Why does it look abnormal for one to believe and accept that, Christ in his physical life here on earth was hundred percent human being? Why do even the majority of his church members think that Christ was extra-ordinary, that though in the physical body, He was not fully human? If this thinking is true, then it means that the bible lies, and cannot be relied on for life instructions. And if the thinking is not true, then it means that, men never understood, and so, never believed, and therefore up to now, we don’t accept the gospel which God sent him to bring to us. For this reason, though we claim to believe, we are still deceived and in a deeper darkness than the one we lived in before Christ came. Brethren and friends, God is here challenging whoever has ears to hear, and eyes to see, to get back into his/her heart and see if, we truly understood and so, believed the true gospel, or we are still living in imaginations from our darkened minds.
Let those who think that Christ was an extra-ordinary man, bear this in mind and so, repent of their position. It was, totally impossible for, Christ to have been tempted in every way as we are- Heb.4:15, if He wasn’t hundred percent a human being, for these temptations can only apply in imperfection and weaknesses-James.1:13. And that, if, He wasn’t hundred percent like us, then, He can’t be our example of how to go about trials and life generally, and neither can He be the forerunner of our faith-John.13:15; Heb.12:2. It therefore means, that Christ lies when He says, whoever believes will do the things that I do, and even greater ones than this, he will do-14:12. It also shows the word of God to be undependable because it says, for him to become our high priest, Christ shared the same flesh-and-blood-nature-Heb.2:14; Phillip.2:6-7.
But because the bible is the only voice of God, who is true-John.3:33, and who cannot lie-Titus.1:2, then brethren, we must accept that, up to now, we don’t believe the gospel and are still rejecting Christ, and so are living in deep darkness, if we belong in that lot. Want to know why, and are you ready to learn and change(repent)? If yes. You are right before God through this message, listening to Christ Himself. Are you given to understand? Then hear please as you read on.
OPENING THE EYES
God doesn’t just send a messenger, for the sake of a mere socializing kind of a talk. It is always for, to pass some greatly needed information, so that those who receive it may act accordingly, for He says, I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit; and who leads you in the way you should live-Isa.48:17; psalm.32:8. Based on this, God sent Christ with some information( message/gospel) for all human beings. But why send somebody, many years after creating man? Why didn’t He just teach him from the word go? ( read details from our message, “man’s creation process”). As free moral agents, God after creating Adam, did welcome him to freely choose whether he wants to depend on God for learning and for support in what he learns, or to be on his own-Gen. 2:16-17.
Adam rejected God, and taught his descendants after him, the same way of independence. Since, the word of God (bible) is the only instruction on what, and how life can be lived, and man has rejected it, then, his mind became darkened, and he got blind, from which point, he also got separated from God and the true way of life-Eph.4:18; Gen.3:23-24. This happened before man gained knowledge, and so up to now, man became a mystery to himself, with the right way to live, becoming a mystery too, for, they have all fallen away; no one understands neither does good. Together, they are depraved- Psalm.53:3; Rom.3:10-13. Outside God’s law( His word), there is no wisdom, nor understanding, and so, men became fools- Jerem.8:9; Rom.1:22.
Being physical, and therefore limited to physical knowledge only, man begun a life whose goals and achievements are purely physical. Based on the physical only, the today’s life is build on a notion that man is complete-Gen.3:4-5 ( which is a lie), and all they need now is to climb to the physical heights which involves, wealth, exalted positions, and the physical glories. This is evidenced by how everyone’s struggle today is aimed at, great wealth, the best cars, most magnificent homes, choicey entertainment and social places and the like; all physical. According to this system, God’s purpose for us is achieved and proven by the acquisition of those so-called physical heights. As a result, the earth right now lies polluted, and life has become the most painful experience man has ever known-Isa.24:5-6.
If there is a time when human beings need deliverance, a solution to life’s problems, it is now. But where will they get it from? No one has ever been to heaven with God, so that he/she should have some knowledge on what we can do-John.3:13. Also, no one has ever been spoken to by God, to be able to tell us what-John.5:37; 1:18. God rightly says that, the way to peace, they don’t know-Isa.59:8. Without knowledge, people perish- Hosea.4:6; Mat.22:29. So, no man knows what to do because they are cut off from God, the only one who can teach them how to go about it. If this be the position, does it then mean that, God has abandoned mankind to perish for their wrong choice? As we begun to see, God sends a messager with a purpose, either to reveal information for advanced knowledge, or for, to restore some lost information.
