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1 John 3:12 - Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
So, we should be loving one another, not as Cain (back in Genesis Chapter 4). Not as Cain, who is of the wicked one, and slew, or killed his brother. Literally slaughtered him. In the Greek text, it's the word slaughter. And why did he slaughter? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. His brother was going down the right road doing what God wanted him to do, and he killed him.
1 John 3:15 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Whoever hates, and that's a Present Participle. Whoever is hating his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
1 John 3:16 - Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
The word ought is the word indebted. In Romans Chapter 13, Paul says to pay taxes to whom taxes are due, give honor to whom honor is due, and respect to whom respect is due. In other words, if the world wants it, give it to them. We only have one debt in life. And that's to love, AGAPE love, God's love. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with God's love in us and through us as a ministry to others.
We are indebted to lay down our lives for the brethren. It's not just a command as we see it. I owe you. Jesus laid down His life for me and said this is love. It's sacrifice. It's giving up yourself for the spiritual good of others, if not your own self.
1 John 3:11 - For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
A beautiful text, technically absolutely perfect! According to the 1 John Chapter 4, it says God is love. Love is not an action. It's not a human performance. Love is the very nature and quality of who God is. So, I cannot have that AGAPE love for anybody unless the Spirit of God who is love is in me. Having AGAPE love means that we have concern for the spiritual welfare of others.
Actually, the love of God is an interruption in people's lives. We are so horizontal, we've got our jobs, we've got our hobbies, we've got things to do, and places to go, and all of a sudden God's Spirit lays on your heart a concern for a person's spiritual welfare. That's the love of God!
So, he says since we are believers, we should be loving one another. You see, that's not a challenge. He's saying that's the trademark. This should be going on in your life. And if it's not, then you don't belong to Him. It's either all or nothing. The bible says that when a person is saved, they are constantly under the influence of AGAPE love, constantly loving.
It's the same formula, the same principle that the bible teaches. I am in the love of God because God is in me. He's love, He's pure, and He's righteous. He's love; therefore, I continuously am under the influence of God's love. Now in the human I'm not, but in the Spirit I am.
1 John 3:10 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
So here we go, summary statement: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, literal translation. Doeth is a Present Participle, doing, or practicing. Whoever is not practicing righteousness is not of God. Why is that? It's because Christ is the righteous one. And if He does not live inside of one, leading them down the path of righteousness, then they're not practicing righteousness.
Neither he that loveth not his brother. A new concept has now slipped in there. Not only does an unsaved person not practice righteousness, he also does not love his brother. Loving is another Participle, constantly, AGAPE. If a person is not saved, if they're not practicing righteousness, then they're not practicing loving their brother.
1 John 3:8 Continued
When a person is saved, that person is literally delivered from the spirit that is energizing them and influencing them in sin, and God's Spirit is born in them. And that person is called a Christian.
So, he's giving sources now. If you practice sin, it's because your source is the devil because he's the one that sins from the beginning. It's Satan sinning through us. We have a partner in this. We have a spirit that lines things up for us and helps us to sin.
But again, the cure for sin:
For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. The word destroy is the word loosen. Some of you may have heard the doctrine of binding and loosing. It all has to do with sin in Matthew's gospel.
When a person is unsaved, they are called bound to their sins. When a person is saved, they are loosed from their sins. When Jesus came, He came to loosen us from the works of the devil and the devil's influence over our life. That's what He came for.
1 John 3:8 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
He that commits sin is of the devil; And again, the word commits is the word practicing. It's a Present Participle. He that practices sin is from out of the devil; for the devil is sinning from the beginning.
The bible says that the sinner is Satan. And according to Psalm 51, David said that at the point of conception, we inherit the sin nature that came to the fallen human race through Adam. We inherit a sin nature. As soon as we are born, we're born in sin, and we're born going our own way and doing our own thing.
In Ephesians 2:1-2, in describing the non-believer, Paul says and you has He made alive who were dead in trespasses and sin, wherein time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works or energizes in the children of the disobedience.
