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This chapter is written on the third level, or specifically to
the very elect.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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Bear in mind, though we are still in the flesh,
it is the Holy Spirit we seek.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
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Remember, there's only one way in and
it through Christ.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it
was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh:
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The law can't bring you salvation, because you'd
have to live a perfect life from a babe to death
and in the flesh, this is impossible.
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But through faith in Christ, we know His
crucifixion and resurrection bring us salvation.
4 That the righteousness of the law might
be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
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Think a moment of the future when this man of
sin, or death, Lucifer, will appear to deceive
many.
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You know that this false Christ will appear
before Christ does, and there is no way that the
elect who walk after the Spirit, will not bend a knee
to Satan.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit.
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The Spirit is the true Spirit and the true
Christ.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.
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Carnally = fleshly minded
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How do you gain peace?
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In John 8:32 you are told you will know the
truth and the truth shall set you free.
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So you must learn the whole truth by studying
the word.
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You must learn who the elect are and what their
purpose is.
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This knowledge will bring you life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
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The carnal mind is an enemy of God and will
always be so, as a matter of fact.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
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It is true that in the flesh, we'll continue to
make mistakes and cannot wholly please God, but
be assured when we ask Him for help, He will
give it.
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But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that
the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
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Now who's in the Spirit of Christ?
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The elect
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This again proves that, only through Christ,
believing and accepting Christ, can we reach
life, peace and Salvation.
10 And if Christ be
in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life
because of righteousness.
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The body dies because of Adam's
sin in the very beginning, and you all know what
that was, but the spirit body may live for an
eternity.
11 But if the Spirit of him
that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised
up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by
his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
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God Himself shall raise you and remember what
the Greek meaning is for "resurrect".
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One of its meanings is standing up, so by
standing up for Christ, you are resurrected in
Christ.
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But it also means to return to the spiritual
truth and in this you are raised to a higher
level of spiritual thinking.
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What is your mortal soul?
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Mortal body = liable to die
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You are born with mortal soul
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors,
not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye
live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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Paul says here we owe a duty not to the flesh,
but God.
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If you put to death the deeds of the carnal
body, you will live by the spirit body.
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Now naturally we will remain in theses mortal
bodies until He sees fit to change or bring
about our destiny.
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as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God.
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Those who follow Him, who accept Him, they are
the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
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Or, Father, Father
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Some churches teach hell and damnation, and Paul
says here, I don't want you to be fearful.
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You weren't brought into Christ to be put in
bondage and to live in fear.
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Remember also that he's writing to the elect.
16 The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of
God:
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He dwells in us and we dwell in Him.
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that
we may be also glorified together.
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This time He is coming, for the elect, when this
dispensation ends.
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People will turn on you, if you tell them about
the word.
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the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
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If we suffer with Him and for Him a
little bit now, it matters not as we will also
glorified with Him.
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For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God.
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The manifestation of the sons of God will be in
the millennium when we shall be priests and
teachers and sons.
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Everything in creation waits for this time.
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Even the earth itself waits to be put back where
storms, earthquakes and this sort of things are
taken away, as it was in the Garden of Eden,
when a veil of mist watered the earth each
night, and storms were unnecessary.
20 For the creature was
made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who
hath subjected the same in hope,
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The Greek word meaning creature is used
interchangeably with the word creation.
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One way of translating this then is that all
creation was made fertile in it own right but by
Him who created it, again emphasizing that it
waits within itself for the millennium.
21 Because the creature
itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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The earth shall be made perfect again; no
foreign thistles or tares.
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And the creature shall be delivered from the
corruption of sin and death unto the glorious
freedom of the children of God.
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Again remember, Paul is writing to the elect or
true Israel.
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Revelation 21, New earth age
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we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves
also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we
ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to
wit, the redemption of our body.
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The first fruits, or the elect.
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What Paul is saying here is, that even the elect
as we are placed in this flesh body to
accomplish the plan of God.
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And bring about His purpose, even we look
forward to this day when we will be removed from
this dispensation.
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And released from the political system which is
the (first beast) mentioned in Revelation 13.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope
that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet
hope for?
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Paul says if we had seen it, we
would no longer hope for it, but it is
ahead of us and we still hope.
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do
we with patience wait for it.
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Through hope, we learn patience and with
patience, still hope.
26 Likewise the Spirit also
helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for
as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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Infirmities means our
weakness
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This says we often don't know what to do or how
to pray, but have you ever wondered that you
took a certain direction or made a particular
decision?
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Paul says here when the Spirit is in you and
you're in the Spirit, He guides you and takes
you where He would have you go.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the
will of God.
