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In the scripture quote below, the English words revealed and revelation are different words in the Greek.

1 Peter 1:3-7, “³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, ⁵ who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that ⁷ the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,”

Verses 3-5 talks about an actual future occurrence, “last time” in regarding to Christ’s epiphaneia.

Epihaneia means,

“Epiphany,” lit., “a shining forth,” was used of the “appearance” of a god to men, and of an enemy to an army in the field, etc.

Verse 7 talks about the revelation of Christ within us now.

The Greek word for revelation is apokalupsis which means “unveiled”.

Young’s Literal translation seems more accurate to the Greek in what Peter was saying,

“that the proof of your faith — much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved — may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,”

Verse 13 says it again, “Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind (readiness of mind or preparedness), being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,”

Also note, the preposition “at” in 1 Peter 3:7 (KJV), is also translated “in” 1,902 times in scripture.

This verse sounds similar to Gal. 5:5 (NIV), “But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.” The Aramaic-to-English translation says we “abide” in the hope of righteousness. Faith is the substance of things hoped for. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the unveiled word of God. This hope hinges on faith which comes by revelation of Christ.

In Christ, by revelation, and through grace, we abide and live in a constant overwhelming, diffusing expectation of His righteousness or His nature in us. As we abide in this grace and hope of righteousness, we are transformed from faith to faith by the regeneration of the Holy Spirit and washing of the Word into His image from glory to glory. We are finite jars of clay, 2 Cor. 4:7 (NIV), containing and possessing and being apprehended by this new nature, 2 Cor. 5:17, Eph. 2:10.

This ‘expectation’ or hope of righteousness is His will in us and not ours, but eventually becomes our will in Him by Him and His grace, Phil. 2:13.

2 Peter 2:1 says, “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”

The Greek word for heresies is hairesis. The definition of hairesis is as follows:

(a) “a choosing, choice” (from haireomai, “to choose”); then, “that which is chosen,” and hence, “an opinion,” especially a self-willed opinion, which is substituted for submission to the power of truth, and leads to division and the formation of sects, Gal 5:20 (marg., “parties”); such erroneous opinions are frequently the outcome of personal preference or the prospect of advantage; see 2 Pet. 2:1, where “destructive” (RV) signifies leading to ruin; some assign even this to (b); in the papyri the prevalent meaning is “choice” (Moulton and Milligan, Vocab.);

Peter in essence was speaking of false teachers that would secretly inject poisonous doctrine to those unaware. This faux doctrine was rooted on a self-willed opinion. Paul talks of false brethren in Gal. 2:4 who ‘privily’ or stealthily came in to spy out Paul and Barnabas’s liberty in Christ. It reminds me of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and non-irritating, making it difficult for people to detect¹. You need special detectors to sense the gas in the air. We have the revelation of Christ, the Spirit of truth and the gifts of the Spirit that easily expose this type of doctrine.

If my doctrine is mixed with works then when I hear this kind of doctrine I may not be able to discern it, but acknowledge it as good teaching. If my doctrine is based of the revelation of Christ, the gospel of grace and His faith then I will clearly see this false doctrine and its value.

A self-willed heresy or faux doctrine is based on self-strength and ultimately righteousness base on works. This doctrine can appear ‘right’ in almost every way, but without the right ‘sensor’ it will choke the life out of you, 2 Tim. 3:5, and you will end up with a tired, unfulfilled, uncertain, uninspired, dehydrated, and legally obligatory spiritual walk. You will not be walking in the Spirit, but under a type of Old Covenant continually offering sacrifices as a reminder, Heb. 10:2-4.

Last night, I was deep asleep and I felt a tap on my left shoulder. I woke up expecting to see my wife and she was asleep. I perceived someone in the room, but didn’t see them.

I am of the opinion that when we are set free by the power of God through His Son Jesus, or when the “old has gone and the new has come”, 2 Cor. 5:17, the enemy attempts to come back for parasitical sustenance, Luke 11:24 (NIV). But in Christ, I am under no condemnation. There is no sustenance for the enemy here. The power of sin, the law, is annihilated in Christ, Col. 2:14-15. Therefore, the old has gone. Now, I am a righteous creature in Christ. My righteousness is injudicable because it is the righteousness which comes by the faith of Christ by revelation of Him.

