Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
This is one of the most profound texts found in scripture. Paul is addressing those who are trying to be justified by the law and he says that he himself is dead to the law and that the life he now lives is by the faith of the Son of God. He explains that he can do this because the Messiah lives in him. This is the beauty of the new covenant which is that we have the Son of God Himself living in us when we crucify the flesh. This crucifying of the flesh is done when we die to the things of this world. Our baptism into Jehoshua signifies this, in that we are dying to the world and the lusts associated with it and rising in newness of life with Jehoshua Messiah. This is the believers first resurrection, the second being the bodily resurrection at the Messiah's advent.
This is why it is folly to try and justify yourself with the works of the law because the Father has provided us with much something much better.
Colossians 1:26-27 (KJV)
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
In the old testament, the Son of God was seen and also was the one who spoke on the Father's behalf. His identity as God's only begotten Son and the truth that He was the one who was in the prophets when they prophesied, was not fully revealed. In fact, it was very well hidden from not only the gentiles but even the Israelites. Although, it was understood by some of the Israelites that Jehovah God had a divine Son who was also His Word, the full revelation of God's Son was hidden from most.
Paul calls this mystery of the Messiah being in us the hope and riches of glory. This is why Paul takes such a strong stance against those who are putting themselves under the law and trying to put others under the law. Paul is not against the law as he says that he upholds the law (Romans 3:31). What Paul is against is believers trying to justify themselves through the law and also putting themselves under it as something they have to keep in it's entirety as of the manner of the Jews.
If the Son of God in us, is hope and riches in our spiritual life, then we will not need to focus on the mechanics of keeping the law. The law will not be to us a checklist of do's and don'ts, but rather the law will be naturally lived out in our daily life because we have the one who kept the law perfectly living in us through His Spirit.
Romans 8:1-10 (KJV)
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 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: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 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. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is 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. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 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. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
When we have the Spirit of the Messiah living in us then we will naturally have the righteousness of the law fulfilled in us. The key is having the Son of God in us as this allows us to follow after righteousness having the law written on our hearts. In fact, that is the beauty of the new covenant is having the law written on our hearts and inward parts.
Jeremiah 31:31-133 (KJV)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
When we become born again into the Kingdom of Jehoshua Messiah, the Father through His Spirit puts the law in our hearts and inward parts. The great thing is that when we receive the Spirit of the Father we automatically get the Spirit of His Son also. This is why in verse 9 of Romans 8, the words Spirit, Spirit of God and Spirit of Christ are used interchangeably. Verse 2 of Romans 8 says that the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah makes us free from the law of sin and death. When we get the Spirit of Messiah, we automatically are filled with the righteousness of the law because we get the life of Messiah in us (Romans 8:2). In other words, we receive the living Word in our inner man rather than focusing on the letter of the law.
2 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV)6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Whereas the old covenant could at times have a focus on the letter of the law, the new covenant emphasizes the Spirit of the law. This is why the new covenant is so much better than the old as there are better promises. Many today are going back to the letter of the law which Paul says kills. These people are forgetting that the law was a school master to bring us to the Son of God and now that we have the reality and substance are focus is on the Spiritual aspects of the law rather than the letter. This is why you often see a lot of legalism and confusion in the Torah and Hebrew roots communities because they have substituted the Spirit for the letter. If you are trying to live out the law by the letter it could be a never ending back and forth situation where you are trying to figure out what is to be kept and what is not to be kept. In the meantime, you left the Spirit behind which means you have not the Spirit of Messiah and you are none of His (Romans 8:9).
This is why Paul takes such an adamant stand against those who are putting themselves back under the law and worse yet trying to get others back under the law. Paul actually calls these people false brethren bringing in a false gospel (Galatians 2:4-5). Paul knows that once someone falls into the trap of trying to be justified by the law ,they have left the Messiah behind and have frustrated the grace of God the Father. Trying to be justified by the law is putting the cart before the horse and trying to do something that cannot be done unless one seeks righteousness by the Spirit. The Spirit will lead us to all truth and thereby we will keep the righteousness of the Spirit of the law which is the life of Messiah.
When the Messiah conducted His earthly ministry, He showed and taught us to how to live the law out in our daily life. The sermon on the Mount is the blueprint for living the law out in our lives. It is a heart matter. As said before, we can only do this when we have Jehoshua living inside us. This is the key to the new covenant and why it is so much superior to the old one. So, how do we get to have the Messiah living in us? First off, God the Father in His rich mercy calls us to be reconciled unto Himself through His Son.
