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I am a retired pastor of
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I am a retired pastor of
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Email: Pastor True Gospel
'God the Father' and 'the Holy Ghost' have created a body in Virgin Mary. The Soul (the Word) left Omnipotent Spirit body, entered flesh body in Mary, and became man. God was not the father of the baby, but he was the creator of a body for the baby. "The Word was made flesh."
This is: the declaration of Faith
#8.
The bible says, "The Word was made flesh." How was it made?
Usually Christians say that God became a man. The bible does not say that, and
it cannot happen. But the bible says that God the Word was made flesh, who was
the man Jesus. So, it happened. It is a puzzle. Then, theologians come up with
saying, that God did not become just a man, but he was 100% God and 100% man, at
the same time. Let us study this from the scripture.
In declaration #3, we studied that
God made the soul of man in the exact same image of the soul of God. Soul is the
true person, who holds the character attributes. But the body holds the power
attributes and the identity. God’s body is omni-power Spirit. His power and
identity are in his Spirit. Please listen to this point carefully. If God is
God, because of his soul, we will also be God, because we have the same soul as
his. But, God is God because of his body, he alone will be God because, he alone
is the omni-power Spirit and no one else. What is omni-power. It is omnipotent,
omnipresent, and omniscient. Example of omnipotence is that God has created
atoms, (the smallest thing that we cannot even see, but they are powerful), and
the entire universe, that we cannot even comprehend, including sun, moon, and
stars. There is nothing impossible to him. Omnipresence is that he fills the
entire universe always. Omniscience is, he knows everything, including what you
will think at the end of your life and why you think that way. Nobody else has
it and that is why he is God. So, God is God because of his one and only
omnipotent Spirit. If we know the Biblical understanding of this basic principle
of who God is, we will not be confused.
Now let us see. God is soul and
Spirit. He has three souls and one omnipotent Spirit. Man is soul and flesh. The
soul of God and the soul of man are the same, because God made it that way. The
difference is the body. So, if one of the souls of God wants to become a man,
the soul should come out of the omnipotent Spirit body and get into the flesh
body of man. That is exactly what Jesus Christ has done.
"Hebrews 10:5
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou
wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6
…
7
Then said I, Lo, I come (…) to do
thy will, O God."
God the Word told God the Father to
prepare a body for him to come to the world to do his will. So, God the Father
sent angel Gabriel to Virgin Mary.
"Luke 1:26
... the
angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David; and the virgin's name was Mary."
Angel
Gabriel told Mary that she will get pregnant and deliver a son, he asked her to
call him Jesus, and said that he will be called the Son of the Highest. She
asked Gabriel how it is possible. The angel described it to her. "Luke
1:35 the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall
come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
This is one of the most misunderstood scripture verses in the Bible. "The
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow
thee:" This portion of scripture is understood, interpreted and
preached as if, God and Holy Ghost were on top of Mary and made her pregnant.
The next portion of the scripture is; "therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." It confirms their preaching. Now, let me turn to
Matthew 1:
"18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of
the Holy Ghost. 19
…
20 ... the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph,
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is
conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:"
Again from these verses, it is very easy to conclude that the Holy Ghost and God
the Father, are the fathers of the baby; or, simply, God is the father.
In one way, I hesitate to blame
the bible teachers. However, if they paid attention to the fact that Jesus asked
God the Father to make a body for him, then, their understanding could have been
entirely a different. It is creating a body in the womb of the virgin, and to
keep her virginity by all cost. So, God became the creator of the body of the
baby. He did not become the father of the baby. God’s power overshadowed her for
creation and Mary was still a virgin. That is why, God insists that we must
study the wholesome word, by the revelation of God, so that we may not teach
errors.
Okay, the body was created in
the womb of Mary. She was still a virgin, and was until the birth of the child.
Jesus was born to the virgin. Even God and the Holy Ghost did not break her
virginity. Now, she has a body in her womb. One of the three souls in God the
omnipotent Spirit,
the Word, stepped out of the omnipotent Spirit body and entered in the flesh
body. Now, virgin Mary is with child. "Philippians 2:6
Who,
being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7
But
made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men:" As he
became a man, he ceased to be God, he let go the equal status with God, did not
keep the reputation, he became servant to God, he served men also, and he
accepted the body that is in the likeness of men. Before he was God the Word
when he was in the omnipotent Spirit body. Now he was man, since he is in the
flesh body of a man. He is not omnipotent anymore and so he is not God anymore.
So,
John 1:14 says,
"The
Word was made flesh." Jesus
was a man.
Correction: In section 1, when I was telling about the curse in Genesis 3:15, I sais Satan and Mary, instead of Satan and Eve. In section 2, while I was explaining Isaiah 64:6, instead of saying that we must continue in righteousness, I said that we must continue in sin, which was a slip of my tongue. Sorry for the error.
God is three Persons in One Everlasting Omnipotent Spirit, who has existed even before the very beginning. Reference for details: "Who is God?" God the Word, one of the three persons in God, became a flesh man, without any Godly powers of the Omnipotent Spirit of God in him. "John 1:1 says the Word was God, and 14 says the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,..." So, God the Word, who was Spirit, became flesh and dwelt among people, as a Man like us. But if he were a new baby, he would have a new beginning at his birthday. But when God the Word became a human baby, he just switched his body from the omnipotent Spirit to human flesh, but the person was from the beginning. How did he do it?
