Wednesday, September 17, 2014

What are We waiting?

For God has Done 
what the Law Could Not Do, 
[its power] being weakened 
by the Flesh (Self)
[the Entire Nature of Man 
Without the Holy Spirit]. 

Sending His Own Son 
in the Guise of Sinful Flesh and 
as an Offering for Sin, 

[God] condemned Sin in the Flesh 
[Subdued, Overcame, Deprived it 
of its Power Over All who 
Accept that Sacrifice], 
[Lev. 7:37.] 

So that the 
Righteous and Just 
Requirement of the Law 
might be Fully Met in us 
who Live and Move 
Not In the Ways of the Flesh 
But in the Ways of the Spirit 

[our Lives Governed 
Not by the standards and
Not according to 
the Dictates of the Flesh, but 
Controlled by the Holy Spirit]. 

For those who 
are According to the Flesh and 
are Controlled by its UnHoly Desires Set their Minds on and Pursue 
Those Things which 
Gratify the Flesh (Self), 

but Those who are 
According to the Spirit and 
Are Controlled by 
The Desires of the Spirit 
Set their Minds On and Seek 
Those Things which Gratify 
the [Holy] Spirit.

...you are 
Living the Life of the Spirit, 
If the [Holy] Spirit of God 
[really] Dwells Within you 
[Directs and Controls you]. 

(REST is Holy Spirit Directed Activities)

But if Anyone 
Does Not Possess 
the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, 
he is None of His 
[he Does Not Belong to Christ, 
Is Not Truly a Child of God]. 
[Rom. 8:14.] 

But if Christ Lives In you, 
[then although] 
your [natural] Body is Dead 
by Reason of Sin and Guilt, 
the Spirit is Alive 
because of [The] Righteousness 
[that He Imputes To you]. 

And if the Spirit of Him 
Who Raised Up Jesus 
from the Dead Dwells in you, [then] 
He Who Raised up Christ Jesus 
from the Dead 
will also Restore to Life 
your Mortal (Short-Lived, 
Perishable) Bodies 
Through His Spirit 
Who Dwells in you.

For if you live according 
to [the dictates of] the flesh, 
you will surely die. 

But if Through 
The Power of the [Holy] Spirit 
You are [Habitually] 
Putting to Death 
(Making Extinct, Deadening) 
The [Evil] Deeds 
Prompted by the Body, 
You Shall [Really and 
Genuinely] Live Forever. 

For All who are Led By 
the Spirit of God 
are Sons of God.

The Spirit Himself [thus] 
Testifies Together 
with our Own Spirit, 
[Assuring us] that 
We are Children of God. 

And if 
We are [His] Children, then 
We are [His] Heirs also: 
Heirs of God and 
Fellow Heirs with Christ 
[Sharing His Inheritance with Him]; 

Only we must Share 
His Suffering if we are to 
Share His Glory. 

For I consider that 
the Sufferings of 
This Present Time 
(this Present Life) 
are Not Worth being 
Compared with the Glory 
that Is About to be Revealed 
To Us and In Us and 
For Us and Conferred On Us! 

For [even the Whole] Creation 
(All Nature) Waits Expectantly 
and Longs Earnestly 
For God's Sons 
To Be Made Known 
[Waits for the Revealing, 
the Disclosing of their Sonship]. 

For the Creation (Nature) 
was Subjected to 
Frailty (to Futility, 
Condemned to Frustration), 
Not Because of some 
Intentional Fault on its Part, 
but By the Will of Him 
Who so Subjected it–
[yet] With the Hope 
[Eccl. 1:2.] 

That Nature (Creation) itself 
Will Be Set Free 
from its Bondage 
to Decay and Corruption 
[and Gain an Entrance] 
Into the Glorious Freedom 
of God's children. 

We know that the 
Whole Creation 
Has been Moaning Together 
in the Pains of Labor Until Now. 
[Jer. 12:4, 11.] 

And Not Only the Creation, 
but We Ourselves too, 
who Have and Enjoy 
the FirstFruits of the [Holy] Spirit 
[a ForeTaste of the 
Blissful Things to Come] 
Groan Inwardly as we Wait 
For the Redemption of Our BODIES
[from Sensuality and 
the Grave, which will Reveal] 
Our Adoption 
(Our Manifestation 
as God's Sons). 

For in [this] Hope we were Saved. 
But Hope [the object of] which 
Is Seen is Not Hope. 

For how can One Hope for 
what he Already Sees? 

But if we Hope for 
What is Still UnSeen by us, 
We Wait for It 
With Patience and Composure. 
So Too the [Holy] Spirit 
Comes to our Aid and 
Bears us Up in Our Weakness; 

For we Do Not Know 
What Prayer to Offer 
Nor How to Offer 
It Worthily as We Ought, but 
the Spirit Himself 
Goes to Meet 
Our Supplication and 
Pleads in Our Behalf 
With UnSpeakable Yearnings and 
Groanings too Deep for Utterance. 

And He Who Searches 
The Hearts of Men 
Knows What is In The Mind 
Of the [Holy] Spirit 

[What His intent is], 
because the Spirit 
Intercedes and Pleads 
[Before God] in Behalf Of 
The Saints According To and 
In Harmony with God's Will. 
[Ps. 139:1, 2.] 

We are Assured and Know that 
[God being a Partner in their Labor] 
All Things Work Together and 
Are [Fitting into a Plan] 
For Good To and 
For Those who Love God and 
are Called According To 
[His] Design and Purpose. 
(‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭3-5, 9-11, 13-14, 16-28‬ AMP)

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