How shall we live?

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we heard:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Let us understand the promise on HOW shall we live!

 

Let us mortify the deeds of the body through the Spirit.

 

WHAT the body ? 

 

Let us consider again what we previously heard apostle Paul said:

 

“Therefore, brethren, WE ARE 

DEBTORS, NOT TO THE FLESH, to LIVE AFTER THE FLESH. 

 

For if ye live AFTER THE FLESH, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, whom apostles called us brethren, we are not DEBTORS OF SIN, for we also heard: 

 

“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;”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

And we also heard apostle John said: 

 

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 

 

and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, we are not debtors of sin, to live after the flesh but we are CREDITORS OF OBEDIENCE, TO LIVE AFTER THE SPIRIT. 

 

Let us consider again what we heard: 

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Paraphrasing for clarity:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of THE BODY OF SIN, ye shall live.”

 

WHAT THE DEEDS of THE BODY?

 

Deed according to Oxford:

 

noun

plural noun: deeds

1. 
LITERARY
an action that is performed intentionallyor consciously.

Paraphrasing for more clarity:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify THE WORKS of THE BODY OF SIN, ye shall live.”

 

Paraphrasing for more clarity:

 

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify THE CONVERSATION of THE BODY OF SIN, ye shall live.”

 

Beloved ones, brethren, we are CREDITORS OF OBEDIENCE, TO LIVE AFTER THE SPIRIT. 

 

FOR WE LIVE AFTER THE SPIRIT,

WE SHALL LIVE: THAT WE THROUGH THE SPIRIT DO PLEASE/TESTIFY THE WORKS OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY OF OBEDIENCE, WE SHALL LIVE.

 

WHAT obedience ?

 

This, we heard apostle Paul said:

 

“by whom WE HAVE RECEIVED grace and apostleship, for OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH AMONG ALL NATIONS, FOR HIS NAME: 

 

among WHOM ARE YE ALSO THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST:”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

Not only apostles, but we also have received for OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH AMONG ALL NATIONS, FOR HIS NAME: among whom are  WE ALSO THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST.

 

Beloved ones, the answer to the question: How we shall live, that 

we shall live after the Spirit, that we shall live after the spiritual words that Jesus speaks unto us.

 

For we live after the Spirit, we shall live : that we through the Spirit do please/ testify the conversation of the Spirit of the body of obedience, we shall live.

 

Beloved ones, HOW may we understand THE CONVERSATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY OF OBEDIENCE? 

 

This, we heard:

 

“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart THAT FORM OF DOCTRINE WHICH WAS DELIVERED YOU. 

 

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 

 

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 

 

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 

 

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 

 

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

 

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭17‬-‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

THE CONVERSATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY OF OBEDIENCE is THAT FORM OF DOCTRINE WHICH WAS DELIVERED YOU.

 

This is what we heard Jesus said:

 

“JESUS answered them, and said, MY DOCTRINE is not mine, but HIS THAT SENT ME.”

‭‭John‬ ‭7‬:‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

“If any man will do his will, he SHALL KNOW OF THE DOCTRINE, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.”

‭‭John‬ ‭7‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what apostle Paul said:

 

“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

 

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand 

 

That now being made free from sin, and become servants (OBEDIENCE) to God, we have our fruit (OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD) unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, (THAT THE GIFT OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD).

 

Beloved ones, brethren, let us live after the Spirit, that is, we live after Jesus’s Spiritual Doctrine, let us live after His Heavenly Father that sent us, that we do of His will, we SHALL  LIVE: that we through the Spirit do please/ testify the conversation of the Spirit of the body of obedience, we shall live TO GOD, we have our fruit OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, THAT THE GIFT OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ.

Amen

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, let us live after THE SPIRIT.

 

What THE SPIRIT ?

 

This, we heard Jesus said:

 

“It is THE SPIRIT that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU, they ARE SPIRIT, and they are life.”

‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭63‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we understand:

 

We that live after THE SPIRIT, we live after THE WORDS THAT JESUS SPEAK UNTO US.

 

Now, let us consider what the words that Jesus speak unto us.

 

This, we heard: 

 

“And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 

 

not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

“Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 

 

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 

 

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 

 

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 

 

these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭15‬-‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones,if these are the things which defile a man, then WHAT THING WHICH DEFILE NOT A MAN. 

 

This, we heard earlier: 

 

“Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 

 

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 

 

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD by your tradition?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

The thing which defile not a man is THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD.

 

How we may not defile ourselves? 

 

Should we not also wash not our hands when we eat bread?