Satan energizes people, as this chapter continues to tell us. Satan energizes people to fulfill the desires of the flesh and of the mind. There are only two groups of people on the earth. And it has nothing to do with religion. There are people who are energized by Satan to live for themselves, and those who are energized by Christ to live for Christ. That's it!
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. - John 8:32, KJV
I was taking a look at some of the most intriguing names I've found here in the Bible, along with some fascinating stories as well. If you're interested, I can go deeper into this topic.
Blessings!
In the background of pervasive ungodliness the ground was cursed for man's sake produced heresies which would go on troubling the nation of Israel. Seth signified the heir of promise while Adam had other sons and daughters as well. "And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters."(v.4) The lineage representing the generation of Jesus Christ continued through Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel,Jared, Enoch, Methuselah and Lamech. All these names are set in the frame of reference to Jesus Christ. The Spirit notes the name of Enoch especially. He walked with God meaning that the Covenant. Can Enoch walk with God unless agreed upon a Covenant entered into by God and Man on the blood of Jesus? In their generations sons and daughters born to sons of Adam are not listed in the God document,
" By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God./But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him./By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith." (Heb.11.5-7)
In v.13 we have the testimony that all these died in faith. "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." They had faith as well as works.
"But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord."(Gen.6.8) Abiding in Christ has an upper end, heavenly places or mount Sion They also have the ground from which they were dug up. " for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return
"And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed."
This segment ends at this point. Generation of Jesus Christ consists of the blessed in their faith while the generation of Adam in Ch.5 relate to heirs of promise and those who belong to the sons of Adam. There is a big difference here. Beginning with Seth who stands out in his generation, "and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:" He is in his own likeness where the bar sinister over the curse on the ground is a mark, as vivid as the one God set on Cain. Seth was the heir of promise and his volume was made up by blessings heavenly as stipulated in the Covenant but sweat of his brow and the toil of his hands set the law of sin and death work contrary to the Law of the Spirit."For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:/ But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members./O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom.7.22-24) This body of death was ever present. In order to prove that 'the toil of our hands' produced ": cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;/Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee." (3.17-18)
In the background we have this commentary of what tares were growing. It was in their mind. "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,/That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair." The cult of Earth mother, votaries to moon host of heaven- shamanism as an institution were floating around as a result. " And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
God had set provision for the fulfilment of his divine Will before the worlds began. Here we see in the foreknowledge of the heirs of promise.. Cain dealt with his patrimony merely for an occupation, for his creature comforts even as Esau sold his birth right for a mess of pottage. Seth had reverence to step in place of Abel so as the Branch in his father's house what was his claim to his biological parents. None( Jn 1.11) whatsoever even as Jesus came into his own and they received him not."He came unto his own, and his own received him not." The Spirit did not introduce the house of my friend as a loose end. " And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends."(Zech.13.6)Seth was in the house of his parents bearing as St Paul confessed," for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.". Compare the mark of Cain with that of Seth, which is spiritual.
The Bible is inerrant. I have not seen any loose ends in the narrative where every event name, places and persons hoold frame of reference to Jesus Christ. One example I shall give. Those who do not enter in the day Seven sanctified as God's rest is 6-6-6 cursed. Onan was struck down for the same reason. " Gen.38.11) The Spirit' makes concordance with the Father Son relationship so there is no room for error. The numbers also similarly serves.
"And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground."
Cain was the firstborn as Easau was. In God's will his Son was to be the firstborn of all creation. It the divine Will that set the doctrine. The bone of bones made Adam as a double for his Son. As word was with God, Adam is also set down in the God document in this specific fame of reference. Eve on account of the Word is not merely a woman but as the symbol for the church.
Cain was set apart "That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the malesshall bethe LORD'S."(Exod.13. 2) This is true as far as Eve is the mother all living.' That is according to the flesh. Cain showed no sympathy beyond the superficials. He took to the task as his father fell back upon after his fall. He did not know the same foreknowledge as he showed when he correctly understood the place ofEve in the God's schme of things. "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh." This revelation came from the breath of God who made him a living soul. Being the firstborn without reverence for the holiness of God he took the line of least resistance. His first offering also smacked of the indifference,'take it or leave it.' Naturally God was not pleased with it as He was with Abel.
