A MAN LIKE US IN EVERY WAY

This post is written in response to anyone who teaches or believes that Jesus was a man just like us in every way.  Hebrews 2:17  is the verse that is used to say that Jesus could be tempted to sin and was capable of sin and that when faced with his death he did not want to go through with it. 

Both of these ideas are assumptions based on carnal thinking and not understanding scripture.

In every way.  This would mean he was born into sin and was child of the devil as we all are when we are born into this world. Acts 26:18  Jesus would be as weak as we are and ignorant of spiritual things.  Jesus would have been cut off from God and in need of a messiah just like we are.  Ephesians 2:12  It should be obvious that Jesus was not like us in every way but how then are we to interpret Hebrews 2:17 ? It should be clear that we should not take “in every way” in the way many have.  Hebrews 2:17 is only saying Jesus was a human being, he was a soul composed of body and human spirit and biologically exactly the same as we are, in every way physically.  It is the human spirit of Jesus, that while definitely human, that was created by his God and Father as our spirits will be when we are in the kingdom of God. 

Let’s review and compare the human spirit of Jesus to any other human.

When was the last time someone worshipped you ?  Matthew 14:33. When was the last time you said I and my Father are one ?  John 10:30. When was the last time you said, if you have seen me you have seen the Father ? John 14:9.  Were you born of a virgin ? Isaiah 7:14  Are you being used to heal the sick or raise the dead ?   Are you a mediator between God and men ?  When was the last time you walked on water ?  Can you tell me that in your entire life you have never sinned ?  Are you worthy of the same honor as God ?  John 5:23. Do you have direct access to God without a mediator ?  Have you been righteous since your mothers womb ?   Psalm 22:10   Could you go head to head one on one with Satan and win ?  John 14:30  Does this sound like an ordinary man ?   According to scripture there has never been a righteous man,  Romans 3:10-12 ,  Isaiah 53:11  ,  Jesus was the first and only righteous man who has ever lived.  The unrighteous are you and me and because of what God did through the man Jesus you and I can have the righteousness of God imputed to us because of faith in what Jesus did.  Do you know of anyone else that could have done all these things ?  Do you still think Jesus was exactly like us in every way ?  Hebrews 1:3 describes Jesus the man as the brightness of Gods glory and the express image of Gods person and Peter in 2 Peter 1:4  The divine nature, the nature of the Father was in the Christ and in the future will be in us when we enter the kingdom of God.  This is why it says in Revelation 3:14 , Jesus was the beginning of the creation of God. This is not about Genesis and Adam but of Genesis 2 and the second Adam.  All of the first Adams children are dead but all of the second Adams children are alive.  Jesus was not of the first Genesis, this world or creation but was the second Adam of what Gods will is for humanity.  John 8:23 ,  John 3:31 , John 17:14 ,  Hebrews 9:11 , 2 Corinthians 5:1   God’s ultimate will for man is to be recreated in the image of His son, Jesus the man, who is our example and model to follow.  Jesus is the first human to fulfill what God said in Genesis 1:26 , to truly be created, not recreated like you and me need to be, but created from his mothers womb the very first new man, the beginning of what God is doing.  You and I must follow this new man, put him on like a garment, Ephesians 4:22-24 , Colossians 3:2-4 ,   to say Jesus was exactly like us in every way is to assassinate his God given character.  We are to be transformed to be in the image of this man Jesus so then how can he be exactly like us in every way?  We need a change in both body and spirit to enter the kingdom.  Jesus only needed a change in body because his human spirit was already kingdom quality.  In the process of proving Jesus is not God but human men have gone to far and make the Christ himself one of those he came to save. They make Jesus to much like us spiritually.  Biologically Jesus was exactly like us in every way but spirituality Jesus was obviously far above us.  Can you not see this when reading the scriptures about him ?   Yes, Jesus was not God, but he was created in the image of the invisible God,  Colossians 1:15,  Jesus had the divine nature, character of his God that we hope to achieve by faith in Jesus.  Romans 8:29   We are to have the mind of this man Jesus who had the mind of his God.   To not understand these things is to not fully know the gospel , Christ or God.  Jesus was born a true son of God, you and I were not. We must be recreated in the image of Jesus who was  created in the image of the invisible God and have faith to believe this to have hope in our salvation.

 

Restoration  ?

9/7/23

In many churches today there is a goal of restoring the church to what it was in the first century.  This can never happen because God has made changes to the church that these restorers do not know and would not believe even if someone told them.  The truth of pure doctrine to the church was foretold by Jesus when he said, “Elijah shall come and restore all things.”  Matthew 17:11   The obvious question is why restoration was needed. The answer to this question is Matthew 24:4-5 .  Many would come in the name of Jesus and deceive many.  This verse is not saying that many would come saying they were Jesus but that they would come IN HIS NAME preaching that Jesus is indeed the messiah but at the same time deceive many people.

Just think about it, how many churches do you know that preach false doctrines but do not deny that Jesus is the messiah?  Also if someone “comes in your name” do they claim to be you?