 

While we also heard Jesus’s disciples, apostle James said:

 

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YE SINNERS; and PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, ye double minded.”

‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Apostle James also said about hands and hearts.

 

Beloved ones, apostle James is not talking about physical hands, but spiritual hands.

 

Spiritual hands that receive THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 

 

Apostle James is talking about hearts that can BE PURIFIED by HAVING SINGLE MIND TOWARD THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 

 

Let us consider again what Jesus said: 

 

“But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye ALSO TRANSGRESS commandment of God by your tradition?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Let us compare spiritually.

 

This, we heard:

 

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and TURN YOURSELVES FROM ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 

 

CAST AWAY FROM YOU ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS, WHEREBY YE HAVE TRANSGRESSED; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 

 

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and LIVE YE.”

‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭30‬-‭32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, if out of the ( OLD or STONY or HARDEN) heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies, let us TURN OURSELVES FROM OUR TRANSGRESSIONS (evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies). Let us CAST AWAY FROM US ALL OUR TRANSGRESSIONS  (evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies)

, WHEREBY WE HAVE TRANSGRESSED, THAT MAKE US A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT: for THE REASON WILL WE LIVE.

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what Jesus said:

 

“But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, for the reason of GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH, let us OBEY THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD by LIVING AFTER THE SPIRIT: THAT MAKE US A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT.

 

For this we heard Jesus said:

 

“A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE GOOD TREASURE OF HIS HEART BRINGETH FORTH THAT WHICH IS GOOD; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: FOR OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKETH.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭45‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

How may we bring forth that which is good ? 

 

This, we heard Jesus said: 

 

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same BRINGETH FORTH much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, we bring forth that which is good BY ABIDING IN JESUS and JESUS in us. 

 

Beloved ones, let us have A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT, that God make by CASTING AWAY ALL OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, that God COMMAND.

 

For this, we heard:

 

“Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; AND MAKE YOU A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?”

‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭31‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones,let us live after the Spirit. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ.

Amen

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we heard:

 

“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

HOW shall we live by faith ? 

 

This, we heard then:

 

“And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

WHAT the law is ? And WHAT is OF FAITH? 

 

This, we heard:

 

“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.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

THE LAW is THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN, that we heard in the book of Romans.

 

Likewise, in the book of Romans, this also apostle Paul clarifies:

 

“For THE LAW of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from THE LAW  of sin and death.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

THE LAW, that apostle Paul mentioned in Romans chapter 3 verse 20, is THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH, that is:  THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN, and not the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is THE KNOWLEDGE OF OBEDIENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS. 

 

And WHAT is OF FAITH? 

 

This, we heard: 

 

“Therefore IT is OF FAITH, that IT might be BY GRACE; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

And the law (of sin and death 

) is NOT OF FAITH but BY GRACE is OF FAITH. 

 

How may we understand “BY GRACE”, that apostle Paul said in the book of Romans?

 

This, we heard:

 

“But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift BY GRACE, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

BY GRACE, which is BY ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST, THE GIFT, which hath abounded unto many.

 

That we perceive:

 

BY GRACE is OF FAITH: BY ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST is OF FAITH. 

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what we heard:

 

“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we understand:

 

The just shall live BY ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST.

 

How shall we live BY JESUS CHRIST?

 

This, we heard:

 

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came BY JESUS CHRIST.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand:

 

The just shall live BY GRACE AND TRUTH. 

 

Beloved ones,let us live after the Spirit, that we live by faith,

that we live by one man Jesus Christ, that we live by grace of Jesus Christ and live by truth of Jesus Christ. 

 

How shall live we by grace of Jesus Christ?

 

This, we heard: 

 

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE.”

‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

How shall we live by truth of Jesus Christ?

 

This, we heard Jesus said:

 

“Then said Jesus to those Jews (inwardly separated unto God) which believed on ( the testimony of) him, If ye CONTINUE IN MY WORD, then are ye my disciples indeed; 

 

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

‭‭John‬ ‭8‬:‭31‬-‭32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us live by grace and truth, that we live by continuing we in His love and by continuing we in His word. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen

 

Beloved ones, let us be encouraged by what apostle Paul said: 

 

“Moreover the law (of sin and death) entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 

 

that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life BY JESUS CHRIST our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us live by grace of Jesus Christ (Jesus’s love) by yielding ourselves unto God’s righteousness, that is revealed in His Word (in the spiritual gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord), from Jesus’s faith unto our faith, unto eternal life. 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we heard:

 

“Bear ye one another's BURDENS, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

What BURDENS, that apostle Paul said?

