Wherein in time past we walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. These are which the works of the flesh are manifested in, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, or covetousness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings; let it not be once named among you ..... Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. So let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. To them who by patient continuance (hopeful, cheerful enduring consistency) in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath. After thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds. So my friends put away of the filth of the flesh, So as to have the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. As it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, I shall take away their sins.




Eph 5:3-7; Phil 3:19,20; Gal 5:18-20; Rev 21:8; Gal 6:7,8;Rom 2:5-8

Jesus said, 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. John 3:5 The Water is the Word of God. We were or still are, wells without water. Clouds that are or were carried with a tempest; Having or had eyes full of adultery, and that could not cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: hearts exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Forsaking the right way. Feeding ourselves with the lusts of the flesh without fear: clouds we are or were without water, carried about by the winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. God would have that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. But speaking the truth in love, growing up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: The Word which was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. Jesus Christ the Way the Truth and the Life. Jesus said, 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. The living water. Drinketh of this water and thou shall never thirst; a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Sanctifying and cleansing us with the washing of water by the word, A glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. The pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Jud 1:12; 2Pe 2:14, 17; Eph 4:14-15; Joh 1:14; 3:5; 4:10-15;Eph 5:26-27; Heb 10:22; Rev 22:1, 17 )

We need to believe the Word is nigh unto us, in our hearts and in our minds that we may do it. We need to believe that God has written his Laws in our hearts and in our minds; so that out of our heart we speak and do according to his will, through the Faith that He established in us through Christ.
In James 1:18 God says, Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Paul writes through The Spirit in Colossians, "Having put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him. Therefore he reasons, put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds".
This is what James is alluding to. That we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures. Please lesson carefully as we continue in James 1:21, "lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word."
The engrafted Word, His commandants written in the heart and mind, the Law of Liberty. The Law of freedom, freedom from the slavery of sin through the engrafted Word. For God had said through Jesus, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant ( the sinner) abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:34-36

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.


For He has said, the Word is nigh thee (engrafted) in thy mouth and thy heart that we may do it This is which is able to save your souls. Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass, but forgot  what manner man he was. Which is now the new man which is after the image of Him who created him, of His own will begat He us to do by nature the things contained in the law, showing the work of the law written in our hearts, being partakers of His divine nature. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, that which is begotten of him, the new man after the image of him that created him. The first fruit of His creatures, renewed, the law, His Word engrafted in the heart and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (Col 3:8-10;Rom 2:14-15; 2Pe 1:3,4; Jas 1:18, 21-25; Heb 8:10 Rom 8:10 KJV)

I John 4 and God's Love

God is love. 
In this (the very next statement) is the love of God manifested in us, because God has sent His only-begotten Son into the world, so that we should live through Him.
In other words the Love that is of God, the love that He exhibits is manifested, rendered apparent, or mind you seen through us because God has sent His only begotten son into the world that we may live through Him. So Have faith and start living. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be a covering around our sins. A coving around our sins. He keep us from them. He was manifested to take away our sins (1Jo 3:5), save us from them by us living through Him. That is the covering, the propitiation. Because in him is no sin and if we are in Him we are separated from our sin. For the wages of sin, the fruit, the end result is death, but in Him we have life, a life full of and in harmony with His love and joy. So love one another. Enter into the joy of the Lord, that your joy may be full. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love being perfected is in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because of His Spirit, His Love, the ability to live in harmony one with Him. For God is love, and the one abiding in love abides in God, and God in him. By this, love has been perfected within us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment, that as He is, we are also in this world.