Mary was a virgin espoused to a man known as Joseph. An angel from heaven visited this Mary. ["Luke 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."] In Luke 1:28, the angel greets Mary, "28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. ... 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. ... 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." So, the angel told Mary that by the Holy Ghost and by the power of God the Highest, she will conceive and give birth to a Son. The angel met her husband also in his dream. "Matthew 1:20 ... the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost." So, the child Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost and God the Father. So, it is proper for us to think that God is the Father of the child in Mary's womb. However, God is Spirit! So, he does not have human sperms that is the seeds of men in his Spirit body to plant it in the womb of Mary. So, Jesus did not come from the body of God. So, God the Father was not the father of Mary's son. Then, what happened?
Genesis 3:15 says that he is the seed of the Virgin, but not the Seed of God. This seed was baby Jesus, and the woman was Mary. In Hebrew 10:5, God the Word says "... a body hast thou prepared me:" The context is 5-10. ["Hebrew 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."]. God the Word told God the Most High to prepare, that is to create, a body of flesh for him to come as a man to the world. That is why, God the Father and the Holy Ghost came upon the Virgin Mary to create a body of a baby in the womb of Mary. When the body was created, the Soul of God the Word, came out of the omnipotent Spirit body, which is the body of God, and entered the flesh body of the baby, in Mary's womb, and was born as baby Jesus, as any other ordinary human baby would. So, God the Father was not the father of baby Jesus. But then, how is Jesus Christ called the begotten Son of God? It is not by his birth, but it is by his resurrection. Please refer this link for details: "Begotten Son."
Please understand this: God has created the Soul of man in the same image of the Soul of God. For details, please refer this link: "God & Man, same Soul." God's body is omnipotent Spirit, and man's body is flesh; this is the difference between God and man. So, baby Jesus was just an ordinary baby, with the same soul as human soul, even though this same was in omnipotent Spirit as God. Now he is fully a man, being the seed of a woman, the Virgin Born. And God gave baby Jesus full of grace, power, and the glory of the begotten of the Father as in John 1:14. ["14 the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."] So, Jesus was with the power as the begotten Son of God. If God gives his grace and truth in fullness to any other ordinary person, as God has given to Jesus, this person could also live as Jesus lived. "John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God." So, receive Jesus Christ, to receive such a power, and become the sons of God.
Most churches teach that man Jesus was God, and only very few churches teach that the man Jesus lived as a man. Does it matter? Yes, it makes a difference between hell and heaven. Please listen to this teaching from Romans 6:18-23. ["18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."] "18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness." It says that we must be made free from sinning to serve in righteousness. Those who say that Man Jesus was God, say that only Jesus can live a righteous life, and all our righteousness are filthy rags. So, they blatantly reject this verse, do not bother to live righteous life, and are happy to live in sin. They say that Jesus swaps his righteousness for their sins; that is, Jesus gives his righteousness to them and takes their sins for himself, as righteousness and sins are commodities or things. And they say that God the Father will let them go free from hell, since now they have no sins. In order to teach this doctrine, they quote Isaiah 64:6 "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;" and hide verse 5 "behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned:" So, the verses say that since they were sinning, their righteousness are as filthy rags, and God's wrath is on them. Please read verses 4 and 5; "Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved." The bible says, if you do righteousness, it is precious and read verse 4 "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him." But preachers preach that the obedient people's righteousness are filthy rags, by twisting verse 6 and hiding verses 4&5. This is the reason they purposely preach that Man Jesus was God, and that is why he was righteous. These preachers are of the devil, and God's wrath is upon all of them.
Jesus lived in the flesh as a man "... leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: It is in 1 Peter 2:21." It says that if we humble ourselves, we will receive grace from God. If we repent and ask God for the holy Spirit as he is our Father, we will receive his Spirit and we will be born of again. Then we can follow the steps of Jesus by the guidance of the holy Spirit and walk in righteousness. "Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." If we are righteous, then we will be children of God. "17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; ..." Then we will inherit the kingdom of God as joint heirs with Jesus Christ. God will give us grace, Spirit, power, and then glory and inheritance in his kingdom in heaven. So, we must believe what the bible says, that God became flesh, etc. It is that Jesus lived as a man, showed us a way to live, and if we also walk in the way that Jesus walked as a man, by the guidance of the Spirit, we will become joint heirs with him in heaven. Instead, if we believe the preachers, and think that man Jesus was God, and so he could live a holy life and we cannot live like him, then we will be satisfied to live in sins, believing the lies of the false preachers; the result being that God will cast us in hell and then into the lake of fire. Please refer this link for detailed study to inherit heaven: "Four levels of Heaven."
In the beginning, God created all things, Adam and Eve, garden of Eden, and placed Adam and Eve on the garden of Eden. "Genesis 2:16&17 say, the LORD God commanded the man, saying,... thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." So, God commanded them not to eat the fruit of a certain tree, and if they eat they will die. "Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:" Satan the serpent interprets the command of God and said that they will not die. They believed Satan, eat the fruit, and died eternally on that day. They did not obey the command of God and God cast them out of the garden, which is paradise, and so, they lost heaven. Jesus Christ also tells his disciples to preach his commands to people for them to obey. It is in, "Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe (observe means perceive and do) all things whatsoever I have commanded you:" It is for our salvation. But preachers twist the context of some verses, pervert the message, and preach that "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us." In a way, they preach not to do righteousness, but comfortably live in sin to go to heaven; and our filthy sinning congregations believe this lie and chant the that they are saved by grace. For details, please look at this link: "Titus 3:5."