 

Let us consider previously what apostle Paul said:

 

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a A FAULT, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

THE BURDENS, that apostle Paul said are A FAULT.

 

But what A FAULT, that apostle Paul said ?

 

Let us explore what apostle Paul previously said:

 

“Let us not be desirous of VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

THE BURDENS or A FAULT, that apostle Paul said, are VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER.

 

Let us consider what apostle Paul previously said:

 

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

Let us NOT live in THE FLESH (VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER), let us walk NOT in THE FLESH (VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER).

 

That we perceive:

 

Let us live in THE SPIRIT (TRUE GLORY, ALLAYING ONE ANOTHER, BE GLAD FOR ONE ANOTHER), let us walk in THE SPIRIT (TRUE GLORY, ALLAYING ONE ANOTHER, BE GLAD FOR ONE ANOTHER).

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what we heard:

 

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Paraphrasing for clarity:

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in A FAULT (VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER)

, ye which are SPIRITUAL(TRUE GLORY, ALLAYING ONE ANOTHER, BE GLAD FOR ONE ANOTHER), restore such an one IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS (SUBMITTING TO TRUE GLORY, SUBMITTING TO ALLAY WITH ONE ANOTHER, SUBMITTING TO BE GLAD FOR ONE ANOTHER); considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

 

For we heard: “considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

 

Let us consider ourselves NOT to be in  THE FLESH (VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER), but let us LIVE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS (SUBMITTING TO TRUE GLORY, SUBMITTING TO ALLAY WITH ONE ANOTHER, SUBMITTING TO BE GLAD FOR ONE ANOTHER).

 

Let us consider NOT TO BE TEMPTED by THE FLESH (VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER), but let us WALK IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS (SUBMITTING TO TRUE GLORY, SUBMITTING TO ALLAY WITH ONE ANOTHER, SUBMITTING TO BE GLAD FOR ONE ANOTHER).

 

Then we heard:

 

“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Paraphrasing for clarity:

 

Bear ye one another's BURDENS 

(VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER), and so fulfil the law of Christ.”

 

HOW may we bear one another's BURDENS 

(VAIN GLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER)?

 

That we perceive:

 

We bear one another's BURDENS by SUBMITTING ourselves TO TRUE GLORY, SUBMITTING TO ALLAY WITH ONE ANOTHER, SUBMITTING TO BE GLAD FOR ONE ANOTHER and so fulfil the law (THE KNOWLEDGE) of Christ.

 

Beloved ones, let us LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, that we live to true glory (JESUS CHRIST: THE WISDOM OF GOD, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, THE SANCTIFICATION OF GOD, and THE REDEMPTION OF GOD),that we allay with one another IN CHRIST, that we be glad for one another IN CHRIST, that we WALK IN THE SPIRIT, that we FULFILL THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST by submitting to true glory (JESUS CHRIST: THE WISDOM OF GOD, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, THE SANCTIFICATION OF GOD, and THE REDEMPTION OF GOD), submitting to allay with one another IN CHRIST, submitting to be glad for one another IN CHRIST. 

 

Beloved ones,let us consider what apostle Paul said:

 

“For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 

 

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 

 

For every man shall bear his own burden.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us NOT consider ourselves to be SOMETHING but let us consider ourselves to be NOTHING, that we GIVE OURSELVES TO CHRIST.

 

And let us prove ourselves in CHRIST’s WORK or let us BE WORTHY OF CHRIST’s WORK and then shall we HAVE REJOICING IN CHRIST ALONE, and not in another. 

 

For we IN CHRIST shall bear our own burden IN CHRIST WHICH IS LIGHT (Matthew 11:30 KJV).

 

HOW shall we in Christ bear own burden? 

 

This promise, we heard: 

 

“CAST THY BURDEN UPON  THE LORD, and he shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭55‬:‭22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones,let us remember what Jesus said:

 

”And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that ALL THINGS MUST BE FULFILLED, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and IN THE PSALMS, 

CONCERNING ME.“

‭‭Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭44‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

We in Christ that cast our burden upon the Lord (the Holy Spirit) and He  shall sustain us in Christ: He shall NEVER suffer/PERMIT THE RIGHTEOUS (us in Christ) TO BE MOVED.

 

That we may understand:

 

We in Christ that cast our burden upon the Lord and He  shall sustain us in Christ: He shall PERMIT the righteous (us in Christ) to be (IN TRUE GLORY: 

THE WISDOM OF GOD, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, THE SANCTIFICATION OF GOD, and THE REDEMPTION OF GOD). 