A study in Romans 6,7 and 8

Here are some thoughts on Romans 6 as I studied this out yesterday and this morning. God says we are Dead to sin. This is to be the state of a professing Christian. If you are dead sin; It is impossible for you to do it; is what the language suggests. This is what we are to believe of ourselves through Christ. Our faith enables us to live as such. Baptized into His death our old man was crucified, put to death with Him. It is a done deal, praise God for he that is dead in Christ is dead to sin, but alive unto God through Christ. Raised up from the dead in Christ by the glory of the Father to walk in newness of life through Him. Paul said through God Let not sin therefore reign in our mortal body, sin shall not have dominion over us. We are no longer slaves to Sin through Grace, God’s favor. Jesus has set us free and free we are indeed. He goes on to say to the church in Rome, that they have obeyed from the heart the doctrine that was delivered them, But having been set free from sin, you were enslaved to righteousness. We are freed from sin and slaves to God and His righteousness. Now having Fruit unto holiness and at the end everlasting life. Delivered from the body of sin that it be destroyed. That hence forth we no longer serve sin because it is no longer part of us. For He was manifested to take away our sins, by His stripes we were healed. So be healed and go and sin no more. For He has given us all things pertaining unto life and godliness. The Law, His Word, Christ written on our hearts. So we are without excuse. So with that being said Paul now approaches it from another angle in the beginning of chapter 7. Please keep mind that according to the Word of God, we are dead to sin and alive unto God. In Christ we are a new creature, old things have past away, behold all things are new and of God. As James wrote Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit or first of his creatures. Having received with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save our souls. Being doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving our own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass ( our reflection, our new nature, the new creature with the engrafted word, the first fruit, the first of His creatures) : For if we are a hearer and not a doer we beholdeth our self, (our new nature created in Christ Jesus) and goeth our way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man we were, What we have received, what we now are through the Gospel in Christ. As Paul continues into Chapter 7 this is what I received as I read it. Know ye not, how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? Wherefore, , we also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that we should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we bring forth fruit unto God. For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones and they two (Jesus and us) shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I (God through Paul) speak concerning Christ and the church. For when we were in our flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. But now we are delivered from the law because as God through Paul pointed out, we have been freed from sin through the death of Jesus Christ and free we are indeed. With that being said, there is no need for a law because we are not law breakers through our baptism into Jesus. As God through Paul wrote. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? The Law, God’s Word, the Decalogue , all that was written that pertains to morality. Was to bring us to Faith, to Christ. Show us our need. That sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. So it is no more a matter of obedience but of adherence to what we are in Him. We can’t help ourselves due to the Faith He has placed in us. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ( those who would stand with God) after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: A New creature. whoso looketh into this perfect law of liberty, beholding his now natural face in a glass; which is through Jesus and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. By His stripes we have been healed. In Jesus we are fitly framed together, a holy temple in the Lord. A habitation of God through the Spirit. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith ( the engrafted word of God in our hearts and minds) came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified (made righteous) by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. For we are all one in Christ. A building fitly framed together, for obedience to the faith among all, for his name: We are the called of Jesus Christ: Therefore Be not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, the Kingdom of God in and through you: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just (the righteous) shall live by faith. For the Word is nigh thee in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou may do it; that is the word of Faith that we preach. For we are dead nevertheless we live, but not us , but Christ liveth in us and the life we now live in the flesh we live by the Faith of Jesus Christ. He in us, and God in Him, that we may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent Jesus, and that our Father God hast loved us, as He hast loved Jesus. So serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. We are Christ’s letter, not having been inscribed by ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, not in tablets of stone, but in fleshly tablets of the heart. Engrafted, to the saving of the soul. And we have such confidence through Christ toward God; not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reason out anything as being out of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, For it is He that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure, He doeth the work. He who also made us able ministers of a new covenant, not of letter, but of Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit makes alive. But if the ministry of death having been engraved in letters in stone came to be in glory, so as that the sons of Israel could not gaze into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was to be caused to cease, how much rather the ministry of the Spirit will be in glory! He has led our captivity to sin, Captive through the Body of Christ. That is the mystery of godliness, Christ in us the hope of Glory. (Rom 7:1-14; 2Co 3:3-8; Eph 5:29-32; Jas 1:18-24; Gal 3:21-27; Rom 1:5-6, 16-17; Joh 17:23; Heb 8:10; 2Co 5:21; Jas 1:25; Eph 2:21-22 )

Salvation is release from the bondage of sin.

