Part I And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” (Matt 13:52)

In The Beginning There Was Nothing But GOD And the Word was with God And the Word was God (John 1:1)

Who is GOD? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM (Exodus 3:14) The Self Existent One The Only “PERSON” in the Universe

The Only One Yet Three? God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit How does that work?

God the Father is a Spirit (John 4:24) The “Essence” or the “Nature” of God Without Expression The “WHO”

God (Spirit) Must Manifest Himself (Col 1:15) Through God the Son Expression Word Physical The “WHAT”

God Must Act Action Doer The “HOW” Through God the Spirit

Three In One Person COMPLETE

The COMPOSITION of GOD WORDDEEDTHOUGHT

Who is This Person God?... Love (1 John 4:8)... Light (1 John 1:5)... Wisdom (1Cor 1:30)... Good (1 Tim 4:4)... Strength (Hab 3:19)... the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:16)... longsuffering, merciful, gracious, righteousness

These Are Not JUST TRAITS This is who God IS God is a Person God is Love Love is God (Symmetric Axiom) Love is a Person

Then Who Are We? God Makes Up the ENTIRE Universe (Gen 1:1) God is “All in All” (1 Cor 15:28; Col 3:11) For in him we live, and move, and have our being (Acts 17:28) Then everything we see is a “manifestation, an expression, a derivative of God”

Only Man is Made In His Image (Gen 1:26) Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? ( John 10:34)

The COMPOSITION of MAN In His Image (Gen 1:26) WORDDEEDTHOUGHT

WITH ONE MAIN DIFFERENCE God has life in himself (John 5:26) Man does not Man is a “Container” Man is the Negative to God’s Positive

Man is a “Vessel” His spirit is the Container Like a “Cup” The Question is: What does it contain? What does it mean?

There is a “Union” The analogy on a Physical level is Marriage: “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” (Eph 5:31) So Also are We “Married” on a Spirit Level: “Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” (Rev19:9) “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church” (Eph 5:23)

We Are “Married” Spiritually Our Spirit is “ONE”, in UNION with the contents Referred to as our HEART in the Bible The Big Question is: To What or Whom are we Married?

Let’s go back to the “Beginning” We were Childlike (Matt 19:24) We had a “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink;” mindset (Mat 6:25) Everything was Good! “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” (Gen 1:31) We saw everything with the “Single Eye” (Luke 11:34)

But Then Yes, we were enticed and deceived And we started to think, to rationalize We were told,“You surely will not die!... your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Gen 3:4-5) And she “...saw that the tree was good for food,... a delight to the eyes, and... desirable to make one wise, she... ate;” (Gen 3:6) What was wrong with wanting to be like God?

It Still Looks Pretty,... But it’s dead! The “Living” Dead Cut off! No Root! Knowing Good and Evil But with a Distorted and Divided View With an Exaggerated Sense of Self-Awareness Self-Centered; Self for Self A Feeling of Independent Self Separated from God

What Really Happened? We were “Married” to, in Union with, GOD When we died, we became “Married” to, in Union with, ANOTHER The “Container” does not change, just the contents

The Ugly Truth Is Satan replaced God and infected our Spirit “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.” (John 8:44) “Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath... “ (Eph 2:3) Our “Nature” is fixed by the “Union”

But I’m Not THAT Bad Sure, I’ve been known to... But I do a lot of good things too “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,... “ (Matt 7:11) “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matt 7:22-23)

What is Your Image of Evil? Do we think of Satan? Hitler? Stalin? Do we think in terms of reprehensible sinful deeds: murder, robbery, adultery, etc.? Did you know Satan has no problem being Good? He is right at home. Satan’s basic Nature is SELF for SELF Whatever benefits and promotes SELF, that is what he is for It’s all about Self Righteousness!

Remember Satan’s “I Wills?” For thou hast said in thine heart,... I will ascend into heaven,... I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:... I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:... I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;... I will be like the most High (Isa 14:13-14)

Satan Has a Delusion To be AS God That he is Independent That he has righteousness in himself, albeit in reverse And Infects Mankind with the same Delusion The Truth is:

We Are NOT Independent We are a “SLAVE” to Whom we are in Union “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?” (Rom 6:16) “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” (John 8:34)

You May Try to do Good But You CAN’T You May Try to Improve But You CAN’T “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” (Rom 7:19) “Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.” (Rom 7:20) Which means:

We Have NO Nature of Our Own Your Nature flows from your Center, your Heart “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,” (Mark 7:21) “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (Rom 7:24)

Does Anyone Really Deliver Us? The answer is YES! “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Rom 7:25) HOW? “You must be Born Again” (John 3:7) “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)

How is This Union Severed? Through the LAW : “Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.” (Rom 7:1-2)

Romans 7 is NOT about Divorce It’s about how the law frees us from the law “So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress... ” “... but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man.” (Romans 7:3) “Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead,...” (Romans 7:4)

What Really Happened? What we were “Married” to.. We are now free from And are free to Marry ANOTHER Again, the “Container” does not change, just the contents

Symbolized by Baptism (Rom 6:3-4)

Remember When Jesus Turned the Water Into Wine? See how scripture agrees?

the bottom line There is No Such Thing as Independent Self Self Improvement is a Delusion We have NO nature of our own We have only ONE nature That Nature is fixed by our “Union” That “Union” is with Christ: But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit (1 Cor 6:17)