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The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ which now lives within us. For this reason we can boldly approach the throne of God, and Christ is our intercessor.
The Catholic church is divided over a silly argument whether the Spirit emanates, or is sent out by the Father, or by the Father and the Son. The doctrine is not of sufficient import that is should negate the love of true brethren. The schism should be particularly embarrassing because it is easily resolved in the first verse of Jonah.
''Jon 1:1 ¶ Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,'' The Word of the Lord is the Son. Jonah means 'dove', a symbol of the Spirit. And the Son said "Go." The Spirit was sent out by the Father AND the Son. Jonah contains a hidden teaching about the role of the Holy Spirit in the salvation of men.
=The fallen world=
The world did not fall and God did not lose control of his creation to a devil when Adam fell. We live in a perfect world by God's estimation, but we live in the isolation ward of crazy people who think they are God. It is a perfect isolation ward. He said that he would give us what we want and permit us to wallow in the consequences. <ref>Ro 1:18ff</ref> We wish to be gods. The consequences are pain, suffering and death. And this is good! We have two schoolmasters to bring us back to God. The law leads our mind and spirit to Christ, since there is shadow in the law which speaks of the 'good things coming' <ref>Heb 10:1 ¶ For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.</ref>.
Suffering is the schoolmaster that leads the flesh to repentance. In the midst of suffering, no one ever said, "This is the way it should be." They cry out that their suffering is wrong, and that it should not be that way. In doing so, they acknowledge that there is way it should be, and it is not their way; they have no control. Suffering forces us to acknowledge that we are not gods <ref>Ro 14:11 For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.</ref>.
Niclolaitans are those who would be lords. They elevate one class of people over another. These are the self-appointed priests and gatekeepers to the church and grace. They block the door that Christ has opened.
The doctrine of Balaam would compromise the church teaching that with the lifestyle of the world change is through or the power of politics. God changes the world through the teaching of Christ. Western political ideas have no place in the global gospel. A Christian is able to live, without compromise, under dictators, Communist rule, and worst of all, individual freedom, where every man does what is right in his own eyes <ref>Jud 17:6 In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.</ref> <ref>Pr 12:15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.</ref>. The church is not a social change instrument. It changes society by changing hearts. In the US, the government is of the people, which means we are the designated source of authority, and it is wise to take political participation seriously as individuals.
The Judaisers are those who would impose law upon the ones set free by Christ. They use tradition as law, Biblical suggestions as law, examples as law; always building a hedge so that we do not sin. They do it in the name of Holiness. Holiness is not just keeping the law better. It is having a heart that loves God BY loving his enemies, and his neighbors, and his family. God did not save you through a tithe and he won't keep you through one either. He has called you to be totally devoted to him. The Judaiser just thought to himself: a devotion measured by this or that or the other thing. No, God measures the heart.
The law says that if you are chopping wood, and the ax head flies off and kills someone "if [you] have not previously hated" the person, you may flee to a city of refuge. The implication is that the accident is an act of hate. You did not put the other person's safety first; you did not love them.
When God "hated" Esau<ref>Ro 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.</ref>, it was not an animosity. He moved him from the first son, to the second son position, giving Jacob preeminence.
Love is putting others first. It is more than that.
When David sinned by stealing a man's wife and having him murdered<ref>2sa 11</ref>, he repented saying "Against you alone have I sinned, Oh Lord" <ref>Ps 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.</ref>. He did not sin against the man or his wife, but against God, because the man and his wife belonged to God.
When we take offense at something someone does, we make ourselves equal to God. This is sin. Love absorbs the offense.
When you your cheek is struck, you interpret it as an accident and there is no offense<ref>Mt 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.</ref>. You have absorbed the sin. When you give the item stolen to the thief, you have absorbed his sin. There is no theft when it is a gift. This is the love Christ demonstrated. Prior to the Wedding at Cana<ref>Joh 2:1 ¶ And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:</ref>, he was not sure if he would give judgement (and rightly so as God incarnate) or grace to man<ref>Joh 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.</ref>. He chose then to give grace. So at the cross he says "Forgive them, they know not what they do." <ref>Lu 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.</ref> He was not talking about the Romans who had driven the nails, but of us, his bride , who was deceived by the flesh. He absorbed our sin by not taking offense.
When we realize we have sinned; making ourselves equal to God by taking offense, we repent by forgiving. Forgiveness is an act of repentance for not having loved.
The outline, where each letter is actually an index for a Hebrew expansion of a theological issue, produces a message of Christ:
:aleph א - God spoke and created the heavens and the earth.:bet ב - He revealed to man:gimel ג - That he pursued them:halet dalet ד - with a command:he ה - which they did not understand:vav ו - but it distinguished them:zayin ז - as the bride:chet ח - when they did understand it:tet ט - through a marriage:yod י - they became a new creation:kaf כ - The Son of God:lamed ל - taught how the cross was:mem מ - the promise of the Father:nun נ - The Son of Man:samech ס - fulfilled the promise.:ayin ע - He was full of grace and holy in the flesh.:pe פ - He spoke in prophecy, parables, and riddles.:tsadi צ - Holiness and grace were reconciled on the cross and passed to man.:qof ק - The Son of God died:resh ר - revealing:shin ש - that his word did not return void:tov ת - the revelation resulted in a new life responding to God:final kaf ך - the Son of God died:final mem ם - finishing the works of God. :final nun ן - The Son of Man died:final pe ף - Prophecy was fulfilled:final tsadi ץ - Judgement was ended
:final shin - We are joint heirs with Christ.
=References=
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