Trinity
"Created in His Image"
"To him that has ears to hear."
Explaining the Trinity: Consider your own make up as the Scriptures below reveal. We are an eternal Spirit with the "breath of life," with a body and soul (Genesis 2:7), created in His Image (Genesis 1:27), Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
So God created mankind in His own image; He created him in the
image of God. He created them male and female. (Genesis 1:27 & Matthew 19:4)
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ. --1 Thessalonians 5:23
God is a Spirit: and
they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. --John 4:24
It
is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I
speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. --John 6:63
"We do not know God with our flesh, with our hands or with our brains. We know
God with our spirit." --John G Lake (Spiritual Hunger, The God-Men)
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What did Jesus implore us to seek first?
"Did you take the Holy Spirit when you believed?"
When the body dies, what lives on?
Note: Scriptures under this heading are further covered for clarity through the remainder of this page.
"To him that has ears to hear." (Matthew 11:15,27)
Understanding the Trinity of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit (John 1:1,14, 4:24, 14:8-10. 1 John 5:7-8, Matthew 3:16, Colossians 2:9) may best be understood by knowing we are "created in His Image," (Genesis 1:27) "spirit, soul and body" (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Genesis 2:7, Job 10:11-13, 32:8-10, 38:36, and 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, 15:50).
From understanding the Trinity and Created in His image, we can now discern the Kingdom of God that Jesus informed Nicodemus of in John 3:3-7 by first knowing how God's Word defines the Kingdom of God, as Paul clearly states in Romans 14:17 - "For the Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit."
Then knowing that the Kingdom of God is "in the Holy Spirit," we can now comprehend what Jesus proclaimed in Matthew 11:27 and Luke 17:21, and when Scriptures refer to the "inner man" or "hidden man of the heart" Proverbs 20:27, 1 Samuel 16:7, Ephesians 3:15-19. 1 Peter 3:4, Ecclesiastes 12:7).
Know also there is a difference between receiving the Holy Spirit and being filled with the Holy Spirit. There is only One Way to receive and have the Spirit: To be born again of the Spirit (John 3:3-6). There is only One Way to be filled with the Spirit: Baptism in the Holy Spirit (John 1:33, Acts 19:2-7)
There is only One Way to KNOW the Father - by KNOWING Jesus (John 14:9)
There is only One Way to KNOW Jesus - by KNOWING the WORD. (John 1:1,14)
There is only One Way to KNOW the WORD - by having the Spirit reveal the WORD. (1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
There is only One Way to HAVE the Spirit - Be born again of the Spirit (John 3:3-6)
There is only One Way to be filled with the Spirit - Baptism in the Holy Spirit (John 1:33, Acts 19:2-7)
Acts 19:2 - Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?
Hebrews 1:10 - And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of Your hands:
We have life and are created in God's Image to have a free and loving relationship, for His pleasure and His glory, as He is worthy to receive praise and honor, as our Creator. (See God: Our Creator)
Colossians 1:15-19 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Revelation 4:11 - You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for You have created all things, and for Your pleasure they are and were created.
Isaiah 43:7 - Even every one that is called by My Name: for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Job 10:11-12 - You have clothed me with skin and flesh and have knit me with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and favor and Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
Trinity of the Godhead and trinity of man:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Fat02her,) full of grace and truth. --John 1:1,14
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 1 John 5:7-8
Matthew 3:16 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him...
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily... --Colossians 2:9
Philip said unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it will suffice us. Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me hath seen the Father; and how can you say then, Show us the Father? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works. --John 14:8-10
I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. --1 Thessalonians 5:23
What did Jesus implore us to "seek first?"
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. --Matthew 6:33
What is the "Kingdom of God?
Jesus preached and proclaimed the "Kingdom of God" which leads to salvation. Understanding the "Kingdom of God" that Jesus preached, not salvation, is necessary for our understanding.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again. --John 3:5-7
The Apostle Paul provided the definition for the "Kingdom of God" in Romans 14:17. "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."
Luke 4:18-19 -"The Spirit of the
Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me to preach Good News to the repentant,
He has sent Me to preach release to captives and recovery of sight to the blind,
to send release to the oppressed,
to preach the
acceptable year of the Lord."
Empowered
By The Holy Spirit - By Derek Prince - Have you ever considered the fact that Jesus needed the
Holy Spirit, just as we do? Jesus never took credit
for Himself, but attributed His whole ministry to the presence of the Holy
Spirit. ...If Jesus needed the Holy Spirit, surely we do! Nothing
can take His place.
