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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Sinless perfectionism? |
Bible Note: With regard to Romans 7:25: There are two of everything. One is natural, earthly, carnal, visible, physical, and temporal, like your flesh body and flesh mind. And the other is spiritual, heavenly, eternal, and invisible, like your spiritual body and spiritual mind, which is basically your soul. The Holy Spirit is like your coupon for the righteousness of Jesus on your SOUL, not your flesh. And we are to have faith that God WILL accept and “honour” that coupon. But you will not get to actually “cash in” that coupon you are trusting in, until the end of the world when the coupon is actually exchanged and the redeeming transaction completed. NOT AS THOUGH I HAD ALREADY ATTAINED, EITHER WERE ALREADY PERFECT [[even though he IS already perfect, by the righteousness of God/Jesus]]: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, **AS MANY AS BE PERFECT** [[those who are trusting in the perfection of their soul that God already performed 2002 years ago through the sacrfice of Jesus]], be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, WHERETO **WE HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED** [[our souls already HAVE ATTAINED, because of what Jesus did 2002 years ago]], let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. (Philippians 3:12-16) What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, **HAVE ATTAINED TO RIGHTEOUSNESS** [[on our SOULS, because of the sacrifice of Jesus]], EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? [[why?]] BECAUSE THEY SOUGHT IT NOT BY FAITH [[not trusting in the righteousness of God being put on their soul by the sacrifice of Jesus]], BUT AS IT WERE BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW [[by trying to be “good” in the flesh, trying to keep the law in the flesh or with their flesh body and flesh mind to please God]]. FOR THEY STUMBLED AT THAT STUMBLINGSTONE; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Romans 9:30-33) Which is precisely what Paul was talking about in: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then WITH THE MIND I MYSELF SERVE THE LAW OF GOD [[with the soul, the spiritual body and spiritual mind]]; BUT WITH THE FLESH THE LAW OF SIN. [[the natural earthly flesh body and flesh mind]] (Romans 7:25) Because, when God puts His righteousness from Jesus onto you, He doesn’t put it on your FLESH body and FLESH mind, but He puts it on YOUR SOUL, your spiritual body and spiritual mind: Therefore BY THE DEEDS OF THE LAW THERE SHALL **NO FLESH** BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now **THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD WITHOUT THE LAW** [[perfect righteousness of Jesus on your soul without having to try to keep the law with the flesh body and flesh mind]] is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even **THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD** which is by faith of Jesus Christ UNTO ALL AND **UPON ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE**: [[upon their flesh? NO, but upon their SOUL, YES!!!]] for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare **HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS** FOR THE REMISSION OF **SINS THAT ARE PAST**, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. [[without having to try to keep the law in or with the flesh body and flesh mind]] (Romans 3:20-28) |