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Here I mentioned lawlessness because it is again translated as that in my new King James Bible. ohh.
Then we don't bother with it anymore now that it becomes a completely different topic of conversation. Thank you for your clear and alert thoughts, we all need them. God bless you and yours in Jesus Name, Amen, Christi Love.
Luke 4
West Angeles Church Cogic Cathedral Los Angeles California
My COGIC WORSHIP: 1Corithians 15:3-4 KJV I Worship God Verse Paragraph 1 My Interpretation: Jesus Christ is the Truth My Father John 14:6 KJV . I Worship God Verse 5 Parargraph 1 God of promises that cannot be sropped. I worship God Verse 6 that wants us serve God-gifts that ascends ri heavens.-Lord recieving first fruits of the harvest Verse7 Paragraph 3. Verse 8 Paragraph I worship God wants people to treat each other fairly and to walk accordingly to his way. I Worship that satisfy me wirh blessings. I Worship God that enter into judgment with elders and princes of his people
Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
John 10:30
"I and my Father are one."
Blessings
The last line in the first para,"This most be so for anyone who refuses to see the light through any other eyes than that of the true Light."
Please read as,
"This must be so for anyone who refuses to see the light through the true Light but see through the eyes, of John Nelson Darby, Jan Calvin or William Miller"
Message to angels of Pergamos and Thyatira has to do with evil doctrines that shall assail the worlds framed by the word of God. In the garden of Eden the error of contextual truth was presented to man and woman. Rather than focusing on the divine Will,'for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die,' the serpent serves them a context to which they may apply their free-will and in doing so the emphasis of the word of God is glossed over. Even this day the imposter churches have been indulging in such an error. Doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, 'which thing I hate' is same as nationalism or dispensationalism, and it is calculated to desensitise the fear of God. In disconnecting the divine Will of the Father from the fulfilment aspect of the Son heresy of the Synagogue of Satan is to bring back those whom God has rejected as 'thy people.' This most be so for anyone who refuses to see the light through any other eyes than that of the true Light.
The inaugural vision of St John and the night vision of Daniel corroborate of the fire associated with the word of God. The cherub kept east of the garden,"and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." This fire connects to the fiery throne of the Ancient of days, " And his eyes were as a flame of fire;/And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters./ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. " Compare this with 'infolding fire' in the inaugural vision of Ezekiel. (Rev.1.14-16). Glory of God " and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about." and a voice,"And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake."
"who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;"
We come across this expression again,"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." (2.7). In the midst of is used in the sense we are covered,"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us." We are not as busybodies crisscrossing the whole length of the ungodly world but in the direction the cherub is keeping the way to the tree of life. Which is in the midst of paradise.
Heaven as well as earth framed by the word has only one centre, which is your altar,- your heart to be precise. You move as directed within the lintel and doorposts covered by the blood of the Lamb. The sad fate of Dinah teaches us the folly of soaking up the local colour, customs and traditions of an untoward generation. "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;" (Phili.2.15). It tells us of the ark of Noah tossed about by waters while Noah and his world was secure, And this is Millennial reign and we are in the midst of it. We shall hear the command, " And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them."(Rev.11.12)
" He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
The Spirit is recording what the Law has determined according to the seven days in the everlasting Covenant. The seven names in Asia Minor are merely labels as the the great city where our Lord was crucified as a stand in for Egypt, Sodom or Babylon. (Rev.11.8)
Whave been examining the fulness of Christ where seven angels in his right hand are ministering angels, 'sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation.' The cherub with a flaming sword between heaven and earth keep the way of the tree of life. The other angel we came across"And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. " (1 Chron.21.14;Gen.3.24) We have the two worlds where the word framed by God are kept under the watch of angels whether Up Down or Across. The ground which a believer treads is holy ground. The Spirit sets the two witnesses as two olive trees. " These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth." Olive trees signify the angels,"Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth."(Zec.4.14) Take Archangel Michael who fights for us in heaven. "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon." Devil sins from the beginning so God has made provisions to minister the heirs of salvation. We see him again,"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people." He fights for the heirs of salvation leading to the day of judgment.(Dan.12.1) Jeus walking among the seven candlesticks mean that he is present.The risen Christ promises his disciples,"and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." (Mt.28.20)
Zechariah saw the two anointed ones standing by the Lord of the whole earth. Jesus Christ is implied there."All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." The valley where the anointed one stand is a closed one. On the other hand the valley in the vision of Ezekiel is an open valley. Without comparing the spiritual with spiritual what instruction in righteousness is there to be had?
A child of disobedience .
A child of wrath .
At enmity with God .
