Putting on a Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:3-4 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the DIVINE NATURE and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
There has been much error taught to Christians regarding sin and our need to overcome it and be transformed into the likeness of Jesus. Jesus was divine, He was perfect, He never sinned. Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing or what the Father told Him to do. He in no way ever trusted in His flesh. The flesh is hostile to God and cannot please God. Cursed is the man who trusts in his flesh the Scriptures tell us. As Peter said in the above verse, we escape the corruption of the world caused by evil (fleshly) desires only by putting on a divine nature. This means so much more than just saying prayer or going to a church.
1 John 3:2-3 But we know that when he appears,we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
Jesus had a divine nature the Father was in Him and He in the Father. ALL of us (everyone in the above verse) must put on a divine nature to have eternal life. There is no other way. This comes about via a process of sanctification or Christian maturity as we give God our whole heart and desire to please Him fully. Until we do this and suffer, we will NOT be sanctified and will at best remain a babe in Christ and most likely will fall away back into practicing sin. I am going to resist temptation to go off on a tangent about Christian maturity here but promise to come back to that topic in an upcoming posts. Consider very carefully this following passage from the Apostle Paul. This excerpt precedes the famously twisted passage about grace in Ephesians 2:8-9 (that is not shown). Notice the clear reference to what we used to do, who we used to be or what we formerly did, with bolding for emphasis.
Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Do see the truth here? We are indeed saved by grace but grace doesn’t mean we can continue living in sin and walking the way the world walks. We must die to self and put on the divine nature of Christ. These kinds of passages are everywhere in the Scriptures, and if you get your heart right with God, you will suddenly see them. They are rarely referenced in the apostate churches of today and the promotion of false security via a false gospel has put many Christians asleep. They are the foolish virgins of Jesus’s parable in Matthew 25.
Over the past year, God has pulled me out of the lies that had formerly deceived me and ensnared me in perpetual sin. I only lived to indulge my flesh and my pleasures, all the while calling myself a Christian. Paul says in the above verse we will not be still doing these things, and IF we are it is because we are following after the spirits of Satan. I am starting to realize just how narrow the road and the gate to life really is and that Jesus meant it when He said “few there be who will find it”. Praise God for the mercy, grace and revelation He has brought about in me and desires to bring about to everyone.
To see God and enter His kingdom, we must be transformed, we must indeed be Born Again to see the kingdom of God. If we claim to be born again and continue to practice sin and desire the lusts of the flesh, we are a liar.
John 3:3 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, NO ONE can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again
1 John 2:4-6 The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
How did Jesus walk? He did not sin and that is how we must walk if we claim to belong to Christ. So very many professing Christians have not been changed, they walk, talk and act just like the world does. Yet they believe their practice of a religion saves them. Many are walking in a flesh nature and are nowhere near or even on the road to life that leads to a divine nature. They are looking back like Lot’s wife and holding on to their lusts. God does not YET have their whole heart. They are on the broad road that leads to destruction but there is still time to awaken them to the truth.
It is the Spirit of God (Truth), working in us that sanctifies us, guiding us into all truth and transforming us into the same divine nature Christ had on earth. Believing in the truth (Jesus is Truth) is a requirement for the Holy Spirit to work the miracle in each of us. Consider Paul’s explanation of this process to the early church below.
2 Thess 2:12-13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We Are All Born Sinners
Mark 10:18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
At least the apostate church gets this part right. One dead ringer for false teaching is any teaching that says we do not have to be transformed out of our sin nature into the nature of Christ. The error says you can have two natures and can continue to practice sin as long as you believe Jesus is God and go to church on Sunday. This error is broadcast from many denominational pulpits today as the Scriptures said would happen in the end. This is a perversion of God’s word and turns the grace of God into a license to sin.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
People just don’t want to hear they need to give up their lives. They don’t like being told they need to submit themselves. They don’t want to suffer or pay a cost to follow Jesus. They love their easy believism and doctrines of Once Saved Always Saved. Woe unto them who teach such error.
