Finally, my fellow believers, continue to rejoice and delight in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.
2 Look out for the dogs [the Judaizers, the legalists], look out for the troublemakers, look out for the [c]false circumcision [those who claim circumcision is necessary for salvation]; 3 for we [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, set apart for His purpose and] are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult in Christ Jesus
... and place no confidence [in what we have or who we are] in the flesh—
4 though I myself might have [some grounds for] confidence in the flesh [if I were pursuing salvation by works]. If anyone else thinks that he has reason to be confident in the flesh [that is, in his own efforts to achieve salvation], I have far more: 5 circumcised when I was eight days old, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews [an exemplary Hebrew]; as to the [observance of the] Law, a Pharisee; 6 as to my zeal [for Jewish tradition], a persecutor of the church; and as to righteousness [supposed right living] which [my fellow Jews believe] is in the Law, I proved myself blameless.
7 But whatever former things were gains to me [as I thought then], these things [once regarded as advancements in merit] I have come to consider as loss [absolutely worthless] for the sake of Christ [and the purpose which He has given my life].
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, ( kjv)
For His sake I have lost everything, and I consider it all garbage, so that I may gain Christ,
9 and may be found in Him [believing and relying on Him], not having any righteousness of my own derived from [my obedience to] the Law and its rituals, but [possessing] that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith.
10 And this, so that I may know Him [experientially, becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him, understanding the remarkable wonders of His Person more completely] and [in that same way experience] the power of His resurrection [which overflows and is active in believers], and [that I may share] the fellowship of His sufferings, by being continually conformed [inwardly into His likeness even] to His death [dying as He did];
so that I may attain to the resurrection [that will raise me] from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on [e]so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own.
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 All of us who are mature [pursuing spiritual perfection] should have this attitude. And if in any respect you have a different attitude, that too God will make clear to you.
16 Only let us stay true to what we have already attained.
17 Brothers and sisters, together follow my example and observe those who live by the pattern we gave you.
18 For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ [rejecting and opposing His way of salvation], whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly [their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], and whose glory is in their shame—
who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things.
20 But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven. And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
21 who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body.
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What the lying media is not reporting and when they do they lie and tell us it's Climate Change in order to deceive us
It's the Creator. the Inventor of Climate who is using it as a wake up call that He is not pleased with His out of control, extremely rebellious creation.
TWO PREACHERS-GLOBAL ISAIAH 24 WEATHER EVENTS
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Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
For why should he be esteemed?
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McKenzie cautioned that Tehran’s actions are unpredictable. “I wouldn’t discount anything from Iran,” McKenzie said.
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IRAN
McKenzie cautioned that Tehran’s actions are unpredictable. “I wouldn’t discount anything from Iran,” McKenzie said.
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Marcel,
ReplyDeleteThose are GREAT Scriptures from a Brother who knows !!
It is frightening to me how the organized "Church" tosses out the Apostles words of instruction, and ignores what they don't like and don't intend to obey. A recipe for disaster, as yon can tell by looking at the main line churches.
I am thinking that Netanyahu has globalist backers in the U.S. that want him to stay in power to help their plans for Jerusalem and Israel.
The other guys might not be so agreeable to what those plans are.
He is into trouble now. His sins have found him out. Am watching to see how this goes.
May The LORD'S+ plans be fulfilled for HIS+ Land.
Samson7able + + +
I hear so many so called believers who worship at the feet of man and his lying corrupt politics. They honor the flesh and that's why I love Isaiah 2:22 and knowing God is in COMPLETE control not Trump, the DemonCraps or Netanyahu.
DeleteAmazing times to be living in, awake and watching.
I remember seeing a picture of Netanyahu reading Henry NWO Kissingers book. Truly 1 picture exposed the interests of many lying politicians and deceivers.
He never fooled me as he co tinues to do with so many.
Thanks brother and blessings.