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Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Emmanuel, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit.
Romans
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation.(original
Greek for 'condemnation' is 'separation' {from a
relationship with God}, 'damnatory sentence of judgment' and 'to judge
worthy of punishment':.John
3:17).to them which are in
Christ.Emmanuel,
who walk not after the flesh.(walking
after one's selfish impulses from the ordinary low consciousness mind they
came to Earth with, the mind which brings
one to reap what he or she may have sown; they may, as
the great apostle Paul and many others did, do serious evils, but their
heart wasn't to be like that continually), but after
the Spirit.
And what is the spirit? 1John
4:12 to 1John 5:13.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Emmanuel has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life.(what
is this 'law of the spirit of life).in
Christ.(what
does 'Christ' really mean?).Emmanuel
has made me free.(*).from
the law of sin and death.
The law sin and death:.Ezekiel
18:4,20 "...the soul that sins, it shall die...The soul that sins,
it shall die.(Romans
6:23). The son shall not bear the iniquity
of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The
righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the wickedness of
the wicked shall be upon
him."
The law of sin and death
involves human nature's working.(the
ego
level).apart
from higher
consciousness awareness. It's what drags one down mentally (what one's
thoughts may be) and spiritually (because of what one's thoughts are not,
but should be):.John
6:33; 8:32,36; 2Corinthians
3:6; Philippians 4:8.
The ancient
law
of Moses dealt with the ego,
proving the law of Moses wouldn't work on carnal
people, as they just didn't
have the heart to live other than from their egos.
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that
it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.
Romans
8:3 For what the law.(the
established
ways of the Creator in the Old
Testament as were described in the now gone Mosaic
Law).could not do in that it was
weak through the flesh.(things
of the ego, the flesh level, are here contrasted with the
heart level which is the higher consciousness level where love comes
from; the ego level's corollary
of 'love' is selfishness, love of self above all others; those existing
with ordinary consciousness and stuck within the ego level {John
8:24}, do not realize we are all
one).God sending his own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin
condemned.('condemned'
here means 'to give a judgement against' in the original; note that it
was this thing called sin that was condemned and not the sinning person).sin
in the flesh.
He came to show humanity
a better way.
Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might
be.fulfilled in us, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans
8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be.fulfilledin.us,
who walk not after the flesh.(some
back then were wanting to hang onto the law that was
abolished by Christ {Colossians
2:14}.and
Paul
here equates
this with the flesh and compares it with the spirit), but after
the Spirit.(and
what
are the things of the spirit to walk after?).
Romans 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind
the things of the flesh, but they that are after the Spirit the things
of the Spirit.
Romans
8:5 For they that are after the flesh.(Romans
7:23; 'after the flesh' meaning here the ancient law's way of dealing
with people, which was not of the heart, but of the flesh in that the over
600 laws, rules and regulations that were coupled with what the corrupt
religious leaders added to it, were 'of the flesh' as the whole crap pot
of it had nothing to do with
the heart, the spirit of a human being).do
mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after
the Spirit.(meaning,
your heart's main thrust is on the things of Him which are the things of
a higher consciousness), the things of the Spirit.
Romans
8:6 For to be carnally
minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Romans
8:7 Because the carnal
mind is enmity
against God. For it is not subject
to the law of God.(what
law of God would this have been, certainly not the ancient Mosaic
Law! What law then? See verse 2 above), neither indeed can
be.
The
low
consciousness mind we all came here with is out
of sync with the
higher consciousness mind of the Creator.
Romans
8:8 So then they that are in
the flesh cannot please God.
Hebrews
11:6.
Regarding word 'please';
can't please God means to not
be in alignment with what
God is.
Romans
8:9 But you are not in the flesh,
but in the Spirit,
if so be that the Spirit of God.(higher
consciousness, a.k.a.
the Holy Spirit).dwell
in
you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ.(Christ
showed what He was all about by His works:.Hebrews
1:3), he is none of his.
Or, is not in the
realm
of the kingdom
of higher consciousness within him, not in connection with his
soul)
Romans 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead
because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans
8:10 And if Christ
be in you.(or, 'if
you be in Christ' {comprehend.what
Christ is}, the body is dead because of sin.(as
the previous verse shows and also Colossians
3:1-3, that is, in the past there was the
sin of Adam passed to all of us, not to mention how we carried on in
sinful
ways; once one is of higher consciousness thinking, he sees clearly the
lower consciousness ways he had been living which kept him in a life of
curses and heartaches, the ways of the ordinary
consciousness that he relied upon, never realizing what they were doing
to him; that's why Emmanuel said this {Luke
23:34} and did this:.1Peter
2:24; because of what He did to eradicate
all sin for all time, the body and its sins are dead {Colossians
3:3} when in higher consciousness; that is, they no longer have any
power to keep you from a relationship with the Great Infinite One expressing
as you, called the 'Father' or just 'God' as He has adopted
us into the
family called God); but the Spirit is life.(original
for 'life' means 'fulness of living, abundance in all areas').because
of righteousness.
