A True Believer is a Changed Believer! "And Such Were Some Of You.... But Now You Are Washed, Sanctified, and Justified..."

The Kingdom of God Suffers Violence and the Violent Take It By Force

I awoke today with a heaviness at the realization of sin, it's power over all creation since the fall, and the utter desolation of souls being ravaged by this destruction on a daily basis. This scripture came to mind in Matthew 11. It talks about violence being done to the kingdom of God and vile, evil men, literally TAKING, and stealing the goodness of God by force. 

Everyday babies are being murdered, children raped, mother's ripped from their babies as they are forced to send them off to daycare and public schools... Evil, vile men, think they own the world...
As Christians, our job is to stand up like John the Baptist and cry "Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand!!!" Our job: preach the Gospel of Salvation, Repentance from dead works...
Repent, for God's justice is swift and can come at any moment.

Matthew 11

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize]. 13 For all the prophets and the Law prophesied up until John. 14 And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is [the fulfillment of] Elijah [as the messenger] who was to come [before the kingdom]. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.

16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market places, who call to the others, 17 and say ‘We piped the flute for you[playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed sad dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and cry aloud.’ 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking [with others], and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, ‘Look! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews]!’ Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by her deeds [in the lives of those who respond to Me].”

     

I've been blessed to see a handful of real, bonafide, RADICAL salvations in the past several years...Growing up in the Church, I had never seen these. I was around a lot of "good people" who really thought they were pretty good, and Jesus was just a nice ticket to Heaven... They fed the homeless, even clothed the poor, but not once can I recall seeing the power of God flow through someone to literally make them a new creation...

What is a new Creation? Being born anew is a total transformation.... 
Can a man enter his mother's womb and come out again a baby? This was a mocking question from a religious leader to Christ (John 3:4) 

   

     

And yet, we do, if we are really truly saved, we enter the womb of God, and we die to ourselves... for a lack of a better example... like the Phoenix rising from ashes... funny, how it takes a pagan tale to show forth the truth of God's power. For, truly, especially  in America, this real salvation, real transformation is a rare thing..  
(Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. According to some sources, the phoenix dies in a show of flames and combustion, although there are other sources that claim that the legendary bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again)

I grow weary of Christians making excuses for sin, making excuses to nurse this vile boil they love so much... When speaking out on homosexuality, (in love), I had a fellow minister grad tell me "don't you know that most men sitting in Church on a Sunday morning look at porn?" 
I grew hot and righteously angry... yes, that is why I don't attend one of those churches. Now, don't get me wrong, if God has called you to a church, you'll know. Stay, grow, be led... But ask yourself

Is the power of God here to truly change the most vile beings?1 Corinthians 6 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; [d]neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor [e]those who participate in homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers [whose words are used as weapons to abuse, insult, humiliate, intimidate, or slander], nor swindlers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you [before you believed]. But you were washed [by the atoning sacrifice of Christ], you were sanctified [set apart for God, and made holy], you were justified [declared free of guilt] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God [the source of the believer’s new life and changed behavior].

I don't serve the same God as many in the modern  American church...for it doesn't preach the Gospel...

What is the Gospel? The Gospel is "turn and repent..." the Gospel is "come as a little child, humble..." The Gospel is "unless your old ways change and you truly become a new creature, you have no place in Heaven..." 

These are not my words, these are Christ's
Jesus said many would call and say Lord Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and even cast out devils? But he will say "depart from me, I know you not.." (Matthew 7:22)
Why will these people not make it to Heaven, they called Jesus Lord...
They never became a little child, they never humbled themselves, they never turned away from their old sins, they never let Christ change them into a new creature.. 

Matthew 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child and set him before them, 3 and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever [a]humbles himself like this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives and welcomes one[b]child like this in My name receives Me; 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

 

Stumbling Blocks

7 “Woe (judgment is coming) to the world because of stumbling blocks and temptations to sin! It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person on whose account or through whom the stumbling block comes!

8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off and throw it away from you [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire. 9 If your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away from you [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; it is better for you to enter life with only one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fiery hell.

10 “See that you do not despise or think less of one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven [are in the presence of and] continually look upon the face of My Father who is in heaven. 11 [c][For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]

My dear friend Kansas was severely abused by people who should be put to death. Millions of people all over this globe will be suffering a severe punishment from the Almighty God in an act of Justice...

