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Der russische Präsident kündigt eine neue Militäraktion gegen die Ukraine an. In Rom verhandeln die USA und Iran – und Israel plant einen Angriff. Und: Die polnischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten im TV-Duell. Das ist die Lage am Freitagmorgen. Die Artikel zum Nachlesen: Putin versteht, dass ein Treffen mit Selenskyj ein Risiko für ihn wäre Will Trump nun Frieden oder Krieg? Beides geht nicht Der billigste unter den Populisten+++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

In Rom steht heute ein weiterer Höhepunkt für die Gläubigen an: Der neu gewählte Papst Leo XIV. am Mittag zum ersten Mal das Gebet "Regina Coeli" sprechen. In dem Gebet geht der Papst üblicherweise auch auf weltpolitische Themen ein. Was zu erwarten ist, erzählt Anna Giordano aus dem ARD-Studio Rom. Weitere Themen: Russlands Präsident Putin hat einen Termin für direkte Verhandlungen mit der Ukraine vorgeschlagen. Die Linke hat ihren Bundesparteitag in Chemnitz beendet. Zum Muttertag: In Kenia stellt ein Restaurant explizit alleinerziehende Mütter an. Nach 25 Jahren verabschiedet sich Thomas Müller vom FC Bayern - der emotionale Abscheid.

In Rom steppt der neue Papst und manchen vernebelt der Weihrauch die Sinne: sie sprechen vom Comeback der Nummer 1 als käme Jannik Singer von einer langwierigen Verletzung zurück ... dabei war's doch ne Dopingsperre. Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein. Die Tennisproleten lassen keinen Kreuzgang aus in dieser Woche und freuen sich über Casper und Naomi.

Der neue Kanzler Merz und Frankreichs Präsident Macron zelebrieren ihre Freundschaft. In Rom hat das Konklave offiziell begonnen. Und ein neuer Extrem-Schimmel bedroht Kunstwerke. Das ist die Lage am Mittwochabend. Die Artikel zum Nachlesen: Erste Kanzlerreise: Merz zieht das Sakko an, dann fällt Macron ihm um den Hals Leiter des Konklaves: Dieser Mann ist gerade der mächtigste Katholik Entdeckung in dänischen Museen: Aggressiver Schimmel bedroht Kunstschätze+++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