Ephesians 2:4-6 (KJV)4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
God the Father quickens us to newness of life uniting us with His Son whom He raised from the dead. It is through God's grace that we can exercise saving faith in His Son. In fact, it is in confessing and believing (faith) that Jehoshua is the Son of God that one has either received or receives the Holy Spirit.
1 John 4:15 (KJV)
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
When we make the above confession it is the proof that God dwells in us through His very own Spirit. We receive the gift of the Spirit when we truly believe that Jehoshua is indeed God's only begotten Son. This isn't merely a belief in a metaphorical or adopted Sonship but rather in a literal pre-existent begotten Sonship as the bible teaches. This was the confession that allowed the Ethiopian eunuch to be baptized:
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
This is one of the most profound texts found in scripture. Paul is addressing those who are trying to be justified by the law and he says that he himself is dead to the law and that the life he now lives is by the faith of the Son of God. He explains that he can do this because the Messiah lives in him. This is the beauty of the new covenant which is that we have the Son of God Himself living in us when we crucify the flesh. This crucifying of the flesh is done when we die to the things of this world. Our baptism into Jehoshua signifies this, in that we are dying to the world and the lusts associated with it and rising in newness of life with Jehoshua Messiah. This is the believers first resurrection, the second being the bodily resurrection at the Messiah's advent.
This is why it is folly to try and justify yourself with the works of the law because the Father has provided us with much something much better.
Colossians 1:26-27 (KJV)
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
In the old testament, the Son of God was seen and also was the one who spoke on the Father's behalf. His identity as God's only begotten Son and the truth that He was the one who was in the prophets when they prophesied, was not fully revealed. In fact, it was very well hidden from not only the gentiles but even the Israelites. Although, it was understood by some of the Israelites that Jehovah God had a divine Son who was also His Word, the full revelation of God's Son was hidden from most.
Paul calls this mystery of the Messiah being in us the hope and riches of glory. This is why Paul takes such a strong stance against those who are putting themselves under the law and trying to put others under the law. Paul is not against the law as he says that he upholds the law (Romans 3:31). What Paul is against is believers trying to justify themselves through the law and also putting themselves under it as something they have to keep in it's entirety as of the manner of the Jews.
If the Son of God in us, is hope and riches in our spiritual life, then we will not need to focus on the mechanics of keeping the law. The law will not be to us a checklist of do's and don'ts, but rather the law will be naturally lived out in our daily life because we have the one who kept the law perfectly living in us through His Spirit.
Romans 8:1-10 (KJV)
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 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: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 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. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is 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. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 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. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
When we have the Spirit of the Messiah living in us then we will naturally have the righteousness of the law fulfilled in us. The key is having the Son of God in us as this allows us to follow after righteousness having the law written on our hearts. In fact, that is the beauty of the new covenant is having the law written on our hearts and inward parts.
Jeremiah 31:31-133 (KJV)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
When we become born again into the Kingdom of Jehoshua Messiah, the Father through His Spirit puts the law in our hearts and inward parts. The great thing is that when we receive the Spirit of the Father we automatically get the Spirit of His Son also. This is why in verse 9 of Romans 8, the words Spirit, Spirit of God and Spirit of Christ are used interchangeably. Verse 2 of Romans 8 says that the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah makes us free from the law of sin and death. When we get the Spirit of Messiah, we automatically are filled with the righteousness of the law because we get the life of Messiah in us (Romans 8:2). In other words, we receive the living Word in our inner man rather than focusing on the letter of the law.
2 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV)6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Whereas the old covenant could at times have a focus on the letter of the law, the new covenant emphasizes the Spirit of the law. This is why the new covenant is so much better than the old as there are better promises. Many today are going back to the letter of the law which Paul says kills. These people are forgetting that the law was a school master to bring us to the Son of God and now that we have the reality and substance are focus is on the Spiritual aspects of the law rather than the letter. This is why you often see a lot of legalism and confusion in the Torah and Hebrew roots communities because they have substituted the Spirit for the letter. If you are trying to live out the law by the letter it could be a never ending back and forth situation where you are trying to figure out what is to be kept and what is not to be kept. In the meantime, you left the Spirit behind which means you have not the Spirit of Messiah and you are none of His (Romans 8:9).