 

Revelation talks about the Saints, the martyrs who cry out for God to bring swift justice and judgement... All get the chance to turn and repent. Let me make this clear... All can be saved... but those who, in their heart, deny Christ, they will suffer a swift punishment. And Christians, we've got to get out of the way of God's Divine hand. 

And they cried out in a loud voice, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood." Revelations 6:10 

We don't seek revenge. We seek justice. We seek the evil to be put to an end. We seek the end of the Nazi regime, the killing, the rapping, the thievery.. and as in war, sometimes people need to die, they are so very evil. 

There is a war happening right now... Ephesians 6

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

It's not a battle between flesh and blood, but the spirit world. You can't take down evil men in the flesh or more heads more evil will arise. Only in and through the power of the Spirit of God can you take down such evil as the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, the Fords (who all were led by evil greed to enslave the American people for profit) 

Four years ago my friend Kansas was a man in a struggle, fighting to get out from under the hand of oppression... God delivered him. You know how? By showing him what a Godly family looked like... By embracing the natural cycle of life, by embracing the purpose of marriage as a wholesome, healthy place to raise children. Marriage without the desire for children, as our ancient church fathers have always said, is fornication, is adultery... This thought set him free from years of sexual abuse... by seeing God's perfect plan, and whole heartedly embracing it... Satan lost his grip forever over this young man...

He has been on a journey for four years. He has been working out his salvation with fear and trembling. He has become saved, sanctified, set apart, and a totally new person. The Gospel went inside of him and like bleach, made all the vile sin white as snow

"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." Isaiah 1:18

Kansas wrote this the other day... it's such a powerful Word from the Lord... It is a call to repentance, a call to put on those spiritual battle attire, stop nursing sin, and cut off the head of the serpent.. We should be taking down demons and evil everywhere we go... We should live like there is no tomorrow and yet like we are preparing for many future generations. We aren't afraid to die.. we aren't afraid of persecution... we only fear we will not do enough and like Paul... that somehow after preaching the Gospel to others, he himself would become disqualified for the race

1 Corinthians 9
"27 But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service].

( this was in spurred by  an article about a Christian family's persecution and their children being taken away)  http://www.christian.org.uk/news/children-seized-from-parents-for-christian-indoctrination/)

   

Man I feel a fire burning inside of me right now, and I have to let it out. The Lord told me that you reader out there, what you think is your problem: that isn't your problem. He says he has heard your cries and dried your tears, but you have nothing to fear with the Lord of Hosts. Those that walk freely, those of inherited power adhere to Christ and Him only. What God has given, let no man take away. Let no man separate. They do not hear no. They do not receive of no. Here is why. In the church often times someone is walking in the power of God and in come the naysayers... you cannot do that... you cannot say that. People are turned from the power and the glory, to the departed and the weakened.
You feel like a bride left alone standing at the alter... the voices cry out your Father has forsaken you! He has abandoned you! He has departed from you and left you all alone! What do you have to say now for your most high God? Where is he now in your time of need? Stay in the Word, stay in the truth!
   