[2] ‘NUNTII IN LINGUA LATINA’ ‘IN LINGUA LATINA, ANGLICA ET ITALICA’ ‘*AUDIS’! Stai ascoltando 'Nuntii in lingua latina' in latino, inglese e italiano. HISPANIA. SPAIN. SPAGNA. TRANSLATIO A CASANDRA FREIRE VERSAM EST. • ‘ENERGIAE TOTUS LAPSUS’. // ‘DIE VIGINTI NOVEM MENSIS APRILIS’, ‘ELECTRICITATIS HISPANICAE *SOCIETAS (REE)’ ‘*RETTULIT’ [‘SEX TEMPORA MATUTINA’ ‘PROPE CENTUM CENTESIMAE PATRIAE OPES’ ‘*RESTITUTAM ESSE’], ‘SUBITO ENERGIAE TOTO LAPSO’ [‘*QUI’ ‘ANTE DUODECIM ET TRIGINTA TRES PRIDIE DIEI’ ‘*ACCIDERAT’]. // ‘INTERIM CAUSAE’ ‘*INVESTIGANTUR’. // ‘SOLUM’ ‘*NOTUM EST’ [‘QUINDECIM GIGAWATTS POTESTATIS SUBITO QUINQUE SECUNDIS ‘*EVANESCERE’]. SPAGNA. Il grande blackout. Il ventinove aprile l’azienda Red eléctrica española (Ree), a partecipazione statale, ha riferito che dalle sei del mattino è stato ripristinato quasi il cento per cento della fornitura di energia del paese dopo l’improvvisa interruzione generale alle dodici trentatré del giorno prima. Intanto è in corso un’indagine per scoprire le cause del blackout. L’unica certezza è che quindici gigawatt di potenza sono improvvisamente scomparsi dalla rete elettrica per cinque secondi (INTERNAZIONALE). SPAIN. The big blackout. On April 29, the state-owned “Red Eléctrica Española (Ree)” reported that as of 6 a.m. nearly one hundred percent of the country's power supply had been restored after the sudden general outage at 12:33 p.m. the day before. Meanwhile, an investigation is underway to find out the cause of the blackout. The only certainty is that 15 gigawatts of power suddenly disappeared from the power grid for five seconds (INTERNATIONAL). CANADA. CANADA. CANADA • LIBERALES IN REGIMINE MANENT. // ‘*FACTIO LIBERALIS CANADAE’ ‘EX CENTRO-SINISTRA’ ‘COMITIIS DUODETRICESIMO APRILIS MENSE HOC ANNO’ ‘*VICIT’ ET ‘MANDATUM QUARTUM’ ‘UNUM POST UNUM’ ‘*ACQUISIVIT’. I liberali restano al potere. “Alle elezioni legislative del ventotto aprile il Partito liberale canadese, di centrosinistra, ha ottenuto un quarto mandato di governo consecutivo, al termine di una campagna elettorale condizionata dalle minacce del presidente statunitense Donald Trump”, scrive il Toronto Star (INTERNAZIONALE). Liberals remain in power. “In the April 28 general election, the center-left Liberal Party of Canada won a fourth consecutive term of government at the end of an election campaign conditioned by threats from U.S. President Donald Trump,” writes the Toronto Star (INTERNATIONAL). [2] ‘NUNTII IN LINGUA LATINA’ ‘IN LINGUA LATINA, ANGLICA ET GALLICA’ ‘*AUDIS’! Vous écoutez ‘Nuntii in Lingua latina’ en latin, anglais et français. CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATAE AMERICAE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ÉTATS-UNIS TRANSLATIO A FERNANDA SOLÍS VERSAM EST. • ‘*TRUMP’ ‘THESAURUM’ ‘SUB MARI’ ‘*QUAERIT’. // ‘DIE VICESIMO CUARTO APRILIS MENSE’ ‘DONALDUS *TRUMP’ ‘LEGEM ORBIS TERRARUM’ ‘*NEGLEGIT’ ‘IUSSUM’ ‘AD MINERALIA OCEANI TERRARUM ORBIS EXHAURIENDA’ ‘*SUBSIGNAVIT’. // ‘EIUS *EST *SPES’ ‘CENTUM MILIA NEGOTIA’ ET ‘TRECENTA MILIARDA PECUNIARUM LABORUM PER ANNUM’ ‘CREARE’. // ‘*SCOPUS EIUS’ ‘*EST’ ‘QUAM PLURIMA MINERALIA SERVARE’ ‘SICUT COBALTUM, NICHELIUM, ALIAQUE’. ‘*TRUMP’ ‘DOMINIUM MINERALIUM CUPIENDORUM SINAE’ ‘COMPENSARE’ ‘*VULT’. Trump seeks 300 billion under the sea. On April 24, in defiance of international law, Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing the exploitation of the seabed in international waters. He hopes this will generate 100,000 jobs and 300 billion in additional GDP. The aim is also to secure resources such as cobalt, nickel and rare earths, to counter China's domination of critical minerals. Trump cherche 300 milliards sous les mers. Au mépris du droit international, Donald Trump a signé, le 24 avril, un décret autorisant l’explotation manière des fonds marins dans les eaux internationals. Il espère ainsi generer 100 000 emplois et 300 milliards de PIB supplémentaires. L’objectif est aussi de sécuriser des ressources comme le cobalt, le nickel ou les terres rares, afin de contre la domination chinoise sur les minéraux critiques (L’EXPRESS). PAKISTANIA. PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN TRANSLATIO A SAID RAIMUNDO DELGADO VERSAM EST. • ‘*CACHEMIRA’ ‘TENSIONES’ ‘INTER INDIAM ET PAKISTANIAM’ ‘RURSUS’ ‘*GIGNIT’. // ‘*ATTENTATUM NON RECLAMATUM’ ‘DIE VICESIMO SECUNDO MENSIS APRILIS IN PAHALGAM’ ‘* FACTUM EST’. // ‘*QUOD’ ‘VIGINTI SEX MORTUOS’ ‘*RELIQUIT’. // ‘*NOVA DELHI ET ISLAMABAD’ ‘IACULA’ ‘POST ID EVENTUM, INTER SE’ ‘*COMMUTAVERUNT’. // ‘*GUBERNATIO NATIONALIS INDIORUM’ ‘SEQUENTES POENAS’ ‘*EXERCUIT’: [‘FOEDUS’ ‘DE DIVISIONE AQUARUM FLUMINIS INDICI’ ‘*SUSPENDIT’], [‘PRINCIPALE LIMINIS TERRESTRIS ‘*CLAUSIT’] ET [‘PLURES LEGATOS PAKISTANIANOS’ ‘*EXPELSIT’]. // ‘*GUBERNATIO PAKISTANIENSIS’ ‘SIMILIBUS POENIS PUNITIVIS’ ‘*RESPONDIT’. // ‘*HAE NATIONES’ ‘POTENTIAE NUCLEARES’ ‘AUSTRI ORIENTALIS ASIAE’ ‘*SUNT’. New escalation between India and Pakistan. Kashmir once again raises tensions between the region's two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan. Following an attack - for which no claim was made - that killed 26 people in Pahalgam on April 22, New Delhi and Islamabad exchanged fire. In retaliation, the ultranationalist Hindu government suspended a treaty on sharing the waters of the Indus, closed the main land border post and expelled several diplomats. Pakistan has also embarked on a spiral of similar punitive and retaliatory measures. Nouvelle escalade entre l’Inde et le Pakistan. Le Cachemire suscite à nouveau des tensions entre les deux puissances nucléaires de la région, l’Inde et le Pakistan. Après l’attaque -non revendiquée- ayant causé le 22 avril la mort de 26 personnes à Pahalgam, New Delhi et Islamabad ont échangé des tirs. En représailles, le gouvernement ultranationaliste hindou a suspendu un traité sur le partage des eaux de l’Indus, fermé le principal poste-frontière terrestre et expulsé plusieurs diplomates. Le Pakistan s’est lui aussi lancé dans u ne spirale de mesures punitives et de rétorsion similiares (L’EXPRESS). [2] ‘NUNTII IN LINGUA LATINA’ ‘IN LINGUA LATINA, ANGLICA ET GERMANICA ‘*AUDIS’! Sie hören Nuntii in Lingua latina auf Latein, English und Deutsch. CIVITATE VATICANA. VATICAN CITY. VATIKANSTADT. • ‘*CONCLAVE’ ‘PRO PAPAM ELIGENDO’ ‘SEPTIMO MAII MENSE’ ‘*INCIPIET’. VATICAN CITY. Conclave of cardinals to elect pope to start on 7 May. Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global church on 7 May, the Vatican said on Monday (THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY). VATIKANSTADT. Konklave der Kardinäle zur Papstwahl beginnt am 7. Mai. Die römisch-katholischen Kardinäle werden ihr geheimes Konklave zur Wahl des neuen Oberhauptes der Weltkirche am 7. Mai beginnen, teilte der Vatikan am Montag mit. UCRAINA. UKRAINE. UKRAINE. • DE BELLI FACIE. // ‘*RUSSICI ET AMERICANI’ ‘IN MOSCOVIA’ ‘*NEGOTIANTUR’. // ‘*TRUMP ET ZELENS’KYJ’ ‘IN ROMA’ ‘*LOQUUNTUR’. // ‘DE PACE’ ‘IN LONDINO’ ‘*CONCIPIUNT’. // TAMEN, ‘*PYROBOLI’ ‘IN KIOVIA’ ‘*CADUUNT’. The face of war. Russians and Americans negotiate in Moscow. In Rome, at the Pope's funeral, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky push their chairs together. In London, attempts are being made to design a peacekeeping force. And in Kiev? The bombs continue to fall. People continue to be killed. And others are injured, like this man who had his face torn apart in a Russian attack. His wounds - possibly caused by flying shards of glass - had to be treated with dozens of stitches. The past week has seen some of the most serious Russian attacks since the beginning of the war. Peace? Not to be seen in Ukraine. Gesicht des Krieges. In Moskau verhandeln Russen und Amerikaner. In Rom, beim Begräbnis des Papstes, schieben Donald Trump und Wolodymyr Selenskyj ihre Stühle zusammen. In London versucht man, eine Friedenstruppe zu entwerfen. Und in Kiew? Fallen weiter die Bomben. Werden weiter Menschen getötet. Und andere verletzt, wie dieser Mann, dem es bei einem russischen Angriff das Gesicht zerfetzt hat. Mit Dutzenden Stichen mussten seine Wunden – womöglich rühren sie von herumfliegenden Glassplittern – versorgt werden. Die vergangene Woche sah einige der schwersten russischen Attacken seit Beginn des Krieges. Frieden? Ist in der Ukraine nicht zu sehen (DER STERN). Equipo 2: 5. Jimena – Inglés. 6. Luis – latín. 7. Chiara – Chino 8. Nadia - español [2] ‘NUNTII IN LINGUA LATINA’ ‘IN LINGUA LATINA, ANGLICA ET HISPANICA’ ‘*AUDIS’! Estás escuchando ‘Nuntii in lingua latina’ en latín, inglés y en español. CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATAE AMERICAE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EN ESTADOS UNIDOS ‘DONALDUS *TRUMP’ ‘CENTUM DIES’ ‘IN MINISTERIO’ ‘EX SECUNDO MANDATO’ ‘*OPPLEVIT’. // ‘*PRAESES’ ‘*DIXIT’ [‘SENSUS COMUNIS REVOLUTIONEM’ INCEPISSE] ETIAM ‘*DIXIT’ [‘PERCONATIONUM INDICES’ ‘NUNTIOS FALSOS’ ‘*FUISSE’]. Trump 2: Judgment Day. Mr Trump marked the 100th day of his second term in office with a speech in Michigan. The president said he had sparked a ‘revolution of common sense’ and than opinion polls recording his waning popularity were ‘fake’ (THE ECONOMIST). Trump 2: el día del juicio final. Trump celebró el centenario de su segundo mandato con un discurso en Michigan. El presidente dijo que había desencadenado una «revolución del sentido común» y que los sondeos de opinión que registraban su menguante popularidad eran «falsos» (THE ECONOMIST). IRANIA. IRAN. EN IRÁN. SHAHID RAJAEE. DIRUPTIO CHEMICA FUIT. // ‘SALTEM SEPTUAGINTA *HOMINES’ ‘*MORTUI FUERUNT’ ET ‘PLUS QUAM MILLIA’ ‘*VULNERATI FUERUNT’ ‘DIRUPTIONE ET INCENDIO’ ‘IN SHAHID RAJAEE’. // ‘*INCENDIUM CHIMICUM’ ‘IN CISTERNIS’ ‘CAUSA PROBABILIS’ ‘*FUIT’. Shahid Rajaee. Chemical blast. At least 70 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured by a huge explosion and its ensuing blaze at Sahid Rajaee -Iran’s largest shipping port- apparently triggered by containers of chemical catching fire (THE WEEK UK). Shahid Rajaee, Irán. Explosión química. Al menos 70 personas han muerto y más de 1.000 han resultado heridas por una enorme explosión y el consiguiente incendio en Sahid Rajaee -el mayor puerto de mercancías de Irán-, al parecer provocados por el incendio de contenedores de productos químicos (THE WEEK UK). [2] ‘NUNTII IN LINGUA LATINA’ ‘IN LINGUA LATINA, ANGLICA ET SINENSIS PINYIN’ ‘*AUDIS’! You're listening to ‘Nuntii in lingua latina’ in Latin, English and Chinese Pinyin. SINIS. CHINA. TRANSLATIO A CASANDRA FREIRE VERSAM EST. "EMERE IN SINIS" ‘*HOC’ ‘ALIUD FACTUM’ [ UT OECONOMIAM SINENSEM ‘*EXHIBERE’]. // ‘*“EMERE”’ ‘NOVUM SIGNUM RECENTIS ET APERTAE OECONOMIAE SINARUM’ ‘*FACTUM EST’. // ‘*OECONOMIA SINARUM’ ‘AB ALIENIS PERIEGESIBUS’ ‘*ADDUCTA EST’, ‘*QUAE’ ‘STUDIUM’ ‘IN URBIS PRODUCTOS, PROSPERA CONSILIA ET NOVAS RATIONES’ ‘*PORREXERANT’. "China Shopping" became another letter introducing China's economy. It has become a new symbol of China’s modern and open economy, driven by foreign tourists drawn to local products, favorable policies, and innovation. http://www.beijingreview.com.cn/ “zhōngguó gòu” chéngwéi jièshào zhōngguó jīngjì de lìng yìfēngxìn。 tā yǐchéngwéi zhōngguó xiàndài kāifàng jīngjì dexīn xiàngzhēng ， shòudào wàiguóyóukè de tuīdòng ， tāmen bèi dāng dìchǎnpǐn 、 yōuhuìzhèngcè hé chuàngxīn suǒ xīyǐn SINIS. TRANSLATIO A SAID RAIMUNDO DELGADO VERSAM EST. ‘*AETAS’ ‘AUTOMATUM IN CURA SENIORUM VERSATORUM’ ‘PROXIME’ ‘VENIRET’? // ‘*SINAE’ ‘NORMAS PRO HAC SPECIE AUTOMATUM’ ‘*STATUVERUNT’. // ‘*OBSTACULA TALIA’ TAMEN UT ‘SUMPTUS ALTOS ET TECHNOLOGIAM IMMATUREM’ ‘*SUPERANDA SUNT’. // [‘QUOD IN DOMOS INTRA TRIENNIUM INTROIBUNT’ ‘*DICITUR’]. SI NUNTII IN LINGUA LATINA TRADUCTOR ESSE VOLUERIS, QUAESO LITTERAM ELECTRONICAM AD lpesquera@up.edu.mx MITTAS’. If you would like to collaborate as a translator in Nuntii in Lingua Latina, please send an email to lpesquera@up.edu.mx