So, as I am waking up this morning I am tossing and turning in bed. Each time I toss and turn, my head is pounding with a headache. I think to myself, “I know I have authority to cast out evil spirits. I have prayed for healing many times with positive results.” When this thought registered in my mind the headache dissipated and was no more. Once again, “The old has gone, the new has come.” His truth in me is more real than a headache. The Father and His Son do not need my awareness of Him to be. My awareness and consciousness of Him had an effect on me. It makes me whole. It sanctifies me. By revelation, I grow more into His image by grace.

Last night’s (12/02/08) Fringe episode, “Safe”, was good.

Some thieves broke into a bank vault using a device that disrupted the structure of matter. They pointed it at the vault and the structural integrity of the vault become almost like water. The thieves then walked through the vault to get what they were wanting to steal. In theory, this liquid portal created in the vault was based on quantum mechanics and could only stay open for ~2 minutes. On the way out, time was almost up and the device grappling hook was stuck. The last man disengaged the hook and then walked back through the vault. He was a few seconds late on his exit though. The structural integrity of the vault become solid steel again along with the man’s body. The man did not make it.

Agent Olivia Dunham arrives on the scene and recognizes the man stuck in the wall of the vault. She recalls eating dinner with him and his family and is totally convinced she knows him.

She goes to see the man’s wife to tell her the bad news. The wife does not recognize Olivia? Olivia recognizes her, the house, the dining room where they ate dinner. The wife replies to Olivia and says, “You are correct and accurate about the dinner, but you weren’t here. John Scott was. I wrote another blog about John and Olivia in The Fringe.

Long story short, Olivia entered John’s consciousness. When she left part of his consciousness left with her in her without her knowing it.

This memories of eating dinner with this wife and her husband were John’s memories, but Olivia was convinced they were hers! When I saw that I said to myself, “Wow!” Why?

The apostle Paul says in Gal. 2:2 that “he went up by revelation.” In Gal. 1:16 Aramaic-to-English translation he said, “I did not explain this (the revelation of Christ) to any living person.”

I believe Paul went to Jerusalem by revelation. What does that mean? Well, Olivia was convinced that the memory of eating dinner with that man and his family was true in her mind. Paul was persuaded and convinced so much of the revelation of Christ within him that he was not compelled to explain it to any living person. Why? Because he knew. His conviction of this revelation was so strong that it changed his person from a murderer to a lover of mankind. It compelled him to preach the gospel in spite of constant persecution and death threats.

In the show, John Scott’s thoughts became Olivia’s. You could say his will became hers and hers became his.

Heb. 8:10, Heb. 10:10, Eph. 5:17, Phil. 1:6, Phil. 2:13, Col. 1:9.

What all of the above scriptures have in common is God’s will in us. As we grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, His will becomes our will and our will becomes His. His thoughts sanctify and regenerate us and our minds by the work of the Holy Spirit and the washing of the word. This imprints the last Adam, Christ, in us creating His righteous nature unto good works by grace.

Read an interesting MSNBC article: Strange experiments make body-swapping ‘real’

“This shows how easy it is to change the brain’s perception of the physical self,” said Henrik Ehrsson, who led the project. “By manipulating sensory impressions, it’s possible to fool the self not only out of its body but into other bodies too.”

This tells me only truth is real, but we can put our faith into fear based on the judgment of the law or self-imposed law. In Christ, we are not given over to a spirit of fear unto bondage. In Christ, this kind of fear is more like an illusion described in this article, a vain imagination. In other words, it is not really there. Godly fear is real because God is truth and real.

It also tells me if our faith is based on what we see then our faith is not very strong either.

“The subjects see themselves shaking hands from the outside, but experience it as another person,” said Valeria Petkova, who worked with Ehrsson on the study. “The sensory impression from the hand-shake is perceived as though coming from the new body, rather than the subject’s own.”

This reminds me of the “knowledge learned through experience” or epignosis of Christ that Peter said to grow in, 2 Pet. 3:18.

I was unable to find unjudgable in the dictionary, but was able to find injudicable.

Injudicable
a. 1. Not cognizable (Knowable, perceivable, or able to be tried before a particular court) by a judge.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.

The apostle Paul did not even judge himself because in Christ we are injudicable and righteous through His faith by grace.

