“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.”
Galatians Chapter 6:14–16
“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians Chapter 2:4–9
God, of whom the earth and the heavens were created by his Word, who is the express image of the brightness of his glory (Hebrews Chapter 1), even Christ Jesus our Lord, has confirmed through his blood, that is, through his good works unto God proving he is the Sun of God, and his resurrection from death unto life, has proved the power of God above all other powers, principalities, and dominions, that in his name alone we can have faith, and be saved, having afore his work completed in us, faith in him through the setting of his grace in our hearts: has shown what is the truth, life, and way upon which we should proceed in all manner of living, that in that holy meekness, according to the pattern of Christ Jesus, we glory mightily in God through us; the lights of the world. That through the grace of having the gift of holy graciousness we enter into the riches of his glory, not only eternal life, but the strength of living with joy and love in spite of the ways of this world, our very life proclaiming that ‘new song’ of praise unto him in us; ourselves finding that we abound and brim as the sons and daughters of God, bringing forth and blossoming with the fruit of the spirit unto all, though we walk in an ungodly world in whom there is no peace, but continual strife, covetousness, and vain glory.
And how shall we glory mightily, if not certainly upon the rules set forth by God through his Word that is they key to seeking the face of the invisible spirit of God, which shall be seen in our countenance, and the power of the manner of living that we become dead to the world, yet alive in Christ as new beings according to his Word and the Spirit of his Word, and not our imagination or misperceptions of whom God is, for the heart without the Spirit of God is an unruly guide of the mind, and the mind without Christ is as a rudder-less ship driven by wind and wave, even the prince of this world, Satan, of whom being made beautiful and exceeding bright, even being before the throne of God, found it ‘not enough’ and strove for vain glory making his heart desolate in the process and becoming a beguiling spirit in whom there is no peace.
Seeing then, that as Jesus is from everlasting, by whom the heaven and earth, the stars, and all creation was made, lived on earth, was crucified by the dead unbelieving spirit of this world, (I say not by the spirit of the ‘Jews,’ but the dead spirit of this world, for a remnant of the Jews believed on him, being the first Christians); was crucified against all contradiction of his holyness; lives again forevermore, and so, we may glory in that conquering conqueror, Jesus, who is holy and meek, just, righteous, true, and faithful, the only Sun Of Righteousness of God the Father, whom sent him not only into the world, but into our hearts (Psalm 19), that we become new creatures in Christ Jesus, the eternal joining of soul & Holy Spirit, being then the ‘salt of the earth,’ yet, our zeal, even the fervency of our faith, being according to our ‘conversation’ with God through our closeness to his Word and the power of the Spirit of His Word (Christ Jesus). God setting the stumbling stone of his grace before all (expressed as his Sun, Jesus Christ), that we shall not enter into peace, nor the richness of being merciful and fountains of joy and love, without having faith in the Word and promises of God, and that, the gift of God! The Word being the law, but righteousness being the gift of grace of having faith in the commandments; in the very gospel message of the complete Word of God, showing to God through this faith in him and his promises, that we are his children of light, brothers and sisters of Christ Jesus, who forsook the temporal riches of this world that he should honor the Father in Word and Spirit, Truth & Righteousness in all things.
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