A sinner .
All of 1 Timothy in the last days .
Lost .
Without hood.
Without Christ .
In the kingdom of darkness .
Blind .
Dead in trespasses and in sin .
Doomed to be damned forever .
The believer of God .
A son of God .
A child of obedience .
Passed from death to life .
Crucified with Christ .
Buried with Christ .
Risen together with Christ .
Made to sit together with Christ in heavenly places .
Has a sure and certain hope .
Is BORN again of the incorruptible seed which is thecWord of God .
Has an inheritance incorruptable undefined and fade the not away .
Is reconciled and has peace with God .
Is no longer under condemnation .
Sin has no more dominion over them .
Has a future worth talking about .
Who seeks a city that has foundations who's builder and make is God .
Is renewed daily in the image of Christ.
Is filled with the Spirit of God .
Is more than conqueror through Him that loved us.
All the blessingsv that are "in Christ " listed. Ephesians 1 and 2.
To who all the promises of God are " yea and amen" in Christ Jesus .
It is by their fruits ye shall know them . Not by any gift .
Paul warns the church not to be like them who "entered not in because of unbelief " Heaven is NOT the promised land for there are no giants or cities to conquer there.
Unbeluef is not just simply s not just simply not believing God it also entails believing another message .
For the children of Isreal not only did not believe God or the two faithful spies but belueved the 10 faithless ones .
Eve did not just not believe God but also belueved the serpent .
It is written that the s riotures are " A light unto my feet and a lamp unto my path . It tells us where we are and the road on which we are going. To be transformed by the renewal of our minds " How ? By the Word of God . For we were saved by understanding thecWord of Hod and we are kept by it also it is as thecword of God dwells in us richly that we " overcome the wicked one" and while we do not know or understand all of scripture we by degree and by growing in grace and in the knowledge of God know Him the Holy Sprit who does .
So we come to Thecquestion as to where do we live?
In the world and in conformity with it or in the kingdom of God and in conformity with that?
Are we not up His ambassadors of Christ? Now an ambassador lay reside in a " far country" but he is not a citizen of it .
But represents the kingdom of God . and every church which is of God is not just some other 'community' but rather an embassy
To be continued :.
I used the word " strange" as being out of the ordinary for looking at the scriptures the norm would be healing and health in particular to every true born child of God . But I do not charge God or accuse anyone but rather lift up the scriptures as to what they say rather than bring them down to what our experience might be..
I'm not sure I understand you concerning your thoughts on " lawlessness " for are we not if His under the law of Christ and if not his under the law of sin and death ?
How then are we or can be lawless?
If we are His and we sin we should not wallow in it or worse continue sinning for " if we are dead to sin how can we now live in it?" Asks Paul .
Paul also challenges us that now we live in the Spirit we should also " walk in the Spirit" is it not also written that if we " walk in the Spirit we will not fulfil the lusts of the flesh"? Or in another place " sin shall have no more dominion over us"? For we are no longer under the law of sin and death .
A child learning to walk for every true BORN child of God is so called like any tot will land on his dignity but does not stay there but gets up though at first it's a bit if a shock and the tendency at the beginning is to cry and stay down .
But we should be encouraged the Lord is patient and will dust us down and set us up on our feet again.
But let us not become as spoiled children and self indulgent thinking we can sin with impunity .
Who God loves He also chastens and so we learn to walk in the light as He is in the light and we have fellowship one with the other and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin" As the blood in the natural body continually circulates and cleanses the body and fights off infections so likewise the Spiritual body as we walk in the light of the scriptures the blood of Jesus Christ continually cleanses us from all sin .
And progressively we overcome and "put off every weight and the sin that so easily besets us ".
No greater Physical Act of Love
for someone to give there own life, to save anothers life..
Courage Valor n Love
nothing comes close to that
I have been praying for you and your sister. Please let me know how things go. I will continue to pray for the two of you.
Acts 23:11-27 Think of the resistance Paul faced. It is often the same in our lives. It is crystal clear that when we walk the Lord's path, there will always be resistance. It can come like lightning, like illness, like a flat tire, a flat car battery or a real downpour. So that we lose courage, give up or refuse to take it. Then I think, what kind of person would the Lord send, if I don't go?
May the Lord show us all how to wield the sword! God bless us with every spiritual blessing in the Heavenly world. Amen.
Nonetheless; we see one aspect of tongues in a heavenly language is for self edification and hence it is for the believer only if no interpretation exists and presumably it would have to be another earthly language if outsiders who were nonbelievers happened to hear it.
