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THE FIRST DUTY OF US ALL For anyone who desires to be a Christian, or for those who already call themselves Christians, THE LORD OF CHRISTIANS, the Prince of Light, has commanded that THE FIRST DUTY OF US ALL, is to seek (inquire into) THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. For the Lord commanded, "But seek ye first THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33 And so, THE FIRST DUTY OF ALL, who would will to enter the Lord's will for themselves, is to SEEK GOD'S KINGDOM AND GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. We are to seek HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, SO THAT WE MAY LEARN right-wisdom, right-judgment, which the word RIGHTEOUSNESS means. And we are to seek HIS
KINGDOM, so that we might know
what REWARDS
await those who WILLED
after RIGHT-JUDGMENT,
and RIGHT-WISDOM,
in their life, and what rewards await those who
WILLED
after WICKED- JUDGMENT,
and WICKED-WISDOM
in their life. For God will reward (payback) everyone according to
THEIR OWN WILL. FREE WILL TO CHOOSE For the Lord created us all with a FREE WILL. And He placed before us "TWO WILLS". One heavenly (spiritual), and one earthly (carnal). These "TWO WILLS", at various places through out THE WHOLE BIBLE, are referred to as: TWO KINDS OF KINGDOMS (one from above, one from below), - TWO KINDS OF LAWS (one of light, one of darkness), - TWO KINDS OF COVENANTS (one of life, one of death), - TWO KINDS OF WISDOM (one from above, one from below), - TWO KINDS OF JUDGMENTS - TWO KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE - TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (one true, one false), - TWO KINDS OF DOCTRINES -TWO KINDS OF WAYS (one of faith, one of faithlessness),-TWO KINDS OF SEEDS (one good and blessed, one evil and cursed). And we have free will to choose which WILL, we want to side with. Over THE BLESSED WILL (LAW OF LIGHT - COVENANT - WISDOM, ETC.), is the Prince of Light (Christ). Over THE CURSED WILL (LAW OF DARKNESS - CARNAL COVENANT, CARNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS, ETC.), is the Prince of darkness (Satan). Throughout ALL ages, God has placed these TWO WILLS, before mankind, in order for mankind to make a choice as to which WILL (LAW - JUDGMENT - KINGDOM - WAY, ETC.) he might side with. If mankind chooses
THE WILL OF GOD,
then man incurs
THE BLESSING OF ETERNAL LIFE from God.
Because by choosing
this will,
mankind shows that he loves
God who is heavenly in nature, heavenly
in thought. FEW FIND GOD'S WILL When the Prince of Light came in flesh, he placed these TWO WILLS in front of man when he said, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for
wide is the gate, and broad is "the WAY", that
leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the
gate, and narrow is "THE WAY", which LEADETH UNTO LIFE,
and
FEW there be that find it." Now THE STRAIT WAY, IS THE SPIRITUAL COMMANDMENTS OF GOD THE SPIRIT. This is THE WAY, THE GATE, that is far ABOVE all others, for nothing is above the judgment (i.e., Spiritual laws), of God the Spirit. As it is written,
“And he said unto me. There is no judge above God,
and none that hath understanding above the Highest. For there be many that
perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before
them. For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they
should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to
avoid punishment.” But as our Lord said, few find these commandments of eternal life. Also, as we know, in the days of Noah only eight souls were in the congregation (see 1 Peter 3:20). Again, when the Prince of Light, came in His Prophets, he placed THESE TWO WILLS before mankind. For example, when the Prince of Light, came in His Prophet, Isaiah, He placed THESE TWO WILLS before man, when He said, "Let the wicked forsake HIS WAY, and
the unrighteous man HIS THOUGHTS", and let him return unto the Lord, and He
will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
For
MY THOUGHTS are not YOUR THOUGHTS, neither are YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, saith the
Lord. For as THE HEAVENS are higher than THE EARTH, so are MY WAYS higher
than YOUR WAYS, and MY THOUGHTS than YOUR THOUGHTS." THE TWO WILLS ARE LIFE AND DEATH When the
Prince of Light, came in His Prophet, "See, I have set before thee this day LIFE and GOOD, and DEATH and EVIL." Deuteronomy 30:15. And again, "I call Heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you LIFE and DEATH, BLESSING and CURSING: therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both Thou and thy seed may live." Deuteronomy 30:19 When the Prince of Light put Adam, the first man, in the garden, He placed THESE TWO WILLS in front of him. For it is written, "And the Lord God Commanded the man,
saying of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it for in the day
that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." And, so we see
throughout ALL AGES,
mankind with his own
FREE WILL,
has had
TWO WILLS
placed in front of him, in order that he
MIGHT CHOOSE
which of the TWO WILLS,
he will serve and love. And as said before, these
TWO WILLS
are LIFE AND DEATH, immortality and mortality. EVE CHOSE THE WILL OF DEATH For Eve, by her own FREE WILL, chose death - carnality - mortality; over choosing life - immortality - spirituality, when by her own FREE WILL she transgressed THE WILL OF GOD, which is THE EVERLASTING LAW OF HEAVEN, even "THE LAW OF LIGHT." For THE LAW OF GOD is LIGHT. As it is written, "For the commandment is a lamp; and
THE LAW IS LIGHT; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life." And this LAW OF LIGHT IS SPIRITUAL, not CARNAL. For it is written, "For we know that,
This SPIRITUAL LAW OF LIGHT, is the IMMORTAL LIFE, that was given to Adam and Eve. For of this LAW OF LIGHT (i.e., the immortal word of God) it is written, "In Him was LIFE; and THE LIFE was THE LIGHT of men." John 1:4.
