GOD HAS AN ORDER FOR ALL THINGS.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN ATTEMPT TO CATEGORIZE GOD’S ORDER FOR ALL THINGS,
INCLUDING US (AS HUMAN BEINGS – HIS CREATION).
Before I begin this writing there are at least two items that I must discuss with you.
The first is about the Bible itself. In order for this material to have any REAL MEANING for you, you must believe that THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD AND THEREFORE IS TRUE ! Secondly, you must BELIEVE GOD AND ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR BY FAITH WITHOUT ANY DOUBT.
GOD STATES, “MY JUSTIFIED ONES SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.” AND, THE BIBLE ALSO STATES, "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH."
As I write this I am 84 years old. I was trained in several different Universities as a Scientist. I taught and did Scientific Research for the first ten-year period of my “working” career. As such, I was trained to seek an explanation (and proof) for everything. However, since my youth I have also been a serious student of God’s Word. In my long exercise of trying to harmonize the two "seemingly different" approaches to life in general, I came to understand that the things of "The Holy Spirit" cannot be correctly addressed by the Scientific Method. They must be "Spiritually Understood.” In other words, we either accept God’s Truth as “The Real Truth” or we reject it. Remember, GOD Created us with the ability to freely choose and HE never interferes in our ability to "Freely Choose." As God’s Word states, "SPIRITUAL TRUTHES MUST BE SPIRITUALLY DECERNED.” And remember, (don’t forget it) GOD STATES, “MY JUSTIFIED ONES SHALL LIVE BY FAITH !!”
SO, WITH THAT SAID, HERE ARE “SPIRITUAL TRUTHES”
THAT I RECOMMEND TO YOU FOR YOU TO “LIVE BY.”
1. IN THE BEGINNING WAS GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT – THE "TRINITY” - THREE IN ONE. GOD HAS NO BEGINNING AND NO END !! HE “IS” !! HE IS ETERNAL !!
2. GOD THE FATHER SAID “LET THERE BE.” HE SIMPLY SPOKE EVERYTHING INTO EXISTENCE.
3. GOD THE SON’S PURPOSE IS TO DO GOD THE FATHER’S WILL. HE SAID THAT MANY TIMES WHILE ON EARTH !
4. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT IS “THE POWER OF GOD." IT IS BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT ALL THINGS COMMANDED BY GOD THE FATHER ARE ACCOMPLISHED – FULFILLED !!
5. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT’S PURPOSE IS TO DO THE WILL OF GOD HE ON, (WHICH IS ALSO THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER) IN US AND THROUGH US .
6. GOD THE SON WENT TO WORK WITH GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT TO FULFILL GOD THE FATHER’S WILL IN US .
7. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT WENT TO WORK MAKING GOD THE FATHER’S WILL “A REALITY” IN OUR LIFE !!
8. SO, THE HEAVENS, THE EARTH, EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, WAS BROUGHT INTO BEING BY THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER, THE DIRECTING OF JESUS CHRISTTHE SON, AND BY THE POWER OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
9. IN A DISCUSSION, GOD THE FATHER STATES, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE." SO, IT WAS ONE! {GOD’S SPOKEN WORD (HIS WILL) IS ALWAYS DONE !!
10. SO, GOD (HIMSELF) FORMED THE BODY OF MAN OUTOFTHE DUSTOFTHE EARTH. (NOTE THAT GOD THE FATHER DID THIS PERSONALLY WITH HIS OWN HANDS. (EVERYTHING ELSE GOD “SPOKE” INTO BEING AND THE HOLY SPIRIT MADE IT SO !!
11. THEN, GOD THE FATHER BREATHED INTO MAN THE "BREATH OF LIFE" (HIS SPIRIT) AND MAN BECAME A "LIVING SOUL”.
12. GOD GAVE MAN DOMINION OVER ALL THE EARTH AND OVER EVERYTHING ON THE EARTH,
13. GOD SAW THAT ADAM NEEDED A COMPANION (A WIFE). SO, HE TOOK A RIB FROM DAM’S SIDE AND MADE A WOMAN TO BE HIS COMPANION. (AGAIN, NOTE THAT GOD THE FATHER DID THIS HIMSELF.)
14. THIS HE ALSO DID IN ORDER THAT ADAM AND EVE COULD HAVE CHILDREN AND POPULATE THE EARTH !
15. SATAN (THE DEVIL) ENTERED THE GARDEN AND TEMPTED EVE TO EAT OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
16. EVE SUCCUMBED TO THIS TEMPTATION AND ATE OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, THEREBY PERMITTING SIN (BY DISOBEDIENCE) TO ENTER MANKIND AND THE WORLD.