...The first and most significant fact about the Holy
Spirit is that He a Person, a very important Person! It is absolutely
essential for believers to embrace this truth. He is not just an influence,
a doctrine, or a theological abstraction. The Holy Spirit is a Person, as
real as your own father or mother or son or daughter.
See Baptism in the Holy Spirit - There
is a difference between receiving the Holy Spirit and being filled with the
Holy Spirit. There is only One Way to HAVE the Spirit - To be
born again of the Spirit (John 3:3-6) There is
only One Way to be filled with the Spirit -
Baptism in the Holy Spirit (John 1:33, Acts 19:2-7)
It is through our spirit is how we receive "the inspiration of the Almighty"
and gives us
"understanding." Not our flesh or intellect.
Matthew 11:25-30 - At that time Jesus answered and said,
I thank You, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because You have hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and have revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it
seemed good in Your sight. All things are delivered unto Me of my Father:
and no man knows the Son,
but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son
will reveal him. (See 1 Corinthians 2:11-14)
Come
unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light.
Acts 2:38-39 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and
be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is
unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many
as the Lord our God shall call.
Romans 8:8-11 -
Paul also emphasized the necessity of having the "Spirit of Messiah":
Those who are in the flesh are not able to please God. But you are not in the
flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if
someone does not have the Spirit of Messiah, this one is not His. And if
Messiah is in you, on the one hand your body is dead because of sin, but on
the other hand the spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the
Spirit of the One Who raised Y'shua from the dead dwells in you, the One Who
raised Messiah from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through
His Spirit because He abides within you.
Ephesians 3:14-19 - On this account I bend my knees to the Father, from Whom
every family in the heavens and on the earth receives its name, so that He would
give to you according to the riches of His glory to be strengthened in power by
His Spirit working in your inner man, to make the Messiah live in your hearts
through faith, when you have been rooted and established in love, so that you
would be able to seize, with all the consecrated ones, what is the breadth and
length and height and depth, and to know the love of the Messiah that surpasses
our knowledge, so that you would be filled with all the fullness of God.
Paul further declared the importance of having the Holy Spirit
in our relationship and the compassion that Jesus has for all men by
imploring that we "know no man by the flesh" (2 Corinthians 5:16) indicating
we are to consider each person's spirit, which is eternal, and more
important than our temporary worldly life.
"Within You:" Man's spirit, the
inner man, hidden man of the heart: How to "love your enemy"
Hebrews 6:4 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and
have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
"God made mankind to be a spirit being in a natural body with a natural mind
and a free will. At the time of man’s creation, Spirit God breathed life
into man." --Ron
McGatlin
Our spirit is how
God communicates with us and have a relationship and how we can come to "know
God" which is "Eternal
Life" (John17:3). We cannot "know God" with our "flesh" or our own wisdom.
God does not look upon or consider our flesh or intellect (1 Samuel 16:7). He reveals Himself
to our spirit (1 Corinthians 2:10-16). We are to worship the Father in spirit
and in truth. (John 4:23-14). For we are created in His "image," a spirit, and are clothed with
flesh as He revealed to Job, Solomon, Paul and Peter and which Christ Himself
proclaimed as the primary teaching throughout His Ministry. "
2 Corinthians 5:16 - "Know no man after the flesh..."
What is Paul suggesting with this statement? Are we to consider everyone's
"flesh" (appearance), or the spirit of each person as the Lord implored
Samuel and as Paul instructs us? When Jesus confronted anyone, His thoughts
were His compassion concerning each person's eternity as well as each
person's earthly life. "Created in His image" is an eternal. As Christ
considers our eternity, we also are to look upon each other as our Lord does
by having the compassion for others, as does Christ.
How else are we to "love our
enemies" as Jesus implored us to do (Matthew 5:43-48)?
Romans 8:8-11 - And those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God
dwells in you. But if someone does not have the Spirit of Messiah, this one
is not His. And if Messiah is in you, on the one hand your body is dead
because of sin, but on the other hand the spirit is alive because of
righteousness. And if the Spirit of the One Who raised Y'shua from the dead
dwells in you, the One Who raised Messiah from the dead will also make alive
your mortal bodies through His Spirit because He abides within you.