In the same passages of Corinthians we see prophecy discussed as being for edification of believers; nonetheless something like a famine and preparation for such would likely be observed by the world. What we don't see here as I emphasized in the last posting is some big demonstration on video of these true spiritual gifts to promulgate a sideshow; much like the enemy was doing with the possessed woman in Acts 16:16-18. We note that in this particular case the truth was being said Jesus was the way not just a way to be saved. This level of deception requires discernment that I would say is largely nonexistent today with error rife in so many so called ministries.
in short; of course we "all need each other". That is the purpose of the gifts to edify as well as of course in some cases draw those God has called. We are warned; for instance to not hastily lay hands on someone in 1 Timothy 5:22. We could end up either being affected by a demon or allowing someone not tested or mature to inadvertently or perhaps even deliberately pass on a demon to someone desiring healing.
There are two extremes as with any situation that we can fall prey to. In the first as stated above we can assume that we can trust those in our church fellowship who on the outside conform to what is considered normal church patterns of behavior without testing their convictions and fruit in their lives. We also can close our hearts to correction; to those who may visit from the outside or untrained laypersons of discernment.
""These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks."
We shall consider each angel representing the church and when the Spirit at the end of messages, " He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."(2.7) The Covenant assures the quality of faith so as the tree of righteousness the seed of the fruit is in itsel, meaning that it is ripened by the sun of righteousness. So heavenly blessing produces fruit. Can fig tree produce thistles? "the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good." Jesus as the true Vine said, "He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."( Jn 15.5)
We have the Lamb associated with seven eyes, "which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." (Rev.5.6)
On the other hand in Ezek.37 the valley of Dry Bones is set in an open valley, signifying they were left to their own devices.
"And ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."(2.10) Ten days are set by the Word so what is prompting Jews which are not Jews? The list of martyrs from Abel onwards is the work of the devil."the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan." The church of Smyrna was in the best company where Christ headed the list." That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar./ Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation."(Mt.23.35-36) This generation belonged to Jesus Christ.
As a rule (I'd say a certainty) naming ministries after ourselves is never a good idea. Worse still is when we characterize our nomenclature with the type of "gifting" we claim to have; i.e. prophetic or healing ministry. Not to mention the veracity or lack thereof of a claim as such; it sounds like it exalts an individual as superior; or "cornering the market" as it were as to the proclaimed gifting; and of course the motivation behind it is financial; if I were a betting man.
If I went out on the street and told someone that if they gave me 100 dollars they would be blessed and it would be returned tenfold I doubt there would be too many takers. Somehow we think a fancy suit; oratory or building exalts us to a great prominence forgetting the Pharisees used similar tactics to bilk their congregation. Food for thought...
To pull out Acts 3:6 is scriptural
"Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk."
Here we don't see "seed money" to buy your miracle or favor with God.
In the two prophecies in Acts that are mentioned we see famine and persecution. What we hear today more often than not is reminicient of what we expect from "Babylon the Great" in terms of continued financial favor rather than the scriptural path of not eating if we don't work and example from Paul who worked as a tentmaker along with his many sleepless nights and other suffering lack for the sake of the Gospel. Food and clothing are something His followers are called to trust God for; we note that shelter isn't even on that list as many have to give that up for the sake of the Gospel. This is what defines a true disciple; thus by inference those not following such admonitions are by and large false disciples.
The gifts are meant to be applied for edification of the body primarily.
When we look at mercy; or compassion and related service there really is no detail that we can grasp as how to demonstrate this virtue. Prophecy has the evidence of a specific prediction and verification of an event; teaching has scripture and related facts that can be expounded; tongues has specific rules in great detail as to when and how to apply and interpret; etc. Many will list the attributes along with expected tendencies for getting spiritually derailed if not balanced; particularly with this gift but we have to avoid subjectivity here.
Jude verses 20:23 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
22And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt; 23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
It behooves us to study this more detailed application of mercy (although it isn't defined as a spiritual gift in this passage).
First we see perseverence and the reward that comes through such actions as stated elsewhere in scripture as a backdrop.
The mercy here is sort of like it was for Noah or Lot; God would deliver us before the wrath to come on the earth to present ourselves in a new body; and without spot or wrinkle should we be qualified to be in the Rapture as I see it; others may disagree.
The second verse has been traditionally interpreted as ministering to those who are in the church but perhaps immature; but certainly it could extend to those seeking the truth. The next verse (23) indicates an interesting and perhaps most poignant point for discussion; that of the fear of God and not wanting to associate ourselves with the sins of others and be tempted ourselves. The fear of the Lord should motivate mercy not merely emotions
"Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks"
The Law of the Spirit set seven angels representing the angels of God consequentlly the only measurement for the body of Christ shall include them.