17. EVE THEN GAVE THE FRUIT TO ADAM AND HE ATE OF IT ALSO. (IN THIS ACT, ADAM SINNED AGAINST GOD.)
18. THIS EVENT WAS CRITICAL IN THAT BY THIS ACT OF SIN, (DISOBEDIENCE OF GOD'S COMMAND) SATAN GAINED (STOLD FROM ADAM AND EVE BY HIS DECEPTION) THE DOMINION OF THE EARTH FROM ADAM.
19. GOD FOREKNEW THIS EVENT AND HAD ALREADY PLANNED FOR MANKIND’S REDEMPTION THROUGH THE SUPREME SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST. (GOD HAS COMPLETE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS.)
20. I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT EVEN THOUGH GOD KNEW THAT MANKIND WOULD SIN AGAINST HIM, HE STILL CREATED HIM. THIS SHOWS THAT GOD’S PLAN IS FOR THE ULTIMATE GOOD – EVEN FOR MANKIND AND EVEN WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE RESULT CAN ONLY BE BAD FOR MANKIND, GOD IS ABLE TO TURN IT FOR GOOD !!
21. FROM THE BEGINNING GOD HAD A PLAN IN PLACE WHEREBY GOD THE SON (JESUS) WOULD COME TO EARTH CLOTHED IN A HUMAN BODY AND GO TO THE CROSS.
22. AS SUCH, JESUS WOULD GO TO THE CROSS TO BECOME THE SUPREME, PERFECT SACRIFICE TO PAY FOR ALL OF MANKIND’S SIN FOR ALL TIME.
23. GOD THE SON (JESUS CHRIST) WENT TO THE CROSS, SUFFERED, AND DIED TO FULLY PAY FOR ALL OF MANKIND’S SIN, FOR ALL MANKIND, FOR ALL TIME.
24. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND (AND ACCEPT) THAT JESUS CAME INTO THIS WORLD WITH THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF DYING FOR OUR SINS (PAYING OUR DEBT FOR OUR SINS) UPON THE CROSS.
25. CHRIST DIED A “VOLUNTARY DEATH" UPON THE CROSS. JESUS STATED, "NO MAN TAKES MY LIFE FROM ME. I HAVE THE POWER TO LAY MY LIFE DOWN AND I HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE IT UP AGAIN.” HE DID !!
26. THEREFORE, GOD THE SON IS THE ONLY WAY THAT MANKIND CAN GET TO GOD ! (HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY WAY THAT MANKIND CAN BE REDEEMED – AS THE PERFECT SACRIFICE. HE BECAME THE ONLY WAY FOR MANKIND TO GAIN ETERNAL SALVATION FROM THE ETERNAL DEADLY EFFECT OF SIN.) (THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.)
27. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT GOD THE FATHER WILL ACCEPT FOR MANKIND TO BE REDEEMED, (FULLY RESTORED) TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF GOD THE FATHER TO HAVE FULL AND ETERNAL FELLOWSHIP WITH MANKIND.
28. IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT GOD THE FATHER WILL ACCEPT NO OTHER WAY FOR MANKIND TO BE RESTORED, ONLY JESUS CHRIST CAN SAVE- GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO A PERSON. HE “PURCHASED” US FROM SIN !!
29. GOD THE FATHER CREATED US (MANKIND) WITH A “GOD-LIKE ABILITY" TO FREELY CHOOSE !! GOD WILL NEVER IMPOSE HIS WILL ON MANKIND. WE ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO MAKE OUR CHOICE FREELY!
30. THE HOLY SPIRIT"S FIRST JOB IS TO COME TO A PERSON AND CONVICT US OF THE SIN IN OUR LIFE AND OUR NEED FOR “BEING SAVED.” HE THEN POINTS US TO JESUS CHRIST AS OUR ONLY SAVIOR AND LORD !
31. WHEN A PERSON FREELY CHOOSES TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST INTO HIS/HER LIFE (BY FAITH), THE PERSON IS “BORN AGAIN” (BY GOD’S GRACE) INTO THE KINGDOM (THE FAMILY OF GOD). THE PERSON THEN BECOMES “A CHILD OF GOD, A JOINT HEIR WITH JESUS CHRIST, AND A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN FOR ALL ETERNITY !”
32. AT THIS TIME, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO LIVE IN US (PERMANENTLY). FIRST, AS GOD THE FATHER'S "SEAL" UPON OUR LIFE AS “PROOF" THAT WE ARE “HIS CHILD BY HIS CHOICE”.
33. THE HOLY SPIRIT THEN BEGINS HIS TASK WITHIN US TO BE OUR GUIDE, OUR COMFORTER, OUR TEACHER, OUR HELPER, OUR CONVICTOR, AND TO CAUSE US TO GROW (TO BECOME MATURE) AS GOD’S CHILD !!
