1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us
able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit:
for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 3:9 For if the ministration
of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness
exceed in glory.
John 3:16-17 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. For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting
life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto
life.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for
to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.
Learning the Word of God about our salvation is building our houses
upon the ROCK.
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There is no reason to assume that everything one sees has a certain grain
of something in it.
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But if someone has a PRECONCEIVED basis of thinking in themselves, then
everything they see will be based upon that preconception.
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Before you started seeing a certain "tint" in everything, you placed tinted
lenses upon your eyes.
PRECONCEIVED is a good word because a SEED OF A WAY OF THINKING HAS BEEN
IMPLANTED WITHIN YOU. before you looked at anything else.
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You CONCEIVED it in your thinking.
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Guess what the SEED of "good and evil" came from?
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth
bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding
fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and
it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding
seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was
in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Notice that God said more about the FRUIT TREES than any other plant.
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He distinguished fruit trees as being trees whose seed is in the fruit
itself.
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The aspect of SEEDS and FRUIT would have a lot to do with humanity later
on.
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree
which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that
the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the
fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and
he did eat.
That tells the story!
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THE SEED OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
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It went into Eve's system right along with the fruit itself.
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(God designed that fruit bears its own seeds so that when creatures eat
the fruit, they carry the seeds and deposit the seeds when they defecate.
the seeds grow where they are dropped and this propagates the fruit tree.)
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God wanted man to have the SEED OF LIFE within himself to grow within the
soil of man's heart -- THIS WAS A SPIRITUAL SEED.
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Satan knew the knowledge of good and evil could be CONCEIVED in Eve's heart,
and knew it would colour everything she would see.
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He copied God's method of using fruit of LIFE with SEED in it.
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Satan used it like a hook inside some BAIT.
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IT KILLS.
When a person first makes an attempt at any skill, be it labour or art,
THAT PERSON CANNOT ACCOMPLISH IT PERFECTLY.
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Its just that --- A SKILL.
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Skills are perfected and "grown," so to speak.
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You are not bad if you cannot draw like Leonardo Da Vinci the first time
you try to draw.
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STAY AT IT AND YOU WILL GROW.
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Being BETTER at doing something does not mean you are a BETTER PERSON OR
NOT.
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Children attempt things and fail, feeling they are "no good."
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ITS NOT A MATTER OF GOOD OR EVIL.
We need to rip this seed and its root out of our hearts and no longer look
at everything through eyes of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Go back before the child first tried to do a thing.
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Go further before the child's birth.
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Further, to before the parents were even born.
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Go all the way back to the first parents and watch Adam and Eve eat the
fruit of the knowledge of good and evil.
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THERE is where the PARADIGMAL thought of the knowledge of good and evil
came from.
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It is born in every human being.
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BUT THE CROSS CUTS OFF THE DISEASE.
Everyone must die, due to being in Adam, because Adam was told he would
die had he eaten of it.
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And we inherited that disease from Adam.
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And we must die.
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It sprouted like a network throughout our souls.
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It influences everything we see or hear and read.
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It stained our reasoning.
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It coloured our perception.
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It took time, but it brought forth MURDER.
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Therefore, a renewing of the MIND must occur after we are saved.
Even after salvation, this paradigmal thinking is so ingrained within us,
that we must be TAUGHT THE TRUTH.
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God drove sin out of our spirits when He saved us, but now He desires to
give us the MIND OF CHRIST.
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ITS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
People unfamiliar with biblical teaching, believe that entering Heaven
requires more good works than evil.
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Its not a matter of good or evil.
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Its whether you are in Adam or Christ... death or life.
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There are good people who are IN ADAM, and will die and never know eternal
life.
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Whoever is not born again through Jesus' death is simply DEAD in God's
eyes.
Ephesians 2:1-5 And you hath he quickened,
who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according
to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the
air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among
whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our
flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by
nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy,
for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Its a matter of BIRTH, NOT WORTH.
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If you've been born again, you're in CHRIST.
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Jesus did not come to condemn the world with a whole lot of knowledge of
good and evil.
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HE CAME TO GIVE LIFE.
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He knew it was a matter of life and death.
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What would condemnation accomplish?
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More dead people made to be good dead people?
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You can make Adam good or bad, but he is still Adam and he will die.
Someone told me that psychology urges one to relive their past fears and
realize they are part of us.
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So in order to overcome them, relive them and try to accept them in that
manner.
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Face it until you are not bothered by it any longer.
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WRONG!!!
Jesus had a better way.
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LET IT ALL DIE AND BURIED WITH HIM, and be made, yourself, into a NEW CREATURE,
totally distinct from your sinful past!
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Those past lives are no longer a part of you any longer.
One man knew that the Bible teaches we are crucified with Christ, but did
not really "get it".
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He desired to look into his past with a psychologist and learn what made
him what he is today.
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But I told him that the past is no longer a part of him.
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He died to that when he died with Christ.
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He commented about how he never really saw it that factual before.
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LET US LIVE BY THE WORD!!!
We are raised and resurrected with Christ into an entirely new slate of
life.
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We are born again and have a brand new start, and are intended to forget
about those pasts.
People can deal with right and wrong.
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But how can they deal with Life and death?
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We may try to change wrong to right.
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But change death to life?
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ONLY GOD WORKS IN THOSE AREAS!
Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even
I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make
alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver
out of my hand.
2Kings 5:6-8 And he brought the letter to
the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold,
I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest
recover him of his leprosy. And it came to pass, when the king of Israel
had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God,
to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a
man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh
a quarrel against me. And it was so, when Elisha the man of God
had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to
the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now
to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
Elisha recommend that Naaman come to him because he was a prophet of the
God who could kill and make alive.
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I am a preacher.
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Hear what I have to say about our God.
The elder son of the family saw that his father killed the fatted calf
and threw a party for the return of the prodigal son.
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The elder son was full of the knowledge of good and evil.
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But it was not a matter of whether or not the son was evil in blowing his
inheritance.
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It was not a matter of whether or not the prodigal paid for whores.
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The issue was that he was DEAD BUT WAS NOW ALIVE!
Luke 15:25 - 32 Now his elder son was
in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick
and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things
meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed
the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was
angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated
him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do
I serve thee [GOOD], neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment
[GOOD]: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry
with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured
thy living with harlots [EVIL], thou hast killed for him the fatted
calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I
have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for
this thy brother was dead, and is alive again [LIFE AND DEATH];
and was lost, and is found.
Yes, adultery is wrong.
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But Adam needs to be dealt with first, and all that evil is crucified with
Christ and washed by the Blood of Jesus when one comes home to Our Heavenly
Father's house.
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If it was a matter of good or evil, then we could work our way into glory
and boast about getting there.
Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any
man should boast.
ITS NOT A MATTER OF GOOD OR EVIL, BUT LIFE AND DEATH.