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God's know what's in your heart and leads and
guides you through the Holy Spirit that
intercedes for you.
28 And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose.
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All things work to the good for the elect, whom
God has called to accomplish His plan. These are
they who will stand up to the false christ in
confrontation that is soon to come.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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God chose
the very elect. It's certainly put plainly. God directs
your lives.
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The chosen are
to share the likeness of His Son.
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God destined those who stood for Him before the foundations of the
world to share the likeness of His son that they might stand with
Christ during the millennium and teach all others the truth.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them
he also called: and whom he called, them he also
justified: and
whom he justified, them he also glorified.
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If you will read these verses again, I want you to catch the full depth
of this.
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Why did God call some and some He did not?
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It's about who stood with God, when Satan fell in the fist world
age.
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Ezekiel 28; Tells us Satan tried to take God's place in the first
world age and there was a battle between God and Satan.
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If someone tells you anything else, they are not teaching God's
word.
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If you have read (Genesis chapters 6-8), you will know Noah took two
of (all races) into the ark.
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God loved all His children, He want to know, If you love Him.
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Are you willing to stand for Him, against Satan, to help your family
and the world?
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Satan will be cast out of heaven, into the earth, you have to
remember, this has not ever happen before, in this earth age.
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This is the final battle for Satan in this world age, just
before the millennium age, which is the Lord's day.
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Now, let see what Paul is trying to tell us.
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You will realize, He is
saying: I have chosen or elected you for My purpose, and it is a
particular purpose.
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I knew you in the world that was and have predestined you to this,
and in addition, you have already been justified, or judged and
found innocent.
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It is not by choice, but by the Father's choice.
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Because you took a stand against Satan in the (first world that was),
you have been chosen to do so again.
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The elect (whom God chose)
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Why?
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The elect stood with Him, when Satan fell, before the foundation of
the world that is, now.
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These He Justified, because they earned the right in the spirit in
the first world age that was.
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Justified'' means judged.
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God judged the elect and they were declared innocent
of all things of this world and also were glorified at that time.
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Justified, or He judged them that were worthy because of their loyalty and
the stand with God in the first earth age against Satan.
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This is why you are called or chosen to stand against Lucifer, Satan this
second time.
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You were called even before you walked this earth in the flesh.
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The subject of the world that was, you can find in our, Bible study hour:
The three world ages.
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If you would like to study more about the millennium, Bible study hour, the
millennium
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Revelation 7 tells us about the priests that overcame the tribulation of
Satan, all races (nations) will be part of this teaching their own race
(nation) and tribe.
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Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great
multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands;
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The Priests task will be to set up their
own nations throughout the millennium.
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There will be a place for the
multitudes.
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Who wore the white robes and were
before the throne of The Lord?
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These overcame Satan's tribulation,
these can go into the millennium
temple with the Lord.
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Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in
the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power,
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign
with him a thousand years.
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I just wanted everyone to know, God loves All of His children and the one
thing God can not do is make you love Him.
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It's up to you to read and study His word.
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The question now is?
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Do you want to be with the Lord or follow Satan?
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Satan's main purpose, is to cause
God's children to fight and disputed between each other.
31 What shall we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be against us?
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We see beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is foreordained or
predestined.
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If God does all these things for the elect, we who have eyes to see
and ears to hear, who can be against us.
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Truly, we cannot fear from man.
32 He that spared not his own Son, but
delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to
the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
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Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather,
that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us.
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God has justified us and Christ speaks for us.
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Who would dare to charge us with anything?
35 Who shall separate us from the love
of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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Christ is our
intercessor; are we going to let trials and tribulations here on
earth stand in our way of salvation?
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Keep in mind we are
being tempered and prepared for these last day when we must stand
against Satan.
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Who or what has to separate us from Christ's love?
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Or would we allow tribulations and this world (man's words) to turn
us away from Christ's love?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are
killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter.
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Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy
sake are we killed all the day long; we are
counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake,
why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not
off for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy
face, and forgettest our affliction and our
oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to
the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy
mercies' sake.
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As it is written in Mark and many other places,
you will be delivered up to the synagogue in the
last days.
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For what purpose?
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To be a witness, to carry the gospel to the
whole world, and remember, the Holy Spirit will
be speaking through you at this time.
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Special Bible study hour; who will be
deliver
up?
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am
persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to
come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Paul says here, he's certain that absolutely
nothing in this world is able to separate us
from God's love, which is in Christ.
This chapter is written specially to you. Who are the elect? Paul explain
the nearness of God's love.
He dwells in you, as you dwell in Him.
He leads and guides you and you can over come the tribulations that come
to you because of the great glory that He has in store for you in the
near future.
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