34. GOD ALSO ADOPTS US AND THEREBY MAKES US A JOINT HEIR OF ALL THINGS WITH JESUS CHRIST !
35. THE SALVATION PROCESS :
ONCE WE
A. ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVICT US,
B. HONESTLY CONFESS OUR SIN TO GOD,
C. GENUINELY REPENT OF OUR SIN,
D. ASK JESUS TO COME INTO OUR HEART AND LIFE
AND BECOME OUR ABIDING SAVIOR,
E. ONCE WE ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THE SAVIOR
AND LORD OF OUR LIFE,
F. THEN, WE ALLOW GOD TO BEGIN HIS WORK ON
US AND IN US TO GROW US TO MATURITY AS
HIS CHILD. THIS WORK IS DONE BY THE
HOLY SPIRIT
WE NOW BEGIN OUR LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN – AS GOD’S CHILD AND AS A PART OF THE CHURCH - THE BODY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OF WHICH HE IS THE HEAD – AND THE ONLY HEAD! NOW THAT WE ARE BOTH “ BORN AGAIN” AND “ADOPTED” INTO GOD’S FAMILY, WE BECOME A“JOINT HEIR” WITH JESUS CHRIST !! (WE BECOME A “JOINT HEIR" ONLY BY ADOPTION INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD THE FATHER) !!
36 . GOD THEN BEGINS HIS LIFELONG WORK IN US! THIS IS THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CARRYING OUT (ACTIVATING) THE WILL OF JESUS AND OF GOD OUR FATHER WITHIN US AND THROUGH US. THIS IS NOT OUR WORK – IT IS GOD'S WORK.
37. THE SCRIPTURE ASSURES US OF THIS TRUTH; “HE (GOD) THAT HAS BEGUN THE GOOD WORK IN US IS WELL ABLE TO FINISH IT.” WE CAN TRUST GOD AND WE CAN REST IN GOD !!
38. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING BELONGS TO GOD (FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT). EVEN WE OURSELVES BELONG TO G OD !! JESUS PURCHASED US BY HIS PERFECT, SUPREME SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS !!
39. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT GOD THE FATHER HAS CHOSEN TO PLACE ALL THINGS (EVERYTHING) IN THE HANDS AND THE CONTROL OF JESUS CHRIST DURING THIS CURRENT “CHURCH AGE".
40. EVERYTHING COMES TO US FROM GOD OUR FATHER. HOWEVER, EVERYTHING MUST COME TO US THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
41. EVERY “WILL OF GOD" MUST BE "ACTIVATED- BROUGHT INTO BEING” BY THE POWER OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
42. EVERYTHING GOING TO OUR FATHER (FROM US) HAS TO ALSO GO THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
43. JESUS STATED, “ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME.” JESUS IS SEATED AT THE FATHER’S RIGHT HAND ND HE IS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MANKIND.
44. IN OUR DAILY LIVING, WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE VERY CAREFUL TO AVOID TRYING TO DO THINGS (WORKS) ON OUR OWN. THE WORKS MUST BE DONE IN US AND THROUGH US BY GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ORDER TO PLEASE GOD.
45. WORKS “DONE ON OUR OWN” ARE WORTHLESS AND THE BIBLE REFERS TO THEM AS "WORKS OF THE FLESH”. THIS IS A DIFFICULT TRUTH FOR MANY “CHRISTIANS” TO REALIZE AND TO PRACTICE. THESE KIND OF WORKS “THAT WE DO ON OUR OWN” WILL BE AS “HAY AND STUBBLE" AT THE "BEMA SEAT JUDGMENT" OF JESUS CHRIST (THIS IS OUR “REWARDS CEREMONY" IN EAVEN) !!
46. THE BIBLE STATES THAT WE CAN “GRIEVE” ANDALSO “QUENCH” THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US ! ALL TO OFTEN, WE SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, “I CAN DO THIS MYSELF.” THIS ATTITUDE IS ALWAYS A BIG MISTAKE ON OUR PART!!
47. THE BIBLE STATES THAT WE ARE TO LIVE SUBMITTED TO THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. IF WE WILL DO THIS, WE WILL “NOT DO THE THINGS OF THE FLESH – SIN !”
48. GOD REQUIRES HIS CHILDREN TO WALK BY FAITH (NEVER BY SIGHT OR UNDERSTANDING).
49. THE BIBLE STATES, “GOD HAS GIVEN TO EVERYONE, A MEASURE OF FAITH. WHEN WE SPEAK OF OUR FAITH BEING “WEAK” OR THAT WE HAVE NO FAITH,” WE ARE (IN FACT) CALLING GOD A LIAR !
50. REMEMBER, WE CAN CHOSE TO (BY FAITH) BELIEVE GOD’S WORD OR REJECT IT. DEAR ONE, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU BELIEVE GOD’S WORD – ALL OF IT !! DO THAT AND I WILL SEE YOU “AT HOME" SOMEDAY !!!
ORDER, THE ORDER OF
EVERYTHING EVERWHERE !!