Whose righteousness is it
talking about that is now yours?.Romans
3:22; 5:17,21; 10:4;
1Corinthians
1:30; Galatians 2:21; Philippians
1:11; 3:9;
2Peter
1:11. Righteousness is
higher
consciousness thinking and it's a gift (Romans
5:17), as is this other gift
that changes thought into matter.
We can
appropriate
these gifts and more. by believing.
If one believes something, he has accepted it as being true, then one has
a new vibrant
life because of equality
with the Infinite One.
Because of His Spirit, we
have this new life
with the Father, thanks to Emmanuel and the righteousness we now have
because
of what He has done for us and we no longer have an excuse to feel
bad and/or guilty. and we never should feel
these negative ways ever again if we are actively using the gifts God has
given us.
This verse is showing the
contrast between being
in high consciousness and that of low
consciousness.
Romans
8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Emmanuel from the dead
dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken
your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.(the
spirit of love).
Word
in.
Romans
8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh.
Romans 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you
shall die. But if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,
you shall live.
Romans
8:13 For if you live after
the flesh.(which
is."the law of
sin and death".mentioned
in verse 2 of this chapter),
you shall die. But if you through the
Spirit do mortify
the deeds of the body.(Colossians
3:5), you shall live.
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the .Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans
8:14 For as many.(anyone).as
are led.(original 'bring
forth').by the.(words
'by the' not in original, but word 'the' is implied).Spirit
of God.(which is love),
they are the sons of God.
Romans
8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear.(bondage to a bunch
of do's & don't, fearing if you don't do them, you're not going to
be accepted by God; move on from them:.Hebrews
5:14-6:3), but you have received the Spirit of
adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:16.The Spirit
itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
Romans
8:16.The Spirit
itself bears witness with our spirit.(1,
2)
that we are the children of God.
The soul then is on the pathway
of higher consciousness.
You are your
soul.
Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs, heirs of
God and joint heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer, that we may be
also glorified together.
Romans
8:17 And if children,
then heirs, heirs of God.(destined
to
be equal as we grow spiritually).and
joint heirs with Christ
if so be that we suffer.(see
question on are we
also to suffer as Emmanuel did?; word 'suffer' is 'to have been affected
with or by', meaning to be of the same mind:.1Peter
4:1; Romans 12:16; that same
mind was that we are all
brothers & sisters in Christ);
sometimes we, like Paul long before
us, must struggle to
maintain a high consciousness mind).with
him.(word 'him' not
in original, but implied), that we may be also glorified together.
Revelation
22:12.
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us.
Romans
8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings.(original
for 'sufferings' is 'suffering', 'affliction', 'affection'; what.were
these sufferings Paul had that he's talking about here? Paul was the great
apostle
who wrote this book of the Bible called Romans).of
this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall
be revealed in us.
2Corinthians
1:5.
Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature
waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans
8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature.(the
'creature' is us, created beings of God).waits.(original
for 'waits' is 'looks forward to receiving').for
the manifestation.(original
'laying bear', 'removing of the cover', that is, one is excited about the
better person he is spiritually becoming:.Romans
5:3-5).of the sons of God.(*).
Romans 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity,
not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope.
Romans
8:20 For the creature was made.(original
for 'was made', is 'put under', put under by who? The true God of all good
created
all humanity good, but with free choice and being able to follow that
free choice on this stage of the world, for learning, learning
what? We are are here to learn that evil is just not the way to go).subject
to vanity.(subject to
vanity
is being made with the ordinary
consciousness:.Job
5:7), not willingly.(not
that we would have chosen that pathway {*}),
but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope.
The true God of all life,
goodness and creation has made us with the propensity toward hope, that
is, knowing a better life is possible than the one seen to have surrounded
us since being on the earth. It's the hope that springs from knowledge.
What knowledge?.2Timothy
1:9. So we look at life with its bifurcations,
the good, heading this way and the evils looming
that way.