The hallmark ministry of Dr. Charles S. Price,
still used by the Holy
Spirit to relate the Gospel of the Kingdom.
It is not "faith in God," but the "faith
of God" in us. Golden Grain Sermons, books, and more. "Faith does not originate
in the flesh; neither is it a product of our human reason. Faith is not what we
believe. It is not confidence. ...It is not generated by man, for it is IMPARTED
BY GOD!" ...(Hebrews 11:3) "through faith we understand." ...Faith must be
imparted; we cannot produce it. It is a GIFT OF GOD (1 Corinthians 12:9). It is
a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22)." ("Two
Worlds") In "understanding" God's Wisdom, "such
understanding only comes by an imparted faith! It is an UNDERSTANDING OF THE
SPIRIT rather than of the mind."
Philippians 2:5 -
How to have the same "mindset as Jesus Christ."
Isaiah 40:13 - Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has
taught Him?
John 16:12-15 - I have yet many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them
now. But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For
He will not speak on His own authority. But He will speak whatever He hears, and
He will tell you things that are to come. He will glorify Me, for He will
receive from Me and will declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine.
Therefore I said that He will take what is Mine and will declare it to you. Ephesians 1:17-18 -
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your
understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his
calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints... Job 10:11-13, 32:8-10, 38:36 - You have clothed me with skin and flesh and have
knit me with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and favor and Your
visitation has preserved my spirit. And You have hidden these things in Your
heart: I know that this is with You. ...But there is a spirit in man: and the
inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding. Great men are not always
wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. Therefore I say, Listen to me! I
will also show my knowledge. ...Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or, who
has given understanding to the heart?
...What Is the Dove Looking For? As the Dove descended over
the crowd of people that day, what was He looking for? The Lamb of God. What
is the Dove looking for today? He is looking for the nature of the
Lamb Jesus' nature. If we cultivate the nature of the Lamb, the Holy Spirit
will find us, descend on us, and remain on us. There are three Scriptural
characteristics of the nature of a lamb: purity, meekness (humility), and sacrifice,
a life laid down. When the Holy Spirit finds that nature in a
person, that is where He chooses to settle and remain. He does not approve
of arrogance, self-seeking, boastfulness, or aggressiveness. Those are
characteristics of the nature of the Beast.
Jesus emphasized fulfilling the "Promise of My
Father" (Luke 24:49) which was fulfilled on the Day of
Pentecost, (Acts 2:1-4) and Peter confirmed the "promise of the Father."
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 - Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet
not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to
nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of
this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord
of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that
love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things
of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God
knows no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual
things with spiritual. But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet
he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he
may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Samuel 16:7 - But the LORD* said to Samuel, Do not look at his countenance or at the height of his stature because I have refused him! For the LORD* does not see as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD* looks at the heart.
Proverbs 20:27 - The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Ephesians 3:15-19 - "From Whom every family in the heavens and on the earth receives its name, so that He would give to you according to the riches of His glory to be strengthened in power by His Spirit working in your inner man, to make the Messiah live in your hearts through faith, when you have been rooted and established in love, so that you would be able to seize, with all the consecrated ones, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of the Messiah that surpasses our knowledge, so that you would be filled with all the fullness of God."
Peter also highlights the importance of what God considers a "great price," and Paul confirms what was revealed by the writer of Ecclesiastes, that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God."
1 Peter 3:4 - But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
John 11:25 - "Y’shua said to her, “I AM the Resurrection and the Life: the one who believes in Me, even if he would die, he will live."
1 Corinthians 15:50 - "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption."
Ecclesiastes 12:7 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Luke 17:20-21 - And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
1 John 4:4 - Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Who "inspired" the Word of God? (2 Peter 1:20)
Who "reveals" the Word of God? (Job 32:8-10)
Romans 14:17 - So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
(More on the Word of God at "Faith and the Word of God")
"He that has ears to hear, let him hear..." Matthew 11:15-30
Racial discrimination: Refer to Declaration of Independence and Created in His Image above.
"He that has ears to hear, let him hear." (Matthew 11:15-30)
o "Know no man after the flesh..." (2 Corinthians 5:16)
o But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him (Eliab for David). The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
o "Male and female He created them." (Genesis 1:27)
o If "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 15:50), but the "spirit" can (Ecclesiastes 12:7), "racism" is a depraved secular trait and counterfeit to Biblical moral virtue.
o What does Jesus consider when He looks upon a person?