Salvation is release from the bondage of sin. Eternal life in Heaven and the New Earth is the end result for those who receive and use the Gift. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. ..... John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. For ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Therefore Jesus said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant, the sinner abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. (Mat 1:21; Joh 1:29; 1Jn 3:5; Joh 8:32-36;Rom 6:16-18,8:15-16;1Jn 5:4 )

For by Grace we are saved

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Eph 2:8 KJV) The Faith is not of ourselves it is the gift of God through Christ. Did you notice that I did not say our faith? For there is, "One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Eph 4:5-6 KJV) One Faith. Here follow along as Paul unfolds this concept in Gal 2:16. Knowing that a man is not justified (rendered or made righteous) by the works of the Law; but through the faith of Jesus Christ.We also believed into Christ Jesus, that we might be justified (rendered or made righteous) by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the Law; for by the works of the Law no flesh shall be justified. With Christ have I been crucified, yet I am living; no longer I, but living in me is Christ. Now that which I am now living in flesh, I am living in faith that is of the Son of God, Who loves me, and gives Himself up for me." (Gal 2:20 CLV) John shared in his Gospel this part of Jesus’ prayer, “ And I do not ask concerning these only, but also concerning the ones who will believe into Me through their word.” (17:20 KJ3) We are made righteous because we are part of The Body of Christ, the Temple of God. Through God's Spirit we believed ourselves into Christ. Because we are in Christ and Him in us, we share in, partake of His divine nature. Therefore we have the Faith of Jesus. His Faith, The Faith He has, we now have available to us through God’s Spirit. It is this active faith in and through us that make us, renders us righteous. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Even as is a direct comparison. We are made righteous the same way Jesus is and was. Through God's Spirit. For there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, the One above all and through all and in you all. And it is He that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure. As Jesus said, “He doeth the work.” (1Jn 3:7 kjv; Eph 4:5,6 KJ3]

The Gospel, the New Covenant. Ask and you shall receive

This is the covenant which I will covenant to them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My Laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds;and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will not remember no longer, not ever. MT-Jer. 31:33, 34 But where remission of these is, there is no longer offering concerning sins. (Heb 10:16-18 KJ3) In English remission can mean forgiveness or the reduction of the intensity of something: to reduce in intensity, or reduce the intensity of something. Reduction or disappearance, lessening of something. But it can also mean restore something: to restore something to a previous condition or position. Now if we consider that remission is ἄφεσις in the Greek and means: Freedom. Dismissal and or Release from bondage or imprisonment. To cause to stand away. What we get is a reduction or disappearence in the intensity of something that causes restoration. For Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. So let me ask if our sins are in remission what are they or what has been done to them? John the Baptist Had this to say About Jesus in John 1:29 . He said, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John the Apostle gave further testimony in 1 John 3:5 . He says, And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Peter shared in 1Peter 2:24, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. This was not a new revelation it was a prophesy from Isaiah 53:5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace our Shalom, our completeness was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. So have faith and be healed. Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant (a slave) of sin. And the servant (sinner) abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. So lets be free!!! Our sins have been placed in remission!!!! They have been taken away!!! Heb 9:14; 1 John 3:5; Heb 10:4 say: For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. But we know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Through the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience (our inner man, our hearts and minds ) from dead works ( sin, acts that cause death) to serve the living God? There are 2 other places in the NT that αφεσις is in the same case and gender. One is within the same letter and context. So to better drive home this truth let me share that also. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission (αφεσις). Heb 9:21,22 Our sins are purged from us as the vessels of the ministry have been purged, we have been cleansed. We are vessels sanctified, made fit to serve the living God. We are healed. Whatever the sin is, it is αφεσις (released from it's confines, from our hearts and minds) It is purged from us. There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek ( the Heathen Gentile). One Lord, one faith, one baptism: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. But what saith He? The word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it, that is the word of faith, which we preach. That the gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel and believe. And God which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost even as (a direct comparison) He did unto us. And put no difference between us and them, purifying (purge)their hearts by faith. Believing that through the grace of the Lord Jesus the Christ we (Israel)shall be saved even as(a direct comparison) they. Even when we were dead in sins, hath he quickened us together with, the Christ,Whom God set forth to be a propitiation(atoning victim) through faith in his blood. The blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your Conscience(our inner inward man, the heart and mind)from dead works(acts that lead to death, sin)to serve the living God. For this cause he is the mediator of the new. For thus saith the lord:I will put my Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts:and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people.For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them and walk in them;and I will be their God and they shall be my people. Strengthened by might by His Spirit in the inner man, Christ in us the hope of Glory. Filled with all the fullness of God for it is He that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure. Through His divine power He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. Lord we believe help thou our unbelief!! Rom10:12,9; Deut30:14; Acts15:7,8,9,11; Eph2:5; Rom3:2 5; Heb10:14,15; 2cor6:16; Eph3:19,17,16; 2Pet1:3 This is the Gospel the new covenant fufilled in all believers