1 Cor. 4:3, ” I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself.”

Is this what Paul is describing also in Romans 8:1?

If God or His Son is righteous in His nature then how can He be judged? Rom. 8:34

Christ is our righteousness, 1 Cor. 1:30.

I am righteous and partake of His righteous nature by the revelation of Christ through grace. It is not my righteousness, but His in and through me. Rom. 3:21-22, 4:5-6, 2 Pet. 1:4.

How can the Righteous One, 1 Jo. 2:1, in me, Gal. 1:16 be judged?

The penalty, judgment and condemnation for sin has been paid by Christ’s death on His cross. By His death, we are bought back or redeemed back to God the Father.

When I believed Jesus died on the cross for me because He loves me I am immersed into Him. I am immersed into His death, resurrection and life. Therefore, who I was before Christ is dead. The old me was nailed to the cross. My true self, identity and life are all hid in Christ, Col. 3:3, Gal. 2:20. My life prior to Christ was a lie. Death is not truth. If it were then Jesus should have not resurrected. Death has no hold on truth. Death cannot coexist with truth. I am alive and live in newness of life by the revelation of Christ, Rom. 6:4.

In Him, my life is purposed, true, real and everlasting.

This is why I am unjudgable or not able to be judged.

In accordance with Psalm 1:2, I was thinking about Gal. 1:15-16 which says in the Aramiac-to-English translation, “But when (Elohim) willed it, He who set me apart from the womb and from my
mother, called me to His grace in order to reveal the manifestation of his son that I preached to the nations, I did not explain this to any living person.”

This blog is building on a previous blog, Separating me. It was not my intention to right another blog about separation, but the Word in me is Him and not me and will establish its purpose and not return void.

Verse 15 percolated in my spirit this afternoon and gave birth yet once again and I am persuaded will endlessly continue to do so according to His righteousness and faith by grace.

The Father has called me by his grace and has separated me from the flesh and emotional attachment of my mother to reveal His Son in me. In Him, this separation happened before I was born. It happened before time was created. I was in Him. I am in Him separated for His purpose by grace and truth through the revelation of Christ. This unveiling of Christ by His faith creates a righteous nature apart from dead works or anything I could accomplish in myself. He fills everything. I am made righteous. I AM righteous in Him. I am a righteous creation made by revelation and grace growing more into who I am in Him.

This separation from the fleshly and emotional security and comfort from my mother puts me under His authority making Him my Lord. This spiritually places me under grace and in Him and His grace. Romans 5:2 says, “This grace in which we stand!” I love my mother and father. What I am saying is I came through my parents from the Creator. I spiritually came from God through my parents, Galatians 4:4.

Jesus said, “You will do greater things because I am going to the Father and will send the Holy Spirit.” He has sent His Spirit into our hearts crying, “Abba, Father” as grown and mature sons not infant sons. We are no longer under trustees and guardians, but have an unction from the Holy One in us. This unction reveals all truth. This truth separates from things that are not truth. His love alone is true love. His love absorbs the love of my biological father and mother because He fills all in all in every thought, molecule, time, dimension and creation.

Luke 7:47, “Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

Luke 7:36-50

I will only love God, myself and others with the measure I know I am loved by God. If I truly know I am loved by God, by the faith of Christ in me, then I will truly love God, myself and others. If I know God’s forgiveness through His Son Jesus, then I know God’s love for me. If God loves me then I love myself because He has enabled me to love by showing me His love through His only Son. He loved me and died for me while I was still in my sin. In Him, ALL fullness dwells Col. 1:19, 2:9. I am loved and saved from who I was and am made a new creation in Him because of His fullness. In His fullness, by His nature, He died for me because I was spiritually dead and was fragmented in my soul. According to His will before the foundations of time, my death needed life and fragmented pieces needed peace, soundness, wholeness, and completion. I needed His fullness. Only He could and can fill me to overflowing according to His goodness. Nothing else can. Only Him and His love.

I am growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ. The knowledge of how much He loves me grows in me everyday by grace. He did not have to die on the cross, but did so because it was His will to do so because He is love. In Him, all fullness dwells. It is His nature. He is faithful to His nature. He is truth. This is how much He loves me. Therefore, His will and love effect me and compel me to do and be.

