Text: Colossians 3:9-10: [Shows “Christ our very Life”]:
· Vs 9: “Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds”: vs 10: “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him”.
I left off in part 1, in Genesis 1:24, the earth brought forth “man” as a living creature with
a body containing a soul, a spirit and mind in it. This man,
the living creature, that the earth brought forth, in Genesis 1:24, is called in
1st Corinthians, “earthy”.
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1st Corinthians 15:47: The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord from
heaven.
Earth in this verse means soil; a region
or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (incl the occupants); earth
as arable (suitable for plowing). In
other words, the earth God brought man forth from was that which pertained
to carnality or flesh, which brought
on death. But God delivered him and brought him from death
to life, from darkness to light, from corruption to incorruption, from
mortality to immortality.
EARTHY is the root word choikos’, meaning dusty or
dirty (soil-like). It also means cho’os, which is a heap (as poured out); rubbish; dust.
Dust in Genesis 2:7 is aphar’, meaning dust (as powdered or gray); clay, earth, rubbish (to be absurd,
nonsensical, or worthless talk or ideas; useless).
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Genesis 2:7: And the LORD God formed man of
the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life, and man became (was made) a living soul.
That’s what this “living creature” (man) was, being of the earth, earthy. He was
a heap as poured out; dust (gray – the
color of death); rubbish; sensitive; and
of a frail state, of low degree, until God
(Elohiym) made (asah’)
[prepared; dressed; advanced; appointed; brought him forth; furnished;
fashioned] him in His own
image after His likeness with God mindedness in him and gave him a command to subdue (bring under their
control) and have dominion (rule;
reign) over the earth.
So God created and made (prepared; dressed; appointed; furnished) man in His image, after His own likeness
by reviving “the man” (Adam),
nourishing him up; preserving, repairing, making him whole (complete and
entire) in every area, of his being (heart,
soul, mind, and body), with God’s own vitality
or life source in him and advanced
him into a place of dominion, power and authority, in and over the earth.
This is the purpose of man, or the objective
or aim of God for man. The objective
of God was, is, and always will be, to manifest Himself (the invisible God), in the earth visibly
within and through man (male/female).
Exodus 3 [God sends Moses into Egypt to deliver Israel from Egyptian
bondage]: In verse 11, Moses said to
God, “Who am I, that I should go
unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of
Egypt”? Notice, Moses used the
phrase “Who am I”? He didn’t realize that he was getting ready
to come to know that he was “I AM”!!
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Vs 13: And Moses said unto God, Behold,
when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of
your fathers hath sent me unto you: and
they shall say to me, “What is his name”?
What shall I say unto them? Vs
14: And God said unto Moses, “I AM
THAT I AM”: and he said, “Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. Vs 15: And God said moreover unto Moses, “Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you” this is my name forever, and this is my
memorial unto all generations”.
AM, in Hebrew is hayah’, meaning,
to exist; be or become; come to pass. The other Hebrew word AM comes from havaw’,
meaning, to breathe; to be thou. In other words, Moses was actually breathing (inhaling) God, and (exhaling)
God, in the face of Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Moses was I
AM THAT I AM God that went into Egypt, and delivered the Israelites.
In verse eleven Moses said, “Who am I”? But in verse 14, he was “I AM” that had gone into Egypt to deliver the people of God!!
People, John 4:24 says, “God is Spirit”. But in this earth realm He uses man (male/female),
to get done what He wants done!! So
don’t let religion tell you that God doesn’t need you. That’s the lie the enemy want you to
believe! Well, God may not need those
that believe that lie, but those of us that God has revealed this truth too realize that God need us to do what He wants done in this physical realm. God Himself chose this! It’s not that we are trying to make ourselves
God, but it’s that God chose to make Himself man!!!
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St. John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God: vs 14: And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us!
Look at what God said in the latter
part of Exodus 3:15: “This is my name
forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations”.
Name is the root word shem (shame),
meaning, through the idea of definite and
conspicuous (standing out so as to be clearly visible)
position; appellation (name; title; the action of giving a name to a
person or thing), as a mark or memorial of individuality; honor; authority;
character.
