“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”
God is our source. The origin from which something comes from or can be obtained.God is our resource. The provider of all we require.
“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. “
God breathed into us and activated life in us. We have nothing missing or broken we are whole. Part of God’s Spirit and DNA. We are the fabric of who He is.
“and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”
We are not separated. We are still alive, activated and connected and within that source and resource because of the sacrifice at the cross.
“how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
We are born of God and live life free of a sin consciousness. We have a core of power within which is of God. The truth of who we are.
“No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.”
Persistent, without conscience sinning comes from a fallen mindset where there is no knowledge or recognition of Jesus.
“Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. “
God gives us grace to recognise and be the full measure of who He has made us to be.
He enables us to recognise the truth and to confess and repent and be freed from anything that remains sinful in us.
He is without judgment and condemnation. He forgives.
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
In the same way that He is gracious so should we be to one another. We are rooted in loving, giving and receiving.
“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”
God gives what we are unable to attain ourselves. He makes us blameless, cleansed and holy and able to live fully in Him. That is His starting point.
The bible does not say that all who hear His name will believe. Jesus tells us that many will walk away.
“And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.”
The remnant that are left will ‘love’ and ‘come’ and ‘follow.’ They will remain together as church where God touches His saints and fills them with His Holy Spirit.
God’s presence penetrates us making us whole. We move from glory to glory where the future is brighter than the past.
The world moves from darker to darkness lit only by our light. God empowers us to light the way for others.
The illustration shows God as Spirit, the Light of the world revealing His Spirit into the world. Emanating Light pushing back the darkness.
Seven Scriptures that come to mind:
“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”Genesis 1:26-27 ESV
“then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”Genesis 2:7 ESV
“how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”Hebrews 9:14 ESV
“Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.”1 John 3:8-9 ESV
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”John 3:17 ESV
“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”John 3:18 ESV
“And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.”Matthew 24:10 ESV
The song Make Room. Kim Walker Smith https://youtu.be/TNf2Ye_mduY
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