ADAM WAS MADE RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY It is true that Adam was created “righteous and holy”.And there was no need for Adam to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in order to know righteousness and holiness. Now someone may ask: “How do we know that Adam was created in righteousness and true holiness right from the start”? Now we would answer such a question as this by saying: “Because Adam was made in God’s image and likeness. And any one that is made (created) in God’s image and likeness, is in righteousness and true holiness”. For we see that it is written, “And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.” Eph.4:24 And again, “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the
image of him that created him:” Col.3:10 In Col.3:10, the word “renewed”, means= “Renovated”, which as we know means; “To restore to a former state”.Also, in Col.3:10, the word “image”, means= “An image, a likeness”.So, putting the two above scriptures ( Eph.4:24 and Col.3:10) together, we see that when a man is in God’s image and likeness, such a man is in God’s Righteousness, and Holiness.And as we know, Adam the first man was created in God’s image and likeness. Therefore, Adam was created “righteous and holy” right from the start, and there was no need for Adam to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in order to know righteousness and holiness.And as far as knowing good and evil. Adam already knew what was good, and what was evil “BEFORE” he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.For Adam was told by God what was good (i.e., giving him knowledge of what was good) to do: “ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.” Gen.2:16 And Adam was told by God what was not good (i.e., giving him knowledge of what was not good) to do: “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”Gen.2:17 As long as Adam and
Eve WILLED
for this spiritual - immortal - heavenly law, and obeyed it, they lived in
immortal life. And they were blessed; for the blessing is to obey it. But, when Eve
WILLED
to be under A DIFFERENT WORD - A
DIFFERENT LAW - A DIFFERENT COVENANT,
etc., she broke the IMMORTAL,
HEAVENLY LAW. EVE COMMITTED MURDER For Eve (the spiritual creature), broke THE LAW OF LIGHT - THE LAW OF LIFE - by committing MURDER. For the Law commands "THOU SHALT NOT KILL." Now, Someone might say, "But, Eve didn't carnally - physically - kill anyone!" And the answer to this would be, "No, she did not." But, THE LAW that she transgressed was NOT CARNAL, PHYSICAL, but SPIRITUAL. For as said, the immortal Law of righteousness is not of this world, as it is written,"And He said to them, You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world." John 8:23; And again, "For we know that THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL: but I AM CARNAL SOLD UNDER SIN." Romans 7:14. Now as we know, the
word "spiritual"
here means: non-carnal, non-physical, non-human, supernatural,
So, Eve, looking at a CARNAL LAW, A CARNAL KNOWLEDGE, A CARNAL DOCTRINE OF GOOD AND EVIL, (apart from the spiritual doctrine of good and evil), thinking that it had THE REGENERATE (life giving) power to make her "WISE", to give her right-wisdom, right-judgment, like God, etc.; partook of it, and BROKE FAITH, with the only begotten Law of Life. And so, becoming Faithless against the only "true" Law of God's righteousness, she KILLED HERSELF. For by believing a LAW OF FALSEHOOD, she became faithless to THE LAW OF TRUTH. For it is LAWFUL to hear only ONE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. And the righteous Law of God is spiritual (immortal), not carnal (mortal). For it is written, "FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS IMMORTAL."