These articles are full of demonic spells, of lies, of witchcraft, and of enchantments. The church says wow, that is so awful, Jesus, please come back to our fallen world! We are just going to crawl up in our hole like weak fuzzy bunnies until He either returns or changes the world. As mighty man of God Justin “Justman” says, do not wait on a move of God, BE A MOVE OF GOD! Do not sit down, lie down in the bunker! Get back up! Join in the fight! Be not a speaker of the Word only, but a DOER OF THE WORD (James 1:22)! Follow God, not man, regardless if anyone follows you or not. (dear friends names here) and others have been given direct words about family and farming. Others are called to street evangelism. This Word and power is for NOW, NOT LATER! I give the Lord praise for not allowing their Spirit to get broken to these truths. It is easy for the church to look in and say, “that farm is not God!” “That is not God's call for your life!” “You could be doing something else for the Kingdom!" Shall the foot say because I am not a hand, I am not part of the body (1 Cor 12:15)?
God has shown me that you out there are deprived of the purpose driven life that Christ spoke to you of. You cannot do anything with it... you cannot glorify God by speaking of it... Fear or words from others set a curse on it. Let this be scattered as far as the east is from the west oh Lord. We read of farming persecutions, yet do not pay heed to just how FAST things are changing. They are moving by ACTING, NOT SITTING! 1 Timothy 4 is here, it is now, Christ speaks to the churches. Forbidden to marry, abstinence from meat. If you are not moving, you are not glorifying God. We need the Word of God again! We pay heed to everything that proceeds from the mouth of God (Mat 4:4)! I see how if you walk with Christ in humility where you are called to be right now, even in the inner city, God will provide for you. You need faith for that. Walk in that. God's command went out... He kept and increased His people in Babylon. Know that. Live that.
  http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/norwegian-govt.-seizes-5-children-from-parents-for-alleged-christian-indoct
This article, while a sad turn of events, we must keep our eye on Christ and not the flesh. God never said, do not be fruitful and multiply because the world is too bad. Do not farm, do not have a family... just give up. It is not in the Word. Christian birthrates are at all time lows because they are bound to the devils lies of non fruitfulness. All these problems out there would already be crushed if Christians had children 5, 10, 15 years ago. Think about it. Look all around you, the victory is in the children. Children are overcoming in a mighty way, while the parents are still sitting around dangling their feet in the pool saying, well, maybe the water is warm. Prevent them not from coming unto me (Mat 19:14). You are being deprived of all the strength and wisdom they have to offer you. You are being deprived of the joy in the mantle of teaching them. That is your calling... writing blogs or lessons for them. The anointing of God seeks to heal your wounded and weary soul.
I know the fear that can overcome you... but ONLY LISTEN TO THE ONE WHO HAS A-L-R-E-A-D-Y OVERCOME THE WORLD (John 16:33)! I can hear the church right now... oh Jacob cannot have anymore children, the world is just too bad, something might happen... does Padan Aram have a 24 hour pharmacy for birth control? Tell Rachel and Leah to stop praying for children, that's not God. Better yet, lets become Catholic and rather than God, declare vows and bow before man and pagan gods (doctrines of demons, of devils (1 Tim 4). Ha. Listen to Christ, not fear! Joseph gets thrown into the pit and here they come again saying see, I told you that was a bad idea having Children. I see you lost your little ewe lamb! I bet your God cannot deliver him back unto you! Joseph spends years working for Pharaoh... church rebuke again, “man, how can you work under Pharaoh? THAT IS NOT GOD!” I speak this, as if you do not read these articles as an overcomer, they will overcome you. Listen to Christ, not what your pastor or congregation says.
I am telling you, I feel sorry for those who took those children honestly. Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing (Luke 23:34). They have no idea just how mighty and powerful for the Kingdom a young believer is. They have no idea of the power of Christ as a comforter and a deliverer. I see those children swinging their spiritual swords around slicing all their heads off. I see those captors dying at their feet. I see them being returned after a Christ glorifying separation with a full apology. Whatever happens, God is the author of the story! If He has told you the next chapter of your life, read those Words with authority!
Here me now, if God tells you to do it, do not fear how you will get through it! Fill me up! Let me carry more burdens for the brethren. I am praying for you. I know how fear can cripple a man. There was a time for that but not now. THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING YOU! SEE IT, LIVE IT, KNOW IT. GREEN PASTURES AND WIDE OPEN SKIES! Reader, I am telling you, that is what is in store for you and I. Christ cannot be contained. He cannot be stopped.

1 Timothy 4 But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 [misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning], 3 who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from [certain kinds of] foods which God has created to be gratefully shared by those who believe and have [a clear] knowledge of the truth. 4 For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; 5 for it is sanctified [set apart, dedicated to God] by means of the word of God and prayer.

7 But have nothing to do with irreverent folklore and silly myths. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness [keeping yourself spiritually fit]. 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness (spiritual training) is of value in everything and in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and for the life to come. 9 This is a faithful andtrustworthy saying worthy of full acceptance and approval. 10 It is for this that we labor and strive [often called to account], because we have fixed our [confident] hope on the living God, who is the [b]Savior of all people, especially of those who believe [in Him, recognize Him as the Son of God, and accept Him as Savior and Lord].

The Axe of God's Authority, Part 1 & 2

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                         July 17, 2015

Pastor Leah Faith

Adults Only: Sperm Spermicide Who's your Baby Daddy?