Imagine if you will a government and its people understood and adhered to "know no man after the flesh." (2 Corinthians 5:16) Oh wait, there is a government that does: the Kingdom of God and "heirs of Christ." (Isaiah 9:6-7, Psalms 145:11-13, Luke 4:43, Romans 14:17) "For the LORD* does not see as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD* looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7) "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 2:5) Depends on one's wisdom whether secular or Biblical. (Matthew 6:33)
"Did you take the Holy Spirit when you believed?"
Acts 19:1-6 - And it happened while Apollos was in
Corinth, after Paul went through the interior parts he went down to Ephesus and
found some disciples, and he asked them, "Did you take the Holy Spirit
when you believed?" And they said to him, "But in fact we did not hear
whether there is a Holy Spirit." So he said, "Then in what name were you
immersed?" And they said, "In John's immersion." Then Paul said, "John did
immerse an immersion of repentance to the people, saying that they should
believe in the One Who was coming after him, that is in Y'shua." And when they
heard they were immersed in the name of the Lord Y'shua, and when Paul laid his
hands upon them2 the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking in
tongues and they were prophesying. And there were about twelve men.
God's plan is not for you to get into heaven, God's plan is for Him
to live in you.
John 14:16-23
- And I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him
not, neither knows him: but ye know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in
you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while,
and the world sees me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live
also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in
you. ...Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my
words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our
abode with him.
Job 10:11-13 - You have clothed me with skin and flesh
and have knit me with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and favor and
Your visitation has preserved my spirit. And You have hidden these things in
Your heart: I know that this is with You.
Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath
given me life.
Genesis 2:7
- And the LORD God formed man of the dust of
the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul.
John 20:22 - John 7:37-39 - And on the final Sabbath day of the feast
Y'shua stood and cried out saying, "If anyone would thirst
he must continually come to Me and he must continually drink. The one who
believes in Me, just as the Scripture said, rivers of living water will flow out
from his inner being." (Isaiah 58:11) And He said this about the Spirit,
which those who believed in Him were about to take: for the Spirit was not yet
given, because Y'shua was not yet glorified.
1 Corinthians 2:7-16
- But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God
ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this
world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of
glory. But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, (Isa. 64:3; 52:15) neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that
love him. But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things
of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God
knows no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual
things with spiritual. But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he knows them, because
they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet
he himself is judged of no man. For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he
may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit
incorruption." (1 Corinthians 15:50) The spirit is what "returns unto God" (Ecclesiastes 12:7). The "inner man"
(Ephesians 1:17-19, 3:16) of the "hidden heart" (1 Peter 3:4), The
"candle of the Lord" (Proverbs 20:27). Acts 2:37-39 - And when they heard this they were pierced in
their hearts. They said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What could we
do, men, brothers?" And Peter said to them, "You must immediately repent, and
each of you must immediately be immersed in the name of Y'shua Messiah, for
forgiveness of your sins and you will take the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the
promise is for you and for your children and for all those in far away places,
whomever the Lord our God will call to Himself." Acts 17:24-25 - The God Who created the world and everything in it, this
One, Who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in sanctuaries made by human
hands. Neither is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He
gives life and breath and everything to everyone. From one man He made every
nation of men to settle upon all the face of the earth, after He determined
fixed times and the boundaries of their habitations.
Discover the many Scriptures outlined below revealing the
utmost importance God's Word and Jesus place on understanding "created in his
image."
What is "absent from the body?" How
will we "appear before the judgment seat of Christ? 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 -
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have
a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which
is from heaven:
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we
would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of
life.
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given
unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the
body, we are absent from the Lord:
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to
be present with the Lord.
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may
receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it
be good or bad.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it
was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
1 Corinthians 15:49-55 -
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
John 11:25-26 - "I am the resurrection, and the life: he
that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever lives
and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and
the communion (fellowship) of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14
Acts 2:1-4 -
And when the day of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, called Pentecost) had come they were all in one place together.
And a sound came suddenly out of heaven as bringing a violent wind and it filled
the whole House where they were sitting and dividing tongues like
fire were
seen by them and the flames sat upon each one of them, and all were
filled by
the Holy Spirit and began to
speak in other languages just as the Spirit was
giving them to speak out boldly.
1 Corinthians 6:19 - What? know ye not that your body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
If one is "dead," what lives on?