This is why God had to make changes in the organization of the church as Ezekiel 34:1-19 prophesied.  There are today in the Pentecost church no human ministry because God removed them totally and He and His son Jesus took over COMPLETELY.  This had to be done to combat the extreme deception that God knew would come and was also affirmed by the prophets and Apostles. Then Gods Holy Spirit would through Jesus the mediator teach the saints directly thus eliminating any opportunity for deception.  What is seen in all churches today is a very poor attempt to imitate what they think is the truth but all of it is Satanic deception of carnal minds.  In todays churches one person ,on a day they think is holy , is in charge. He or she speaks while the flock listens and obeys.  Deceive  that one person and the rest will follow.  No one in the churches can stand up and question or challenge what the pastor says.  They sing songs and perhaps pass the collection plate say some prayers then go home two fold more a child of the devil than when they went in. Satan and his ministers do not come with horns and a pitch fork but as angels of light as wolves in sheep’s clothing.  The churches are the synagogues of Satan that God calls people out of not into.  Scripture is very plain that near to the end of the age people will be deceived, Revelation 12:9 , but the people in the churches do not believe this. In that day there will be only a very small remnant of true Christians left alive that have the promise of Gods protection from the hour of trial that will come upon the whole Earth.  Revelation 3:10 .  There are some people who are beginning to understand that organizations of men are false but yet still have issues with making a clean break from them.  None will ever be truly free until they do.  Worldly churches have an extra mediator called pastor, preacher, minister or reverend who the people view as a spiritual guide that God uses to teach them. Do I need to show the scriptures that plainly disprove all of this ?  The first century church did have these offices but today they are gone and replaced by God and His Son and the saints taught and led by them only.  How valuable is your salvation to you ?  Most place their salvation into the hands of some man who comes in the name of Jesus but is a deceiver.  Would you give over your physical life to some man, why then your spiritual?

Hebrews 11:6   Do YOU diligently seek God, do you, or have you turned that over to some man.  Your faith should never be in any man to be the seeker for you.  You are to seek, you are to have faith and believe to be rewarded.  You nor I can subcontract out our responsibility to do these things, invest ourselves in them and hunger and thirst for them.  The Apostles, Prophets and Jesus all emphasized how we all have our own duty to seek God diligently because no one will ride into the kingdom on the coattails of some preacher or even any of the Apostles.  This is what a personal relationship with God and Christ is all about.    I have read posts here on Simply Christian where people have written how frustrated and helpless they feel when churches they had attended preached things they knew scripture refuted.  They ask, where can I go to receive Gods truth ?  The answer is to God and eliminating all human ministry.  God will teach you, His Elijah Spirit through Jesus will restore what has been lost from many years of false preaching.  It will require a lot of faith to do this because it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Humble yourself, feel Godly sorrow about your sins and repent and in sincere prayer ask for forgiveness and for God to teach you His truth. Your choice is God or man, what will it be ?

A MAN AFTER GODS OWN HEART

 

A MAN AFTER GODS OWN HEART

Acts 13:22  Describes how God viewed King David

1 Samuel 13:14  Saul was rejected by God and David chosen as King

It seems that God had a high praise for David because of his not failing to keep any of Gods commands all the days of his life.  There was only one thing that was an exception, the case of Uriah the Hittite.   1 Kings 15:5   Why would this one act be a stain on an otherwise perfect record?  1 Samuel 18:7 indicates that David killed many people so why would Uriahs case be any different?  

The Ten Commandments define what sin is : 1 John 3:4 

The 6th commandment states; You shall not murder .  The Hebrew word for murder here is plain and the command in Hebrew is lo tirtach,  the word for killing is , harag and the word for murder is , ratzach.  Scripture has a different word and meaning for the words kill and murder.  Strongs #H7523 “ratzach” is the unlawful killing of a human by another human. Motives for murder are based is premeditated lust and hate.  This is the attitude that King David had when he plotted Uriahs murder but his other killings were, Strongs H2026, not murder .  In both killing and murder someone dies but what separates the two are the thoughts and intents of the killer or murderer.  All murder is killing but not all killing is murder.  Jesus told us to love all people and not to seek vengeance or retaliation but did Jesus teach that we must allow ourselves, a loved one or a stranger to be murdered while we stand by and do not resist.  The golden rule of do to others what you would want them to do to you is taught to the church but the world doesn’t operate like that, so in dealing with the world follow the advice of the Apostle Paul, Romans 12:18  the words , ”if it be possible “,  proves that in some circumstances it will not be possible to live at peace with all men.  Paul continues with exhorting us not to seek revenge and to love our enemies but not a word is said about allowing an evil person to murder us. 

Scripture has the account of Abraham and his killing of the army of Chedorlaomer, not murder but killing. Genesis 14:15-20 and the priest of the most high God blessed Abraham for his actions .  Elijah killed the prophets of Baal, 1 Kings 18:40  and also King David’s tens of thousands.  All these men and others killed but they did not murder, except David in the case of Uriah.  All these will be in the kingdom of God at the return of Jesus Christ.  The argument that some things changed in the transition from Moses to Christ with respect to this matter violates that basic understanding in the law and in the Fathers of the faith and in the prophets that murder is always a sin but killing for self defense or for defense of others has precedent that carries into the new covenant and due to this fact it never became necessary to directly state that self defense was acceptable when everyone knew it was from historical precedent just as there was no need to define the soul or what death is.  In this matter the actions of the saints will be judged by Christ on the thoughts and intents of our human spirit at the time we take the action to kill.  

Speaking for myself I would hope and pray that God would never allow me to be in a situation where I would have to take a life.  However if it did come to it I also pray that God would guide my spirit so that my actions would be justified and grant me victory over evil.  Just as God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, neither do I, but that the wicked would repent and turn from their evil ways, will they, if not God will kill the wicked and so will I.

Psalm 149:1-9 , Isaiah 66:16 , 1 Thessalonians 3:13