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                                                               November, 2013

Pastor: Leah Svensson

Scriptures: Psalms 127:3-5, Deuteronomy 7:12-15, Hosea 9:16, John 1:18, Luke 1:26-38, 1 Peter 1:23, John 3:3, 1 John 3:4-10, 1 Corinthians 1:4, Romans 10:15-17, Luke 11-12, 1 john 2:15-17, Hebrews 11:8-16, 1 Peter 2:9-11, Matthew 11:25-30, Revelations 3:17-19, Matthew 5:8



James 1:15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death....................18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created

                                                     
                                                              Theme



       November is the month of the year that we give thanks to God.  Thanksgiving.  Jesus died on the cross for us is the most important thing to give thanks for 24/7/365. Because  Jesus died for us, restoring our minds to be sound,  we can know that the most important thing, the most valuable gift we can receive from God is a Child.

         

       This blog isn't about Thanksgiving or having children.  It is about a man's sperm, his seed, what it produces and how to kill it. Follow along with us as we see how to use sperm wisely and how to use spermicide to kill bad sperm.



            I have to admit I am a woman, not a man therefore I have no personal experience with putting a sperm into another human being. God created  a man Adam, he called a man Abraham and gave him 12 sons, Jesus called twelve men to be the very foundation of heaven. Men are called by God to be leaders because men understand God in a way a woman never can. 

       A man is equipped, enabled by God in his spirit, in his emotions and in his body to plant sperm, seeds. I hope and pray a man takes this knowledge and adds to it "The man's" perspective.  Men are called by God to be leaders. Men and women have different responsibilities but are equal.
A man  "knows" how to put a sperm, "seed" into the womb, earth.

1Pe 3:7

In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.

                                                               Sermon

       

God decided one day that he wanted children.  His children would be an extension of himself, they would look like him, talk like him and walk like him.  So he created the earth  and everything in it to meet the needs of his celestial children. God's children would be clothed in human bodies having spiritual, physical, and emotional needs.   God's children need God's presence, God's spirit, God's ever present love and God to provide them a with home to live in. The Garden of Eden.

                

 God did not plant his sperm into man until Jesus, the son of Mary and Joseph of Nazareth.  Jesus is the   first born son of God.  

  Adam is a son of God but he was created by God.  Jesus was conceived, carried in his mother's womb, and born from the womb.

Mark 1:1  The beginning of the gospel, (good news), about Jesus the Messiah,  the Son of God.

Jesus, himself, in personification is the seed of God, the sperm of God. Jesus is "the Gospel". It is hearing and preaching the gospel that men receive faith to believe in God and be born of God.


John 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.  ”
 1 Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 

Romans 10: 15“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, 

​​Who bring glad tidings of good things!” ​

16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “LORD, who has believed our report?”  17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

*******You can find scriptures for everything at the bottom of this blog************


       

When I was growing up it was common knowledge that women were a lot more religious than men. Women prayed more, attended church more, volunteered more, were kinder, gentle, etc.   Why?  






 They are built spiritually, emotionally, and physically to receive sperm, seed. When hearing about God most women know that God is planting or placing his seed in them and gladly receive it. 

Men are not by nature built that way so they do not just receive God's sperm, seed. Men being by nature, dominion driven, fight off anything that would come into their lives planting sperm, seed to conceive in them.






(Men could learn a lot from women about having a intimate relationship with God.  How to conceive children and patiently carry, love, and nurture the sperm/ seed of God within them.)


Women open to receive sperm/seed also means that are open to receive sperm, seed from everyone.  We need spermicide to kill off the bad sperm trying to implant itself in us and conceive children of death. 


Matthew 13:37   “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil.

Evil men and women have implanted their sperm in us, Their seed that has caused us to become the child of the seed.  They forced their sperm into us when they raped our souls with their lies, perversions, pride, lust.

James 1:15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death....................18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of "first fruits" of all he created

I could give example after example of things we believe in America that are as dumb as the earth being flat.  Like, "How can I believe in a God I cannot see?" But we breathe every day without "seeing" the air.  We cannot see "emotions" but they are there. You can see tears, anger.  But the lack of tears and anger doesn't mean it isn't there.  Hatred, love etc.