 

For we heard:

 

“But of him are ye IN CHRIST JESUS, who of God is MADE UNTO US wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, HE THAT GLORIETH, LET HIM GLORY IN THE LORD.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭30‬-‭31‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

And we also heard:

 

“having predestinated us unto the adoption of children BY JESUS CHRIST TO HIMSELF, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE, WHEREIN HE HATH MADE US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED (CHRIST).”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ.

Amen

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we heard the Lord said to Job:

 

“To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”

‭‭Job‬ ‭38‬:‭27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

HOW to satisfy the desolate and waste GROUND?

 

WHAT GROUND ? 

 

This, we heard Jesus said:

 

“But he that received SEED into the good GROUND is he that heareth THE WORD, and 

UNDERSTANDETH IT; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13‬:‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us hear the word and understand the word of truth with our hearts. 

 

Paraphrasing for clarity:

 

“To satisfy the desolate and waste GROUND or HEART; 

And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”

 

Beloved ones, WHAT CAUSE the ground to be desolated and wasted?

 

This, we heard earlier:

 

“For WANT and FAMINE they were solitary; 

Fleeing into the wilderness in former time DESOLATE and WASTE.”

‭‭Job‬ ‭30‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

WANT AND FAMINE cause the heart to be desolated and wasted. 

 

But we heard:

 

“To SATISFY the desolate and waste ground or heart”

 

HOW NOT to be in WANT?

HOW NOT to be in FAMINE?

 

Let us compare spiritually.

 

This, we heard:

 

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall NOT WANT.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, we shall NOT be in WANT if THE LORD IS OUR SHEPHERD.

 

And HOW shall we not be in FAMINE?

 

If we shall NOT BE IN FAMINE, we shall BE IN ABUNDANCE.

 

This, we heard our Lord Jesus said:

 

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I AM COME that they might HAVE LIFE, and that they might HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.”

‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, we shall be in ABUNDANCE,for we COME

TO OUR SHEPHERD, JESUS CHRIST, that we might have LIFE, and that we might HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. 

 

That we perceive: 

 

in order NOT TO BE IN WANT and FAMINE: THE LORD IS OUR SHEPHERD and COME we TO HIM, that we might have LIFE, and that we might HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. 

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what we heard:

 

“For want and famine they were solitary; Fleeing INTO THE WILDERNESS in former time desolate and waste.”

‭‭Job‬ ‭30‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Then let us consider again what the Lord said to Job: 

 

“To SATISFY the desolate and waste ground; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”

‭‭Job‬ ‭38‬:‭27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

How to SATISFY the desolate and waste ground ? 

 

Let us compare spiritually.

This, we heard: 

 

“And his disciples answered him, From WHENCE can a man SATISFY these men WITH BREAD here IN THE WILDERNESS?”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭8‬:‭4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

To SATISFY the desolate and waste ground or HEART is THE BREAD.

 

What BREAD?WHENCE THE BREAD ? 

 

This, we heard Jesus said: 

 

“When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, WHENCE shall we buy BREAD, that these may eat?”

‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Later we also heard Jesus said:

 

“Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 

 

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man SHALL GIVE UNTO YOU: FOR HIM  HATH GOD THE FATHER SEALED.”

‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Paraphrasing for clarity on John 6:27

 

Labour not for the meat or FLESHY MATURITY which perisheth, but for that meat or THAT SPIRITUAL MATURITY which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man SHALL GIVE UNTO YOU: FOR HIM  HATH GOD THE FATHER SEALED.”

 

that we perceive:

 

which the Son of man SHALL GIVE UNTO us is THE HOLY SPIRIT: FOR HIM  (THE HOLY SPIRIT) HATH GOD THE FATHER SEALED. 

 

For we also heard in the book of Ephesians:

 

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were SEALED WITH THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE,”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, let us labor for THAT MEAT or THAT SPIRITUAL MATURITY or THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man SHALL GIVE UNTO us: FOR HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE HATH GOD THE FATHER SEALED.

 

Let us continue to hear our SHEPHERD JESUS CHRIST CHRIST:

 

“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 

 

For THE BREAD OF GOD is HE WHICH COMETH DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND GIVETH LIFE UNTO THE WORLD.”

‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭32‬-‭33‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

For THE BREAD OF GOD is THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

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That we also perceive:

 

To SATISFY the desolate and waste ground or HEART is THE BREAD OF GOD (THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE which the Son of man SHALL GIVE UNTO us: FOR HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE HATH GOD THE FATHER SEALED).