First these angels are there for a purpose. "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"(Heb.1.14,6) God presented Jesus Christ accordingly and commands,"when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.". The Covenant in seven days promise the believer both heavenly blessings as well as in his vile body. Of the latter we have this v.1 "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered."(Ps.32.1) Of the other we have angels, "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."(Mt.18.10)
Seven days sets our antecedents tied to Alpha and St John in the isle of Patmos, "and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet," and when the holy city comes down, 'And I heard a great voice out of heaven.'(Rev.1.10;21.2)
Secondly these 7 angels representing those of his Father and they are in his right hand meaning wherever the angel of the Lord appears we have to understand the Spirit of Christ is presence so it is called the Angel of his presence. Consider the cherub with faming sword in the valley keeping the way and Jesus assures the church of Ephesus, "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."(Rev.2.1,7) This explains' "These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks."
His beard had been plucked from his face , he had been punched mercilessly and a crown of thorns pressed down upon his head ,
You could reasonably say tye image if Man was unrecognisable .
But the repentant thief who redeemed the time given to him saw something ekse .
For when he turned his head at keast to Him who was crucified alongside him he said " Lord remember me when thou comets into thy kingdom"
Despite the Lords physical agony ,despite the Lords mental agony " My God my God why hastbthou forsaken me?" And despite His spiritual agony ." He who knew no sin became sin " He still inspired faith in that thief who saw a King not only a King but a King who would conquer death and inherit His kingdom and could if so willing save him also .The thief called Him Lord . And God always respinds to faith and turned his head to him and said " today thou shalt be with me in paradise "
The repentant thief went into eternity with a promise .
In turning His head towards the unrepentant thief the Lord turned His head away from the unrepentant thief who went into eternity naked and with nothing .
For if the Spurit of truth is in us ( being born again) we need " not any to teach us" but that does not mean we no longer still need to be taught . But that in what is true and false we do not need to be taught fir by Him we are so taught but for perfection of the church God has given " teachers" so let no man think he needs not to be taught !
But we are not passive morns and just swallow anything that comes our way or by " the wind" but rather we are " to test all spirits " wether they be of God or not . How? By the Holy Spirit the Spirit of truth and thus as every Apistoe Prophet pastor teacher and evangelist are so led by Him so also we are taught by them and led by the same Spirit " till we all come to a unity of the faith .." and if someone is in error thecSpirit of truth will say so to our spirits . Just make sure you are seeking FIRST the kingdom of God and HIS righteousness and by degree and line upin line precept upon precept hecwill lead us into all truth .
Accirding as we are able to bear it.
Too many having itching ears however are ked astray by tier own lusts gathering to themselves teachers who give them what they want not what they need . Much sugar very few vegetables and little or no meat .
Man shall not live .." The devil has come but to steal to kill and to destroy but aI have come that you might have Life and Life more abundantly "
The wilderness was to be but boot camp . Not the Christian norm and while indeed this world is as a wilderness our life is not derived from it and every true church of God is an embassy of another world and another kingdom and its members ambassadors who will do " greater works "
For if His Wirds we're not His own Words but the Father who was in Him ,He doeth the Work .
Then is it not Christ in us not just for the hope of glory but also And therefore our words not our own but itbis Christ who doeth the Work?.
Now that verse as far as I am aware is first mentored in the book of Exodus in the flight through the wilderness . But we shouid not think it was not applicable tonMan in the beginning also .
For of all the trees in the garden you may freely eat ,but of the tree of the knowledge of good and rvil,you shall not eat ,for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die "
Knowledge comes by two ways experience and understanding .
The tree of the KNOWLEDGE of good and evil was not a choice for God forbade them to eat of it . The choice was of all the other trees in the garden which included then the tree of Life .
Now God already had knowledge of what was good and what was evil and thus by that word that came out of His mouth as to what was good to eat and what was in effect rvil to eat they lived by HIS knowledge .
But in eating that which God had forbidden they came to a knowledge of goid and evil by doing that which was evil in the sight of God . Men are always first tempted to deny the character disposition and nature of God that then opens the door to error "the truth changed into a lie "
Man therefore was not to live by every tree in the garden God gave them to eat but by that Word that came forth from His mouth as to what to eat and what not to eat .
When you reject the truth you will belueve the lie and when you belueve the lie you become blind to the truth .
Has not the devil " blinded the eyes of them that belueve not"
And did not Jesus come Ro " restore sight to the blind"?
Again I say .God has not changed . For by thecWord of God men live . For if we have the Son we have life but if we have not the Son we have not eve; seen life yet .