The angel of the Lord told Joseph in "Matthew 1:21 ... thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." So, the true Jesus Christ will not save the whole world, but saves only his people, and the salvation is from their sins, that is from their sinning. But the servants of Satan, will interpret the verse and preach that Jesus Christ will save us from hell, while we are sinning, and it is by the grace of God. But no verse says salvation is from hell in the bible; salvation is only from sins; and if they are saved from their sinning, they will be simultaneously saved from hell. So, the true Jesus Christ saves his people from their sinning, and thus saves them from hell; while another Jesus, who is Satan, promises to save sinning people from hell, as they enjoy their sins. They preach that salvation is not by what they do, but by the grace of God, which is a filthy lie.
Present day churches are filled with the preaching of grace; and they all preach counterfeit deceptive false grace. In order to escape false grace, let us study what the true grace is. "2 Corinthians 12:9 says... he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." So, grace is sufficient because when we are weak, the strength of God will be given to us and it will make us strong to overcome the devil, and this strength is called grace; and any other grace is false counterfeit grace. Church preachers will not define grace but will give the impression that grace will take sinning people to heaven. They use the phrase "saved by grace" as a chant that saves them from hell. It is lie and deception.
"2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." True servants of God preach that we must present ourselves as a chaste virgin, that is, as pure as possible to Jesus Christ. "3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached,..." But preachers of another Jesus preach against the simple message of Christ that we must be chaste virgins for Christ, to be his bride. Christ will accept only chaste virgin as his bride. But false preachers call people to come to him as they are with their sins, and to be accepted as the beloved of Christ. Bible says that this Christ is another Jesus, and he is Satan the serpent.
Modern day Christians say that man Jesus was God; and they try to come close to God with a few theological techniques. In the name of faith, they even command God, telling him what to do, and do the things they wanted; they call it as prayer of faith; but it is demonic. But most Christians flock behind such preachers thinking that they are manifestations of God, but it is abomination. If we say that we must obey the commands of God, they think that it is below to their dignity. They say that they will love Jesus rather than obeying Jesus Christ. But Jesus says in "John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments." Then how can they love him without obeying him? God is omnipotent. God has created all things, including the universe. God will destroy the whole world at the end. We, the people, are dust before God. He does not have to ask us to obey him, in order to bring us under his feet as his slaves or puppets. God can do it in an instant; but that is not what God wanted. Do not be high minded and be proud. You cannot be a macho before God. He wants to choose a people to bring up to his glory to be his Sons. That is why, he gives us commandments to obey, and free will and free choice either to obey him or to reject him. He will never beg, nor force us to obey. It is up to you to obey or to reject. Do whatever you want. Go to hell or chose an inheritance in heaven. Do not think that you are doing a favor to God. It is for your benefit if you obey God.
Jesus repeatedly tells us to love him and God; we also repeatedly say that we love him; we even sing love songs to Jesus; but we never loved him. "John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." Jesus Christ knowing all things, defines what love is. He says that if we obey his commandments, God the Father and he will love us, and Jesus Christ will manifest himself to us. There are two kinds of manifestations. One kind is in doing miracles, as turning the water into wine as in John 2:11; healing the man who was born blind as in John 9:3; etc. We all know this kind of manifestations since we can see them. But there is another kind, which can be seen only by a few. It in John 14:19&20. Jesus says in "19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also." That is, after some time the world cannot see him, but his people will see him, because they and Jesus will live. The man Jesus died; he was gone; so, the world cannot see him anymore. Religious Christians are also part of the world, and so, they also cannot see him. Then Jesus Christ was resurrected, and he is living in the Spirit as God. Acts 3:26 says, that the Omnipotent Spirit God Jesus Christ is here for the last 2000 plus years turning his people away from their sins and iniquities. As Jesus Christ says, Spiritual people, who live in the Spirit, see him. But religious peoples do not know this Jesus Christ, and they cannot see him. That is, those who are truly born of the holy Spirit, and live in the Spirit, see him through their Spirit. It is the Spirit-to-Spirit relationship and communication. Protestant Christians have many pictures of the man Jesus, with long robe, long hair, etc. They hang them on their walls, make images of the cross, and worship the man Jesus Christ. Catholics have the statues of Jesus, Mary, and others, installed them in their churches, and worship them. They worship the Jesus, that is projected by the pictures and statues as their God; in a way they are idols, even in their mind. Whenever they say God or Jesus Christ, they bring this picture in their minds; and the bible calls this as idol worship; but Christians do not care. Jesus Christ says that they see him no more, since he is Spirit as God. "20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you." That day is the day that Jesus will manifest himself to his people, and these people will be one with God the Father and Jesus Christ; and he refers his bride as his people, who are living. But those who are not born of the Spirit will be in hell on that day and will never see him anymore. But those who are born of the Spirit, led of the Spirit, lived according to the Spirit, would be Sons of God, and will be united with God in heaven. Jesus Christ says, that "I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you." God is Spirit, and so, let us be born of the holy Spirit, and be united with God. If we do, then on that day, we will be received up into his glory. Amen.
God declared Jesus Christ as his only begotten Son, not
when he was born, but after he raised him from the dead. God sent him back to
the world, that we being turned away from sinning and live holy through him. If
we obey him, God will beget us as sons, and we will be as Jesus Christ.
This is: declaration of Faith #9. In
our previous study, we saw that God was not the father to the baby Jesus by birth,
but God created a body for Jesus to become a baby. But, Christians believe that God
was the father to Jesus with Mary being the mother. It is not true according to
scripture. Even by common sense, God is Spirit, and he does not have a flesh
body. So, he cannot bring forth a flesh offspring, because he is not of flesh.