"And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering." He was led by the Spirit of Christ so he served as the Good Shepherd, as the double for Jesus Christ. Similarly Seth stepped into the void made by Cain the wicked one. He did not do in a vacuum. In the midst of the throne "stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." God had set provision for the fulfillment of his divine Will before the worlds began.
Generally, they believe in seven Dispensations in the Bible; namely, Of Innocence, Conscience, Human Government, Promise, Law, Grace, the coming Millennial Kingdom of Christ. But even this number can vary depending how one reads the Bible. My own understanding or application of this is not absolute or even necessary when the whole Bible is read & understood correctly. The point of difference arises when the question is asked, 'is the Bible to be read literally (allowing of course, for various symbols, figures of speech & types) or non-literally (i.e. the prophecies of old & the message itself of the Bible must be read non-literally & applied as such). So for example, when we read of a thousand years in Revelation chap 20, is that a literal or non-literal number and does that time still lie ahead? Or, the promises of God to Israel (concerning land, many descendants, blessings), are they yet to be fulfilled literally (i.e. Israel is still in God's Plan, though temporarily removed because of unbelief), or should Israel be rejected as God-forsaken and the Church (comprising of saved Jew & Gentile) replace them? How you answer just these two questions, will show how you interpret Scripture and possibly your leanings towards dispensationalism or not.
"Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord."
Then as an adverb is referring to 'in the beginning' of Gen.1.1. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters which as a verb indicates continuation action. Indicative of this we have seven eyes in the vision of St John."and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."(Rev.5.6) The spirit of Christ for instance before the Advent. There is also a gap theory and this is rooted squarely on the incorruptible word of God, "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,"(Jas.5.7) The Great Sower having sown the seed now produces result. All these while we have been studying the generations of heavens and of the earth against the generation of Jesus Christ. In terms of the Law and the law of Moses the Gospel of St Matthew begins with two generation of Abraham and of David respectively. (Matt.1.1)
By the way Anyone in Christ is a new creation. It is thus the everlasting Covenant in Seven days stated in the opening chapters of the book of Genesis must be treated as 'New' covenant. Perfect Atonement in the Son cannot be divided by the Law of Moses or any other.Law of Moses is merely a side show. Yet Christianity has been bedevilled by sects, merely to keep an unholy alliance with Israel, and they must me morally complicit with the famine as a war weapon practised with impunity.
Seth is 'another seed' whose faith is same as that of Jesus Christ as the intercessor. Curiously enough before Jesus began his ministry the great light was a sign for him. The Spirit of God moving upon the waters reached his generation as well."The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up./ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven."(Mt.4.16-17)
God decreed this day for the Son. So St John on the isle of Patmos seeing visions on the Lord's day means just that. Wvery day should be Sabbath, the Lord's day..
I am happy to include you in my prayers. May God bring healing and relief to the health problems you are facing. If you would, please pray for me. I overdid it a bit these past 4 days building and area in our yard for a fire pit. Lots of shoveling of gravel, pushing dirt, laying edge stones. I am sore in my lower back and the arthritis in my hands and fingers is flaring up. Thank you.
I am happy to be able to pray for your friend. May the Lord bless her with salvation and also supply her medical needs while she is hospitalized. May He give her a successful recovery from whatever has caused her to be hospitalized.
Let me know how she is doing tomorrow, please. I like to keep up on the ones I pray for on this forum.
This passage of scripture reminds me of
John 14:16-21.
Blessings!
1 John 3:7 - Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness, and the word does is a Participle. The one doing righteousness continuously, is righteous, even as He, that is God, is righteous.
Now how in the world can I be as righteous as God is? It's because I have God living inside of me. I have no righteousness of my own, but I have Christ, and I am righteous as He is righteous. If I ever step out of line, He corrects that.