Indiens Armee hat mehrere Ziele im Nachbarland Pakistan und im pakistanischen Teil der Kaschmir-Region angegriffen: Droht ein großer Krieg? In Rom startet das Konklave zur Papst-Wahl. Ausbau der Solarenergie in Deutschland und NRW kommt voran. Von Julia Barth.

In Rom finden sich heute 133 Kardinäle zusammen, um über einen neuen Papst zu entscheiden. MDR-Religionsredakteurin Mechthild Baus gibt Einblicke, in welche Richtung es gehen könnte.

In Rom hat die Papstwahl mit einem Gottesdienst begonnen. // Ermittler untersuchen den Unfall des Polizeihubschraubers auf dem Flugplatz Bad Vöslau

Kurz vor dem Konklave zur Wahl des neuen Papstes wird in den katholischen Gottesdiensten die Begegnung zwischen Petrus und dem auferstandenen Jesus am Ufer des Sees Genezareth gelesen. Petrus muss aus dem Boot ins Wasser springen, um wieder Petrus zu werden. In Rom muss der Gewählte ins kalte Wasser springen, um der Nachfolge Petri zu werden. Vom Sprung des Glaubens handelt der BetDenkzettel vom 4. Mai 2025 unter https://www.betdenkzettel.de/.Fra' Georg Lengerke

Die Ukraine fürchtet die nächste Trump-Volte. In Rom wird der Sarg des Papstes geschlossen. Und eine Behördenchefin will die Bundeswehr auf Höhe der Zeit bringen. Das ist die Lage am Freitagmorgen. Die Artikel zum Nachlesen: Nicht Trump, sondern Putin ist das wahre Verkaufstalent Diese Männer könnten Papst werden »Uns wird niemand über den Tisch ziehen«+++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

Hundreds of thousands of believers are currently gathering in Rome to pay their last respects to the deceased Pope Francis in front of his open coffin. The great grief of the Catholic faithful is obvious, but how do other Christian churches view Francis' passing? Pastor Christian Hohl from the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sydney summarises the reaction. - In Rom versammeln sich aktuell Hunderttausende von Gläubigen, um vor seinem offenen Sarg, dem verstorbenen Papst Franziskus die letzte Ehre zu erweisen. Die große Trauer der katholischen Gläubigen ist offenbar, doch wie sehen anderen christliche Kirchen das Ableben von Franziskus? Pastor Christian Hohl von der Deutschen Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Sydney faßt die Reaktion zusammen.

