This article is very spiritual. If you don't understand it, it is because you apparently don't have the Holy Spirit, who is the teacher of truth, John 14:26. It is a waste of time trying to teach spiritual things to people that are as spiritually dead as a rock.
God's ways are not our ways. The reason that God's ways are not our ways is because God's ways are spiritual. This is one reason why religious people have problems with the Bible, they interpret everything according to the flesh and not the Spirit.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher that your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" Isaiah 55:8, 9.
When God looks at us who are Christians, he doesn't see us, what he sees is his Son Jesus Christ. "For you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God" Colossians 3:3. The reason that God doesn't see us is because we are still here on the earth in our Adamic bodies that are sinful. If God saw us as we are he would have to judge us. Wherever there is sin there is judgment. This is why God only sees us in Christ.
As far as God is concerned sin, death and devil have been destroyed by his Son Jesus Christ. In our eyes we are living right in the midst of it and there is no indication of it being destroyed. When Jesus died on the cross he put to death sin, death and the devil. Paul said,
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin" Romans 6:6.
This is not something that is going to happen, this is something that has already happened in Jesus Christ. This is why Paul could say... "I have been crucified with Christ" Galatians 2:20. Many religious people believe that this is something that they must do by their own effort. Some how they sike themselves into believing that that have mentally crucified themselves with Christ. It is not going to work that way.
When Jesus destroyed sin, death and the devil he reconciled us and the whole world unto God.
"And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and has given unto us the ministry of reconciliation. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their sin unto them and has committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation' (which is the Gospel) 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19.
This is a tough one for Calvinist, Catholics and others to swallow. If we have ALREADY been reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ, then why do you need a religion? If we are ALREADY sitting in heavenly places in Jesus Christ why do we need any thing?
"And has raised us up together and has made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" Ephesians 2:6.
Spiritually, we are ALREADY in heaven with Christ. The scripture does not say "He will raise us up together" What it says is that he has ALREADY raised us up together in Christ Jesus. And all of the religious say, "Oh no". When Jesus said, "It is finished" he meant just what he said. "It is finished" and we are complete in Jesus Christ, Colossians 2:10.
God's ways are not our ways. The reason that God's ways are not our ways is because God's ways are spiritual. This is one reason why religious people have problems with the Bible, they interpret everything according to the flesh and not the Spirit.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher that your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" Isaiah 55:8, 9.
When God looks at us who are Christians, he doesn't see us, what he sees is his Son Jesus Christ. "For you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God" Colossians 3:3. The reason that God doesn't see us is because we are still here on the earth in our Adamic bodies that are sinful. If God saw us as we are he would have to judge us. Wherever there is sin there is judgment. This is why God only sees us in Christ.
As far as God is concerned sin, death and devil have been destroyed by his Son Jesus Christ. In our eyes we are living right in the midst of it and there is no indication of it being destroyed. When Jesus died on the cross he put to death sin, death and the devil. Paul said,
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin" Romans 6:6.
This is not something that is going to happen, this is something that has already happened in Jesus Christ. This is why Paul could say... "I have been crucified with Christ" Galatians 2:20. Many religious people believe that this is something that they must do by their own effort. Some how they sike themselves into believing that that have mentally crucified themselves with Christ. It is not going to work that way.
When Jesus destroyed sin, death and the devil he reconciled us and the whole world unto God.
"And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and has given unto us the ministry of reconciliation. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their sin unto them and has committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation' (which is the Gospel) 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19.
This is a tough one for Calvinist, Catholics and others to swallow. If we have ALREADY been reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ, then why do you need a religion? If we are ALREADY sitting in heavenly places in Jesus Christ why do we need any thing?
"And has raised us up together and has made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" Ephesians 2:6.
Spiritually, we are ALREADY in heaven with Christ. The scripture does not say "He will raise us up together" What it says is that he has ALREADY raised us up together in Christ Jesus. And all of the religious say, "Oh no". When Jesus said, "It is finished" he meant just what he said. "It is finished" and we are complete in Jesus Christ, Colossians 2:10.