This is why Paul takes such an adamant stand against those who are putting themselves back under the law and worse yet trying to get others back under the law. Paul actually calls these people false brethren bringing in a false gospel (Galatians 2:4-5). Paul knows that once someone falls into the trap of trying to be justified by the law ,they have left the Messiah behind and have frustrated the grace of God the Father. Trying to be justified by the law is putting the cart before the horse and trying to do something that cannot be done unless one seeks righteousness by the Spirit. The Spirit will lead us to all truth and thereby we will keep the righteousness of the Spirit of the law which is the life of Messiah.
When the Messiah conducted His earthly ministry, He showed and taught us to how to live the law out in our daily life. The sermon on the Mount is the blueprint for living the law out in our lives. It is a heart matter. As said before, we can only do this when we have Jehoshua living inside us. This is the key to the new covenant and why it is so much superior to the old one. So, how do we get to have the Messiah living in us? First off, God the Father in His rich mercy calls us to be reconciled unto Himself through His Son.
Ephesians 2:4-6 (KJV)4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
God the Father quickens us to newness of life uniting us with His Son whom He raised from the dead. It is through God's grace that we can exercise saving faith in His Son. In fact, it is in confessing and believing (faith) that Jehoshua is the Son of God that one has either received or receives the Holy Spirit.
1 John 4:15 (KJV)
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
When we make the above confession it is the proof that God dwells in us through His very own Spirit. We receive the gift of the Spirit when we truly believe that Jehoshua is indeed God's only begotten Son. This isn't merely a belief in a metaphorical or adopted Sonship but rather in a literal pre-existent begotten Sonship as the bible teaches. This was the confession that allowed the Ethiopian eunuch to be baptized:
Acts 8:36-37 (KJV)
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain
water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be
baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest
with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
1 John 5:4-5King James Version (KJV)
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this
is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world,
but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
The above
passage ties in our born again experience with having faith that Jehoshua is
the Son of God. The proof that one is born of God is if they overcome the
world. Those who overcome the world are those who have the faith of victory.
Not just any faith though but having faith in Jehoshua being the Son of the
living God. Those who possess this faith
will overcome unto the end and receive the crown of eternal life.
Martha lived
by the faith of the Son of God:
John 11:25-27(KJV)
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I
believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the
world.
In context
of the passage above in John 11, Martha expressed faith that her brother would
rise again at the last day. She also expressed faith that whatever Jehoshua
asked the Father it would be granted to Him.
What was her faith based on? Verse 27 tells us, Martha believed that
Jehoshua was the Messiah and that He was the Son of God which should come into
the world. This passage reveals that the
expectation of the Jews in regards to the coming Messiah was that He would also
be God’s Son. Notice that Martha’s expectation was that there was a Messiah who
would also be God’s Son that would come into the world, meaning that He existed
as God’s Son prior to coming into the world. If Jehoshua wasn’t God’s Son in
His pre-existence then Martha’s statement makes no sense because something
can’t come into the world if it already didn’t exist. This shows that Jehoshua’s pre-existent
identity is as the Son of God. God couldn’t send His Son into the world if He
didn’t have a Son to send.
Martha’s
faith was rooted in the Sonship of Jehoshua and it was this faith that gave her
hope of the last day resurrection for her brother. It was Her faith that
Jehoshua was God’s Son that gave her hope that her brother would be brought
back to life even at that day.
Peter lived
by the faith of the Son of God:
Matthew 16:13-17 (KJV)
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he
asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist:
some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it
unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
In one of
the most important passages in all of scripture, Jehoshua ask His disciples who
do they say that He (Jehoshua) is in identity. Peter makes a confession that is
approved by Jehoshua as the rock that the Church would be built on. Jehoshua
also says that it was the Father in heaven who revealed this to Peter. This is
supposed to be the confession that the Church of all time adheres to in terms
of Jehoshua’s identity and also the confession that determines whether one has
the Spirit of God in them and hence are born again. Notice that Peter doesn’t
confess a trinity or that Jehoshua Himself is the Almighty God but rather that
Jehoshua is the Son of the living God. Peter’s faith was in the Son of God.
John 1:47-51King James Version (KJV)
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus
answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast
under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the
Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee,
I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things
than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of
God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Nathaniel
was an Israelite that had no guile in his mouth according to Jehoshua. This
Israelite that had no guile in his mouth identified Jehoshua as the Son of God.
