Part I
And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every
scribe who has become a disciple of the
kingdom of heaven is like a head of a
household, who brings out of his treasure
things new and old.” (Matt 13:52)
In The Beginning
There Was Nothing
But
GOD
And the Word was with God
And the Word was God
(John 1:1)
Who is GOD?
And God said unto Moses,
I AM THAT I AM
(Exodus 3:14)
The Self Existent One
The Only “PERSON” in the Universe
The Only One
Yet Three?
God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Spirit
How does that work?
God the Father is a Spirit
(John 4:24)
The “Essence” or the
“Nature” of God
Without Expression
The “WHO”
God (Spirit) Must Manifest
Himself
(Col 1:15)
Expression
Word
Physical
The “WHAT”
Through God
the Son
God Must Act
Action
Doer
The “HOW”
Through God the
Spirit
Three In One Person
COMPLETE
The COMPOSITION of GOD
THOUGHT
WORD
DEED
Who is This Person God?
. . . Love (1 John 4:8)
. . . Light (1 John 1:5)
. . . Wisdom (1Cor 1:30)
. . . Good (1 Tim 4:4)
. . . Strength (Hab 3:19)
. . . the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:16)
. . . longsuffering, merciful, gracious,
righteousness
These Are Not JUST TRAITS
This is who God IS
God is a Person
God is Love
Love is God
(Symmetric Axiom)
Love is a Person
Then Who Are We?
God Makes Up the ENTIRE Universe
(Gen
1:1)
God is “All in All”
(1
Cor 15:28; Col 3:11)
For in him we live, and move, and have our
being (Acts 17:28)
Then everything we see is a “manifestation,
an expression, a derivative of God”
Only Man is Made In His Image
(Gen 1:26)
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I
said, Ye are gods?
(John 10:34)
The COMPOSITION of MAN
THOUGHT
WORD
In His Image (Gen 1:26)
DEED
WITH ONE MAIN DIFFERENCE
God has life in himself
5:26)
Man does not
Man is a “Container”
Man is the Negative to God’s Positive
(John
Man is a “Vessel”
His spirit is the
Container
Like a “Cup”
The Question is:
What does it contain?
What does it mean?
There is a “Union”
The analogy on a Physical level is Marriage:
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and
they two shall be one flesh.” (Eph 5:31)
So Also are We “Married” on a Spirit Level:
“Blessed are they which are called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb.” (Rev19:9)
“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church” (Eph 5:23)
We are “Married”
Spiritually
Our Spirit is “ONE” , in UNION with the contents
Referred to as our HEART in the Bible
The Big Question is:
To What or Whom are we Married?
leT’s go back To The
“beginning”
We were Childlike (Matt 19:24)
We had a “Take no thought for
your life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink;” mindset
(Mat 6:25)
Everything was Good! “God
saw all that He had made, and
behold, it was very good.” (Gen
1:31)
We saw everything with the
“Single Eye” (Luke 11:34)
But Then
Yes, we were enticed and deceived
And we started to think, to rationalize
We were told,“You surely will not die! . . . your
eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.” (Gen 3:4-5)
And she “ . . .saw that the tree was good for food,
. . . a delight to the eyes, and . . . desirable to
make one wise, she . . . ate;” (Gen 3:6)
What was wrong with wanting to be like God?
It Still Looks Pretty,. . .
But it’s dead! The “Living” Dead
Cut off! No Root!
Knowing Good and Evil But with a
Distorted and Divided View
With an Exaggerated Sense of
Self-Awareness
Self-Centered; Self for Self
A Feeling of Independent Self
Separated from God
What Really Happened?
We were “Married” to, in
Union with, GOD
When we died, we
became “Married” to,
in Union with,
ANOTHER
The “Container” does
not change, just the
contents
The Ugly Truth Is
Satan replaced God and infected our Spirit
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do.” (John 8:44)
“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 . . . “ (Eph 2:3)
Our “Nature” is fixed by the “Union”
bUT i’M noT ThaT bad
Sure, I’ve been known to . . .
But I do a lot of good things too
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
unto your children, . . . “ (Matt 7:11)
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have
we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name
have cast out devils? and in thy name done
many wonderful works? And then will I profess
unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity.” (Matt 7:22-23)
What is Your Image of Evil?
Do we think of Satan? Hitler? Stalin?
Do we think in terms of reprehensible sinful deeds:
murder, robbery, adultery, etc.?
Did you know Satan has no problem being Good?
He is right at home.
Satan’s basic Nature is SELF for SELF
Whatever benefits and promotes SELF, that is
what he is for
It’s all about Self Righteousness!
reMeMber saTan’s “i Wills?”
For thou hast said in thine heart, . . .
I will ascend into heaven, . . .
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: . . .
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation,
in the sides of the north: . . .
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; . . .
I will be like the most High (Isa 14:13-14)
Satan Has a Delusion
To be AS God
That he is Independent
That he has righteousness in himself, albeit in
reverse
And Infects Mankind with the same Delusion
The Truth is:
We Are NOT Independent
We are a “SLAVE” to Whom we are in Union
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom
ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?” (Rom 6:16)
“Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of
sin.” (John 8:34)
You May Try to do Good
But You CAN’T
You May Try to Improve
But You CAN’T
“For the good that I would I do not: but the evil
which I would not, that I do.” (Rom 7:19)
“Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do
it, but sin that dwelleth in me.” (Rom 7:20)
Which means:
We Have NO Nature of Our
Own
Your Nature flows from your Center, your Heart
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed
evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,”
(Mark 7:21)
“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me
from the body of this death?” (Rom 7:24)
Does Anyone Really
Deliver Us?
The answer is YES!
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
(Rom 7:25)
HOW?
“You must be Born Again” (John 3:7)
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)
How is This Union Severed?
Through the LAW :
“Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking
to those who know the law), that the law has
jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?
For the married woman is bound by law to her
husband while he is living; but if her husband
dies, she is released from the law concerning
the husband.” (Rom 7:1-2)
Romans 7 is NOT about
Divorce
It’s about how the law frees us from the law
“So then, if while her husband is living she is
joined to another man, she shall be called an
adulteress . . . ”
“. . . but if her husband dies, she is free from the
law, so that she is not an adulteress though she
is joined to another man.” (Romans 7:3)
“Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to
die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that
you might be joined to another, to Him who was
raised from the dead, . . .” (Romans 7:4)
What Really Happened?
What we were “Married”
to . .
We are now free from
And are free to Marry
ANOTHER
Again, the “Container”
does not change, just
the contents
Symbolized by Baptism
(Rom 6:3-4)
Remember When
Jesus Turned the Water
Into Wine?
See how scripture
agrees?
the bottom line
There is No Such Thing as Independent Self
Self Improvement is a Delusion
We have NO nature of our own
We have only ONE nature
That Nature is fixed by our “Union”
That “Union” is with Christ:
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one
spirit (1 Cor 6:17)