I saw a movie this week where the enemy was invisible.   The people were vulnerable to attack at anytime because they could not see their enemies.   We cannot see the lies in our minds, we are blinded by them.  We have all heard the expression "love is blind"? When you are in love you don't see anything else.  This is what sin and sinners do to us. Sin blinds us. 

Revelations 3:17  You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18  I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.19I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

The spermicide for sin, lies, blindness?  "The Gospel"

Think just on the word: "Gospel",

 dwell on it, focus, meditate on it. Why?

The spirit of God sets us free, the truth sets us free, All the power and authority in heaven is in the word "Gospel". The Holy spirit draws us to the gospel. The Gospel is the truth.  When you say a swear word, (cuss), there are actually a multitude of other words you are expressing.  When you say the word 'gospel' you are expressing a lot more than just one word;  "Jesus died for me!", "My sins are forgiven", "Because Jesus sacrificed for me I don't have to suffer he suffered for me", "His pure spotless, sinless blood cleanses me and protects me like the Passover lamb from the spirit of death".  "The spirit of death must go back on the enemies of my soul. etc."

      All of us are either impregnating others or being impregnated.  It isn't pretty. Just look at all the mental health issues every where, the sickness, illnesses, cancers, diabetes, pain and suffering.  If we are going to impregnate others let it be God's sperm, his seed we sow.  Paul said that he determined in himself not to say anything to people except: "Jesus the Christ and him crucified." (I'll translate that for you.)    ["You know we have been waiting for God's son to come down to the earth and deliver us from pain, suffering, oppression, etc.  We have been waiting for the "Messiah".  Jesus is the Son of God, he is the Messiah and he died for us so we can be forgiven. God has opened up an entrance through the Blood of Jesus Christ so we can share with God and live in the Kingdom of His son on the earth. We can, and now we do, have heaven on earth!]

Now that I have come to know the power of God, which is; "the gospel" and "Jesus blood": I know that it protects me from the spirit of death that is in the world like the Passover lamb protected the Israelites enslaved to pharaoh, I use this knowledge every second, with every thought I have.  

                         My recovery from the abuses of this world's system have been engaged at warp speed! 

Why not?  God is the invisible force all around us, like the alien ship in Thor.  God is always there, but you cannot see him or enter God's "mother ship" (the kingdom of God on this earth) unless you are invisibly lit up with the light of Jesus shining out of you. You must become an alien, born of God, clothed, shielded, cloaked with the Gospel and the Blood of Jesus Christ which cleanses you of all "earthy human thoughts, wants and desires."  God impregnating you with the bread and wine, blood, and body of Jesus Christ, this turns you into an alien on the earth, with God's special powers and weapons!

Matthew 5:8

   8                       Blessed are the pure in heart,

for they will see God.

                                                 Conclusion

The Resurrection Body

Celestial Bodies

35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the celestial bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly, terrestrial, bodies is another.41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

Terrestrial Bodies

42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”  ; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we  bear the image of the heavenly man.

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?” 

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

The Father Revealed in the Son

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

27  “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

28  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.29  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”                                                      

                   References

1Pe 2:9	But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
1Pe 2:10	who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
1Pe 2:11	Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, Hbr 11:8   By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Hbr 11:9   By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Hbr 11:10   For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Hbr 11:11   Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Hbr 11:12   Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so manyas the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. Hbr 11:13   These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Hbr 11:14   For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Hbr 11:15   And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Hbr 11:16   But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

1 john 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father  is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

1 Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 

1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

Luke 8:11  “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12  Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

More on Love and Hatred

1 john 3:11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,  if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.

James 1:15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death....................18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created

1 Corinthians 2:1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.  2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

Luke 1:26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called [fn2] the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

    John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son,  who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
 
 Psalms 127:3 Children are a heritage from the LORD,

offspring a reward from him.

       4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior

are children born in one’s youth.

       5 Blessed is the man

whose quiver is full of them.

They will not be put to shame

when they contend with their opponents in court.

Dueteronomy 7:12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors.13 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. 15 The LORDwill keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.

Hosea 9:16 

Ephraim is blighted,

their root is withered,

they yield no fruit.

Even if they bear children,

I will slay their cherished offspring.”

Matthew 13:37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40  “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41  The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42  They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.