make these errors on purpose. 1) They call the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of Man, as God. 2) They call the gifts of the Holy Ghost as it is by the Holy Spirit, making the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit the same. So, they again call the holy Spirit as God to confuse the spiritual matters. But most rebellious people have gifts, and become famous, but they do not have the Holy Spirit. Then, to cover-up their deception, they alter the bible, calling them new translations. NIV stands on top in such deceptions. Most churches and preachers follow NIV, and they are deceivers.
Few links for detailed study: 1) "Holy Ghost". 2) "Holy Spirit."
Adam
and Eve lost the Spirit and heaven, but Jesus
Christ gives them back. He gives the Spirit only to them who ask him as a child
asks its father. In "Luke
11:9 And I
(Jesus)
say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you.
10
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened. …
13
... how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him?" Holy Spirit is
not a cheap free commodity to be given to whoever asks for it. But it is life
that takes a person to heaven. Those who have good conscience, who tried to be godly
but with no success, broken hearted and desperate, who need help from God, humble themselves and ask God as a
child asks his father, then God gives them the Holy Spirit. The holy Spirit will give
them the power to become godly, and lead them to heaven. Christians think that the gift
of speaking in tongues and such, is the Holy Spirit, but it is not. The holy Spirit
is the one that Adam lost, and Jesus Christ gives back.
I have a lesson from Romans chapter 8 that deals with flesh and Spirit. If you would like to study in detail, let me give a link here: "Romans 8." The Chapter begins with this; "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." This is the key. But how to do it? We are souls. Our house is Flesh; it has, or it has access to all the worldly fun, pleasure, glory, riches, sites to see, great America, grand canyon, and what not. Say, we are just born again, and it is of the Spirit. This is also a body or a house to live in. This house is connected to our Flesh house, which is our palace, and the Spirit house is as a garage attached to our palace, but with nothing in it. See the picture, a palace with an attached garage. Verse 2&3 say, "2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:" There are two laws, one is law of the Spirit, it is the commands of Jesus Christ, which the holy Spirit will be guiding through, and the other is the law of sin and death, which are imposed by religion and churches, with ceremonies and rituals, which God has already rejected. And religion is of the flesh. When the holy Spirit guides to Jesus Christ, first he will remove the religion from you. Why do I say that? God became Man Jesus. Preachers say that Jesus and church went hand in hand. But note that for Jesus the church was the temple. Even from day one, Jesus went to John the Baptist, but not to temple. He calls owe unto the scribes, priests, Pharisees, and all that was connected with the temple. He turned the merchants table and whipped them, and so on, and finally they killed him. Even after, God destroyed the temple, the temple worship, priesthood, and such all that is connected with it. That is what Jesus Christ will do. So, when the Holy Spirit guides you to Jesus Christ, he will destroy your church, and all things connected with it. So, the Spirit has removed a big portion of your palace.
Verses 5&6 say, "5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." So, the next thing is carnal mind. Carnal things are physical and sexual. God created all living beings as male and female, and his intension is for them to multiply. So, within God given boundaries it is a blessing. And in many ways, regarding food, not being lazy, and such, God wants us to take care of our bodies; and so, it is not sin. So, carnally minded is the only problem. 'Carnal' is to be focused on worldly, fleshly desires and instincts rather than spiritual matters. But the Spirit leads us in the things of the Spirit, which will mortify the mind of the flesh. Verses 13 says this. "13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." Next verse says that then we will be the Sons of God. "14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." As the holy Spirit leads the Soul, and if we obey his leading, the holy Spirit will put your carnal mind to death. So, our flesh palace is made empty, since the religious as well as the carnal things are destroyed and removed. Now the flesh palace is converted to be the tabernacle for our Souls to live in. Now the garage has taken over the Palace; we are now Spiritual; we live in the Spiritual palace and the flesh will not intervene in the Spirit. Now we are Sons of God. "1 John 3:2 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." And so, "we shall see him as he is," and "we shall be like him." Jesus Christ is brighter than the sun. So, we may be also as bright as the sun. What do you think? Will you be also as the sun!
If you would like to study such topics, please refer to my website or YouTube. The website has transcripts and links.
Website link: "True Gospel." YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/@truegospelofchrist.
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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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