But, he can create anything, So, he has created a body for him. So, Jesus became
a man. If so, how did he become the begotten Son of God? Let us study it from
the Scripture.
Father begets a baby and
mother gives birth to a baby. So, the word begets, points to the father in the
birth of a child. Since Jesus is the begotten Son of God, it is not wrong to
think that God is the father of baby Jesus with Mary as mother. However,
let us study what the scripture says.
"Acts 13:32
we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the
fathers, 33
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children in that he hath raised up
Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this
day have I begotten thee."
These verses say, the prophesy from the book of Psalms is fulfilled in raising
Jesus from the dead. But what is the prophesy? It says that God has begotten
Jesus as his Son. But, that is not what happened.
Let us see
Psalm 2:7.
"I
will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
this day have I begotten thee."
See, God declares, but not giving birth. He
declares Jesus entering heaven as begetting. How did the resurrection become
begotten? Scripture says that “flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.”
So, the physical body, the flesh, cannot come to heaven
in any shape or form. As Jesus ascended to heaven, the soul of Jesus had to
leave the flesh body and entered in the glorified Spirit body. In his case it
was the omnipotent Spirit body. It is the body of God. It was as Jesus Christ
being born in God as new baby, it is like a baby is born in God, and so God
declared as begetting Jesus Christ, this is according to the scripture.
When Jesus came in the flesh
body, he was not an offspring to God. He was a child to a virgin Mary. He was a
man. But, when he came in the omnipotent Spirit, Jesus Christ is begotten Son to
God, and he is God.
The next event, that happened soon
after he was declared as the begotten Son, and God, is
ignored or rejected by every Christian leader and by every Christian church. It
is not even recognized.
Let us see a couple of scriptures. “Acts 3:26
Unto
you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning
away every one of you from his iniquities.” The bible says that God did sent Jesus Christ back to the
world to bless his people
turning away every one of you from his iniquities. "Hebrews 1:5
..., Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to
me a Son? (offspring)
6 And again, when
he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the
angels of God worship him. (God sends him to the world, and with angels to serve
him)
7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire. (this refers to the baptism with fire, and the ministry with gifts
and power)
8
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a
sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Jesus
Christ is in the omnipotent Spirit, God anoints Jesus Christ as God, see
he became a man and now he has become God again, and he comes to the world as
the king of righteousness) 9
Thou hast
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows (here
we see that the Holy Ghost was also endorsing Jesus Christ as God)." As God and
king, first, Jesus Christ baptized his disciples with the Holy Ghost and
with fire, as he has promised and as John the Baptist prophesied.
“Matthew 3:11
(It is John speaking) I indeed
baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost, and with fire:” Jesus
Christ, now as the begotten Son, as well as God, has begun his ministry by
giving the Holy Ghost baptism to his servants. It was the ministry of Spirit and
truth. This is the ministry of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us read
John 3: “14
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of man be lifted up: 15
That whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal life.”
Verse 14
tells about his death of
Jesus on the cross, and
verse 15
tells us to believe him. It is not to believe that he died, it is
believing an incident, it says to believe the person. It is followed up with
verses 16-18.
“16
For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but
that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God.”
Every
preacher preaches verse 16
as the Father was
giving Jesus as a sacrifice on the cross for our sins. No, this is about the
begotten Son Jesus, who is in the omnipotent Spirit.
Verse 18 says, we must believe
in
the name of the only begotten Son of God. God wants us to know about the only begotten Son, he
is not the flesh Jesus, but he is in the omnipotent Spirit and he is God. His
ministry is with the life of his people.
"Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:
(He was Jesus to
Mary, Joseph and the people at that time). Verse
23 says,
they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. (So,
for us, he is Emmanuel, that is God with us. He is with us as God, doing his
ministry in the Spirit).
Matthew 18:20
For
where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of
them."
I know
pastors this verse as a meaningless statement. But if we are in the ministry of
the resurrected Jesus Christ, this verse is reality. When Jesus Christ was in
the flesh body, his ministry was limited to the Jews, and with only his
disciples, of course with the resistance of the religious group. That ministry
was for limited time until his death. But, Christians are still in the
imaginary, ceremonial, extended ministry of the Man Jesus, which is still in the
flesh. It is religion, but it is the truth according to the bible. The first
‘second coming’ of the Lord Jesus Christ has happened right after his
resurrection. God send him back to bless us. He is here with us now and his
ministry is here, and it will be here until the end of the world. He is God, and
he is in his invisible omnipotent Spirit. “1 John 4:9
In
this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only
begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”
We can live through him, in the Spirit. Christian churches lead Christians to
religiosity as scribes and priests were leading there people when Jesus was in
the flesh. Jesus rejected them, and even now he rejects religion. But, ordinary
people who believe him, will come to him.
If you are a believer, don’t just say that you believe him, but you
must believe what Jesus Christ tells and obey him and join with him. Then only
you will live for him. If you come to this point, you will become spiritual, and
he will give his power to you. "John
1:12
But as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"
This power is for you to become the son of God. "Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God.
15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;
but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."
If we do, we will be declared as Sons of God and will inherit the kingdom of
heaven. "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." The Sons of God will have the same glory as the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Revelation 1:
5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of
the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.”
Please notice, before he was the only begotten Son. Now, after his Spirit
ministry, Jesus Christ became the first begotten son, so that we will be next
following him. We will also become begotten sons after him. His invisible spirit
kingdom is on earth, in which we are kings and Jesus Christ is the prince of the
kings. As we reach heaven, our spirit will be glorified, will be in our
glorified Spirit bodies, will with him as begotten sons.
