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By necessity, the kingdom of the world (of which Satan is the god and king) can only function with "possibilities."
This necessity is because most subjects of its god and king are only two-thirds of the true being that the 'one and only' true God made in the beginning...MAN!
(Originally, man was Spirit, Soul, and Body; with God as man's Spirit: the priority integral aspect of man.
Now man is born separated from God the Creator; only a Soul in his Body!)
This is true even though so many (being saved back unto God and baptized with the Holy Ghost) are structurally back in the image of the one God, triune: Spirit, Soul, and Body!
Such is the case because most Christians today are NOT aware of who they are in Christ and God!
So they continue being led of the flesh of the old man they were; just as though they were not born again unto God in the image that God had made man.
How can this be?
Simply because in 378 AD the Church, the Body of Christ, had turned away from being led by the Spirit of God; as Peter and Paul, the Apostles, had warned them against!
In its deception, it allowed its Chief Bishop, Demacus, to accept the title of Supreme Pontiff of the Mysteries of the Caesars (formerly Mystery Babylon) referred to in Revelation 17:1 as the "great whore."
The practices of the MYSTERIES were gradually introduced into the Church and accepted as God-given "Christian" doctrines. (Hislop's "Two Babylons")
(The three-fold basic principle of MYSTERY BABYLON is the reversal of the roles of man as the head and woman as the body, to control and manipulate the wills of the people, and to deceive people into thinking they can worship God by good works of the flesh and still receive the promises of God!)
Thus the Apostle Paul's prophecy was fulfilled:
"NOW THE SPIRIT SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY, THAT IN THE LATTER TIMES SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS, AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS; SPEAKING LIES IN HYPOCRISY; HAVING THEIR CONSCIENCE SEARED WITH A HOT IRON. "I Timothy 4:1-7."
Satan had successfully superimposed his foundation over that which Jesus Christ had laid through the original Apostles and Prophets!
Christ had become of none effect to them!
From that foundation have been born all the 'daughters' of that false foundation, to which I refer as "CHURCHIANITY".
In CHURCHIANITY, the "Church" is the head, not Christ!
"CHRISTIANITY", the true foundation of Christ, laid by the Apostles and Prophets, which maintains Jesus Christ as the head of the saints (which is his body); is still available to us in the scriptures!
It hinges on if man will receive the Spirit within, then continue to acknowledge God and Christ in the Spirit within as his Spirit, maintain God as one's only source through Christ by the Spirit's manifestations, engraft the living words of the Spirit into his heart as his word, and then step out to do the living word of the Spirit, by the Spirit.
That is CHRISTIANITY!
However, if that same man will not receive the Spirit within (for which Jesus died) or even if he does receive, but refuses to continue to acknowledge God in Christ in the Spirit as his Spirit, he will no longer function as a redeemed Son of God.
And the sin (programmed by Satan) of the flesh that his old man was (which is spiritually in hell) takes over and the former Sire (father) that Satan was, again dictates one's thoughts, feelings, and decisions of the will!
It is no more that person that does it, for they who are born of God cannot sin! It is as if they were never saved!
THAT IS WHY SATAN INFILTRATED THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST WITH MYSTERY BABYLON AND CAUSED CHURCHIANITY TO SUPERSEDE CHRISTIANITY...TO NEUTRALIZE THE SAINT!
The word POSSIBLE has its root in TO PASS. It means that by all appearances it is fairly easy to PASS through...whatever.
IMPOSSIBLE, on the other hand, means it is extremely difficult to PASS through...whatever. Usually it refers to situations that would be concluded not worth the effort by all appearances.
That is why Jesus said, concerning the rich man, "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT A RICH MAN SHALL HARDLY ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. AND AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, IT IS EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE (a special, very small gate to the city of Jerusalem), THAN FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD." Matthew 19:23-24.
RICH men are those who are considered powerful because they have increased in what the wisdom of the world considers to be important: money, things, influence, knowledge, or the wisdom of man.