1 John 3:8, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

The name devil here can mean accuser or slanderer.

The Greek word is diablos.

• prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
  • a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer

In the King James authorized version (AV), the word “destroy” or “lyō” has the following occurrences as these English words:loose 27, break 5, unloose 3, destroy 2, dissolve 2, put off 1, melt 1, break up 1, break down 1.

“Destroy” which is used here is only used twice. Although “loose” is used 27 times. So, Jesus “loosed” the works of the accuser or slander, but how?

Col. 2:13-15 indicate how as do other scriptures. Verse 14 says, “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”

Heb. 10:10 (NIV) says, “And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

When Adam and his wife received the knowledge of good and evil from the devil they were unable to redeem themselves from the power of this knowledge. Their conscience witnessed their self-condemnation based on the law that was written in their heart. The law in their heart said, “Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” They could not escape the witnessing of their conscience because there was not sacrifice for sin yet. In this case, grace was used as an occasion to the flesh and did not have to. Grace was there to say, “No to ungodliness,” but was not manifested. Adam, out of fear, in his self-strength, sewed a fig leaf to cover his shame. God, in His goodness, made coats of skin for Adam and his wife. This was a shadow or pattern of the redemption to come, Gen. 3:21, Heb. 9:22.

Heb. 2:14-15 (NIV) says, “Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”

Christ nailed in His body the judgment and penalty of the law for the Church. He took all condemnation upon Himself for the Church. We can no longer be condemned, judged, accused by the enemy based on the law or self-imposed law because we are loosed from the devil’s authority by the power of God and Christ’s resurrection and forgiveness.

In Christ, any thought of accusation, judgment or condemnation thrown towards me is powerless because of the absolute forgiveness of God through Christ. If I accuse, slander or condemn myself then I am not loving myself as God loves me. I do not know who I am. If I love myself with God’s love the motive to self-judge is gone in Christ.

Paul says in Phil. 3:13, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”

The long Greek word for ‘forgetting those things which are behind’ is epilanthanomai.

It means to intensely, willfully forget or even give to oblivion.

So, when the devil attempts to throw accusation, slander or condemnation my way I have spiritual amnesia from those thoughts in Christ, 2 Cor. 10:5.

This creates and gives great life, peace and liberty to my mind and life. Isn’t this what Jesus said in John 10:10, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.”

Discovered an interesting word today that I thought I understood, but am seeing in a new light again.

The word is homologeo. Here are some scripture examples and its usage.

• Romans 10:9-10 “confess”
• Hebrews 13:15 “giving thanks”
• 1 John 1:9 “confess”
• 1 John 2:23 “acknowledge”
• 1 John 4:2 “confess”
• 1 John 4:15 “confess”

The word homologeo means:
Lit., “to speak the same thing” (homos, “same,” lego, “to speak”), “to assent, accord, agree with.”

1 John 2:23b says, “he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.”

I interpret this as truth itself by its nature pushing and compelling the words of acknowledgment, thanksgiving and confession. If what is revealed is real and true then truth will have its way. All things align with the will and nature of truth. Jesus is the Truth. Death is a lie. It is not truth. Otherwise, the Truth, or Jesus, should have stayed dead and not resurrected.

The revelation of Him or truth pushes and compels His will in me. Truth stands alone.

Truth is transcendent. It is not limited by time or any dimension of existence. If it were limited it wouldn’t be truth. Truth sets free because the nature of truth sets free and gives liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. Truth sets apart or sanctifies something to align with it and its nature.

Knowledge of the truth creates hope in me. The Word is the word of truth. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of truth. When faith is (incorrect grammar, but correct usage and idea), hope is. When faith is, I have eager expectation because of the reality of the truth. I cannot have hope without His faith.

The knowledge and experience of Christ and His truth diffuses, pours itself out, propagates, and spreads out in every part of my triune being: spirit, soul and body. It is sanctifying me and making me more saved or whole everyday in Him.

There is another Greek word called symphōneō. It means,

1. to agree together
2. to agree with one in making a bargain, to make an agreement, to bargain

Lit., “to sound together” (sun, “together,” phone, “a sound”), i.e., “to be in accord, primarily of musical instruments,” is used in the NT of the “agreement”

Only truth can agree with itself.