Why is this important for
us to know that Jesus Christ became the begotten Son, by a declaration and not
by birth? One simple answer is that it is the truth and we must know the truth.
And, if Jesus Christ became the begotten Son to God by his birth, he alone will
be the begotten son. All of us, who are born through our fathers, cannot become
the sons of God. But now, he is the first begotten and we will follow him, if we
are in the Spiritual ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. "Hebrews
2:10
For it
became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing
many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through
sufferings."
Sons in glory are begotten sons. It is the plan of God to bring many sons to
glory through Jesus Christ. "1
Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his
abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead,
4
To an
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in
heaven for you,
5
Who are kept by the power of God …"
This is the
present Spiritual ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ.
God is the Father for all
those who have the hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The process begins
as we live in the world. Let us be diligent in spirit, with hope and faith. God
will beget us on that day.
I am from India. India is a religious country. Indians live as societies that believe in god, and they worship many gods. Their gods were found by their ancestors; they picked up heroes from novels and folk stories; called them as gods and began to worship them. Their decedents followed them to worship their gods. If they need special supernatural powers, they will make new gods. How do they make gods? They pick up a stone or wood, give a shape and name, a magician gives an enchantment to it, and then they worship it as god. Further, merchants make statues of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Cross, images of many Hindu gods, print pictures, and such things, and sell them; people buy them and worship them as gods. If a respectable person passes away, the family worship the dead person as their family god. So, people have plenty of Gods. Indians are very strong in devotion to gods. There are no specifications to god. If a few people worship anybody or anything, it becomes god. So, people make gods.
The bible specifies what and who God is. God must be a Spirit. A Spirit is a living being. We can neither see nor feel a Spirit. Spirit is neither solid, nor liquid, nor gas. If you can see or feel your God, he is not God. God is the Creator of all things. Whatever exists, is created by him. God exists from the beginning, and he will exist beyond the end. If your God does not exist from the very beginning, he is not God. In him is life. If your god is a statue, it does not have life; so, it is not God; and so, do not kneel before any statue. A lot of people worship demon spirits. Even though they are spirits, they are not omnipotent, and they cannot create anything. God has created them as angels and cursed them; and they do not exist from the beginning. And so, they are not gods. So, it is very easy to identify and to get rid of fake gods, unless your religion has a strong hold on you.
John 4:24 says "God is a Spirit:" This Spirit is his body, and three persons, that is, three souls are nested in his Spirit body. Soul persons are also of the Spirit nature. God's Spirit is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. These are the power attributes of his Spirit body. God is Omnipotent according to Job 42:2, Psalm 147:5, and Revelation 19:6. Absolutely nothing is impossible to him. God has created the universe, beginning from an invisible atom to stars that are much larger than the sun. God has created the life also. God is Omnipresent according to Psalm 135:6, and 139:7&8. So, he always fills the entire universe. God is Omniscient according to Job 26:6, 34:21&22, and Psalm 139:4. So, God knows everything; even he knows what we think and what will we think. Nothing is hidden from him. Because of the omnipotent powers of his Spirit, he is God. So, if a person is not a Spirit, and if he does not have omnipotent powers, this person is not God. According to Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Kings 8:60, Mark 12:32, and 1 Corinthians 8:4, this omnipotent person is the only one God, and there is no other God. Matthew 12:18, Hebrews 10:38, and Jeremiah 5:9&29, say that God has soul. A soul is a person. God has three Souls or persons in his body. These three persons are God individually and collectively because they are the souls of the omnipotent Spirit, and they are part of his Spirit body. His souls have character attributes. God is holy and righteous. God judges by his righteousness according to Romans 1:17, 2:5, 3:5,22&25, 2 Thessalonians 1:4-9, Hebrews 1:8&9, 11:7, 2 Peter 1:1, 2:5, and Revelation 16:7. God demands righteousness from people according to Matthew 6:33, Romans 6:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 15:34, Ephesians 4:24, Philippians 1:10 &11, 1 Timothy 6:11, Titus 2:12, and 1 John 3:10. God is holy according to Revelation 4:8 and many other verses. God demands that we must also be holy according to Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 1:15, and Leviticus 20:7. One question often people ask is, is God one or three? Answer is: If we refer God for his power manifestations, like opened the red sea, and such miracles, God is One, since we refer to his Spirit. If we refer God for his character manifestations, like 'God so loved the world', and such, God is three, since we refer to the persons. So, God is three persons in one Spirit; God is "Three in One."
In the beginning, as God the Word, Jesus was the creator, the Almighty, God that I Am, and he was in equal status with God the Most High or the Highest. Then God the Word, made a supreme sacrifice and became just a man. "Philippians 2:6-8 say, 6 he being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." That is, he was equal to God the Father in all levels of the powers of God; but he left them all and became just an ordinary man. "John 1:14 says the Word was made flesh." The word 'flesh' indicates that he was just a mere man. He identified himself as the Son of man. In "Matthew 8:20, Jesus saith unto him, the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." God became a man, kept himself poor, but not become rich like our preachers, even though he healed the sick, cast out demons, and did miracle. God became man for two very important reasons.The first reason was: He came to die as the Lamb of God according to John 1:29&36. "Hebrews 2:7&9 says we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death." That is, in order to die he must be ceased from being God, since God and angels cannot die. So, he cannot even become an angel, but he must become lower than an angel. He had to become just a man to meet death as the Lamb of God.