Lightbearing lightbearers

Jesus is the True Light, that lighteth every man cometh into this world. We must believe in the light, that we may be the children of light. For we were sometimes darkness, but now are we light in the Lord: walk as children of light. For the night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let your light so shine before men, blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation that they may see your good works, among whom ye shine as lights in the world, that they glorify your Father which is in heaven. For if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the spirit through you be rather glorious? Eph 5:8; Matt 5:14,16; Romans 13:12; Phil 2:15; 2 Cor 3:7-8; John 12:35-36; 11:8-10

God says in 1 Cor. 3: 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. We are God's. His building. His vineyard. This verse speaks of each and every believer individually and God's ownership of them and His laboring with the labors to ensure the vineyard continues to be fruitful, His building remain stable. 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. Our foundation is laid, Jesus Christ. This is confirmed in verse 11 "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." What makes up the rest of the believer is based upon the doctrine that a "master builder" like Paul or another used on them and or their acceptance of the building material used in constructing them. So if we have a ministry, (are a builder by the Grace of God like Paul) whose duty is the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: We need take heed how we buildeth thereupon. In other words we need to be sure what we are teaching or showing is truth and of God. If we take part in the building of a house, a convert and use shady material, false doctrine it will not hold up. Will it? Same applies to the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. False doctrine will only destroy those who allow themselves to be built with it. Let's classify the doctrinal building material. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; The Foundation is Jesus Christ. That does not change. We as converts are the building material. What type of building material we are will depend on our acceptance of the New Covenant, the writing, or the putting of His will, His Commandments, His Love on our hearts and minds. This is the Gospel, the establishing of His Kingdom, His Spirit within us. For it is He that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure. Not us but Christ. The building material that a professing Christian is depends on their acceptance of the Gospel. They will be as either gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble. 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. Upon the Judgment Day every man's work, the converts, those under their ministry shall be manifested. A professing Christian is what they believe and do. If they are Gold, silver or precious stones they will be refined or cleansed. If they are wood, hay, or stubble they will be burned up, because that is what happens to it when fire is introduced to it. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Some might take the latter part of verse fifth-teen to say that even though the minister was a heretic in spreading false doctrine and because of their ministry people were lead astray and were burned up on the Judgement Day that they themselves are saved. That is not what the verse is saying at all. Otherwise the admonition in verse ten to take heed would be for naught. Usually what ends up happening when building is various tradesmen come to do the various aspects of building, Brick layers, Carpenters, Roofers...etc; etc. So is it with the making of a Christian. "And he gave some, apostles; and some prophets; and some evangelists, some pastors and teachers. So just as if a tradesman might not be very apt at his trade and use faulty material or poor craftsmanship so is it with ministers with false doctrine or the leading by poor example as to how a Christian is to act. Through God if we are and have used the Gold, the Silver, and or the Precious Stones, at some point in the edification of any convert or ourselves; we did our part with God. But it is up to the building, the convert weather or not they keep it within themselves. If they have not, and they have let another builder build and they use wood, hay and stubble and this is what they are made of. They will not hold up on the Last Day and they will be destroyed by God's cleansing fire. But because we had the privilege to know them and lovingly share the precious gems that our Lord has placed in our capable hands for the edifying, the building of those would be of the the house hold of God, the body of Christ, We will suffer loss because we love them for God is Love and as He is so are we. We love them so much They are as a part of us, but they are destroyed, so sad we will be. But we will be saved. Because we did our part through God and shared His precious treasures found in His Word. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. We need to take heed as verse ten admonishes. Because if we use inadequate material or lead by poor example and cause a child of God to be defiled by it, we ourselves are defiled by the use of the inadequate material; the spreading of heresy. So we will be destroyed also. This is what verse sixteen and seventeen unfold.