It is for this total blindness, and ignorance that God send Christ with a message which is meant, to open the eyes that are blind and to deliver those who are imprisoned by the present destructive deception-Isa.42:6-7; Acts.26:18. Do you think you believed Christ’s message, or want to understand and believe? If yes, then mark this very important point please. Shift all your thoughts and efforts from every other place and tune in to Christ, and Him alone, for no one can access God’s presence inorder to get information about the truth, except Christ-John.14:6. And for those of us who profess to have done so, please, examine yourself thoroughly well by listening to what Christ says, and comparing it with what you know and are doing as living,prove whether you have truly believed.
THE LIVING WORD
It is God who created us in this physical nature, which can’t, not only understand spiritual life, but can’t accept and obey it also- 1 Cor.2:14; Rom.8:7,12 (more details are given in a message, “Why the physical bodies”). Being then in this opposive nature, and trying to obey God’s law( which is impossible-Rom.8:7; Gal.5:17), men came to a conclusion that, no one can keep God’s law while in this physical life. And this is why they cant accept that Christ was fully human. What does this amount to? Since the gospel (message) was sent to physical human beings, for the sake of making them understand how God created them to live, and here they are, denying that it is meant for physical beings, then, they not only, do not believe, but are against the Christ they are calling Lord- 2John.1:7.
All this is happening because man detouched himself from the creation-process, and assumed to be complete, which, as we have just seen, is ignorance and blindness of the highest class. The word of God is the very message which Christ brought to mankind, for, this word is the gospel that was preached to you-1 Pet.1:25. Do we believe that? If yes, know and understand that, this word is God’s explanation to you, of what you are, and what life you should live-Prov.4:22; 3:22. When Christ came, He made it plain clear, that, it is impossible for anyone to access God’s presence, or, to know Him, unless God opens his mind to understand-Luke.10:22; John.14:6; 2 Cor.4:6. So, if we will know ourselves, know the life we should live and be able to live it, we must learn from Christ and Him alone, for God has put in Him, all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge-Col.2:2-3.
So now please, are we conducting ourselves the way we do because Christ has taught us so? If yes, why then are we not living the word of God? If not, why are we claiming to have believed the gospel?
THE ONLY EXAMPLE
Darkened in our understanding, and walking blindly, we do things expecting good results, but get the opposite. Claiming to know and, to see the way, but we stumble in every step. Marriages, communities, nations and the world in general, all are in chaos-Isa.59:8-14; 24:6. Christ came in this kind of a community, as we have seen, to open men’s minds and make them understand so that, those who believe may turn( repent) from what they are, and are doing now, and learn fully from Christ, and so, make life smooth-Mat.11:28-29. Now, here comes the most misunderstood thing about Christ’s revelation to mankind. Christ never just preached the message of life to men, but more to that, He lived it and demonstrated it in a way that even the physical could see, even if they don’t understand. If we don’t know, then know now and understand that, it was for this purpose of revealing what man is, and how he should live in this physical life, that, Christ emptied himself of all glory and godly nature and became, hundred percent human-Phil.2:5-7.
What then, by His talk and living, did He reveal, which is exactly what we are, and how we should live ( our message, “ who are you?”, has details)? Anybody who doesn’t believe He was fully human has nothing to do with his gospel and is still very much in darkness. Do we want to be in the light? He says, I am the light of the world, he who follows me does not stumble, for he sees( understands) the light of life-John.8:12. Brethren, if we sincerely want to understand what God is revealing here, we must completely empty ourselves of any knowledge that we have now, and be ready to carefully learn and do what Christ will teach and demonstrate by doing-Acts.1:1. If it wont be from Christ and strictly by Him, my friend, know and be rest assured that you are deceived, however good and appealing it may be-prov.16:25.
Christ begun His preaching by first telling us that, in these physical lives, we are still in the creation process and so, we don’t have any knowledge about ourselves, and about how to live. So, the starting point should be to submit to God, and listen carefully to what He tells us, then we diligently apply it in all that we do. Did Christ himself as a human do that?Did He acknowledge that he doesn’t know, neither can do anything on his own? Hear His testimony please. On my own, I can do nothing-John.5:30. The words( my teachings) that am speaking to you are not mine, (but am just delivering the message I was sent to bring to you), but His who sent me; I bear witness to what I have seen and heard; for I have not spoken on my own authority, the father who has sent me has himself given me commandments, what to say and speak-John.7:16; 3:32; 12:49. This is our beginning point friends, if we will benefit from God’s gospel which Christ preached.