The second reason: "
1 Peter 2:21 says hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:" What steps we should follow? "22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:" That is sinless perfection. If he had maintained the status as God and lived a sinless life, it is proof that God can live a holy sinless perfect life, but it will not be proof that a man can live a holy sinless perfect life. So, he had to become a man to prove that a man can live a perfect life and to show people how to live that perfect life. So, it was necessary for him to become an ordinary man and to live a sinless perfect life to show to ordinary people like us, so that we may live that life. Jesus was born in sinful flesh just as we are, as in Romans 8:3. He lived a sinless life by the grace, power, and spirit of God, which are available to us also.Yes! God became a man! But how did the mechanics work; God is Spirit, but man is flesh? We saw that God is Omnipotent Spirit, and because of his powers in his Spirit, he is God. His Spirit contains three souls or persons. The three persons can have conversations to each other, as they have separate bodies, but they are in the same Omnipotent Spirit body. Man is soul and flesh. The soul of God and the soul of man are the same, because God has created it that way. In "Genesis 1:26, God said, Let us make man in our image, ..." The difference is in the body. So, if one of the souls of God wants to become a man, the soul should come out of the omnipotent Spirit body and get into a flesh body of man. That is exactly what 'God the Word' has done. He said to God the Father in "Hebrews 10:5 ... a body hast thou prepared me: … 7 Then said I, Lo, I come … to do thy will, O God." God the Word told the most High God, to make a body for him to go as a man. So, God the Father sent angel Gabriel to Virgin Mary. In Luke 1:26&27 Gabriel visited Mary and told her that God will create a body in her womb, and the baby will be born from her, as she will remain as a virgin. In verse 35, he said that God the Holy Ghost and God the Highest will overshadow her and do it; and told her to call the baby boy as Jesus. In Matthew 1:18 to 21, the angel of God came in the dream of Joseph, Mary's husband, and explained about that Mary was pregnant, and it was the making of God, and asked him to name the baby as Jesus. It was creating a body in the womb of the virgin, keeping her virginity. So, God became the creator of the body of the baby. God did not become the father of the baby, God’s power overshadowed her to create the body of the baby and Mary was still a virgin. But most preachers preach that Mary was the mother and God was the Father of the baby Jesus; if then how was Mary still a virgin, and how a sperm came from the Spirit body of God to produce his baby? So, we must be careful not to teach errors. Now, Mary has a body in her womb. The soul of 'God the Word' stepped out of the omnipotent Spirit body and entered in the flesh body in the womb of Mary. The body became a baby, and he was Jesus. That is how the Omnipotent Spirit God became and ordinary flesh man. It was by the proper process, but not by magic.
Now the question is: With sinful flesh, how did Jesus live a pure holy sinless perfect life? Jesus received grace, spirit, and power from God; and God the Father lived in him. So, he was living with power and the abiding of God. With these, he was able to live a sinless perfect life. Then he made the same grace, spirit, power, and the presence of God, available to all those who follow his steps. So, if we follow him, we will receive them; but if we do not follow Jesus, we will not receive them. So, follow his life and your life will be victorious here, and will have inheritance in his kingdom there.
If you like to study the topic in detail, you may follow the links: "Who is Man Jesus?"
Christ is the Son of God. When Jesus was a man, people thought that he may be the Christ, but nobody knew for sure. In Matthew 16:15-17, God the Father revealed to apostle Peter that Jesus will be the Christ, the Son of God. In Luke 4:41, the devils cried out that he is Christ, the Son of God. In John 4:25&26 Jesus revealed to the Samaritan woman that he is Christ. "Acts 2:36 says ... God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." So, Jesus was made Lord and Christ after his resurrection. Most Christians think that the begotten Son in John 3:16, refers to the Man Jesus, and he was Christ when he was born to Virgin Mary; and they think that Mary was his mother and God was his father. But that was wrong understanding of the scripture. But God declared Jesus as begotten Son after his resurrection, as in Psalms 2:7 and Acts 13:32&33. God the Father raised the man Jesus from his death, and proclaimed him as the begotten Son to him, who is Christ. If you like to know the details please look at this link: "Begotten Son." As his Soul went to heaven, he entered the omnipotent Spirit body and was anointed as God by God the Father and the Holy Ghost, as in Hebrew 1:8&9. "8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." After his death and resurrection, Jesus was declared as Christ and was anointed as God. Now he is God the Son.