In Rom rechnet man mit einem Besucheransturm in den nächsten Tagen. Der Earth Day heute mahnt zu mehr Klima- und Umweltschutz. Die A3 muss auf einem langen Streckenabschnitt saniert werden. Von Jutta Hammann.

In Rom hat Julius Freunde gefunden. Aber leider auch Feinde. Kann er mit Titus, Primus und Gaius die Diebe überlisten? Können ihm Kleo, Ada und zwei Kobras dabei helfen? Aus der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: (Folge 6 von 7): Julius erobert Rom von David Neuhäuser. Es liest: Thomas Gerber. ▶ Mehr Infos unter https://www.ohrenbaer.de & ohrenbaer@rbb-online.de

Wat hou die toekoms vir ons in?  Dis 'n vraag wat in hierdie tyd al hoe meer in ons harte opkom. Daar is vandag geen tekort aan doemprofete nie—mense wat voortdurend die einde van die wêreld aankondig. Soms, as ons luister na die chaos van die nuus, die verwarring van politieke ontleders, en die morele verval in die samelewing, vul ons harte met angs en onsekerheid. En dan wil die wêreld ons nog vertel hulle weet wat kom? Die sogenaamde “toekomsvoorspellers” kan nie eers 'n plaaslike verkiesing reg voorspel nie, maar wil namens ons hoop of wanhoop verkoop. In Rom 13:8-14 gee Paulus vir ons 'n padkaart na 'n vaste en seker hoop en toekomsverwagting. Luister gerus hierdie boodskap om jou siel te versterk in Christus Jesus ons Here!

In Rom endet die Biodiversitätskonferenz. Wo stehen wir? "Wir haben ein Geldproblem und das ist absurd", sagt Biologin Frauke Fischer: "Wir bräuchten nur 0,8 Prozent des Bruttosozialprodukts weltweit – und das, um unsere Lebensgrundlage zu erhalten." Von WDR 5.

MOD: Andreas Mittendorfer Gesendet in Ö1, am 3.2.2025 Dem Immer-schneller und immer noch höherem Risiko wird zu viel untergeordnet, kritisiert der Sportethiker Paul Tarmann. Problematisch werde es, wenn es nur mehr um Leistung und kommerzielle Ausschlachtung gehe. Gestaltung: Susanne Krischke ++ ++ ++ ++ ++Der Leiter der päpstlichen Universität San't Anselmo in Rom, Pater Bernhard Eckerstorfer wurde gerade zum Abt seines Heimatklosters Kremsmünster gewählt. In Rom heißt es Abschied nehmen. Gestaltung: Cornelia Vospernik

In Rom laufen die letzten Vorbereitungen für ganz besondere Weihnachtsfeierlichkeiten // Weniger Hürden am Arbeitsmarkt für Menschen mit Behinderung fordern Hilfsorganisationen heute anlässlich der Licht ins Dunkel-Aktionen

December 8, 2024 - The Story We're In | Rom 15 by Trinity Hinsdale

Stimmung bitte! Gerne eine weihnachtliche. Also ab in den Baumarkt und die Deko holen, dann wird das schon. Aber was, wenn man dabei feststellt, dass man gar nicht schmücken kann? Bringt der Geschenkekauf Stimmung? Nein. Nur Stress! Da helfen Weihnachtsfilme. Aber keine amerikanischen! - In Rom kommen derweil Gedanken für ein Buch auf. Warum dafür nicht den Pabst in den Urlaub schicken. Und Achtung! Neu: Folgt uns doch auf Instagram! Wir würden uns doch nur freuen: instagram.com/zsvpodcast Und hier geht's direkt zu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zsvpodcast Unseren TikTok-Account findet ihr hier: https://www.tiktok.com/@zumscheiternverurteilt Schreibt doch mal wieder: hallo@zsvpodcast.de Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/zumscheiternverurteilt Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

With so many distractions around us, it's challenging to not loose focus on important spiritual things. In Rom. 14, Paul talks about that, and also gives us guidance for the grey areas of life. Let's see what that looks like, in a message titled, "Keep Your Eye on the Ball."

Airbnb mietet das Kolosseum in Rom für 1.5 Millionen Dollar. Und veranstaltet dort für ausgewählte Airbnb-Gäste Gladiatorenkämpfe. Diese Werbeaktion zeigt, wie mächtig das Unternehmen mittlerweile in der italienischen Hauptstadt ist. In Rom sorgt die PR-Aktion im Kolosseum für Kritik. Nicht nur, weil es sich um Italiens berühmtestes Denkmal handelt. Sondern auch, weil Airbnb und Gästewohnungen in Rom ein grosses Reizthema sind. Wir sprechen mit unserem Italien-Korrespondenten Franco Battel darüber, wie Airbnb Rom verändert hat. ____________________ Habt Ihr Fragen oder Themen-Inputs? Schreibt uns gerne per Mail an newsplus@srf.ch oder sendet uns eine Sprachnachricht an 076 320 10 37. ____________________ In dieser Episode zu hören - Franco Battel, Italien-Korrespondent für Radio SRF ____________________ Links - ____________________ Das ist «News Plus»: In einer Viertelstunde die Welt besser verstehen – ein Thema, neue Perspektiven und Antworten auf eure Fragen. Unsere Korrespondenten und Expertinnen aus der Schweiz und der Welt erklären, analysieren und erzählen, was sie bewegt. «News Plus» von SRF erscheint immer von Montag bis Freitag um 16 Uhr rechtzeitig zum Feierabend.

