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NASB | Luke 16:18 ¶ "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 16:18 ¶ "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. [Matt 5:31, 32] |
Subject: Born into the Kingdom of God? |
Bible Note: "The Old man is done away with and I am now concerned with the New Man, the things of God? I'm thinking that all this is a RESULT of Salvation. Is there a Real Issue of why Jesus came to earth, other then to save people, or did I miss your point somewhere??" Who said the old man is done away with? Where do you read that? If that were so then there would be no reason to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling", after you're saved. Isn't that what Paul exhorts us to do? Then why the need if the old man is dead? Why the need to purify the soul if there isn't more to being a Christian than just being saved and believing [wrongly] the old man to be dead? Read 1 Peter chapter 1 in light of Heb 5.8. If Jesus is the first of the first fruits are we not expected of the Lord to be sons and if sons then to expect to suffer as Jesus [the man] suffered; to be tested as He was tested? John 15:2 (NASB) "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, HE TAKES AWAY; and every branch that bears fruit, HE PRUNES IT, that it may bear more fruit. This is why we must bring our Old man into obedience with the dictates of the NEW man we are, in Christ. That's not an automatic. Success in this is a result of our success with living the Great Commandment. What is Spiritual warfare all about if it isn't about conquering the biggest enemy we have, our selfish old natures? We all have to expect to have our own personal wilderness experiences where our allegiances are revealed. If Jesus had His, why not us also? What would have happened if He had failed? What will happen if we fail? ----------------------------- Your post is excellent inquiry. I've searched this thing out for years and am now able to see the conclusion to the matter. i.e., Once we are born again we MUST LEARN how to embrace [with all our emotions] the Great Commandent by prayer and the study of the word that reveals God's ultimate intention for those who love Him followed by our resoluteness in seeking the Kingdom of God. In all this is the power 'to become' given us because of the Spirit of the law of life working in us. [Rom.8.2] He shows the things of Christ that we appropiate them for ourselves. They are ours! It's His PROMISE to us that we, who seek with our whole heart to love Him, become like Him. That IS Father's 'ultimate intention'. There's much scripture to support all of this. In fact, the whole NT supports this. |