The Son of God affirmed Nathaniel’s confession as He did Peter and Martha’s. If
we want to be known as believers that have no guile in our mouths, then we must
truly believe like Nathaniel that Jehoshua is indeed the Son of God. How many professed Christian’s can say this?
For many Christians, Jehoshua being the Son of God is just a metaphor or role
play rather than an ontological truth. Jehoshua truly is the literal begotten
Son of God.
John 3:16-18King James Version (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
How do we
know God loves us? Because He gave His only begotten Son. Many miss the beauty
of this passage. Why is that? Because they have turned the Sonship of Jehoshua
into a metaphor or role play, which obscures the important truth that God
really loves us so much that He was willing to send us His literal Son and see
Him suffer so that we can be reconciled unto Him. This is the most famous verse
which is often posted at sports games, yet most Christians totally miss the
truth of what this verse is saying. This verse is saying that God indeed had a
Son to send to us in the first place. God could not send us a Son if he didn’t
already have a Son to send. This verse speaks to the Messiah’s preexistence and
that in His preexistence His identity is as the only begotten Son of God.
Our
salvation depends upon believing in this very truth, that indeed in identity
Jehoshua is the Son of God. This is the faith that we are supposed to live by.
Those who believe in this truth will have everlasting life, those who don’t
will perish in the lake of fire. They will perish because they didn’t believe
in the name of the only begotten Son of God. The word “name’ in Greek means
identity, character and authority all of which are tied into the fact that
Jehoshua in identity is the Son of the Almighty God.
Paul’s first
sermon was that Jehoshua is the Son of God:
Acts 9:17-20
(KJV)
17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and
putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that
appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest
receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, an
Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
This is one of the most profound texts found in scripture. Paul is addressing those who are trying to be justified by the law and he says that he himself is dead to the law and that the life he now lives is by the faith of the Son of God. He explains that he can do this because the Messiah lives in him. This is the beauty of the new covenant which is that we have the Son of God Himself living in us when we crucify the flesh. This crucifying of the flesh is done when we die to the things of this world. Our baptism into Jehoshua signifies this, in that we are dying to the world and the lusts associated with it and rising in newness of life with Jehoshua Messiah. This is the believers first resurrection, the second being the bodily resurrection at the Messiah's advent.
This is why it is folly to try and justify yourself with the works of the law because the Father has provided us with much something much better.
Colossians 1:26-27 (KJV)
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
In the old testament, the Son of God was seen and also was the one who spoke on the Father's behalf. His identity as God's only begotten Son and the truth that He was the one who was in the prophets when they prophesied, was not fully revealed. In fact, it was very well hidden from not only the gentiles but even the Israelites. Although, it was understood by some of the Israelites that Jehovah God had a divine Son who was also His Word, the full revelation of God's Son was hidden from most.
Paul calls this mystery of the Messiah being in us the hope and riches of glory. This is why Paul takes such a strong stance against those who are putting themselves under the law and trying to put others under the law. Paul is not against the law as he says that he upholds the law (Romans 3:31). What Paul is against is believers trying to justify themselves through the law and also putting themselves under it as something they have to keep in it's entirety as of the manner of the Jews.
If the Son of God in us, is hope and riches in our spiritual life, then we will not need to focus on the mechanics of keeping the law. The law will not be to us a checklist of do's and don'ts, but rather the law will be naturally lived out in our daily life because we have the one who kept the law perfectly living in us through His Spirit.
Romans 8:1-10 (KJV)
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 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: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 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. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is 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. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 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. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
When we have the Spirit of the Messiah living in us then we will naturally have the righteousness of the law fulfilled in us. The key is having the Son of God in us as this allows us to follow after righteousness having the law written on our hearts. In fact, that is the beauty of the new covenant is having the law written on our hearts and inward parts.
Jeremiah 31:31-133 (KJV)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
When we become born again into the Kingdom of Jehoshua Messiah, the Father through His Spirit puts the law in our hearts and inward parts. The great thing is that when we receive the Spirit of the Father we automatically get the Spirit of His Son also. This is why in verse 9 of Romans 8, the words Spirit, Spirit of God and Spirit of Christ are used interchangeably. Verse 2 of Romans 8 says that the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah makes us free from the law of sin and death. When we get the Spirit of Messiah, we automatically are filled with the righteousness of the law because we get the life of Messiah in us (Romans 8:2). In other words, we receive the living Word in our inner man rather than focusing on the letter of the law.