So the mark of individuality, honor,
authority, and character that God has given to man (male/female) that puts him (man)
in a conspicuous (clearly visible)
position to manifest God in flesh
form in the earth is having the name “I
AM THAT I AM”!
We know that Jesus Christ was God, in
flesh form, but that wasn’t the only form
He took on. Jesus Christ has always
been. It’s just that He appeared in different forms, and not just as a man!
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Genesis 2:9 - He was the Tree of Life
in the Garden of Eden.
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Exodus 4:1-17- He was the Rod in Moses’
hand when God sent him into Egypt, to show signs to Pharaoh, to let God’s
people go.
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Exodus 14:16 – He was the Rod in Moses’
hand that he stretched out over the sea and divided the waters.
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Exodus 17:1-7 – He was the Rock that gave
the Israelites water to drink in the wilderness.
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Numbers 21:8-9 – He was the brass fiery
serpent Moses made and put upon a
pole.
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St. John 1:1, 14 – He was the Word made flesh
or God in flesh form.
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St. John 1:20-34 – He was the Lamb of God that
takes away the sins of the world!
Remember, God said “This is my name forever, and this is my memorial
(zikrown’) [momento; record] / (zakar’) [to mark
(so as to be recognized); (make) mention (of); be mindful; call to remembrance]
unto all generations” (dor), meaning, revolutions of
time; ages; dwellings; posterity.
That’s why the Psalmist said in Psalm
8:1-9 (speaking of God’s glory and
Man’s honor): Vs 3: When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy
fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained: vs 4: What is man (enoshe’) that thou
art mindful (zakar’) of him, and the son of
man (aw-dawm’), that thou visit (paqad’) him?
God is mindful of “man”, because
He knew that he was only an enoshe’ man,
before He transformed him. The enoshe’ man was only a mortal, a stranger to God. The enoshe’
or anash’ man, was frail, feeble, melancholy, desperately
wicked, incurable, sick, and woeful. But
when God visited the “enoshe’ man”
with friendly intent He created and made him
in His own image, and after His likeness.
This is when the “enoshe’ man”
became the “Adam man”. The
Adam man (male/female) was the man
with God’s innocent (not guilty; pure;
Alpha) blood in him, and man became God’s memento or record of who God
made him to be, which is, the invisible
God, made visible, in flesh form, in the earth, in man.
Look at what God said to Moses: Exodus 7: And the LORD said unto Moses, “See, I have
made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron
thy brother shall be thy prophet”.
The word “god” in this verse, is the root word elohiym (eloheem’), meaning, gods
in the ordinary sense; but specifically of the supreme God; mighty. This word carries the same definition as God (elohiym) in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created, the heaven
and the earth”.
But please let me remind you of
something written in Psalm 82.
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Vs 1: God (elohiym’)
stands in the congregation of the mighty (el) [gods]; he judges among the gods (elohiyms’). Vs
6: I have said, ye are gods (elohiyms’); and all of you are children (sons) of the Most High (elyown’) [an elevation; lofty; the Supreme: (Most, on)
high (er; est); upper (most).
Therefore, we know to stay in our
lane as elohiyms, because God is Elyown’, the Most High God!!
The majority of mankind is afraid to
think themselves as gods, much less
say it. That’s because they feel that
they are exalting themselves, but when we agree with what God Himself says,
that is not self-exaltation at all.
That’s what’s called being in agreement
with. Amos 3:3, “Can two walk together except they be
agreed (concur; be of the same mind)”? How can a person totally
walk with God, if he/she doesn’t believe what God says? Philippians 2:5: Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: vs 6: Who being in the form of God thought (deemed; considered) it not robbery (thievery) to be equal (in agreement) with God.
If you’re afraid to even think that you are god, even though God says that you are, you will never become all
He has ordained you to be. For as he/she thinks in his/her heart, so is
he/she (Proverbs 23:7). Whose report
are you going to believe?