Silvia Colasanti brachte in diesen Tagen eine neue Oper auf die Bühne. In Rom, im Opernhaus. Vier Aufführungen, vier Mal volles Haus. Und das in einem Land, in dem zeitgenössische Musik nicht gerade viele Freunde hat. Aber die römische Komponistin ist ein Star in ihrem Heimatland und oft zu hören. In Deutschland, sagt sie im Gespräch, sei sie leider viel zu wenig bekannt.

There's not many things more depressing than living with guilt, shame, and condemnation. On the other hand, how wonderful it is to live without guilt or any of those other things. In Rom. 8, Paul talks about believers having no condemnation, as well as what it means to live our life in the Holy Spirit. Let's look at that together now.

Send us a Text Message.Today, we go over the portion of scriptures where Mary Magdalene went to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus. She didn't find Him there, so she went and told Peter and John, so they all came to the tomb. We discuss their confusion and worry, Mary's encounter with the 2 angels, and how she saw the Lord Himself. He asked her why she was weeping, and at that point, she just thought that He was the gardener. She was so excited, so ran back to the city and told the disciples. That evening, Jesus appeared to several of the disciples, but Thomas was not among them that night. In our Q&A segment, we give an answer to the following question: In Rom. 4:8, it says: ‘Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.' So, how do I get to be such a man as this?We talk about much more, but why wait... so ahead and listen in today! 

Wenn Papst Franziskus in der Heiligen Nacht im Petersdom am 24. Dezember dieses Jahres die Heilige Pforte öffnet, beginnt das Heilige Jahr. In Rom und weltweit. Auch im Bistum Passau gibt es bereits viele Ideen und Planungen. Darüber spricht Domdekan Dr. Hans Bauernfeind.