Lets take a look at this truth in Col 1:6, “The grace of God in truth.” What is truth? In the Greek it is ἀλήθεια . It is stated in Abbott- Smith’s work, Objectively it is, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" In other words what something is. It’s appearance as Liddell, Scott, and Jones share in their citation. It’s root word is ἀληθής. And this word is a compound word derived from αandλανθάνω . Not Hidden respectively. Or as Mickelson’s work sites ( not concealing). In the LXX it is used quite extensively to translate a wide variety of Hebrew words in various text. Lets take a look at them and how they are basically defined and understood in the BDB Lexicon of Hebrew words . The first word we will look at is אוּר. pronounced oor. It means flame or mind you light. Another word was אמוּן. Which is pronounce ay-moon' it means established and it’s root means to foster, nurture develop, keep alive. Also there was אמנה It is pronounced em-oo-naw', This word literally firmness; figuratively security; moral fidelity: and typically is translated faith. Then there is אמת pronounced eh'-meth And it means stability. We must also consider ישׁרpronounced yaw-shawr' straight (literally or figuratively). It is translated convenient, equity, just. And is from ישׁר Pronounced yaw-shar' which means; to be straight or even; figuratively to be (causatively to make) right, pleasant, prosperous. And of courseיצּיב pronounced yats-tseeb' and means fixed, sure; Plus there is כּוּן Pronounced koon Which is a primitive root; an means to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous) And נכח Pronounced naw-ko'-akh Which means straightforward, that is, (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity. Then there is קשׁט pronounced kesh-ote', and it means fidelity. And finally תּם pronounced tome and means completeness; figuratively prosperity; usually (morally) innocence. It has been translated full, integrity, perfect (-ion), simplicity, upright (-ly, -ness), at a venture. This word is from the root word תּמם pronounced taw-mam'. It means; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literally or figuratively. So what is God’s truth? It is His completeness, fixed and sure, His Stability that He offers us. His establishing us in His integrity, His straightforwardness, His prosperity found in His innocence. It is firm and secure, His Moral fidelity, His faith in us, His understanding that is found in His knowledge and wisdom. Which is through His love that is only found in Him in the Body of Christ, the Way and the Truth. And in Him only we experience His fostering and nurturing. His way, the way that He designed to give us life. That is the Gospel in truth in Christ.

Romans 10. The purpose of the Law is to show us what we are to be like; not make us. The end of the Law for righteousness is exactly the intent of the Author once we are brought to Christ through the Gospel. Here follow along as we look at the context. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Israel, those who would stand with God were not standing in His power. In and with His heart and mind. They were not contending with Him against the world and all it's ways. They had a zeal, a fervantly emotional ardor intensity of God, But not according to understanding, Not according to the knowledge. The recognition which comes only from receiving the Gospel; having our hearts and minds transformed by His Spirit. A changed heart and mind; repentant, rescued, saved, delivered from the stiff necked hard heartedness that we have acquired through the deceitfulness of sin. The life of the unrepentant. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. The righteousness of God. The straight and narrow path, that comes from the faith due to a changed heart and mind. He has placed His laws in our minds and written them in our hearts. No longer is the ministration to be from the Law written on tables of stone, but from the fleshly tables of the heart. Behold a body has He prepared, Christ, the Temple of God. Now therefore we are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom you also are built together. His Temple, the Body of Christ for an habitation, of God through the Spirit. For it is God that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure as Jesus said, “He doeth the work”. (Eph 2:19-22) 　 　 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. No longer an outward observance from tables of stone but an inward one from the fleshly tables of the heart. We are a new creature, the Body of Christ with new hearts and new minds: His. No longer us but Christ. We are dead crucified with Him, nevertheless we live, yet not us but Christ vicariously through us. The life we now live in the flesh we live through the Faith of Christ; for it is His heart and mind that drives us. All things now are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; The changed heart and mind that is available to us through the Gospel of God and His Christ (2 Cor 5:18) 　 Have Faith!!!! For the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The Word, Christ, the Law, God’s ways, His heart and mind is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that we may do it. That is, the word of faith, which we preach; and that is the Gospel. (Rom 10:1-4,6-8; Deut 30:14)