And death is produced by SPIRITUAL ADULTERY, against this IMMORTAL LAW OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. For whenever the soul is sown by a different word (law) of righteousness other than THE IMMORTAL WORD (LAW) OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, then it is forsaken by the spiritual WORD (Law) of Life, as being guilty of THE SPIRITUAL SIN of fornication, spiritual adultery. And the soul suffers death. This is what kept the scribes and Pharisees (that were against Christ), in DEATH. Because they went after a righteousness that was NOT OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS (see Romans 10:1-3). The scribes and Pharisees who were against Christ, were doing THE WORKS OF THEIR FATHER THE DEVIL (see John 8:44). As we know, what made Eve fall is that she succumbed to the WILL, or we could say, THE WORKS, of the devil. This shows us what that WILL, OR WORK, IS.
THE WORK, is to go after
RIGHTEOUSNESS,
BUT TO GO AFTER A RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS
APART FROM GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. And this spiritual fornication of death, against the ONLY BEGOTTEN IMMORTAL WORD (LAW) OF LIFE, has been going on throughout ALL AGES. And especially today, like never before. For today, THE CARNAL MINDED MINISTERS OF THE SYMBOLIC FALLEN CHRISTIAN EARTHLY CEREMONIES WHICH HAVE COVERED THE WHOLE WORLD, hold the law (will) of Satan above the will of God. For the carnal
minded ministers, not knowing, not believing, that
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS IMMORTAL,
"LUST",
to think of it as mortal only. And in their
But it is UNLAWFUL to try to be carnally minded in THE SPIRITUAL LAW OF GOD, even as it is written, "Because
THE CARNAL MIND is enmity
against God: For it is NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF GOD; NEITHER INDEED CAN
BE." Romans 8:7
THE LAW (WILL) of GOD is SPIRITUAL For the whole law (will) of God, is spiritual life. And to be carnally minded is not spiritual life, but death, as it is written, "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." Romans 8:6 ONLY ONE LAW, can set one free, from THE BONDAGE of the carnal law of sin and death. And that is the righteous Law of God's Spirit of Life, even as it is written, "For THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF
LIFE in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
Romans 8:2 SHARP JUDGMENT FOR MINISTERS But, the carnal pastors of this world, not UNDERSTANDING, AND SO NOT having a WILL for THE FAITHFUL LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE AND ITS ORDINANCES, have willed to give to the people, the faithless carnal law of fornication. Even as it is written, "With whom the kings (pastors) of the earth have committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." Revelation 17:2 And because they have done this GREAT EVIL, scripture says that if they will not repent, they will be GREATLY PUNISHED, and also, all those who will to side with them. For they (the carnal symbolic ceremonial Christian ministers), by not entering into "THE RIGHT-JUDGMENT" of the immortal spiritual Law, have caused themselves and the people, not to walk after the counsel of God, the Holy Spirit, but to walk in lies. Even as the wisdom of Solomon has said, "Hear therefore, O ye kings,
AND
UNDERSTAND, learn ye that be judges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, ye
that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations. For power is
given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the highest who shall try your
works and search out your counsels Because, being ministers of His kingdom
ye have NOT JUDGED ARIGHT, NOR KEPT THE LAW, nor walked after the counsel of
God; Horribly and speedily shall He come upon you: for a sharp judgment
shall be to them that be in high places."
Wisdom of Solomon 6:1-5
THE LEFT HAND IS CURSED Again, as to the judgment that will come upon them if they will not repent, and those who side with them, if they will not repent, it is written, "Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, depart from me, YE CURSED, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not." Matthew 25:41-43 And, so again, we see that if they will not now repent of their carnal interpretation of the SPIRITUAL SCRIPTURES OF THE LORD, then they will be GREATLY JUDGED. And so the call of repentance goes out today from the Church, not only for so-called lay people, but also so-called ministers. For as we saw earlier, in Matthew 6:31-33, THE LORD OF THE CHRISTIANS, said the first duty of ALL, was to seek His SPIRITUAL KINGDOM, HIS SPIRITUAL LAW, which alone CAN GIVE SPIRITUAL FOOD, GIVE SPIRITUAL DRINK, GIVE SPIRITUAL CLOTHING TO THE SOUL. But, carnal pastors, NOT BRINGING the Heavenly Law of Light - The will of God - to the people, lead them NOT INTO SANCTIFICATION, but FORNICATION. For only one law (God's will) can teach one to abstain from SPIRITUAL FORNICATION. As it is written, "For this is
the will of God, even your
sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication."
1 Thessalonians 4:3
FEW WILL FIND TRUTH Now someone might say, "After studying the scriptures put forth in this treatise on THE TWO WILLS and the WORKING OF the Prince of Light, and the commandments BEING SPIRITUAL, I AM ASTONISHED. For I see that carnal ministers FORCE A CARNAL INTERPRETATION, upon that which the scriptures say is not carnal or earthly at all, but spiritual and heavenly! And because of this "ABOMINATION", it seems that only a FEW, who are WILLING in this wicked age to escape the carnal law, will find THE SPIRITUAL LAW OF LIFE." To this amazing statement, scripture would answer YES! For The Lord of Christians did say, "...and few there are who find it."