(All this is not wisdom at all, but is Satan's subtlety so he can control the world through man's willingness to accept it as true wisdom!
True wisdom comes only from the omniscience of God's Spirit in us as our Spirit. Any other source is limited to that which can be perceived by the five senses that were given to man for the safety of his body!)
So Jesus was not saying it could not be done, but he was making it extremely clear that it was so difficult that most would consider it NOT worthwhile!
"BUT JESUS BEHELD THEM, AND SAID UNTO THEM, WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE; BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE." Matthew 19:26.
He was simply pointing out that man (with man and with man's wisdom, and man's riches), separated from God, can NOT see how some things can be done! (Study the story of David and Goliath in I Samuel 17:1-11.)
However, the same person, with God, can perceive who he is with God and will see how it can and will be done! (See I Samuel 17:12-58; especially verses 32, 37, and 45-51.)
Christianity is the process of applying faith with Godly sorrow unto repentance to manifest what God has mad us in HIM, and in Christ; our salvation!
Thus releasing, by the expression of our sovereign WILL, the Spirit of God unto manifestly crucify the carnal mind of the old man we were; which Jesus crucified, spiritually, for us when we came to God in Christ!
This process of standing steadfast in faith is to continue, "TILL WE ALL COME...UNTO A PERFECT MAN, UNTO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULNESS OF CHRIST:"
IT MUST BE A WAY OF LIFE
No one can manifest perfection, externally, at this stage of the walk with Christ; yet our God has made it possible for each to walk internally with a perfect heart before HIM.
We are in the covenant of FAITH, to which Jesus made reference in his conversation with the woman at the well in John 4:19-24, when he said the day was coming when TRUE worshippers would worship the Father in spirit and in truth; because God is Spirit.
Because God the Father and Christ Jesus are now living in the saint in the Holy Ghost (Spirit) as the spirit of the saint (that is if one is baptized with the Holy Ghost and speaks in other tongues); he can not worship God any longer by any type of external act.
Reason: the inner-consciousness of the saint dwells in oneness with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Ghost as the "holy of holies" of the temple of God that they now are!
In the temple that the saint is (in the holy of holies which is his spirit), no person, thing, nor circumstance can enter!
So there one is in oneness with God the Father, Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, at all times; long before the person relates to, or with anyone or anything external.
One must come by faith, to acknowledge the presence of the Godhead at all times, and that He is in them at all times.
Thus far, Satan has tricked most Christians into not continuing in the WORD that such oneness exists internally; and so many do not even acknowledge it.
Most are more consciously aware of the physical realm by the flesh perception, because they have not as yet developed the spiritual senses. (See Hebrews 5:14.) Therefore, hearts have not been made perfect before the Godhead in the spirit within, because they have not as yet seen the need to acknowledge this condition at all times.
This results in one seeking to be led of the spirit only in certain circumstances, making that one double-minded!
The scriptures are clear in James 1:6-8 that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways, and that the person should know he cannot receive anything from God.
Nevertheless, saints yet come to ministry gatherings or other activities expecting great things to be manifested by God to them, even though they just began to acknowledge and to seek leadership from God through Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit after their arrival; while, in so many instances, they were walking all day after the mind of the flesh. That's double-mindedness!
The condition of oneness with God and Christ in the Holy Spirit (which is one's spirit) exists every second of the time.
Therefore, one must discipline oneself to acknowledge their presence at all times, and draw from the Father through the Christ, by the manifestation of the Spirit in all ways!
As with all things of God's Spirit, being led of the Spirit does not mean just to receive a "Word" of the Spirit.
It entails not only receiving AWARENESS of the Word of the Spirit, but includes the engrafting of the Word in our Soul as our Word, coming into an ATTITUDE OF AGREEMENT, and then putting that Word into ACTION by faith!
CHRISTIANITY is not what a person does, it is a way of life!
It must be a way of life, to worship in Spirit and in truth!
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