2 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV)6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Whereas the old covenant could at times have a focus on the letter of the law, the new covenant emphasizes the Spirit of the law. This is why the new covenant is so much better than the old as there are better promises. Many today are going back to the letter of the law which Paul says kills. These people are forgetting that the law was a school master to bring us to the Son of God and now that we have the reality and substance are focus is on the Spiritual aspects of the law rather than the letter. This is why you often see a lot of legalism and confusion in the Torah and Hebrew roots communities because they have substituted the Spirit for the letter. If you are trying to live out the law by the letter it could be a never ending back and forth situation where you are trying to figure out what is to be kept and what is not to be kept. In the meantime, you left the Spirit behind which means you have not the Spirit of Messiah and you are none of His (Romans 8:9).
This is why Paul takes such an adamant stand against those who are putting themselves back under the law and worse yet trying to get others back under the law. Paul actually calls these people false brethren bringing in a false gospel (Galatians 2:4-5). Paul knows that once someone falls into the trap of trying to be justified by the law ,they have left the Messiah behind and have frustrated the grace of God the Father. Trying to be justified by the law is putting the cart before the horse and trying to do something that cannot be done unless one seeks righteousness by the Spirit. The Spirit will lead us to all truth and thereby we will keep the righteousness of the Spirit of the law which is the life of Messiah.
When the Messiah conducted His earthly ministry, He showed and taught us to how to live the law out in our daily life. The sermon on the Mount is the blueprint for living the law out in our lives. It is a heart matter. As said before, we can only do this when we have Jehoshua living inside us. This is the key to the new covenant and why it is so much superior to the old one. So, how do we get to have the Messiah living in us? First off, God the Father in His rich mercy calls us to be reconciled unto Himself through His Son.
Ephesians 2:4-6 (KJV)4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
God the Father quickens us to newness of life uniting us with His Son whom He raised from the dead. It is through God's grace that we can exercise saving faith in His Son. In fact, it is in confessing and believing (faith) that Jehoshua is the Son of God that one has either received or receives the Holy Spirit.
1 John 4:15 (KJV)
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
When we make the above confession it is the proof that God dwells in us through His very own Spirit. We receive the gift of the Spirit when we truly believe that Jehoshua is indeed God's only begotten Son. This isn't merely a belief in a metaphorical or adopted Sonship but rather in a literal pre-existent begotten Sonship as the bible teaches. This was the confession that allowed the Ethiopian eunuch to be baptized:
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
This is one of the most profound texts found in scripture. Paul is addressing those who are trying to be justified by the law and he says that he himself is dead to the law and that the life he now lives is by the faith of the Son of God. He explains that he can do this because the Messiah lives in him. This is the beauty of the new covenant which is that we have the Son of God Himself living in us when we crucify the flesh. This crucifying of the flesh is done when we die to the things of this world. Our baptism into Jehoshua signifies this, in that we are dying to the world and the lusts associated with it and rising in newness of life with Jehoshua Messiah. This is the believers first resurrection, the second being the bodily resurrection at the Messiah's advent.
This is why it is folly to try and justify yourself with the works of the law because the Father has provided us with much something much better.
Colossians 1:26-27 (KJV)
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
In the old testament, the Son of God was seen and also was the one who spoke on the Father's behalf. His identity as God's only begotten Son and the truth that He was the one who was in the prophets when they prophesied, was not fully revealed. In fact, it was very well hidden from not only the gentiles but even the Israelites. Although, it was understood by some of the Israelites that Jehovah God had a divine Son who was also His Word, the full revelation of God's Son was hidden from most.
Paul calls this mystery of the Messiah being in us the hope and riches of glory. This is why Paul takes such a strong stance against those who are putting themselves under the law and trying to put others under the law. Paul is not against the law as he says that he upholds the law (Romans 3:31). What Paul is against is believers trying to justify themselves through the law and also putting themselves under it as something they have to keep in it's entirety as of the manner of the Jews.
If the Son of God in us, is hope and riches in our spiritual life, then we will not need to focus on the mechanics of keeping the law. The law will not be to us a checklist of do's and don'ts, but rather the law will be naturally lived out in our daily life because we have the one who kept the law perfectly living in us through His Spirit.
Romans 8:1-10 (KJV)
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 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: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 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. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is 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. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 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. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
When we have the Spirit of the Messiah living in us then we will naturally have the righteousness of the law fulfilled in us. The key is having the Son of God in us as this allows us to follow after righteousness having the law written on our hearts. In fact, that is the beauty of the new covenant is having the law written on our hearts and inward parts.