The purpose of Christ sacrifice was the removal of sin. To make the believer cleansed and thereby enabling them to be sinnless through God's indwelling Spirit. Lets talk about the Atonement , the At one ment. In the Greek it is, καταλλαγή and it means; an adjustment of a difference, restoration. It is from the root word καταλλάσσω, and it is a compound word form καταwhich means down (in place or time) And ἀλλάσσω which means make other than it is, change, alter. Which in it's simplest direct translation means positional change, altered, the differences being placed apart from us; downed. And since we were the one that needed to be different God sent His son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in his flesh. He was manifested to take away our sin and in Him is no sin, Jesus Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge (cleanse) our conscience (inward man) from dead works (sin) to serve the living God, that the righteousness of the law be fulfilled in us by his indwelling spirit for it is God that worketh in us both to will and do his good pleasure. Sanctified, set apart for holy use, the temple of the most high God. Now this is really interesting. Forgiveness in the Greek is ἄφεσις, and it means freedom. It is from the root word ἀφίημι which means send forth. Gods forgiveness and atonement is a separation from sin; a sending forth; We are separated from it. And this is out of love and His desire to have the most intimate relationship that he can have with us, the at one ment. This my friends is the one and only Gospel. The point of it all the secret of our success. For we through the atonement are members of His body, of his flesh,and of His bones. Which is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the begining of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things through Christ. Of whom the whole family in heaven is named. That he has granted us according to the riches of His glory, Stengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man. Christ dwelling in our hearts by faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that we may be filled with all the fullness of God. That is, Christ in us the Hope of Glory. For With men it is and was impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

It is a gift. We are righteous, cleansed, purified now because God has made us so through the blood of Christ inside and out. Done deal, Purified, cleansed , justified, made righteous we are now capable to be anointed by the Oil, His Spirit. A vessel made fit for Holy use to do righteous acts through the prodding and power of His Spirit . For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience (who you are) from dead works (sin, acts that cause death) to serve the living God? For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. But we know he was manifested to take away our sins; That the body of sin be destroyed So He said, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes we were healed. So be healed, labor to there is sweat on our brows, let us strive as if our very existence depended on it. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. We as the Body of Christ, the Temple of God have been made fit for Holy use. To do righteous acts with His Spirit according to His working, which worketh in us mightily. For it is God that worketh in us both to will and do His good pleasure. Through the anointing of His Spirit, He doeth the work. We have been given the capability to be one with the Father and His Christ. Jesus prayed, "As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." So lets be one with God and go and sin no more, that the world may believe, for he has given us all things pertaining to life and godliness. 　 However if we spend our whole lives living in sin; sinning, never fully using what has been availed to us then we will get what our fruits entitle. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. 1 Pet 2:24;1 Jo 3:5; Heb 9:13-14; 10:4, 9-10; Jo 17:20-21; Heb 10:26,27; 6:4-6; 10:38-39[/QUOTE]

Jesus said, "Love is the fulfilling of the Law." The law is our love gauge, our life gauge. If our loving does not measure up to this gauge we are missing the mark, thereby causing hurt and dismay. Jesus said, Love God and our fellow man with all our heart, mind and soul. To love in this manner is to know God and our brothers and sisters empathetically. Sin which is based on self serving hinders this. The gift of the Gospel enables us to have our hearts and minds cleansed from the self serving, sinful preservation, of our own lives and feelings. To the preservation of what God wants and the good for others. Jesus said, love one another, as I have loved you. No Greater love have no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. This is the essence of God and knowing Him; selflessness. This is who God is, what love is, and what He has enabled in each and everyone of us through Jesus Christ.

