Have you not died to sin with Jesus? Been resurrected with Him? You know. The revelation given to Paul? What was accomplished by the Cross of Jesus?
So you must pick up your Cross and suffer the burden of what Jesus meant to free you? Or do you identify with His? And daily believe to faith in the power of ressurection life?
You have not yet come to sabbath rest and are yet struggling to do what has already been "finished".
EG sees much more than you realize.
You are a very good friend of EG to defend him. Loyalty is a good thing. But I never ever even suggested anywhere on this forum or any where else, that I could forgive my own sins. It was a cheap shot, it is a lie, and he shouldn't have said as much. But I forgave him so the slate is clean to start anew.
At one point in my life I stole, I dishonored God by defiling Jesus' Sabbaths that He created for me, I broke His Commandments because I didn't care about Him. But something happened to me. I was d
rawn to "Seek" Him. I found out He actually died so my rebellion and dishonor towards Him could be taken away. That is good news.
So I turned to Him as did many examples in the Bible. Why would I demand more Blood from Him by stealing any more? Why would I dishonor Him by continuing to defile His Sabbaths that He created for me?
We all have God's Word and we all have the serpent's word, just like Eve. We all make the choice between the two as Jesus wrote before becoming a man. (Duet. 30)
God's Word teaches honor, respect and obedience to God/Jesus and His instructions.
The other claims to be from God as well, but teaches us we don't have to honor, respect or obey God's Instructions. It's so simple even a child can understand. As Paul teaches.
2 Cor. 11:
3 But I fear, lest by any means,
as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty,
so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
2 Cor. 10:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare
are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
So I have entered the Rest" of God in that I no longer do my own "works" but the Works created by Jesus that are in me, written on my heart. This would include honoring His Sabbath that He created for me, that He is Lord of, that both Him and Paul walked their whole lives.
Now the serpent is still there as well. It has a doctrine and uses the Word of God to promote it. It has always taught that we don't need to listen to God's Words, that we can create our own truth.
This teaching does indeed "LOOK" good to many as it did with Eve.
"And
when the woman saw that the tree
was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes,
But I don't trust my sight as Jesus explained it is evil and wicked above all things. I trust Jesus to guide my steps, not some church, or the pope, or my own thoughts or the serpent.
Jesus life as a man on earth is "Finished". My life as a man on earth is not. I am to endure to the end as He did. I am to live by EVERY Word that He speaks, both as a man and as God of the Old Testament.
Matt. 19:
25 When his disciples heard
it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying,
Who then can be saved?
26 But Jesus beheld
them, and said unto them, With
men this is impossible;
but with God all things are possible.
27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
That ye which have followed me,(
Not the serpent disguised as an Apostle of Christ) in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold,
and shall inherit everlasting life.
This is my hope.