Jesus came to save sinners by calling them to repentance. This means to turn away from the sin nature we are born with and all its evil desires that spring forth lust and idols in our heart. When we turn away from this nature and turn towards God with our whole heart, the grace of God comes upon us and enables us to put to death the flesh. We don’t do this transforming — it is indeed by the power of God, but we must seek Him with all our heart for God to do His work. I wrote a post on Why Jesus Came a few months back that was helpful to me that can be read by clicking here.
Just for the record, Paul made it clear nobody is born divine!
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to ALL men, because all sinned
Romans 3:10-12 There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.
We do indeed come into this world with a SIN nature. But this SIN nature must be put to death, or we will die. We are told to be like little children in many passages, but this is not telling us what our nature is, this is telling us that we are to have a trust and total dependency on God for our survival just like little children are dependent upon their parents or guardians. If little children die, they go to heaven because they are not at an age of accountability and until we know God’s law in our hearts, we cannot sin. Before knowledge of the law came, there was no sin as Paul explains in Romans and Galatians.
The soul that sins shall die we are told in Ezekiel 18:20. To walk with Christ and reap eternal life, we must put on a DIVINE nature and then and only then, enter into His rest. We cannot have it both ways, Jesus made that very clear.
Luke 16:13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
Romans 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
Who is your Master? Jesus already said we cannot serve two, there is only one. In case there was any doubt He also spoke these words.
Luke 6:46 But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
The consequences of not putting on a divine nature is a loss of eternal life. If we continue to walk in the flesh and do not conform ourselves to the image of God’s son, we will perish. The fear of God is indeed the beginning of knowledge and as I have recently blogged about, this watered down, half gospel of love invented by Satan and promoted by false teachers is killing many professing Christians. They are in bondage to their flesh, they are not free as Jesus said we would be IF He sets us free. We are set free when repentance comes and the divine nature follows as we are sanctified by God.
Romans 8:12-14 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Until we put to death our flesh we cannot be led by the Spirit of God. We can only serve ONE master. Our flesh is against everything of God. We cannot please God (Obey Him) if our flesh is not crucified. Those following their flesh nature, have not put it to death, are not born again are the sons of disobedience. The Apostle John called those living this way children of the devil. Call it what you want, but those that are not putting on a divine nature in thoughts and deeds are not saved.
Abiding in Vine
If we truly love God with our whole heart, He cleans us up by the washing of His Word. He writes His laws on our minds and in our hearts via the Holy Spirit and that is how we put on a divine nature and stay that way once we are cleansed of our past sins. If we leave Him, and follow after idols in our hearts, He is no longer our Lord and we are not believing on the Lord anymore.
John 15:3-4 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
A tree only has one primary root. All things come back to the one root which provides the nourishment for the whole tree, branches, vines and leaves. The Scriptures use trees as a metaphor for man and we are told we will be known by our fruit. Trees bear fruit, either good or bad. If we love anything more than Jesus, including our lives, our family, money, pride, comfort, security, Church, traditions of men, sports, fitness, ANYTHING — we are not abiding in the true vine of life. We may be religious but we deceive ourselves. Any idols in our hearts and we are not abiding in the vine and will not bear good fruit. Jesus called this vain worship via lips only and not with a true heart. Jesus confirmed the ONE NATURE we must have when He said this:
Matthew 7:16-18 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
Fruit is not made overnight, so I am not preaching a perfect sinless perfection as we can stumble in a moment of weakness into a sin. But if we are truly of God, we will immediately repent and the fruit of love will permeate are every action, thought or deed.
Pure & Spotless Bride
Being in Christ is oft spoken of as being married to Christ. Getting to heaven is getting to the wedding feast. The true body of believers are the church and is known as the Bride. Jesus is the Bridegroom. The word of God tells us throughout Scripture that the Bridegroom comes for a pure bride, not one living in lawlessness, practicing sin or with idols in their hearts. Jesus did not give us an impossible mission. Walking in holiness is not mission impossible.