John 10:30-38: [Jesus stating proof of His deity
and really ours to]:
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Vs 34: Jesus answered them, “Is it not
written in your law, I said, you are gods” (the’os)
[a deity; the Supreme God; god; godly; Godward]?
That settles it!! We are who God says we are!!
Still talking about Man, God’s image!
Genesis 4:25-26 (Adam and his wife have another
son) [Cain killed Abel]:
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Vs 25: And Adam knew his wife again, and
she bare a son, and called his name Seth (sheth)
[a substitute] (replacement; surrogate;
cover; stand-in]: (or shiyth) [to place;
apply; appoint; array; bring; consider; lay (up); make; mark; out (on); regard;
set; show], for God, said she, hath appointed (shiyth) [placed; put; set; stationed; fixed] me
another seed (ze’ra) [fruit; posterity;
offspring; descendant(s); sowing] instead of Abel, whom Cain
slew. Vs 26: And to Seth, to him also was born a
son: and he called his name Enos (enoshe’) [a mortal]/(anash’) [to be frail, feeble,
melancholy: desperately wicked; incurable,
sick, woeful]: then began
men to call (qara’) [address by name; call
(self)] upon the name of the
LORD.
Seth’s name means (sheth) [a substitute] (replacement;
surrogate; cover; stand-in]/(shiyth)
[to place; apply; appoint; array; bring; consider; lay (up); make; mark; out
(on); regard; set; show. Seth
[a type of
Christ] was the appointed seed (posterity; offspring; descendant) that
would compensate or be the substitute for Abel, to put in place or set
a fixed law to predetermine (establish
or decide in advance), the balancing power of good after every transgression
(an act that goes against a law, rule, code of conduct), or offense.
Enos (enoshe’) [a mortal], is the son of Seth, grandson of Adam (that had God’s innocent blood in him). This lets us know that Enos had to be taught the Kingdom message of the ability to have
God’s mind containing God’s wisdom,
understanding, and knowledge in him. He
had to also be taught that he could possess God’s dominion, authority, and
power to become one of God’s representatives in the earth! Enos
understood that he didn’t have to remain as a mortal (frail; feeble; desperately wicked; sick; woeful), but
that he could become immortal, incorruptible, have divine health, perfect
peace, and eternal life. When he
realized the ineffectiveness of his own efforts, living in that which pertained to
the natural or carnal/flesh aspect outside of Spirit, it’s then that he begins
to seek after God, the Higher Power. It was at this time that men didn’t just call upon the name of the LORD only, but they began to call (qara’)
[address; call (self)] their selves by name of the LORD!
Just to name a few god-men:
Abel; Samuel; Joel; Isaiah; Jeremiah;
Ezekiel; Daniel; Zechariah, etc.
Jesus Christ the same
yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
As He (God) was then, so is He now!! God had a body of people then that He called Adam. There was a group or body of people called Israel, which He called His son at one point (Exodus 4:22). In another place God called this body of people His wife (Jeremiah 3:14b): “For I am married unto you”.
Throughout
scripture, men (male/female) were considered gods
(Psalm 82:6). God still has a body of people that are considered gods (John 10:34), but we
are called Christ (Romans 12:5; 1st Corinthians 12:12)!!
That’s because Jesus was born (genna’o) regenerate:
bear; beget; bring forth; conceived; delivered of] as Jesus [Greek] (Iesous’) [Heb] (Yehowshuw’a) [Jehovah saved] Savior;
deliver; defend; rescue], but He was called (leg’o) [to lay forth] Christ (Christos’) [Anointed] (Matthew 1:16).
In Hebrew Messiah (mashiy’ach) means anointed;
consecrated. Jesus was made (poie’o)[appointed; bring (forth);
ordained; purposed] Christ.
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Acts 2:36: Therefore let all the house of
Israel, know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom you have
crucified, both Lord (Supreme in authority) and
Christ (the Anointed One).
But, Jesus could not be Christ
by Himself. 1st
Corinthians 12:12: For as the body is
one, and hath many members and all the members of that one body, being many, is
one body: so also is CHRIST.