And we know that life can
be better than how it presents itself today. We are here to learn how!
All our lives we live in hope
that things will be better for us and those we love. It's good to 'have
it all' as they say, right from birth so we can grow spiritually as quickly
as possible, not having to worry about sustenance.
Things that give rise to opportunities for changed thinking lead to better/higher
decisions
and a better life now and forever. And in this change there are
rewards and opportunities:.1Corinthians
2:9; Isaiah 45:18; Romans
8:32 "...how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things?"
Romans
8:21 Because the creature.(the
'creature' is us, created beings of God).itself
also shall be delivered.(no
'shall be' about it; words 'shall be' not in original; should read 'the
creature is made free'; made
free by what Christ did on Earth in the physical body called Emmanuel
and kept free by this).from
the bondage of corruption.(the
ego
level of dealing with existence).into
the glorious liberty of the
children of God.
Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation
groans and travails in pain together until now.
Romans
8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails.('groans
and travails', meaning in a condition of heading toward death on a cluttered
road of pain and heartache).in pain
together until now.
Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also,
which have the firstfruits.(1Peter
2:2).of the Spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to
wit, the redemption of our body.
Romans
8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits
of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the
adoption,
to
wit, the redemption of our body.
Or as the original also has
it 'the deliverance'; delivered from
what and by
what?
Romans
8:24 For we are saved by hope.(Acts
20:32). But hope that is seen is not hope. For what a man sees
why does he yet hope for?
Romans
8:25 But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait
for it.
Romans
8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities, for we know not
what we should pray for as we ought.(word
'pray' here, in original is 'to wish/want for the advantage
of'). But the Spirit itself makes intercession
for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
'Groanings which
cannot be uttered' are things about ourselves and others difficult to put
into words:.Ephesians
6:18; often, things of the spirit are known but difficult to explain,
like ask an athlete why he excels above so many others and they'll tell
you I don't know, I just knew that I could; the Holy Spirit brings to mind
in times of quiet communion
with the Creator; how this works.
Romans 8:27 And he that searches the hearts knows
what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints
according to the will of God..
Romans
8:27 And he.(word
'he' not in original; verse could then read.'and
searching the hearts, the spirit knows how
to bring up anything of spiritual importance to a saint's mind').that
searches.(Jeremiah
17:10).the hearts knows what is
the mind of the Spirit, because he.(word
'he' not in original).makes.(word
'makes' not in original).intercession
for the saints.according
to the will of.('the
will of' not in original).God.
Iin other words, God's in
touch with all going on in your life and is as close to you as God will
ever be. How
close?
Romans 8:28.(translation
as in the Bible).And
we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28.(closer
to the original).And we know
that.all things work together for good.to
them that love God, to those called and who are in agreement with God's
purpose.(and this shows
by what someone does or doesn't do).
Romans
8:28 And we know that all things work together for good.(note
it says 'work
together for good'
and this means...; note
too that evil{s} can work together with other evil{s} in producing good
{Genesis 50:20}, that's why the
scripture tells us not to resist evil:.Matthew
5:39; positive
coincidences
begin to occur among the darkness we may presently be engulfed in: God
is the master potter and works all
things according to what He sees best overall:.Ephesians
1:11).to them that love God.(Adam
Clarke's Commentary:."It
is not said that all things shall work for good, being sometime in the
future, but that they work now in the behalf of those who love now,
for the verbs 'work' and 'love' are in the present
tense"; you love the Creator by adopting
the same consciousness that He has, even if
you are clumsy at first with it; in this way you express the
real you; be in the process of what
we call God, the intelligent energy of the universe and be detached
from outcomes; if one is confident of an outcome, he doesn't have to
worry about it coming to pass, because it's a sure thing), to those
called.(original 'those
who see their calling' (*).in
agreement.(*).with
God's purpose (original for 'purpose' is 'set forth
before them', that is, they come to comprehend just why they are here on
the Earth and what their particular purpose for being here is. How would
you know? Ask God to show you. Then consider what passion you have. Maybe
it's painting beautiful scenery. Maybe it's learning to play the piano,
guitar or whatever. Maybe it's becoming a nurse or doctor as you have a
deep desire to help and make better. Maybe it's becoming a great basketball,
football, soccer, baseball player or perhaps a gymnist. Maybe it's to be
among nature, meditating and making the world better in this way. Maybe
it's to do good by fixing and/or building things, such a being a mechanic,
a carpenter, a plumber. Maybe a mom bringing up a family and caring for
the home is your passion and that's also such a rewarding one. Maybe a
teacher helping others with homeschooling via the Internet. Maybe it's
growiing organic vegetables and fruits for your family's health and others.