I hope you see the connection. We're talking about lifestyles, and we're talking about walking in a condition that is the same as Jesus because we have Jesus in us living out and walking out the believer's life.
1 John 3:4 - Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
The word committeth, an Old English word, is a Participle, the one who is practicing sin is also sinning against the law. Sin is the transgression of God's law. We could think that we're pretty good people, but once we transgress God's law, we're sinners. And once we sin one time, the question is going to be what are you going to do about it? It's on your record!
There isn't anything you can do to erase that sin. It's only through Jesus Christ. So, what are you going to do? A sinner is someone who in their lifestyle practices sin. In Chapter 2 Verses 1 and 2, we saw that a believer commits acts of sin. The believer does not live a continuous lifestyle of sin because they have God's Spirit convicting them. They walk in the light. But a person that doesn't know Christ, they have no conviction. They're walking in their sin.
1 John 3:6 - Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Whoever abides in Him, that is, in the Lord, does not sin:
Again, the word abides is a Present Participle, abiding. Whoever has Him abiding "is" Present Tense, not sinning, continuously as a habit of life. We're not talking about committing an act of sin. We're talking about committing sin continuously, a lifestyle of not surrendering to Christ.
But this is a condition. Whoever is continuously remaining in Him, does not practice sin, ever! I can never go back and live the old lifestyle I lived before I received Christ. It's impossible. In contrast: Whoever sins, and again that's a Participle. Whoever is continuously sinning has not seen Him, neither have they known Him. That's a pretty bold statement to make!
1 John 3:1 - Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons, or children of God:
Some translations say "and we are." We're not just called. We are children of God. That's our calling. God calls us to Himself. And when He responds to us, He calls us His children.
The consequence of being a child of God: Therefore the world knows us not, because it knew Him not. So, the world is not going to understand. They're not going to know.
1 John 3:3 - And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
And every man that has this hope in him is purifying himself, even as He, that is, Jesus is pure.
The term hath (or has) is a Present Participle. The one who is having this hope in him. It shows continuous action, never stopping. Everyone having this hope in him "is," factual statement, is purifying himself, even as Jesus is pure.
I hope you see the connection. Number one, the lifestyle is continuous in this condition. And secondly, it will always be as Jesus is.
You see, that's my condition. As separated as Jesus walks in this world, He is going to cause me to be walking in the same way.
Therefore my condition: I have this hope continuously that when He comes, I'm going to go be with Him and I'm going to see Him just as He is. I'm going to be changed and transformed.
The person that has this hope is purifying himself as Jesus is pure.
So, I've got God's Spirit in me convicting me in that separation that He would have me to go. A person who is not saved does not have that conviction.
1 John 2:28 - And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
And now, little children (TEKNIA-little born ones), abide in Him; That's the word remain (MENO). In order that when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at his coming. So, he says abiding and remaining is the key. When Jesus comes, those who are abiding in Him, they will be ready for His coming.
Those who say they belong to Him, but are not abiding in Him, they will be left behind. It's not a performance. In Matthew 24:13, and the way the Greek text says it, it says the one who has endured to the end is the one who is saved. So, endurance is a characteristic, or evidence that a person is saved.
If you stop and think about it, if you receive Christ, and your soul or spirit is sealed by the Holy Spirit, your soul now belongs to Christ. He says He will never leave you nor forsake you. Well, how can we not endure to the end if He's living in us?
He's the one who causes me to endure. In the human I might be weak, but there isn't anything or anyone that's going to take me away from Christ. Not even my own sin is going to take me away from Christ. Nothing will separate me from the love of God.
Please take note of this, that HUPOMENO, remaining under, is a characteristic of one who is saved. They will make it to the end because God will make it through them. It will not be by human performance.
Thank you, and may the Lord continue to bless you also!
All glory and praise to our Lord and Saviour. And yes, Jesus took the low road as an example for us to follow. I agree, we are truly blessed in Christ. I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying the studies I've been sharing.
God Bless!!!