-Ephesians
2:10 What does it mean to be Christ's workmanship?
Being His workmanship involves
understanding that He indeed does create and allow circumstances to occur,
providing the opportunity for decisions by us, which show our heart. Circumstances
help us to see if we are enough like the
example He left us to follow as we go along in in our Christian
growth. He wants us to get the highest
reward we are capable of.
If we have been keeping involved
in our relationship with the Father, we will have His mind:.Philippians
2:5,6. If not, we will be unsure of what decision to make when circumstances
are confronting us, pressing us to make a decision. Thus, the importance
of Bible Study and prayer,
so that we can look at it as He would, responding accordingly, always from
love.
In life, circumstances which
often appear happenstance.(and
certainly
that may be the case:.Ecclesiastes
9:11), may, in fact, be
engineered to let you know where you are at present regarding your
personal spiritual growth, which, after all, is all you take with you when
this training/learning/growing period is finished and that is when you
are ready to transform into the realm of different frequencies, just
as the One who became Emmanuel did:.Matthew
17:5 "While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them
and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased. Hear him."
Matthew
3:17 "And lo
a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."John
17:3 "And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true
God and Emmanuel Christ, whom you.(Creator-Father).have
sent." 2Corinthians 4:6 "...God...has
shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Emmanuel Christ." 2Corinthians
5:18 "And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by
Emmanuel Christ..." Ephesians 3:9
"And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from
the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things
by Emmanuel Christ.".Matthew
12:18; Luke 3:22; 2Peter
1:17.
The working of the Infinite
Intelligence involves providing spiritual tools.(Ephesians
6:13-18).to
meet all life offers you. With Him the Infinite's wave frequencies of its
existence in you,
you are always 'fit to be tried'. This
Infinite One we commonly refer to as God in almost all societies, knows
your heart, but perhaps you are not sure of what is in there. How
else can you know unless you go through circumstances which reveal,
develop and solidify your character.
-Ephesians
4:17 How did these Gentiles walk in the."vanity
of their minds".that
we are admonished
not to walk?
The word."Gentiles".in
the original Greek is 'ethnos' from which we get the English word 'ethnic'
meaning 'sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious,
linguistic, or cultural heritage', 'nations', 'people'. And, it means the
same, of course, here in the Bible, 'nations'.
People of love, spiritual
persons, called 'Christians' in the Bible,.are
now part of a different 'nation', having come
out of the world 'nation':.1Peter
2:9 "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,
a peculiar people, that you should show
forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness
into his marvelous light."
"Walking
in the vanity of their minds".is..
-Ephesians
4:27 How do we."give
place to the devil"?
It has to do with the mind.
Once you allow yourself to be drawn away by desires which cloud reason.(excessive
desires).you
open the door for the devil to pump
your mind. If this didn't happen, we would not look for a better way.James
1:13,14 "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God. For
God cannot be tempted with evil.(and
if God is in you, neither can you be tempted with evil, so avoid any thinking
that comes along with the satanic child abuse rituals time called Halloween.
Depending on how far along one is in spiritual
growth; it takes awhile to move from the habitual ways that hold us
in their grasp:.1Corinthians
6:11), neither tempts he any man.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed."
-Ephesians
4:32 What does it mean, God did this for the sake of Christ?
Young's
Literal Translation makes it clearer:."And
become one to another, kind, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, according
as also God in Christ did forgive you."
-Ephesians
5:1.How are
we to follow God."as
dear children"?
A 'dear' child is one who
follows his parents' example and listens to their advice for guidance and
has found out in the process that his/her life is better because of it.
-Philippians
3:10.Paul
sounds weird! Why was he so enthusiastic to be partaker of Emmanuel's sufferings?
Paul was taught directly
by the resurrected Christ when he, immediately after his conversion, went
into
the wilderness to be alone for some 3½ years. Paul
knew deeply the reality of God's unfolding plan for humanity as few ever
have since, or even few before. That's why Paul said what he did in verses
10,11,14,20,21.
-Numbers
21:14 What is this other book referred to in this scripture? and where
are any other books that were removed from the.Bible?
The now taken down Vatican had them. Some
are and the rest are below here.
Old
Testament authors utilized
other writings, now since lost or obtainable
and purposely left out.
The following references show that when the historical parts of the Old
Testament were written, further information was available. Where did it
go?
Well, besides these books
listed below, there were other books, such as the book of Enoch,
which actually comprised many books of Enoch.
Besides the books
in the present Bible, as
already mentioned, many others have come to light.
Here are the books mentioned
in the Bible we have today, that we thought was all of it:
-The.Prophecy
of Ahijah the Shilonite:.2Chronicles
9:29. The book concerns
itself with the acts of David
and of Solomon, which
were doubtless
the public records of the nation, with which are associated prophecies
of Ahijah and the visions of Iddo.
-The Assumption
of Moses and The Death
of Moses.
-The.Book
of the Records of the Chronicles:.Esther
6:1-14.
-The Book
of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia:.Esther
10:1,2.
-The.Book
of Dirges.(what's
a dirge?):.2Chronicles
35:25-27..Barnes
Notes:."Most
critics are of opinion that the lament is lost. Days of calamity were commemorated
by lamentations on their anniversaries and this among the number. The.Book
of Dirges.was
a collection of such poems which once existed but is now lost."
-The.Book
of Gad the Seer:.1Chronicles
29:29.
-The Book
of Visions of Iddo the Seer:.2Chronicles
9:29; 12:15. The book
concerns
itself with the acts of David
and of Solomon, which
were
doubtless
the public records of the nation, with which are associated prophecies
of Ahijah and the visions of Iddo
-The.Book
of Jasher.(a
book of poetry):.Joshua
10:13; 2Samuel 1:18.
-The.Annals
of Jehu the Son of Hanani.(a
book evident at this ancient time, but now totally lost):.2Chronicles
20:34.
-The.Book
of the Annals.(the
chronicles, the history).of
the Kings of Judah:.1Kings
14:29, 15:7; 1Chronicles
9:1.
-The.Book
of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel:.1Kings
14:19; 1Chronicles 9:1;
1Chronicles
29:29.
-The.Book
of the Kings of Israel:.2Chronicles
33:18.
-The.Book
of the Kings of Judah and Israel:.2Chronicles
32:32.
-The.Assumption
of Moses.
-The.Book
of Nathan the Prophet:.1Chronicles
29:29; 2Chronicles 9:29.
-The.Book
of Samuel, the seer. This was the
2 books of Samuel;.1Chronicles
29:29; 1Samuel 10:25:.1Samuel
9:9 "Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus
he spake, Come and let us go to the seer, for he that is now called a Prophet
was beforetime called a Seer."
-The.Sayings
of the Seers:.2Chronicles
33:19.
-The.Annals
of Shemaiah the Prophet:.2Chronicles12:15.
-The.Book
of the Acts of Solomon:.1Kings
11:41; 2Chronicles 33:18.
-The.First
and Last Acts of Uzziah, written by Isaiah:.2Chronicles
26:22.
-The.Book
of the Wars of the Lord:.Numbers
21:14.
Many of the good works of
the one we label as Emmanuel
have not been recorded either:.John
20:30; 21:25.
Other books written long
after the time of the writing of the books of the Bible are
spurious.."Books
such as the Gnostic
gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas,
are dated long after the close of the first century."....Hank
Hanegraaff.
And even
more similarly spurious books.
So, what
book or books can one trust?