Love, joy and peace in the Holy Spirit

Joshua divided the land among the tribes but the critical element of expelling the people of the land was never realized. It could not be because the Gentiles were going to be the test of gospel truth. The goal of loving God and neighbour has been kicked down the road for successive generations. Without Gentiles there was not going to be a family of all earth’s peoples.

Joshua 23:7-9 is clearly about Gentiles.

That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

Love, joy and peace in the Holy Spirit

Joshua divided the land among the tribes but the critical element of expelling the people of the land was never realized. It could not be because the Gentiles were going to be the test of gospel truth. The goal of loving God and neighbour has been kicked down the road for successive generations. Without Gentiles there was not going to be a family of all earth’s peoples.

Joshua 23:7-9

That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

Spiritual inheritance has a different set of problems. While evangelists and others receive recognition and reward for their work in introducing people to Christ the delivery of the promised life and associated gifts is entirely God’s prerogative.

1. He gives the Spirit

2. The Spirit gives us our portions of Jesus (John 16:14-15)

He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

The vast majority of transactions and arrangements in the churches of the 21st century are either levitical priestly hot air, secular and oppressive financial schemes, or loud theatrics.

Land in Canaan has shown us that xenophobia is a birth crime and sin and its persistence is due to blind pride in vanity.

Land and all of the things we can see and touch and smell and hear are potential idols. Love, joy and peace, when they are rooted in the Holy Spirit, can never become idols.

Spiritual Inheritance

Spiritual inheritance has a different set of problems. While evangelists and others receive recognition and reward for their work in introducing people to Christ the delivery of the promised life and associated gifts is entirely God’s prerogative.

1. He gives the Spirit
2. The Spirit gives us our portions of Jesus (John 16:14-15)

He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

The vast majority of transactions and arrangements in the churches of the 21st century are either levitical priestly hot air, secular and oppressive financial schemes, or loud theatrics.
Land in Canaan has shown us that xenophobia is a birth crime and sin and its persistence is due to blind pride in vanity. Land and all of the things we can see and touch and smell and hear are potential idols. Love, joy and peace, when they are rooted in the Holy Spirit, can never become idols like circumcision, festival, food and drink, clothing, law and prophecy.

Serving in love, joy and peace

Romans 14:18-20
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Proverbs 21:21 KJV

https://bible.com/bible/1/pro.21.21.KJV

This saying is rare because finding life etc. was not a popular activity. That’s like saying Noah’s salvation (he saved the world) was through faith in the Crucified. Neither Solomon nor any of his generation (or any in the previous generations of Jewish people) believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. They persecuted his prophets just as the modern wise ones in Christendom persecute and reject apostolic teaching. They did not believe Moses. Solomon followed neither David nor Abraham.

The chances of anyone finding these three – life, righteousness, and glory – is slim in deed.

• Life: you cant say I’m alive therefore I’ve found life

• Righteousness: we have none except that given us through expiation

• Honour (glory), none exists beside the glory of the incarnate Word

The attraction to Solomonic maxims in the modern era is disturbing. Did Solomon not know that ISRAELITE RIGHTEOUSNESS was doing everything God required?

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. Deu. 6:25

There was no pursuit of this kind of justice (tsedeqah) and grace (chesed, חסד ) the king’s lifestyle. Sure, he completed the building project his dad wanted, but we are not familiar with the temple as a place where life was the priority. Since blood is the face of life then righteousness never enters the picture with Israelite covenants (neither circumcision, nor the Tablets, nor the host of statutes and judgments) brought any life, righteousness or lasting glory.

Someone who pursues righteousness and mercy is a fool if he has heard that there is a Saviour for all men. Or do we want to propose that our pursuit of righteousness and plea for mercy are our contribution to salvation.

Israel sought righteousness by saying, at Sinai, “we will do everything Yawheh says”. Israel also sought righteousness by insisting that they can do all that God commanded, when Joshua plainly told them that was not possible. They had spent the years from Sinai up to the borders of Canaan going after other gods. Joshua saw the whole shebang. At thep time of the entry into Canaan, Joshua was still saying to them “Choose today: make up your mind”. Joshua knew what he was saying.

Who do we suppose Scripture describes in Romans 3:10-18 as (1) unrighteous (2) ignorant (3) not seeking God (4) out of the way (5) unprofitable (6) bad (7) death-throated (8) liars poison- lipped (9) murderous (10) unfamiliar with peace and (11) irreverent?

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.

I would rather take it from Yeshua, who said many righteous men and prophets desired to see a slice of messiah’s operations but did not see it. I’d rather take it from Paul who made a personal choice to discard his Jewish treasures for the excellence of getting to know Christ.

May 29, 2019, 1308 hours

The public statement by Special Counsel Mueller was just released and Jay Sekulo is on radio parroting the bigot in the White House, “no collusion, no obstruction”.

Like the writer of Psalm 119, the creative genius behind the asinine presidential tweets and GOP talking points is happy to have a few seconds of glee from the crowd whose distinction are hatred for aliens, cheerleading for bigotry, blindness to facts and truth, and deliberate ignorance of the constitution.

Mr. Sekulo is supposed to be a constitutional authority and his understanding of his employer’s criminal enterprises will help Mr. Sekulo give up the moral majority’s conspiracy to create constitutional crises that will, they foolishly hope, make America a religious nation.

I suppose these hounds of moral horror do not see the ruins on Temple Mount, or the concepts of Judaism that are irreconcable with truth and decency, or the failure of Caucasian capitalism and imperialism. Social media, manipulated by Russia or China cannot save the pro life smokescreen from crashing and burning. The leash is ready.

NO charge, it is all on the house. GOD (Romans 8:32 tells us)

did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shallow he not with him also freely give us all things?

Gift or merchandising

So why are there strings attached to the gift of salvation in some churches? Maybe they are not churches but are Satan’s synagogues. People are shamelessly trying to make everything reflect the transactions of the law of Moses/God and the patriarchal age. In most cases that practice results in waste.

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. Luke 5:37-38

The part of gift people do not want to accept is that part that says no creature can pay for the life of another. In the kindergarten games perishable things are precious. Gold, silver, flour, spices, and animal blood were at the centre, now they are useless. So are any work of righteousness – the filthy rags we dare to imagine God is interested in.

God’s Son is not a loan. What an amazing generosity! Shall we not give Him everything?

We thought that circumcision was a mark of a righteousness condition. Big mistake. It established male MEMBERship in Abraham’s family. Foreskin cutting did not mean people were in (obedient to) the Sinai covenant, and it did not make women joint heirs.
Circumcision may stand for a conscientious attitude but it also facilitated discrimination, namely misogyny and oppressive xenophobia.

Let’s be glad that we do not reap many things we sow