Now concerning
spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were
Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I
give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus
accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy
Ghost.
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And
there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all
in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal.
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of
wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith
by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To
another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of
spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man
severally as he will.
For as the body is
one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many,
are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit 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. For
the body is not one member, but many.1
Corinthians 12: 1-14
For, brethren, ye have
been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh,
but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even
in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
But if ye bite and
devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. This I
say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and
these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that
ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell
you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:13-25
If you ask a person who they are it is common to receive one
of two types of answers. There are some who will list degrees, certifications,
or jobs while others will give a list of their morals and ideals. The same is
common among believers; they will at times, whether solicited or not, find
themselves “proving” they are in a good relationship with the Lord. The proof
is offered in two ways some offer the works done by the Spirit through them and
others offer their acts of kindness toward others.
The problem with these answers is that who a person is cannot
be defined in such a way. The failure of such answers should be obvious enough
after all was Balaam’s donkey in a closer relationship with YHWH because YHWH
spoke through him, was Caiaphas a believer because he prophesied Messiah would
die for the nation, is it godliness to give all one has to the poor? Paul
concludes that a man can do all these things and still have not love.
- The Spirit witnesses that if we speak as a man or as a messenger of YHWH without love we are equal because all we say amounts to nothing.
- The Spirit witnesses that if we understand all mysteries, holy knowledge, if we prophesy nd move the earth with our faith but without love we are nothing.
- The Spirit witnesses that if we give all we have to the needy, and suffer torture and death before denying our beliefs without love we inherit nothing.
The treatise of love given through Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 is
the conclusion of the 1Corinthians 12 charismatic gift teaching and defined in
Galatians 5.
This being established should show us the wrong thinking and
eternally dangerous results of those who judge their own and others
relationship with our covenant keeping Father by the Spiritual works that have occurred
in their lives.
It is perhaps even more dangerous to learn to act joyful, peaceful,
longsuffering, gentle, good, faithful, meek, and temperate. Learning to act a certain
way is an admission that those things are not our nature. It is no different than
what is taught by fallen sons of Adam to their children; after all teaching a
child to not act selfishly is for the most part a self-preserving act for both
the parent and the child.
The new creation in messiah is not about conformation but
transformation. It is not how we act but who we are. The Pharisees went to
great length to do what was acceptable under the law and were concluded to be
nothing more than actors (hypocrites). The law was not a structure of correct
actions but instead a description of who Messiah is.
When we try to make ourselves obedient to the law we find
that what we received from Adam (our life) is by nature a transgressor and we
are not able to make it righteous. The church has not for the most part
disagreed with what I have thus far stated. It is how one proceeds from there
where we have failed.
- The desire for righteousness is not righteousness
- Forgiveness is not salvation
- Trying with all that is in you to do right is not living by faith
Adams fatal error was to trust in himself as an equal to
Elohim our Father; not to replace YHWH but to sit equal to Him. We do the same
thing when we believe that YHWH will bless us if we do our part. We cannot find
the righteousness we desire through effort but the just shall LIVE by faith.
If you claim Yeshua is living through you while the works of
the flesh reign in your life you are deceiving yourself. If you have no desire
to be made righteous you are not redeemed. Failure to do right is not a sign of
hypocrisy but of blindness (my people are destroyed for a lack of vision).
- Pick up your eyes from the earth and look to heaven from which your salvation comes.
- Trust in His promise that He and His Father will abide in you and be one with you.
- Depend upon the fact that Adams life in you is dead (repentance from dead works) by means of the cross.
- Expect the Holy Spirit (the breath, life, being) of YHWH to be His shared life within you
The Spirit calls to us come out from among them who put
trust in and attempt to prove the self, inherent from Adam. Let Adam’s death remain
in the grave and come away with me my beloved into resurrection life.
Resurrection life is not set aside for heaven, but as
Messiah the first fruit and first born among many brethren walked in resurrection
life upon the earth until He was taken up so should our shared life with Him be
upon the earth until we too are taken up.