He is showing us the way. He became fully human, so that He can live the whole course of man’s creation process, so that those who wish to be made spirits like God-Gen.1:26 may do exactly the same. This is why He is the only example for anyone who wants to live rightly, and why He is our forerunner-Heb.12:2. Where has this brought us to? We cannot call ourselves anything, or, build on anything we are now, except what God in Christ will tell us. This is because, we are in a transiting nature, yes, creatures in the making. For this reason, we cant establish a standing position except in God’s word, and if in it, then, our being is not established, but progressive-growing from one degree to another- 2 Cor.3:18; 1 Pet.2:11. And since it is God who is developing us into what we are becoming, then, we cant take it to ourselves, as though we are the ones working it out. Christ in His time, and as our example showed plainly that, the goodness and ability which people see in him is not his but God’s works-Mat. 19:17; John.5:30. Right now, we see ministers and laymen alike, in God’s church posing as though, God is seeking to exalt some people above others, something He cant do-Job.34:19; Eph.6:9.
Who is teaching them so? Whose example are they following and Christ never did that? How can God say, we are mere dust, nothing, just a passing shadow- Gen.3:19; Gal.6:3; James.4:14, and then turn around and tell us, this servant of mine is of a superior nature than you guys; he is above you. Don’t dare question him?Does God not have one and the same purpose for all of us, which He is developing equally in everyone of us, using the different talents which He has given everyone and, for His own praise and glory? Has He not explicitly said that, His glory, He gives to no one, neither His praise to graven images-Isa.42:8? Who then are these, who want to believe in the flesh and seek to establish the-now, something that will come to pass? The true gospel, and as displayed by our only example, is proven by a people who have nothing for now, but rather, are seeking for, to be made something worthy building and standing on-Rom.2:7 ( a detailed message, “ seek for honour”, will explain more).
This is what Christ taught and did. He had totally nothing to do with this present system, neither did He depend on it for any requirement. He even never sought to save or defend the physical.He simply was, and up to now is, the living word of God-Rev.19:13; 1pet.2:4-5. Is this what we believed? Why then are we calling ourselves, “ somebody”, while in truth, we are not yet anything worthy naming but rather, are being made into something? God confirms Christ’s position of not knowing or, being anything apart from the word, when He says; the gospel which I preached to you and which you received and believed is the word of God, and you stand, and are saved by holding fast to it, orelse, your belief is in vain-1 Cor.15:1-2. Is this what we believed and are practicing? If yes, then we can’t be doubting Christto have been a man of our like nature. Why?
PROVE AND CONFIRM
Whatever men think, talk and do, against God’s written word is a lie and wrong. Christ came to show what is right and true, by putting on the sinful body-Rom. 8:3. Many of us have not understood that the physical body did not become sinful because man sinned. If this was the case, then Christ’s body would have been holy because He never sined-Heb.4:15. But as it is, He put on a sinful body which can’t submit to God’s law-Rom.8:3,7, 12. It is God who created it in that nature. Its like taking somebody, and positioning him some distance away from you and then, on the way, you place draw-backs which will try to pull him back and stop him from coming. Then you tell him to come where you are if he/she wants to be with you ( see details in our message, “ A new chapter”). God wants a man who is exactly like Him( His son).
So, He created this opposive sinful body( the draw-back) which puts a separation between Him and man-Isa.59:2, and which cant inherit eternity-1 Cor.15:50. So in His message by Christ, he says, come to me all you who labour and are heavy laden, and you will find rest for your souls-Mat.11:28. Brethren lets examine our hearts and minds and see if we are truly going to God, by resisting the flesh and its desires. Where do we begin? Exactly where Christ begun. The natural characteristics of the flesh are, the exact characteristics of Satan himself, which are, lust of the eye, lust of the flesh, and the pride of life-1 John.2:16- compare this with Isa.14:13-14; Ezek.28:14-17. Lets follow our forerunner to God’s kingdom, as each examines self and prove whether this is the gospel you believe in. It must be a process of coming out of the flesh by not doing what it desires against God’s word.
Remember how our example, Jesus Christ did it. He went from trial to trial; suffering to suffering, and in every step, He never sided with the flesh, until lastly at the cross, by breaking completely out of the flesh through death, He opened the right-now way to the most holy place through which, we each can access God’s presence directly-Heb.10:22. Brethren and friends, Christ our example is called , the word of God( made of the word-John.1:4;Col.1:16)-Rev.19:13. Anyone who has believed His message, is nothing right now, but he/she is being made, like Christ, into that word, to be fully like Christ- 1Pet.2:4-5.
He/she is breaking loose from the flesh-Gal.5: 17,24-25. As long as we will reject the flesh, we will be in Christ and before God’s presence, being developed to a finished spirit being in preparation for entry to eternity in God’s kingdom.
This is the true gospel which Christ preached.
Is it the one you have believed, or, are seeking to believe? If yes, welcome to Christ’s information center for more learning.