THE
LAW OF TRUTH IS
SPIRITUAL WORSHIP Now, again, someone might say, "But surely ALL the carnal ministers cannot be lying to the people! Surely, the carnal pastors by their carnal symbolic Christian earthly ceremonies help the people. Especially in regards to WORSHIPPING GOD, BY THEIR CARNAL SYMBOLIC CHRISTIAN EARTHLY CEREMONIES OF BAPTISM, AND COMMUNION." To this scripture would answer, No! Not in anyway do they help the people in THE TRUE WORSHIP OF GOD. In fact, as said, they turn the people away from THE TRUE WORSHIP OF GOD. For only THE SPIRITUAL (EVERLASTING - HEAVENLY) LAW IS THE TRUTH. Even as it is written, "Thy righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and
THY LAW IS THE TRUTH." And, the Lord of Christians said, "God is a spirit: and they that worship
Him, MUST worship Him IN SPIRIT and IN TRUTH." Therefore, there is NO TRUE WORSHIP outside of THE SPIRITUAL LAW OF TRUTH, (please see Rom.8:2). And THE SPIRITUAL LAW OF TRUTH, is found ONLY in THE HEAVENLY CITY OF TRUTH, (cf. Isaiah 2:3, Zechariah 8:3). And this
spiritual Law
commands everyone to partake of it's
heavenly baptism from above and it's
heavenly communion from above.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD'S WATER AND SPIRIT For the Law said, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
except a man be born FROM ABOVE, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." And again, "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."
Or, as the first English Bible (The John Wycliffe A.D.1382 Bible), would have it.
"Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, but a man
be born
again of water, and of the Holy Ghost, he may not enter into the
kingdom of God." And again, "And as they were eating, Jesus took
bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said,
Take and eat; this is my body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and
gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of THE NEW
TESTAMENT, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins. But I say,
unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
UNTIL that
day, when I drink it NEW WITH YOU IN MY FATHER'S KINGDOM."
Matthew 26:26-29
CARNAL PASTORS DENY THE HEAVENLY WATER But, carnal Christian ministers, "DENY" (i.e., do not understand, and therefore have no have faith to believe in), THE HEAVENLY, SPIRITUAL LAW OF LIFE. For as this web site constantly points out, there has been a great falling away from this truth. For when they bring someone to
EARTHLY WATER in order to be
baptized, they DENY the heavenly water from above,
For they DENY that when THE HEAVENLY LAW put on flesh, it alone brought THE TWO HEAVENLY purifying elements to man - water and blood, (Please see 1 John 5:6). When carnal
Christian ministers
bring someone to a place of earthly water, to baptize them, they
DENY
the Lord, who ALONE
is "THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING
WATERS",
Therefore, they and those who side with them, if they will not repent of this, shall have their names written in the earth, BUT NOT in heaven, (Please see Jeremiah 17:13). Because in doing this, the carnal pastor's DENY, that THE WASHING is shed (poured out) through "JESUS CHRIST ONLY" (Please see Titus 3:5-6). They DENY that THE WATER OF LIFE comes only out of THE LAMB who is in heaven, and from His throne (Please see Revelation 22:1). They DENY that baptism must be done only in THE LORD'S NAME, which is found only in HEAVENLY JERUSALEM, GOD'S THRONE (Please see Jeremiah 3:17). For there only is THE LIVING WATER OF THE LAW to be found (Please see Zechariah 14:8). For only there are THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF LIFE to be found (Please see Isaiah 33:20-22). And because they DENY HIS FAITH, they are fighting against HIS CITY OF FAITH, by denying it's "WATER FROM ABOVE". On The Living Sword web site, we have repeatedly stated and proven scripturally that all symbolic carnal ordinances (water baptism, Passover suppers, natural day ceremonies, circumcision, Passover feasts, foot washing, etc.) practiced by carnal Christendom today, have been erroneously carried over and misplaced in this time of Christ's Spiritual Dispensation and Age of His Grace.
The re-evaluation of The Lord Jesus Christ, i.e., The looking again, at the immortal heavenly Spiritual Word of God, and His heavenly Church, with their heavenly Spiritual authority and heavenly Spiritual doctrine, MUST be DONE, and will be done by all seekers who study the Lord's HEAVENLY scriptures found on this web site. |