We are still talking
about, “Man the Image of God”!
Someone might ask, “How did He become the one body”? I’m glad you asked. That was the flesh Man Jesus that died on the cross. But when He rose the third day, He arose a many-membered body, called Christ.
Matthew 27:45-56 (Jesus’ death): vs 50: Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud
voice, yielded up the ghost. Vs
51: And, behold, the veil of the
temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake,
and the rocks rent: vs 52: And the graves were opened, and many
bodies of the saints which slept arose: vs
53: And came out of the graves after
his resurrection and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Luke 24:13-35: [Jesus appears to Cleophas and
another disciple on the road to Emmaus where He abode, sat at meat with them,
took bread, and blessed it, and break, and gave to them]:
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Vs 31: And their eyes were opened, and they
knew him: and he vanished out of their
sight.
They recognized Him by what He did!!
Remember, in John 20:11-18: [Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene, after His
resurrection, and she thought He was the Gardener]:
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Vs 16: Jesus said unto her, “Mary”. She turned herself and said unto him,
“Rabboni”, which is to say, Master.
Mary recognized Him by what He
said!!
Had Jesus appeared to those disciples
on the road to Emmaus and Mary Magdalene in the body He went to the cross with,
surely, they would have recognized Him. But
He was now appearing in those saints that had now been awakened out of the
sleep of death from the graves. When
Jesus rose from the dead, the Christ
that had been put to sleep in the earth through Adam, was now awakened!!
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1st Corinthians 15:22: In Adam all die; even so in
CHRIST, shall all be made alive!!
1st Peter 3:18: For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to
death in the flesh, but quickened (made alive) by the Spirit: vs 19: By which also he went and preached (kerus’so)
[proclaimed divine truth (the gospel)], unto the spirits in prison.
When Christ arose, He brought
together those that were in the spirit
realm and those of us in this natural
realm together as one body! He was now appearing and will always
appear, in His new body, His people called CHRIST.
Mark 12:18-27 [Jesus talks to the Sadducees
about the resurrection]:
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Vs 26: And as touching the dead, that they
rise: have you not read in the book of
Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, “I am the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”?
Vs 27: He is not the God of the dead, but the
God of the living: you therefore do
greatly err.
The Resurrection is a person,
Jesus Christ Himself, and not a coming event.
John 11:25: Jesus said to
her (Martha), “I am the resurrection and the life”.
Get this: Death does not change
man and bring him into the resurrection
and eternal life: but the
resurrection (anas’tasis) [recovery of spiritual truth) delivers man from sin and death, and brings him into eternal life.
So, when those saints arose in
Matthew and went into the holy city,
and appeared unto many, it wasn’t just the Jerusalem of that day, but it was the holy city, New Jerusalem that John saw
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband
(Revelation 21:2). This was and is the bride that has now become, the Lamb’s wife, the church, which we all are, that one body, called CHRIST!
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1st Corinthians 12:12: For as the body is one and hath
many members (limbs; parts), and all the members
of that one body being many are one body:
so also is CHRIST. Vs 13: For by one Spirit (not water) are we all baptized into one body,
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free: and have been all made to drink into one
Spirit.
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Hebrews 12:22: But you are come unto mount Zion,
and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels: vs
23: To the general assembly and
church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of
all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. Vs 24: And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Because, Jesus was God in a flesh
body, therefore we are the flesh of God in the earth now also. St. John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word
was God: vs 2: And the same (you/I)
was in the beginning with God: vs
14: And the Word was made flesh and
dwelt among us.
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Ephesians 5:30: We are members (limbs; parts) of His body, of His flesh, and of
His bones.
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1st John 4:17: “As he is, so are we, in this
world”!
So this makes us God’s congregation or assembly of gods in the earth today, and as
it will be forever!!
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John 10:34: Jesus said to them (the Jews),
“Is it not written in your law, I said, you are gods”?
You are that which is seen, of Him
who is invisible!
Believe, and receive this truth
today!!
Pastor Gracie Perry