Jeremiah 31:31-133 (KJV)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
When we become born again into the Kingdom of Jehoshua Messiah, the Father through His Spirit puts the law in our hearts and inward parts. The great thing is that when we receive the Spirit of the Father we automatically get the Spirit of His Son also. This is why in verse 9 of Romans 8, the words Spirit, Spirit of God and Spirit of Christ are used interchangeably. Verse 2 of Romans 8 says that the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah makes us free from the law of sin and death. When we get the Spirit of Messiah, we automatically are filled with the righteousness of the law because we get the life of Messiah in us (Romans 8:2). In other words, we receive the living Word in our inner man rather than focusing on the letter of the law.
2 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV)6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Whereas the old covenant could at times have a focus on the letter of the law, the new covenant emphasizes the Spirit of the law. This is why the new covenant is so much better than the old as there are better promises. Many today are going back to the letter of the law which Paul says kills. These people are forgetting that the law was a school master to bring us to the Son of God and now that we have the reality and substance are focus is on the Spiritual aspects of the law rather than the letter. This is why you often see a lot of legalism and confusion in the Torah and Hebrew roots communities because they have substituted the Spirit for the letter. If you are trying to live out the law by the letter it could be a never ending back and forth situation where you are trying to figure out what is to be kept and what is not to be kept. In the meantime, you left the Spirit behind which means you have not the Spirit of Messiah and you are none of His (Romans 8:9).
This is why Paul takes such an adamant stand against those who are putting themselves back under the law and worse yet trying to get others back under the law. Paul actually calls these people false brethren bringing in a false gospel (Galatians 2:4-5). Paul knows that once someone falls into the trap of trying to be justified by the law ,they have left the Messiah behind and have frustrated the grace of God the Father. Trying to be justified by the law is putting the cart before the horse and trying to do something that cannot be done unless one seeks righteousness by the Spirit. The Spirit will lead us to all truth and thereby we will keep the righteousness of the Spirit of the law which is the life of Messiah.
When the Messiah conducted His earthly ministry, He showed and taught us to how to live the law out in our daily life. The sermon on the Mount is the blueprint for living the law out in our lives. It is a heart matter. As said before, we can only do this when we have Jehoshua living inside us. This is the key to the new covenant and why it is so much superior to the old one. So, how do we get to have the Messiah living in us? First off, God the Father in His rich mercy calls us to be reconciled unto Himself through His Son.
Ephesians 2:4-6 (KJV)4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
God the Father quickens us to newness of life uniting us with His Son whom He raised from the dead. It is through God's grace that we can exercise saving faith in His Son. In fact, it is in confessing and believing (faith) that Jehoshua is the Son of God that one has either received or receives the Holy Spirit.
1 John 4:15 (KJV)
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
When we make the above confession it is the proof that God dwells in us through His very own Spirit. We receive the gift of the Spirit when we truly believe that Jehoshua is indeed God's only begotten Son. This isn't merely a belief in a metaphorical or adopted Sonship but rather in a literal pre-existent begotten Sonship as the bible teaches. This was the confession that allowed the Ethiopian eunuch to be baptized:
Acts 8:36-37 (KJV)
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain
water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be
baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest
with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
1 John 5:4-5King James Version (KJV)
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this
is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world,
but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
The above
passage ties in our born again experience with having faith that Jehoshua is
the Son of God. The proof that one is born of God is if they overcome the
world. Those who overcome the world are those who have the faith of victory.
Not just any faith though but having faith in Jehoshua being the Son of the
living God. Those who possess this faith
will overcome unto the end and receive the crown of eternal life.
Martha lived
by the faith of the Son of God:
John 11:25-27(KJV)
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I
believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the
world.
In context
of the passage above in John 11, Martha expressed faith that her brother would
rise again at the last day. She also expressed faith that whatever Jehoshua
asked the Father it would be granted to Him.
What was her faith based on? Verse 27 tells us, Martha believed that
Jehoshua was the Messiah and that He was the Son of God which should come into
the world. This passage reveals that the
expectation of the Jews in regards to the coming Messiah was that He would also
be God’s Son. Notice that Martha’s expectation was that there was a Messiah who
would also be God’s Son that would come into the world, meaning that He existed
as God’s Son prior to coming into the world. If Jehoshua wasn’t God’s Son in
His pre-existence then Martha’s statement makes no sense because something
can’t come into the world if it already didn’t exist. This shows that Jehoshua’s pre-existent
identity is as the Son of God. God couldn’t send His Son into the world if He
didn’t have a Son to send.