God's Word is alive, However His Laws have a new ministration. They have been placed in the hearts and minds of all who accept this gift of the Gospel, though Jesus Christ. But they are no longer something that we are under, something that we obey, therefore they are not laws per say. We went from having to obey the Law to being the Law through Faith. If our hearts and minds have been changed and we are this new person in Christ, a new creature, the Temple of God. God working in us to both will and do His good pleasure, then it is no matter a matter of obedience but of nature. The new ministration is ministered by the works of the Law through the believer not the words of the Law dictated from stone. Like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also walk in newness of life, we are in Christ, a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; We are alive in his righteousness, living through His Faith, by faith: by whose stripes we were and are healed. For as many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ, the full armor of God. They have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. We are crucified with Christ: nevertheless we live; yet not us, but Christ liveth in us: and the life which we now live in the flesh we live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved us, and gave himself for us. Now there is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism. Fitly framed together, the Holy Temple in the Lord: In whom you also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Rom 6:1-7; 2Cor 5:17-18;1Pet 2:21; Gal 5:24, 2:20; Eph 4:4,5, 2:21-22)

Remission can mean forgiveness or the reduction of the intensity of something: to reduce in intensity, or reduce the intensity of something. Reduction or disappearance, lessening of something. But it can also mean restore something: to restore something to a previous condition or position. Now if we consider. That remission is ἄφεσις in the Greek and means: Freedom. Release from bondage or imprisonment. To cause to stand away. What we get is a reduction or disappearence in the intensity of something that causes restoration. For Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; Jesus Christ, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 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: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. John 3:3; 2 Cor 5:17-18; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 8:3-4 The Ministry of Reconciliation. Reconciliation is καταλλαγή in the Greek this word means: an exchange, an adjustment, reconciliation. Hence restoration to the divine favor. Καταλλαγή is from καταλλάσσω. This word means to change mutually, to reconcile. This word is a compound word. One of the words is κατά. Which means down in place or time. And the other is ἀλλάσσω, to change, transform, make different. God has downed the difference. He was manifested to take away our sin. He has set our differences, who we our in his own body, condemning us in His flesh. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Condemned in His flesh. That we being dead to sin should live unto righteousness. For we are dead nevertheless we live yet not us but Christ liveth in us and the life we now live, we live by the faith of the Son of God. Who loved us and gave Himself for us. We are called according to his purpose......Us, for whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom 6:6,7; Gal 2:20; Romans 8:28,29 The Son has made us free. So free we are indeed!!!!

The Gospel according to God

Gen 1:26 a and 27 says, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Then came the fall. We had sinned and the wages of sin is death. And that death was and is spiritual and that spiritual death caused and causes the physical death.
But God had a plan. He said, " 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 laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:. A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of your heart. For we are his workmanship, we are created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. . For we are the Temple of the most High God. One body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all. Greater is he that is in us or you than He that is in the world. And that includes you. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace..... His favor and loving kindness we, you are saved; ) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Did you know that you are in the presence of God in Heaven.
A new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. But we cry, but God, He says No. But we cry, But God and He says no. As many as received me , to them give I power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. A son through the son: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God. ...... These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Us. We have been conformed to the image of his Son, not conforming, conformed. That he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Us. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; For he hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we you be made the righteousness of God in him.
He was manifested to take away our sins So He came in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: So lets let it be condemned. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.　That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
　
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God. We have been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
In whom ye you also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. We have been made priest over these habitations, His temple our bodies and kings over our Lords creation. For He has made us kings and priests unto God and our Father. To Him be Glory and dominion, vigor great physical or mental strength and energy forever and ever Amen. For it is he that works in us to will and do His good pleasure. It isall about reestablishing us back to what we were to be from the beginning. For in him we live, and move, and have our being; For we are also his offspring. Children of the most High God. But we have been away and have forgotten who we are in Him or maybe we never knew our Father, though he be not far from every one of us. As God said through Paul, "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; , For we are also his offspring. We don't have to look far do we. We just have to seek and we will find Him. Knock and He will open Himself up to us. For it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon us you. He has come. He is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do all that He asks us to do. That is, the word of faith, which we preach. Beloved now we are the sons of God. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. Blameless is am'-emp-tos in the Greek and means irreproachable. Beyond criticism: not incurring any reproach or criticism. Even more so Eph 1:4 says it like this, he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we be holy and without blame before him in love: Without Blame is am'-o-mos in the Greek and it means unblemished. Without spot without sin. Having predestinated us children, His children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted. You have been made accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience purge your inner man from dead works, Sin to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament. For what cause? As a vessel in the sanctuary you have been cleansed santified set apart for Holy use. He had Purged your inner man from Sin so that His Spirit can rest upon you to serve the living God?
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. Or better stated no more sin. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. But ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. The son has made us, you free to become servants, slaves of righteousness. How is that I speak of bondage again. The commandments, God’s Love have been placed and written in our Hearts and in our minds. It is who we are now in Christ. Can you act contrary to who you are? No. So Repeat after me as we speak unto God and make our proclamation to the world. 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.
Amen
Deut.32:6 Is not He thy Father that hath bought thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee?
　
　
Have Faith for We are His Family