I have mentioned about Indian gods. They probably were true living persons, or heroic characters in a play; but people take them as gods, but none of them is God. We know that there is only one God, for the entire world, he is the one created the entire world with all people. There is no different God for different religions. The bible says that God is the Omnipotent Spirit, must have created all things that exist, and must live from everlasting past to everlasting future. Nobody can see God and live. In India, there are 1.15 billion Hindus, and they are very zealous in their religion, and they will vow with conviction that their gods are the true gods; but that will not qualify their gods to be the true gods. And almost all Christians worship the man Jesus as their God, as Hindus worship dead men as their gods. And we justify that because Jesus was 'God the Word' previous to he became a man. But as a man has died, and he does not exist as a man anymore. He is raised in the Spirit, he is Omnipotent and Omnipresent, and he is now present in this world with us turning us away from our sins, as in Acts 3:26. And so, we do not like this Spirit Jesus anymore, because he wants to turn us away from sins; rather than forgive our sins and take us to heaven. We love our sins; we are addicted to our sins; we cannot live without sinning; and everybody will sin. And so, our preachers have venerated the man Jesus, like Hindus do, and present the idol of the man Jesus as God, and Christians accept this idol Jesus as God, and worship him. This Jesus Christ is not real; he does not exist; but he is in the minds of the people, in their imaginary world, but not in the Spirit world. This idol Jesus Christ is in pictures, in statues, and mostly in all our minds, giving us a resemblance of an old looking man, with a long robe, and with long hair. Most Christians worship this idol of the man Jesus as God, because he will not command to do any works, so, there is nothing to obey, his salvation is free with unconditional love, just worship him and go to heaven. But the problem is that this Jesus is another Jesus according to 2 Corinthians 11:4, and he is fake and comes from the mouth of lying false preachers of Satan. This Jesus Christ is not real. He is a venerated manipulation from the stories of Jesus of Nazareth, and this Jesus Christ is the created god of the churches. There are 2.2 billion Christians living now around the world. I assume that at least 2 billion Christians follow this Jesus Christ, who is another Jesus, as their God. All Hindus, and most Christians will vow that their God is the true God. Will their vow make them God? No! The only Spirit Creator is God, no one else.
"Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." The resurrected Jesus Christ has all power in heaven and on earth as God. He has commanded many things. The preaching of the followers of the true God Jesus Christ must be to obey all the things that he told us to do. "Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." As soon as he has ascended to heaven, he was made Lord and Christ. "Acts 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities." He came to the world as invisible Omnipotent Spirit God, to turn his people away from their sins and iniquities and to make them pure. Hebrews 1:9 says, "Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." He was anointed as God not because he was God before, but because he loved righteousness and hated iniquity. That is, he will hate you if you do not depart from iniquity. This is the true real Jesus Christ. But Christians deny this Jesus Christ, saying that he is not the loving Jesus, but commanding Jesus. Christians do not want the Jesus Christ, who gives commandments to obey. But this is the only true Jesus Christ. The other Jesus is another Jesus as in 2 Corinthians 11:4. After Jesus was anointed as Christ and God, he is in the omnipotent Spirit body, he is in bright light that nobody can get near to; and so, nobody could see him and live. Many preachers lie saying that they have seen him and deceiving Christians. Remember how he met Apostle Paul and Apostle John? Both fell to the ground as dead at his manifestation. If at all anybody see him, it will be in this fashion. Jesus Christ is Almighty God, and he will not chit chat with people. Remember how many times he spoke with Abraham, Moses, David, or to the prophets. Very few times. How many times God Jesus Christ spoke with Peter, Paul, John, James, and others? You can count it with fingers. But present-day preachers say that they see Jesus Christ all the time and Jesus speaks to them all the time. They have good success in selling themselves as great godly men to people because people are ignorant and foolish. They all fall for the total lies. But the true resurrected Jesus Christ is omnipotent God, whose countenance is brighter than the sun in its full strength. But they say that Jesus looks as when he was a man, with smiling face of love, he will love them no matter what they do, and he will understand them since he was also a man. So, Christians have two Jesus Christs. One is the venerated flesh Jesus Christ, who is in pictures, in statues; they see him, they speak to him; he is close even to touch; but it is all fake, imposture, and counterfeit; and such a god Jesus Christ does not exist. Are you overwhelmed in your mind to realize that 2 billion Christians follow a manipulated impersonation as true God, whereas the bible gives the true definition of who God is right in the open? Did they make themselves blind? The resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, who is in the Omnipotent Spirit, is the true God. Who is your God? A Spirit cannot be pictured, cannot be seen, and God is Omnipotent. You kneel before him, submit to him, love him, obey him, and get to heaven.
God teaches to people from the word of God, which is the Bible, by his revelation, and by his Spirit. Flesh gives knowledge to us by common sense, and intelligence. Satan conveys to people by twisting and manipulating the word of God, which is known as theology. What God teaches is the doctrine of God, and the other two are doctrine of men or of the devil, who is of Satan. A doctrine of God is an established principle of God that God follows and God wants us to abide by it. It is mandatory and it is the law of God. If we follow the doctrine of God, we will become godly people. Today we will study the doctrine of the begotten Son, from the word of God. This doctrine is vitally important to us. By this doctrine, a man can become the son of God; and as the son of God, he can inherit the kingdom of God. If it is not for this doctrine, a man cannot inherit the kingdom of God. But Satan who deceived Eve in the garden of Eden, is still very active and deceive Christians. As Adam deceived himself, people deceive themselves by their common sense and intelligence. We will study the doctrine as well as the deception as we go along. Let us study this very important doctrine of the begotten Son, from the Bible.
God is three persons in One Omnipotent Spirit. The three persons in God are, the Most High, the Word, and the Spirit. In the new testament, we refer them as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. In order to save people from sins, and to give them inheritance in his kingdom, God the Word became flesh, that is, he became 100% man without any God Spirit in him. Then, he was called the Son of Man. As a man, by living a godly life by pleasing God the Father, he became the beloved Son of God, that is God loved him as a man, but he was not as a baby God. He was obedient to 'God the Father' even in his death on the cross. So, God raised him from his death; and so, he is not in the flesh anymore. God declared the resurrected Jesus, who is in the Spirit, as his begotten Son. The begotten Son was exactly as God the father. Then he was anointed as God, that is, now he is in the omnipotent Spirit. So, God has begotten a Son for himself for the first time and the Son inherits the kingdom of God lawfully, since he is God's own Son. So; a man who was in the flesh, was begotten by God, as the very Son of God. God has set this principle or phenomenon as a precedent, and it becomes the doctrine of the begotten Son. And this doctrine gives room for a man to become a Son of God in the Spirit, and he can inherit the kingdom of God lawfully. (These doctrine and related subjects are comprehensive, and it is difficult to explain in one clip. So, if you have any doubt, please write to me, I will give explanations and send links so that you may understand the subject clearly.)