Martha’s
faith was rooted in the Sonship of Jehoshua and it was this faith that gave her
hope of the last day resurrection for her brother. It was Her faith that
Jehoshua was God’s Son that gave her hope that her brother would be brought
back to life even at that day.
Peter lived
by the faith of the Son of God:
Matthew 16:13-17 (KJV)
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he
asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist:
some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it
unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
In one of
the most important passages in all of scripture, Jehoshua ask His disciples who
do they say that He (Jehoshua) is in identity. Peter makes a confession that is
approved by Jehoshua as the rock that the Church would be built on. Jehoshua
also says that it was the Father in heaven who revealed this to Peter. This is
supposed to be the confession that the Church of all time adheres to in terms
of Jehoshua’s identity and also the confession that determines whether one has
the Spirit of God in them and hence are born again. Notice that Peter doesn’t
confess a trinity or that Jehoshua Himself is the Almighty God but rather that
Jehoshua is the Son of the living God. Peter’s faith was in the Son of God.
John 1:47-51King James Version (KJV)
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus
answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast
under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the
Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee,
I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things
than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of
God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Nathaniel
was an Israelite that had no guile in his mouth according to Jehoshua. This
Israelite that had no guile in his mouth identified Jehoshua as the Son of God.
The Son of God affirmed Nathaniel’s confession as He did Peter and Martha’s. If
we want to be known as believers that have no guile in our mouths, then we must
truly believe like Nathaniel that Jehoshua is indeed the Son of God. How many professed Christian’s can say this?
For many Christians, Jehoshua being the Son of God is just a metaphor or role
play rather than an ontological truth. Jehoshua truly is the literal begotten
Son of God.
John 3:16-18King James Version (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
How do we
know God loves us? Because He gave His only begotten Son. Many miss the beauty
of this passage. Why is that? Because they have turned the Sonship of Jehoshua
into a metaphor or role play, which obscures the important truth that God
really loves us so much that He was willing to send us His literal Son and see
Him suffer so that we can be reconciled unto Him. This is the most famous verse
which is often posted at sports games, yet most Christians totally miss the
truth of what this verse is saying. This verse is saying that God indeed had a
Son to send to us in the first place. God could not send us a Son if he didn’t
already have a Son to send. This verse speaks to the Messiah’s preexistence and
that in His preexistence His identity is as the only begotten Son of God.
Our
salvation depends upon believing in this very truth, that indeed in identity
Jehoshua is the Son of God. This is the faith that we are supposed to live by.
Those who believe in this truth will have everlasting life, those who don’t
will perish in the lake of fire. They will perish because they didn’t believe
in the name of the only begotten Son of God. The word “name’ in Greek means
identity, character and authority all of which are tied into the fact that
Jehoshua in identity is the Son of the Almighty God.
Paul’s first
sermon was that Jehoshua is the Son of God:
Acts 9:17-20
(KJV)
17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and
putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that
appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest
receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was
Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20 And straightway he preached Christ
in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Just think
of what this passage is saying for a few minutes. Paul just had the most radial
conversion experience recorded in the bible.
He experienced the brightness of Jehoshua’s glory. He was subsequently
filled with the Holy Ghost and then baptized. Scales then fell from his eyes,
these were not only physical scales but spiritual ones also. Paul then preached
right away in the synagogues that Jehoshua is the Son of God. Brethren, this is
who Jehoshua is in identity. Paul didn’t preach that Jehoshua is the second
member of the trinity or that he is the Almighty God but rather that He was the
Son of the Almighty God. This was the
faith that Paul lived by, how about you?
19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was
Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20 And straightway he preached Christ
in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Just think
of what this passage is saying for a few minutes. Paul just had the most radial
conversion experience recorded in the bible.
He experienced the brightness of Jehoshua’s glory. He was subsequently
filled with the Holy Ghost and then baptized. Scales then fell from his eyes,
these were not only physical scales but spiritual ones also. Paul then preached
right away in the synagogues that Jehoshua is the Son of God. Brethren, this is
who Jehoshua is in identity. Paul didn’t preach that Jehoshua is the second
member of the trinity or that he is the Almighty God but rather that He was the
Son of the Almighty God. This was the
faith that Paul lived by, how about you?
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