　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
Gen 1:27,26; 3:15;Jer31:33; Ezek36:26;2 Cor3:13 ; Eph2:10, 4:24, 4-6; 2:5,6; Joh1:12; 2Cor5:17; Rev 3:14; Rom 8:21; 1Pet 2:24;Rom8:3,4; 2Cor 5:17-21; Acts 17:28,27: Hosea 10:12; Deut 30:10-14; Rom 10:7,8; Rom 8:14; Phil 2:15; Hosea 1:10; Heb 9:13-15

9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. We are God's building. His Temple. This verse speaks of each and every believer individually. 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. Our foundation is laid, Jesus Christ. This is confirmed in verse 11 "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." What makes up the rest of the believer is based upon the doctrine that a " master builder" like Paul or another used in building them. So if we have a ministry, (are a builder by the Grace of God like paul) which duty is the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: We need take heed how we buildeth thereupon. In other words we need to be sure what we are teaching or showing is truth and of God. If we build a house out of shady material it will not hold up will it. Same applies to the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. False doctrine will only destroy those who are built with it. Let's classify the doctrinal building material. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; The Foundation is Jesus Christ. The doctrinal building material that a professing Christian is made of is classified above as either gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. Upon the Judgment Day everyman's work, "converts" those under their ministry shall be manifested. A professing Christian is what they believe. If they are built with Gold or silver they will be refined. If they are built with wood, hay, or stubble they will be burned up, because that is what happens to it when fire is introduced to it. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Some might take the latter part of verse fifth-teen to say that even though the minister was a heretic in spreading false doctrine and because of their ministry people were lead astray and were burned up at Judgement that they themselves are saved. That is not what the verse is saying at all. Otherwise the admonition to take heed would be for naught. Usually what ends up happening when building is various tradesmen come to do the various aspects of building, Brick layers, Carpenters, Roofers...ect; ect. So is it with the making of a Christian. "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; So just as if a tradesman might not be very apt at his trade and use faulty material or poor craftmanship so is it with ministers with false doctrine or poor example as to how a Christian is to act. If we find that one of these is our ministry than we need to take heed as verse 10 admonishes. Because if we use inadequate material or lead by poor example and cause a child of God to be defiled by it. Or we ourselves are defiled by the inadaquate material. We will be destoyed also. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Faith, the unmoving solid foundation. As Jesus said, Faith can move mountains, though faith we do greater things than He. Not that wishy washy faith we are so use to seeing, but the Faith of Christ, that solid foundation. For the wise man, will build his house upon the Rock: and that Rock is Christ. Then when the raining of worldliness descend, and the flooding of their ways come, and the winds of lasciviousness and the deceptive fleeting pleasure of sin blow, and beat upon the House; and it will not Fall: for it is founded and built upon the Rock and that Rock is Yeshua, Jesus, the Christ. Matt 7:24,25; Cor 10:4