John 14:15 If you love me, you WILL obey what I command
Putting on a divine nature is an absolute requirement to see the Lord. True repentance is turning away from your innate flesh nature, putting to death the deeds of the flesh and walking in holiness with the Lord. Repentance is getting rid of SELF (selfishness) and walking in true love, not a fake love designed to win and influence friends or associates.
Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord
The imputed righteousness of Christ does indeed cleanse us from our past sins as Paul explains in Romans 3 but sadly this has been perverted by false teachers. The blind are leading the blind into the pit of hell. I have a link at the top of this page entitled Righteousness that may awaken you to greater truth in the Scriptures.
The pure and spotless bride, the ones wearing the white robes and garments of salvation spoke of throughout the Bible are not living in the flesh. They all have a divine nature. Once your eyes are opened to this revelation, you will read the Epistles of Paul, Peter and John with new understanding that you never saw before.
Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
It is the implanted word of God in our hearts, a pure heart that washes us from our evil desires (the flesh) and enables us to overcome. Now that is what Grace really is in its simplest terms.
1 Peter 1:13-16 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the FORMER lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in ALL your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
To put on the divine nature and be conformed to the image of Christ, the REAL US must die. Yes that is right. All your selfish ambition must be surrendered fully to God. We must turn from doing our will and seek to do His will. We cannot be Lord of our lives and in control, He must be Lord and guiding our steps and directing our paths. We must be willing to lose our life to gain eternal life. The gospel is indeed simple if properly divided. We have adopted doctrines of demons and invented many forms of religion (denominations, church organizations etc) but have lost the truth along the way.
We must wake up the sleeping virgins and get oil in our lamps by returning to the true gospel message that was once handed down to the Saints. The modern-day message preached by religious institutions and spiritually minded people is for the most part in error and has led to the great falling away of today. That is a watchman’s duty to warn of pending calamity and that is what I am trying to accomplish here on this blog. God has certainly lead me out of my slumber and awakened me to His truth. My hope is you all will so blessed by our Lord.
Do not be deceived my brothers and sisters. Just as the serpent deceived Eve in the garden, the prince of the power of the air (the devil) is at work today leading people into deception and keeping their hearts from really knowing God and loving Him with all their heart. I pray this message has been a blessing to you.
Ephesians 5:3-6 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God 6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
Pete,
I sent you something that is entitled “Dying to Self”. The very thing you are talking about,.must be a Godcoincidence. Please feel free to post it, if you like. God bless, Chuck
@Charles, I have been reading the posts in silence the past couple of months, not feeling led to post but today I want to say I also “see” these things that you see.
@Charles I still have some things to surrender to God for sure. Yet one thing I have really noticed from the few true saints I have come to know and observe is that they really are dead to self and this world. DEAD, DEAD, DEAD and crucified with Christ. They live for Him alone and their actions and deeds reflect that. If I had to define them in one word it would be SELFLESS. THey are just total servants of others, always putting their wants and needs below those they are with and having no interest in partaking in the indulgences or worldly festivities that everyone else does. They are very slow to judge anyone and very slow to speak always thinking the best of people and showing mercy at every turn and never try to get even with anyone. They are dead to themselves and can just see the love of God working thru them.
I see the lack of power in the church related to the deeds of the flesh that are not put to death fully and while hearts are committed to the Lord it is not 100%. I don’t see God cooperating too much and sharing His glory very well with those still walking in the flesh. something to think about when we wonder where the greater works we are supposed to be doing for Jesus have gone. Not seeing a lof ot that today yet the power of the Holy Spirit is still here.
Brother Pete,
What you said about most people not dying to self, and failing to perform their part of the covenant, I believe to be true.
I know that I write quite often about striving for this higher level of his presence or fullness, it is what has been laid on my heart to share.
Having us keep thine eye single, running the spiritual race to win, not allowing a religious spirit of self, to go forward and produce anger, pride, envy etc.
The Dennis’s, and Richards in this life allow us to see this nature, and sometimes it reflects back on us when adversity hits.
But it’s all working for his good, and I appreciate the brothers and sisters at this site.