"Hebrews 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." When 'God the Word' became man Jesus, God the Most High and the Holy Ghost came upon Virgin Mary, and created a body of a baby in the womb of Mary. The Soul of God the Word left the omnipotent Spirit body, and entered the flesh body that God has created in the womb of Virgin Mary, and he was born as a Son of Man. The Bible says that God became flesh, that is, God became fully man, and no God Spirit, which is omnipotent, was left in him, and he was complete flesh. So, he was the son of a virgin, or a son of man. He was not the Son of God at this point, but prophetically it is said that he will be called the Son of God. But God did not father the baby with Mary, Mary was still a virgin, and God has created the body of a baby. But bible teachers and theologians teach that Jesus was the son of God at that point and they say that God fathered the baby in Mary. It is opposite to scripture and I will give you the links to study further, if you write to me. Jesus was just the son of man now.
John 1 says, "1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 And the Word was made flesh." So, God became flesh, and was born as baby Jesus. This baby was not the begotten Son of God, but the son of the Virgin, and he was the son of man. Luke 2:40 says "the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him." Here, Jesus had 3 things, Spirit, wisdom, and grace. We also can be spiritually minded and fear God to become wise, and we can humble ourselves to receive grace. One more thing. "Luke 3:21 ... Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased." We must repent for our sins and take water baptism. We can also pray and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Do you know why God was well pleased with Jesus? In John 8:28 Jesus says "I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him." See, Jesus did only the things that God the father taught him, and that is why God was well pleased with him, and he called him the beloved Son. We can also please God, by doing the things that God the Father tells us to do and become his beloved sons.
Jesus Obeyed God as a man unto the cross and died for the sins of the world. 'God the Most high' and 'God the Holy Ghost' raised him up from the dead. "Psalm 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." (So, that day was the birthday of the begotten Son; and it was not by birth, but by a declaration of God. What day was it?) "Acts 13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, (that is the promise of begetting a Son for God himself, which was promised to the fathers in Israel, is being fulfilled in this; in what?) in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee." It was the day of resurrection and ascension of Jesus from earth to heaven. God the Father was declaring it as he was begetting his Son. Also, that was the time God the Most High has become God the Father as in Hebrew 1:5. It says, "... Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son." So, in the same day that God declared Jesus as his son, God the Most High became God the Father by the same declaration. So, the birthday of the son of man was the day that he was born to the virgin; and the birthday of the begotten Son, was the day that he was resurrected and ascended to heaven. Many verses explains this, but preachers never mention about this very important event. But they insist that Jesus was son of God from his birth. They say that he was 100% God and 100% man, which makes no sense. He was just 100% man.
Why is the declaration of the begotten son important to us, and what is the significance of this? God the Most High and God the Word were not related previously. They were in the same status, working together, but they have mentioned this relationship as a prophesy. Always they were ONE in the Spirit; but now they are Father and Son. What is that to do with us? While Jesus was a Man, God had set a precedent that a man can become a Son of God. And if we, follow the same doctrine or principle that was set by God, we will also become the sons of God and inherit the kingdom of God. This is how we get eternal life and inheritance in the kingdom of God. That is why the doctrine of begotten son is so important to us. Eve was deceived by Satan, and Adam deceived himself with common sense and intelligence. If we are deceived, it does not matter how we are deceived; Adam and Eve, both were punished. If Jesus was son of God by his birth, we cannot become the sons of God, because we cannot be born as sons of God. We will be doomed with no hope. God does all things by his doctrines and principles, but not by what we think. Jesus was made Flesh, and then declared as the son of God, and if we follow him, we will also be declared as sons of God and will inherit the kingdom of God. This is the way of God.
We have seen that God has declared Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son. He was the only one of that kind. But God reveals his plans step by step. Here, God changes the only begotten Son into the FIRST begotten Son. It means that God is planning to bring more sons as he has brought Jesus as his Son. "John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead." These two scriptures are inspired by the Same Spirit of God, through the same person, who is John. There are a few more verses tell the same thing, that Jesus Christ is the first begotten. "Hebrews 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;" Here also he is the firstborn, which indicated that he is first and more to come. "Romans 8:29 ... be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Colossians 1:15 & 18, Hebrews 12:23, all says the same, with more details. The study of begotten sons is very important to those who wants to become the sons of God in heaven. "1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, ... when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." The prospective sons of God will strive to become perfect as Jesus is perfect. So, strive for it.
As God declared Jesus as his begotten Son, Jesus will bring more sons to God. "Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." Sons in glory are begotten sons. Since this is the plan of God to bring many sons to glory, Jesus Christ taught his disciples to call God as the Father, even before it happens. Now, God is the Father for all those, who have the hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. "1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." So, on that day, God may beget us. But the process begins as we live in the world. God gives commandments to people and chooses godly people, who obey him, as sons and daughters. He then adopts them and declares them as begotten sons on that day. "2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." So, if we separate ourselves from sin, and sinning people, God will beget us. "Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; 29 he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." We will be joint heirs with Jesus Christ, if we conform ourselves to Jesus Christ. "Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." So, let us be humble little flocks that follow Jesus Christ in his ways and become begotten sons.
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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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