God is Spirit with scriptures

God is spirit. (John 4:24a) He is the creator. (Genesis 1) Because man sinned, God, for a time, accepted the innocent blood of animals to cover man's sins. (Genesis 3:21) However, the blood of animals could not take away man's sin. (Hebrews 10:4) Only a man without sin could pay the price. God saw there was no man without sin. (Isaiah 59:16) That is why God made himself a human body. (Isaiah 53:1 God’s body is called the “arm” of God because of its power to redeem humanity; Hebrews 10:10) Because God came as a sacrifice, he is called the Lamb of God. When John the Baptist saw Jesus he said, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” God provided himself a Lamb as a sacrifice to take our place. (Genesis 22:8) Because God did this great thing for mankind, he gave his body a name that was above all his other names, the name JESUS. (Philippians 2:9) “JESUS” means, ‘Yahweh is become Salvation’ (‘Yahweh Savior’). At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and confess that Jesus is Lord. (Philippians 2:10, 11) Because it is by his incredible sacrifice of his body for us that God brought mercy and salvation to all mankind, God sits as the Lamb in his throne. (Revelation 5:13, 17:14)

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain that sits on the throne!! HIS NAME IS JESUS!!

God is Spirit

God is Spirit. He fills the universe. When he made himself a body, Jesus Christ, he was in Christ as well as in all the universe. When he paid the price for sin on the cross, he made a way for us to be filled with his Spirit. When we repent of our sins, and are baptized in Jesus name, (his blood washing away our sins), he promises to fill us with his Spirit. With his name “Jesus” and his Spirit, we become part of the body of Christ. He is in us, and at the same time he fills the universe.

2 Corinthians 5:19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. (NLT)

Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Holy Spirit)

Ephesians 1:23 And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself. (NLT)

Milk and Meat; Obeying and Ministering the Gospel

John 4:32-35 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.  Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

It appears that "meat" refers to ministering the gospel. It appears that "milk refers to obeying the gospel and learning the elements of the gospel.

Hebrews 5:12-14, 6:1-2 ¶ For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. ¶ Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

“Perfection” (Hebrews 6:1) is from the Greek word “perfect”. Besides meaning “perfect”, it means “full-grown, adult, of fullll age, mature” (Thayer).

1Corinthians 3:1-3 ¶ And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

When Jesus was ministering in the gospel, he had compassion on the multitudes and made a plea.

Matthew 9:35-38 ¶ And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

It appears the Lord is saying, It's time to GROW UP! There is a harvest READY of lost, hurting, and dying souls that NEED the ministry of the gospel!  Acts 2:38-39

Joseph - Forgiving, Forgetting and Perfection

Joseph went through many trials and suffering because of his brothers’ jealousy and the evil they did to him. When Joseph became ruler of Egypt, he named the first son born to him "Manasseh".

Genesis 41:51 NLT Joseph named his older son Manasseh,* for he said, "God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father's family."

Footnote:

* Manasseh sounds like a Hebrew term that means “causing to forget.”

When Joseph’s brothers came to him (Genesis 50:15-21), repenting of the evil they did to him, it appears he had already forgiven them.

Genesis 50:20   But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive. {See: Romans 8:28}

When Jesus was on the cross, he said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

When God forgives, he forgets.

Isaiah 43:25 "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.

Jeremiah 31:34 … I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Micah 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Paul spoke of knowing Christ and becoming “perfect”. (Philippians 3:12 “perfect”) “Perfect” includes the meaning of spiritually mature, full grown.

In the midst of Christ’s sufferings, and at his death, Christ forgave. In verse 3:13, Paul spoke of “forgetting”. When God forgives, he forgets.

Philippians 3:10   That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 

Philippians 3:11   If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 

Philippians 3:12 ¶ Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 

Philippians 3:13   Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before…

Philippians 3:14   I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Becoming “perfect” includes becoming forgiving and forgetting others evil towards us.

Matthew 5:44   But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 

Matthew 5:45   That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust… {Note: sun and rain are BOTH blessings from God}

Matthew 5:48   Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.    

Joseph - All things work together for good

Joseph had faith and trust in God knowing "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)

Joseph was envied by jealous brothers and thrown in a pit, hauled out and sold into slavery, falsely accused and thrown into prison. From start to finish, he was innocent, and faithful to God.

It was by these trials and tests... that God perfected Joseph, preparing him to be used in a great way.

The Lord was with him through it all, elevating him in every situation. Finally, God elevated him to rule over all of Egypt, making him a savior in a world wide famine.

When Joseph was given the opportunity for vengeance upon his brothers, he responded with mercy.

Joseph's crowning statement:

Genesis 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Genesis 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life...Genesis 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Genesis 45:8 So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Romans 8:28 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.

Repentance and Joy

Repentance is a good thing - it is surrendering the weight of sin to the cross, releasing a burden too difficult to carry and still survive. It is release - tears of sorrow turning to tears of joy. The promise of a new life in God, the baptism of his Spirit with a new walk. Love, joy, peace... Take this whole world, but give me Jesus - I won't turn back! I won't turn back!

Hebrews 12:2 Looking... unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand ("right hand" = "power") of the throne of God.

When we repent and nail our old sinful nature to the cross, we have the joy of the Holy Ghost before us, with power and authority over sin and death.

The Godhead

The word “Godhead” means “divine power”, “deity”, and “divine nature”.

“Godhead” describes the SPIRIT of God.

 

The “Father” describes the SPIRIT of God.
The “Holy Ghost” describes the SPIRIT of God.

“Son” on the other hand, describes the FLESH of God. 

Clearly, the "Son", which is the FLESH of God, should not be considered part of the Godhead.

The concept that the “Son” (the FLESH of God) is in the Godhead is a concept that is a tradition of man! RATHER, as the Bible states, the Godhead is IN the body (flesh) of Christ.   

Colossians 2:8   Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 

Colossians 2:9   For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 

The SPIRIT of God is IN the SON.  

John 14:7 ¶ If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

John 14:8   Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

John 14:9   Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?  

Jesus told His disciples that God would give them the Comforter, also called the Spirit of truth, which is the Holy Ghost.

The SPIRIT of God would be IN THEM.

John 14:16   And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 

John 14:17   [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.    

When a person is born again of the water and Spirit, he BECOMES a SON of God. This person, as a son of God, is flesh with the Spirit of God dwelling in him. He is God’s body. 

John 1:12   But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:

John 1:13   Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.    

A person that has been born again of the water and Spirit becomes part of the body of Christ. 

Romans 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.