Paul, someone told me this and it meant a lot to me, so I will pass it on to you: Never cut anyone unless you can heal them, never crucify someone unless you can bring them back to life. “All” things that we say and do towards one another, must be motivated by love. I thought you would appreciate those words, as I have come to.
God bless, Chuck
A race of patient endurance with these instructions:
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith (fixing the eye on Jesus the prize, the finish line – Identification & Dependence)
Laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us (denying the old man, turning from him)
Dear Peter,
It takes time for the Pure Water of Jesus to soak in to the dead seed of a man’s spirit before it grows. (being born-again) After the beginning of Jesus pouring His Pure Water of Truth (Baptism) unto a person”s spirit, Jesus continues to pour His Water on a person’s spirit and shines His Light (Fire) on them to make them grow. They will grow to bear Fruit unto Jesus.
Love is Enduring to the END
Yet to those of the carnal mind……………………the sprit is as the wind.
They just cant tell, or know. It must be spiritually discerened.
Itsnt Grace just wonderful.
Nothing else brings joy………………all in this world , its things………….have just faded away…………there is not taste for them.
Oh……………but what JOY in the salvation of the Lord.
And the Joy of the Lord……………is my strength.
Yes…………………….let all of the world fade away………………endure unto the end.
For those who hold to this world, shall as it fade away quick at the end.
Tis a warning to all……………….Forsake all.
And all is but dung……………..to win Christ.
All is but a small word………….when our joy is in the Lord,,,,,,,,His salvation.
Freely we have been given……………………..freely in all things let us give.
This world is not our Home.
Be dead to self………crucify the flesh.
Self wants more and cannot be content……….it does for itself.
The spirit…………….does all for others sakes………….
If we be in Him………………we must walk as He did.
And he came not to serve himself……………..but to serve and give His life a ransom for many. The flesh is weak. thus crucify it by the Spririt.
Submit to GOd………….resist the devil………….crucify the evil flesh of man.
Walk in Him……………for apart we can do nothing.
A massive battle is coming……….for those who hold dear to our Lord.
Who live and eat by every word of GOd. Who place God first , before all things.
But no fear…………………the War was won at calvary. Praise the LOrd.
We just fullfill his sufferings………the dying of the body as paul put it.
And one day……………………it shall be said.by all who took part in the first ressurection.
Death where is they sting? For all in Christ have eternal life.
Endure unto the end…………..Kill the flesh……….lest the flesh kill you.
Set no affections upon the world, neither the things in it……………
Lest as they corrupt away………….so too does the soul of the one who desired them.
And knew not how to control and crucify the flesh…………the pride of life, of the eyes etc.
A life with cares of this life………and selfish ambtions of more is better.
They never knew just the Joy of the salvation of the Lord.
They never knew true contenment in Him.
Be dead to this dark, pitch black world. And walk by HIs light.
Blessed be the name of the Lord………..blessed be HIs holy Name.
Thanks Charles for the words regarding the Spirit of Christ taking root in our hearts and budding into eternal life. I do believe this is what newness of life means and what the process of dying to self and being born again is really all about. Most never die so Christ can not therefore raise them up in newness of life. Isn’t this the real baptism? We are baptized in Christ’s death which allows us to be Born Again from above.
John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit
Mark 16:17 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned
The kingdom of God is within us. It comes not with observation except the changed lives of those walking by the Spirit.
Jesus Coming, Establishing the Correct Order
Pete, I liked what you said in one of your video’s regarding, if we are watching major news media, reading newspapers, we will not see the things of God. That to me, is so true, and cannot be disputed.
In court, when the perspective jury members were being interviewed by the attorneys, they would use the phrase,” beyond a “SHADOW” of a doubt.
The attorneys would explain to the perspective jury members, that proof to find someone guilty is to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt, not a “SHADOW” of a doubt.
A “SHADOW”, they explained, has no substance to it; the reality is what is reflecting the “SHADOW”.