Maybe a traveling organic hair dresser, going to individual homes to make
it efficient and easier on stay at home moms and seniors. Maybe it's a
dessert designer. Maybe a chef. Maybe it's a clothes designer. Whatever
it is for you, you will love it and enjoy doing it. So what are your present
desires? But how can I, you may ask, even begin to follow my dreams? If
lack of money was not a hindrance, you could kiss your 3 part time jobs
goodbye and really do what you like. Money will very shortly no longer
be the defining.factor.
How?).
2Corinthians
2:14.
This verse means two things
here, 1) if you are interested in the true things of God,
you have awakened to God 2)
And that you are called to the purpose
God has at this time for those God is awakening.
And what is that purpose? You are now classified
with what's called the saints in light:.Colossians
1:12 "Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light.".And,
what
does this classification mean. And, what are they to inherit?.1Corinthians
2:9.
If all things are not working
good for you, circumstances are alerting you to something needing fixing
in attitude so you can get back
into alignment
with
the high
consciousness things of the Creator and the best way to do this is
by emphasizing.these
things in your life. It
could also be that the Creator is taking you somewhere as an alternate
life purpose. We are here to prempt
the side of us which is influenced by the dark side. We have two
sides to us. The one side limits us and the other takes us along in
a life of good for us and all. Dealing
with the limiting side. Learning about the
good side.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
among many brethren.
Romans
8:29 For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn
among many brethren.
Everyone was foreknown:.2Timothy
1:9. Christ is our
brother.
Romans 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate them
he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he
justified, them he also glorified.
Romans
8:30.Moreover
whom he did predestinate them he
also called. And whom he called, them he also justified.
And whom he justified, them he also glorified.
That's why God calls you
and others of the genetic
humanity strain, holy, righteous & perfect & justified &
as good as having already been glorified:.Romans
4:17 "...God, who quickens the dead.{Colossians
3:3}.and
calls those things which be not as though they were."
Titus
1:2.
Romans
8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who
can be against us?
God is always with
those aspiring
to higher consciousness ways:.Proverbs
15:3,8,9,29; John 9:31; Ezekiel
18:25-28;
Matthew 6:33. Those
resisting the universal laws God has laid down which produce good, bring
into their lives many negative issues (*):.Isaiah
8:6-10; Jeremiah 27:1,5-18.
Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered
him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Romans
8:32 He that spared not his own Son.(who
really killed Emmanuel?), but delivered
him up.(Isaiah
53rd chapter).for us all, how shall
he not with him also
freely
give
us all things?.(but
don't I have to do all the things religion
tells us to do?)
Romans
8:33 Who.(certainly
not Satan et al anymore, not sine Christ came along).shall
lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God
that
justifies..
In other words God
and none other, is the one who makes the final decisions and what
did the great Martin Luther say was the final decision regarding each
of us?
Satan is the accuser. Christ
is the savior. We have free choice to follow whom we please, but he or
she that dabbles
in dirt, gets dirty.
Romans
8:34 Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died.(Mark
15:34 notes), yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at
the right hand of God, who also makes
intercession
for us.
Christ's nature
is that of helping where one needs and wants help, example:.Isaiah
53:12 with Luke 23:42,43.
Romans
8:35 What shall separate us from the love of Christ?.(no
one and no thing; why?.Hebrews
13:5 "...for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.").Shall
tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril
or sword?
Paul's
example
and what Paul said:.Philippians
3:17.
Romans 8:36 As it is written, For your sake
we
are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans
8:36 As it is written.(Psalms
44:22), For your sake.(your
purposes, your plan,
which is always good for humanity).we
are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter..(they
were dedicated
to God)
Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
Romans
8:37 Nay, in all these things.(what
things? verses 28-36 just above).we
are more than conquerors.(overcoming).through
him.(?;
Romans
1:16; 1Corinthians 1:18).that
loved us.
Why were they more than conquerors?.Hebrews
13:5 "...for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you."
Romans
8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither
death nor life nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come,
Romans
8:39 Nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God.(note
that it's the love of God {and God is defined
by what? what really is God?.1John
4:6-16} which is in Christ; if you're in
Christ, you're in the love of God; is there anything more important,
is there anywhere else to go for all
you want?), which is in Christ
Emmanuel our Lord.
Why?
Hebrews
13:5:."...for
he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you."
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