 

For we also have heard before:

 

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, SAITH GOD, I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

And we also heard:

 

“This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and HAVING RECEIVED of the Father THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY GHOST, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭32‬-‭33‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

“Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 

 

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

 

FOR THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU AND TO YOUR CHILDREN, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 

 

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭37‬-‭40‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones,let us believe GOD called us, FOR THE PROMISE IS UNTO us AND TO our  CHILDREN. Yes, THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY GHOST  IS UNTO us AND TO our CHILDREN.

Amen and Amen.

 

Beloved ones, let us perceive grqce of God unto Job, to us and our children: 

 

To SATISFY the desolate and waste ground or HEART is THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE.

 

For HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE SATISFY our hearts to be FERTILE and CULTIVATED.

 

Paraphrasing for clarity:

 

For HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE SATISFY our hearts to UNDERSTAND THE WORD OF  TRUTH (JESUS CHRIST, OUR SHEPHERD) and BE CULTIVATED IN THE GOSPEL OF OUR SALVATION (THAT WE COME TO JESUS CHRIST).

 

Beloved let our hearts be FERTILE and be CULTIVATED, for the Lord is our shepherd, and come we unto Him, that we may have life and have it abundantly.

 

To SATISFY THE HEART is THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE.

 

For this is confirmed to us:

 

“and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Paraphrasing for clarity: 

 

“and JESUS CHRIST maketh TESTIMONY(John 6:27); because THE LOVE OF GOD  is shed abroad IN OUR HEARTS by THE HOLY GHOST which IS GIVEN UNTO US.”

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ.

Amen

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we heard the Lord said to Job:

 

“To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; AND TO CAUSE THE BUD OF THE TENDER HERB TO SPRING FORTH?”

‭‭Job‬ ‭38‬:‭27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

The bud of the tender herb to  spring forth from THE GROUND or HEART.

 

This, we heard about THE TENDER HERB:

 

“Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; And HEAR, O EARTH, THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH.

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My DOCTRINE shall drop as THE RAIN, My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small RAIN upon THE TENDER HERB, And as the showers upon the grass:”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭32‬:‭1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

As the small RAIN upon THE TENDER HERB (on the earth): as the small DOCTRINE upon THE TENDER HERB (on the heart).

 

For we heard:  “AND TO CAUSE THE BUD OF THE TENDER HERB TO SPRING FORTH?”

 

What CAUSE THE BUD OF THE TENDER HERB TO SPRING FORTH?

 

This, we heard:

 

“For as the EARTH bringeth forth her BUD, and as the garden causeth THE THINGS THAT ARE SOWN IT to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE to spring forth before all the nations.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭61‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

THE THINGS THAT ARE SOWN IT are THE WORDS OF The Lord God’s MOUTH or THE LORD GOD’s DOCTRINE, that cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE (of THE LORD GOD) to spring forth before all the nations.

 

That we perceive:

 

THE BUD OF THE TENDER HERB is THE GROWTH OF THE SMALL DOCTRINE OF THE LORD GOD.

 

Beloved ones, let us consider again what we heard the Lord God have spoken:

 

“To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?”

‭‭Job‬ ‭38‬:‭27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we perceive:

 

THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE to satisfy our hearts to be FERTILE and CULTIVATED: the Lord is our Shepherd and come we unto our Shepherd;  and to cause THE GROWTH OF THE SMALL DOCTRINE OF THE LORD GOD to spring forth: so the Lord GOD will cause RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE to spring forth before all the nations.

 

This, we heard about BEFORE ALL THE NATIONS:

 

“And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour BEFORE ALL THE NATIONS of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭33‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Beloved ones, for the Lord is our Shepherd, and come we unto Him: and cause our hearts to be fertile and cultivated, that Holy Spirit of promise satisfy our hearts with ABUNDANCE and SUFFICIENCY of THE LOVE OF GOD so the Lord GOD will cause RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE to spring forth before all the nations.

 

And it shall be to Him A NAME OF JOY, A PRAISE AND AN HONOUR before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that HE does unto US: and we shall fear and tremble for ALL THE GOODNESS and for ALL THE PROSPERITY that He procures unto it.

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ. Amen

[streeter]

I'm likely not nearly as well versed in scripture as many here.    As far as how shall we live.    I will stick to loving God with all my heart, trying to be kind to others , and trusting in God when things go off the rails.     

[Prycejosh1987]

I believe deeds are important, but what matters more is progressive spirit. Deeds prove we love Jesus but they do not prove salvation. A sincere heart to follow after Christ and pick up the cross does.