My friends, to me, the heartbreak of this world is CHANGE (loved ones dying, etc), but it is a SHADOW and not a spiritual reality. Example: My friend’s mother died many years ago, she was a Christian woman. My friend grieved over her and cried for quite some time, because he believed she was “dead”. God in his comfort to my friend, revealed a profound truth that brought him peace: God’s revelation was that his mother wasn’t dead, but that she was alive. He realized that the devil had brought that thought of death to his mind, and he had believed it, until God’s revelation had come. He realized that the devil had him looking at his mother’s temporal life (shadow) as true reality, instead of her eternal life with him (spiritual eternal reality).
But in the real world, the spiritual realm that operates on the unchangeable WORD of God, that world changeth not, it is eternal.
Shouldn’t are attentions, in this light, be focused on that spiritual realm for Christ’s coming within us, to its fullness, as the premier spiritual event (spiritual reality), instead of his physical coming to this earth (a shadow)? We must remember that the things that you can see are not real (1Cor. 1:28), it’s the things you can’t see that are eternal, those things that are simply told in his WORD by faith in God. Bringing Christ the WORD, into our eternal spirit is the real reality, his physical coming is a reflection (shadow) of this spiritual internal second coming within us. The eyesight was wrong 2000 years ago for a natural deliverer of the flesh of man; shouldn’t we be looking for a spiritual deliverer within our spirit to appear, and striving for it’s fullness in us? Shouldn’t we consider these things in prayer, before declaring heresy? Or maybe some of us feel we have fully arrived in oneness with the Father and Son, and can now bring their focus upon his physical coming. When I was trying to buy a car from the salesman, he kept asking me what kind of payment I am looking for: My response to him was that if we can settle on a lower figure on this car, then the payment will take care of itself. This story reflects a proper order, just like are focus should be on Christ’s spiritual coming to its fullest within us, then his physical appearance will have no choice but to manifest itself.
For Christ’s second coming, what most people are doing by looking at this changing World , this SHADOW, that doesn’t have spiritual substance, it diverts or takes away from the glory of Christ’s coming to it’s fullness, within our “Kingdom” or spirit.
It would be like looking at someone’s shadow, and focusing in on its movement, and just like the reference to WORDLY news media, it will mislead you, because it is not true reality, it is a passing shadow.
God in his WORD said that, he knew his children before the foundation of the world:
he is going to reveal himself first, to those children, within their spirit. Every one of them, down to the last single one, will receive the spiritual revelation of Jesus Christ (the WORD) within their spirit, before a physical appearance of our savior comes to this shadow, or natural earth. Hopefully, his coming within us will be to its fullness (100 fold).
We are all adults, we can focus our eyesight on whatever realm we wish to give ascendency to, but, if we want to be seated with him in the heavens, and live separate and apart from this shadow, this physical earth, we need to bring his appearance within our kingdom or spirit to it’s fullest extent.: because, to be an earth dweller in these last days with the coming end time wrath and judgments, would be a spiritual tragedy if we focus on a physical appearing, instead of his spiritual coming in us. With the coming wrath, we must ask ourselves, are we seated with him in heavenly places, or, are we still earth bound, being neither hot nor cold? We must learn and remember from our own experiences in regards to obtaining, material, physical, possessions and how they never satisfy. That’s why it is so important to bring the true spiritual reality of Christ within us, to its highest degree, and always remembering to establish a spiritual order in our lives before a natural one. When this spiritual order is followed or adhered to first, then the physical or natural will follow. It is just like when we cast a “shadow” from the “SON” upon this earth, what’s on the inside will manifest itself on the outside.
I don’t wish to argue, but, brothers and sisters, get ready in these last days with the spirit of truth at the helm, because some very profound truths are going to challenge our traditions of men. We must remember that the devil is here to kill, steal and destroy are spiritual life, we must always be on guard with the proper spiritual eyesight.
We must establish a correct spiritual order in our lives, so that we are not deceived by the evil one.
Pray, ask God for his revelation first, and he WILL give an answer.