To be truly BORN again is therefore to enter that eternal will of God preordained from before the foundations of the world .
And is it not written that " by practice we learn good from evil"?
To be don't
When we look at the two examples from Agubus' prophecies in Acts; we see in the first case (the Acts 11 one to be chronologically accurate) that wisdom needed to prevail once the warning about famine was given. This would involve material things being prepared for distribution; and more importantly involve the unity of the Body of Christ in meeting needs of their own; first and foremost which no doubt had some further ramifications among those needing help who weren't saved at the time.
The second case in Acts 21:11. This declaration leaves us with more questions than answers; perhaps. There was no clear indication that Paul had to go to Jerusalem; and perhaps another who would receive such a message could legitimately at least postpone such an endeavor. Paul himself didn't resist being taken down in a basket earlier on in the book of Acts shortly after he began his ministry to escape. The overriding theme here is Paul's state of mind and being totally submitted and "sold out" in the Spirit. Perhaps His greatest motivation was love for His fellow countrymen; the Jews which is even more profound considering his temporary "shaking off the dirt" and ministering to the Gentiles after their resistance became a real pain in Acts 18:6.
Perhaps we can look to the gift of wisdom here as to applications related to prophecy; as one example. Just how to store supplies for disaster is something I can only wish the church in this country would consider with the clear indications of supply shortages in the near future because of several factors (war; destruction of the electric grid; insurrections; economic crash; etc).
Worldly wisdom would say to get more guns than butter; for instance. Practical wisdom certainly has taken a back seat today with a society that by and large is dependent on being taken care of; lacking many survival skills and an ethic of hard work in general; not learning how to save money; etc.
In scripture; we have several types of patterns that God uses. First of all there are things which God has determined to ultimately fulfill; and these can't be negotiated. Many things are yet to come in the Tribulation; Millennium and eternal state yet future; and others have been fulfilled which God spelled out in specific timetables. This would relate to prophecies regarding the 69 weeks after the Temple was rebuilt and Messiah was crucified in Daniel; the 70 years of Babylonian captivity; the 400 years that His people would live in Egypt ending with Moses' deliverance; etc. There are even names such as Cyrus prophesied ahead of time as to their actions predetermined.
Many times we have another layer of God's mysterious counsel ( Deut. 29:29) where He indeed "repents" of what He proclaims.
This of course involves God changing His mind and that is based on certain responses that usually transpire with the Prophets such as Moses who He had a particularly intimate interaction with. Prayer invokes God's mercy as the Psalms and many other scriptures attest to; but we also are aware that sadly behaviors such as that of Solomon short circuit Israel as always having a king and being blessed by God in the Promised Land. These demonstrate many conditional promises such as in Deuteronomy 28-30 which interestingly were part of a song given to Moses. These passages indicate the past behavior and ramifications of such of the Israelites drawn forth from Egypt and future admonitions. Ultimately warnings in scripture are only effective for believers; as those not of the faith cannot obey them and are already under God's judgment.
Therefore; God now applies the new covenant to the church consisting of believing Jews and Gentiles. We are saved and sealed for His use but can't use that as a license to sin. We can choose to be wise or boldly face persecution or not in these examples.
For while man was CREATED in the image if God he is in fact BORN in the image of Adam .
He is so born because of the fall and of sin and that image of God is so marred or lost because of that it is lost or so marred it is no longer recognisable . And while we shouid always never reduce mankind or Man to humans in our thinking nevertheless we should not be so loose with scripture as to deny what man is without God . Born in sin and shapen in iniquity .
Jesus said that His purpose was to seek and to save that which was lost .
Man is lost on every level .For Man was created for the light . Shine a ,Ishtar into the eyes of a man conscious or not and his eyes will automatically respond to it unless he is dead . Put a man in a place with no light at all for long enough and he will suffer . Man was created for the light . But because of the fall and of sin has become more a child of darkness .
The condemnation is not so much because men have sinned ( for all have sinned) but because " the Light has come and men love darkness more than the light " Men love their sin more than righteousness . They do not want anything better ,they love darkness more than the light . Some ebpven " glorying in their shame" .
God has not changed now has the constitution of Man . He still can't Live by bread alone but by every Word that proceedeth from the mouth of God .
Jesus was and is the express image of the invisible God" which is why we " MUST be BORN again" not of that corruptible seed which is of Adam but of the incorruptable seed which is the WORD of God .
For thecKaw if God that states every seed brings forth fruit after its own kind app,use to the corruotable seed even as it does to the incorruptable seed . The one bringing forth corruption unto death the other righteousness unto life .