God bless us in our search for his truths, Jer. 33:3
Sister Sandra,
“My grace is sufficient for you.” 2 Cor 12:9
All of God’s promises are Yea and Amen in Jesus Christ.
Keep you in prayer, sisther Esther.
Sister Sandra ,
In Jesus mighty name they are already in your past
Much love in Christ, Chuck.
Be blessed peoples.
I am sleepy so its off to bed now.
But i just want to encourage us all to Praise the Lord evermore
and that we grow in His love………….great grace.
Grace of godliness with contentment.
The salvation of the Lord is my JOY
And the Joy of the Lord is my strength.
Be content no matter what state we are in………………….
and joy in the truth…………..of our salvation in Christ.
Be blessed.
Bro. Charles: As CCF said, this was a refreshing message indeed. Out of all the fleshly desires, and so on, the one that I battle with the most is cigerettes. However, I know that one day they to will be a part of my past, with the help of Jesus. Thank you for your inspirational post.
God bless, forever in Christ Jesus, Sandra
This was a refreshing message, thank you.
Brother Pete ,
Like you have pointed out in your video’s , we just have to fulfill our end of the contract/ covenant.
There is no way around it, we must die to self, to the lusts of the flesh .
If I may comment on a few things that brought understanding for me concerning obtaining salvation.
Every person has certain leanings of the blood (or genectics) regarding use of tobacco, alcohol, homosexuality tendencies, unforgiveness or whatever it may be.
Thats why the blood covenant and the purity of the ” childern of Israels ” bloodline was to
remain pure by not marrying outside of the nation of Israel. It needed to be pure.
In genesis 26:35 Esau had married Judith a hittite which grieved Isaac and Rebekah in their minds. We should be grieved in our minds when our new testament childern marry outside of the spiritual bloodline and wed the lost of this world.
My people come from the west Virginia mountains. They smoked tobacco, chewed tobacco, and were addicted to it.
They passed on those “Leanings of the blood” to me.
Once I picked up and smoked that first ciggarette I was hooked.
The blood covenant made by my ancestors with tobacco visited me .
People who were born with homosexual tendancies also have these leanings in the blood.
And yes there are demons helping these “leanings of the blood ” along.
With these leanings of the blood or genectics going on it reminds me of the following: Our bodies are like the science class beakers being filled with chemicals that produce a certain reaction when they are mixed together. They have to produce a certain reaction based upon the certain chemicals that are mixed.
Can we say the same thing in regards to our blood or genectics and their inherited traits visited on their childerns childern ? They have a certain and sometimes controlling reaction within us , Don’t they ?.
Brothers and sisters everything I hope sounds rational and somewhat scientific for the answers to the above quetions to be yes . But look at what God did to ruin those tendencies of our blood.
If you have homosexual tendencies and the excuse is they were born like that , then guess what , ” GET BORN AGAIN”.
If you have leanings in the blood for tobacco use, guess what ” GET BORN AGAIN’
Ye must be born of spirit ( Cleansed by his PURE BLOOD ) and of water ( THE WORD).
As in the days of noe so shall it be in the end.
Brothers and sisters , Brother Pete teaches us about getting into the ark ( jesus) in these end days because a spiritual flood of destruction is comeing.
Lets reduce this “getting into the ark” down to its lowest common denominator in regards to the person of man and being born again..
When we fill ourselves up with the purity of Gods WORD it creates a flood within our KINGDOM OR SPIRIT WITHIN.Just like in the days of noe, as the waters get higher the fleshman is drowned leaving this earth or earthly body.
We must at this point start operating this vessel ( noahs ark ) that has been redeemned by the WORD and let Jesus start captaining our vessel.There are many examples of spiritman going into the water and the godless fleshman dying. The red sea with the childern of Israel, The Jordan river for baptism. It is a place of life for the spiritual man and death for the fleshman. Now this spiritual reality is taking place within the spirit or KINGDOM WITHIN.
The WORD eliminates at this point any pryor leanings of the blood or genectic crap within our spirits through the flood of his WORD.. God bless you on your voyage with your new captain. Jer33:3