Endure to Manifest Salvation (5)  (audio) David Eells (7/3/24)  Let's talk about how our faith transforms us as we endure to manifest salvation. Some would say, David, I know this, but many must be reminded in the midst of their trials, of the good news that they forget so easily. Understand that you can keep God's commandments because of grace and not because of your own ability or lack thereof. You can obey Him, because of the reconciliation Jesus made at the cross. He took your sins and He put them on the cross, and He gave you His righteousness. We are to reckon it done by faith and that's why it's called the Good News! Paul said in (Gal.2:20) It is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Paul was living by faith. He was confessing what the Bible said about him was true, that his old man was now dead. He was confessing that he died at his baptism and that when he came up out of the water, it was Jesus Who now lived in him.   Faith is what empowers you to be obedient to the Word of God and empowers you to see yourself the way the Bible tells you to see yourself. Our problem is that we walk by sight and, if you walk by sight like the world does, that's all you're going to get. We need to see the way Peter says to see and that is by faith. (2Pe.1:3) Seeing that his divine power hath granted (past tense) unto us all things that pertain unto life (God's life) and godliness, through the knowledge of him.... At the cross, Jesus gave you everything you need. It's already yours and you have to accept it by faith. You have to believe that the divine power given to you is everything you need for His life and godliness.   The Bible says that reconciliation was accomplished on the cross. It's a waste of time to not believe what the Bible says is already yours. God is not schizophrenic! He doesn't say one thing in His Word and then do another. He wants you to be (Php.1:6) ... confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. You see, it's His work in you, through faith in what Jesus gave to you on the cross, but remember (Jas.2:17) Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself. Some people have “faith” that is not faith. What they're calling “faith” is only mentally acknowledging something. We want faith and faith according to (Rom.4:17) calleth the things that are not, as though they were. Faith brings the manifestation we need. If you want more of God's provision, He wants you to have it. Faith does what Jesus said in (Mar.11:24) NENT Therefore I say unto you, All things whatever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye received them, and ye shall have them.   The condition here is faith. It was designed to be so simple that a child can receive it, but worldly wisdom doesn't make sense and will block you from receiving it. God made it this way, in order that only those people who received faith could receive the promise and faith is a gift of God so ask for it. (Eph.2:8) For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; (9) not of works (Meaning your works.), that no man should glory. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works (This second works is God's works.), which God afore prepared that we should walk in them. See, there's a difference between your works and God's works through you. (Php.2:13) For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.  People like to teach the “unconditional love of God,” so you may never have heard that God hates anybody, but God hates all those whose works are evil. (Rom.9:13) Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. (Psa.5:5) The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (11:5) The Lord trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. There are many verses like that in the Bible. God loves goodness; He does not love sin! God is in the process of creating sons and there must be Christ-likeness born in you. You manifest sonship as you grow in sanctification, which is separation from the world unto God. And if you obey His commandments, you will be separated from the world. (Mat.10:34) Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.  And this is to separate the wicked from the righteous. When you're separated from the world, your works are God's works. God's desire is to manifest sonship in order to have fellowship with you. God's the One doing this. (Eph.1:5) Having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. So, by faith, we believe that God is the One in (Col.1:13) who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love. And have no fear; just believe! The only difference between the person who's chosen and the person who's not chosen is faith, so believe!   People worry, “I wonder if I am one of the elect?” Well, believe that you are one of the elect and take steps toward God! The Bible says in (2Pe.1:10) Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: (11) for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Did you know that you can't worry and have faith at the same time? If you're anxious, then you're not having faith. Stop worrying about what you have not done; exercise faith in what Christ has done and you will do what He wants. You have no ability to be anything but what you are, unless something from the outside reaches in and changes you. The Holy Spirit reaches in and changes your heart through faith, as you believe what the Bible says you have been given. It's very simple and it's free. It's not by your works; otherwise, you have earned it and that's not grace.   Let's go to (1Jn.3:1) Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God (The KJV says “sons of God,” but the Greek word there is teknon, which means “children.”); and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (2) Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested (That's Christ being manifested in us.), we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. (3) And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. If Christ is manifested, we will be like Him; that's what the Bible says.   The KJV translators put “when He shall appear,” thinking that this is a physical coming. The Received Text, the Nestle's Text and the Numeric Bible all say, “if He shall be manifested,” because this is not talking about His coming in the air. This is talking about His manifestation in us. And what does it mean to “see Him even as He is”? The Bible teaches us in (2Co.3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image.... You have to see the image in the mirror as an accomplished fact before you can be transformed. For Christ to be manifested in you, you have to see Him as He is, not the Jesus men have made Him.   When you look in the Word, you become familiar with the face of Jesus. That's your face. (2Co.3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. By faith, you accept that as your gift from God. It's not because you're able to do that because none of us is able; and not because you're worthy because none of us is worthy, but because it's been given to you through the reconciliation, meaning the exchange of His life for your sinful life.. The “glory” is the righteousness of Christ, the truth of Christ, His being, His presence, but you have to behold Him in the mirror and not some other Christ. We want the Jesus of the Bible; if it's not this Jesus, then you're going to be manifesting the wrong image.   Paul warned us about receiving another “Christ” and another spirit: (Gal.1:6) I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel; (7) which is not another [gospel] only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. (8) But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema (accursed). (9) As we have said before, so say I now again, if any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema. (10) For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.  Notice, John says in (1Jn.3:3) And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.... How can we purify ourselves? You do it through the promises in the Word of God. (Eph.6:14) Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (15) and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (16) withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. (17) And take the helmet of salvation.... This is the knowledge that you have been delivered, you have been saved and set free from the curse of sin. It's the knowledge of what Jesus accomplished for you on the cross.   (Eph.6:17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. You are to use faith and the Word against the old man, the flesh, the devil and the world. (2Co.7:1) Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit.... You see, “these promises” are the sword with which you purify yourself. (1) … let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Now that's a good promise! The Bible says to stand and fight! Take up the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit and use them against your enemies.   Now let's go to (Rom.12:2) And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. So, you have to learn to think the way God tells you to think. This is repentance. Man fell away from God because of the way he thought and God says not to add to, nor take away from, His Words or the curses of the Book are going to be upon you. (Rev.22:18) I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: (19) and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.  The way out from under the curse is to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Change your mind; your thinking is wrong! We have to think the way God tells us to think. (Rom.6:11) Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. I.e., Consider it done because of the reconciliation that Jesus made. At the cross, you were made free from sin. If you don't think like that, you can't walk away from it and you will never be able to stop sinning! I've heard a lot of people say, “I just can't!” Of course you can't because you don't believe that God gave you the power to do it! In the early Church, they were called “believers.” Believers in the Gospel! What was the Gospel? “You have been set free from sin, by the power of God, because of what Jesus did for you!”   A true believer is going to say, “I can!” (Php.4:13) I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me. Our attitude has to change about our ability. Folks, our ability is nothing, but God's ability through us because we believe is total. Jesus gave you authority. (Mat.18:18) Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. You can change the circumstances around you, if you believe what this Bible tells you to believe. It will change everything, if you think about yourself the way the Bible tells you to think about yourself. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” In other words God says, “Think the way I tell you to think.”   If you speak, speak as an oracle of God, which means to speak in agreement with God. This is very important for the manifestation of sonship. (1Pe.4:11) If any man speaketh, [speaking] as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, [ministering] as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. The Greek word for “oracle” is logion and it means “an utterance (of God); a divine utterance.” You don't take away from His Words and you don't add to them; otherwise, you have to live under the curse.   Paul said Christ is coming to be glorified in a group of people. (2Th.1:10) When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. Jesus is going to be glorified in those people because they are going to believe what the Bible says. (2Th.1:11) To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power; (12) that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you.... The Greek word for “name” is onoma and it means “all that a ‘name' implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the ‘name' covers.”   Paul is praying that the very nature and character of Christ would be glorified in you. (2Th.1:12) That the name (onoma) of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Sonship will be manifested because you believe what the Word says. The mind of the natural man is contrary to what the Bible says. (Rom.8:6) For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: (7) because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. When you read the Bible, you have to repent. “Repent” is the Greek word metanoeo and it means “to think differently” or “to change your mind.” Your thinking has been wrong but when you read the Bible and accept what it says, it will change you and it will deliver you. Jesus told us in (Joh.8:32) and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Exercise faith in what the Bible says and you will be set free. Religion does nothing! Religion is just man's ideas about God. Accept God's own ideas about God! Why take someone else's opinion?   Back to (2Th.1:12) that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and ye in him,… Where and how do you receive the “glory” that Paul mentions? Religion teaches that you get the “glory” in the next life, but that's not what the Bible says. I have been reading the Bible diligently for a long time and you can't find in the Bible even one instance where God comes and then changes the soul. Most Christians believe that when God comes, He's going to take away your old dirty soul and give you a new one. But the Word says only that God's going to give you a new body. In (Rom.8:23) And not only so, but our selves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit,] the redemption of our body.   (24) For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth? (25) But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it. (Eph.1:12) To the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: (13) in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,— in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, (14) which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory. We receive the glory here and we receive it by bearing fruit here. Here is where we bear the fruit of Christ.   Jesus said the 30-, 60- and 100-fold fruit that the righteous would bear has to be born on Earth. He doesn't give it to you in Heaven; you get it here. This is our one chance. We're running the race here. To those who are faithful in that race and bear fruit, He will give a new body, but He didn't say He would give you a new soul in the next life. If you believe that, “One day God will come and change me,” then where is the motivation for you to bear fruit? That lie makes it very easy for the people who just want to be satisfied with where they are and then they sit down and stop running the race. Jesus gave you the gift of Himself, freely! Believe that you have the ability of Christ and that His life is in you. The Gospel can be very simple, but it's not acceptable to the carnal, fleshly mind. The Gospel is made so that a child can receive it and children trust their father.   The apostle Paul said in (Col.3:3) For ye died.... He's speaking to people who are somewhere along the process. (3) For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (4) When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested (and that is in us), then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. And again this “glory” comes as we walk by faith and not sight as in (2Co.3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory,… Again, the glory is manifested here. And what does he mean by, “from glory to glory”? This is the three different bodies that people are given as a reward for the fruit or glory born by them in this life. (1Co 15:38)  but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. ..(41) There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. (49) And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.   We come into Christlikeness, traveling through those three glories. We go from star glory, to moon glory, to sun glory. If you die or leave this earth as a star glory, you receive a star glory body and star glory is when you are self-righteous. In other words you are not doing things by nature but by religion.  A star has its individual glory shining from it, and there are many, many stars, just as we are separated because of self-righteous denominations when we first come to Christ. Self-righteousness shows star glory. But moon glory is when we become dead to self and become one in unity with each other and only reflect the light of the sun/Son. The moon is dead and does not have its own glory, like the stars, who are separated. This death to self makes us capable of becoming one with each other. Sun glory is then possible. Rom 6:4-7  We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death (moon glory): that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father (Son glory), so we also might walk in newness of life.  5  For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death (moon glory), we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection (Son glory);  6  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him (moon glory), that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;  7  for he that hath died is justified from sin.   If you are looking at Jesus in the mirror by faith, you will go through these three stages, from glory to glory. So, whatever stage you leave this earth that is the body you will have, among other heavenly benefits.  Paul is saying, When Christ, Who is our life, shall be manifested in us, then shall we also with Him be manifested in glory.” Praise be to God!  Let us see that God is speaking of fruit and glory born in this life and not the next life. (2Co.4: 11) For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. Mortal flesh is only on earth and is not the new body, so God's purpose is that the life of Jesus would be manifested in this body through the suffering of death to self. The life of Jesus is resurrection life and that's sun glory. You go through death to self and you come to resurrection life. This is what Paul is talking about, the glory of Christ is the righteousness of Christ. We put on Christ by putting on His righteousness!   We put on the robes that the Bride wears. (Rev.19:8) And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. And as we manifest Christ through faith in what God has given us, the biggest temptation we have is to look in the mirror and see ourselves. We are told in (Jas.1:22) But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. (23) For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror. If you see your natural face in the mirror, you will be a “hearer” of the Word, but not a “doer” of the Word. The devil will condemn you for your past sins and you will have no faith. How are we “doers”? Let's read in (2Pe.1:5) Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence in your faith, supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge; (6) and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness; (7) and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love. (8) For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (9) For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. (10) Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: (11) for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.   He's saying, if you lack any of these attributes of Christ, it's because you are near-sighted. Don't you remember you were cleansed from your old sins? That means the old man is dead! Or, in other words, Peter is saying that if you are lacking these attributes, it's because you see yourself when you look in the mirror. You can't do these things, unless you look in the mirror and see Christ, which is faith. Jesus said in (Luk.6:40) The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher. “Perfected” means “matured.” You have to believe that when you are matured, you will walk like He walked, talk like He talked and think like He thought. You have to see it in the mirror by faith so you can have it.   Contrary to popular opinion, there's a difference of reward concerning sonship? Many have been taught that everybody gets the same reward, but that's contrary to the Scriptures. This motivates each of us to be a “doer” and not just a “hearer” of the Word. (Joh.8:31) Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples. We can see here that if we believe Jesus as the scripture hath said we are now a true disciple? It's not those whom we have loosely called “Christians” who are going to enter into the Kingdom. It's “disciples” who are going to enter into the Kingdom and a disciple is a mathetes, a “learner” and a “follower” of the Word.  It says in (Joh.8:32) And ye shall know the truth.... It's disciples who would know the truth and disciples are those who abide in His Word. (Joh.8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Only disciples get set free. Does this give you an understanding of why not all Christians get set free? (Joh.8:33) They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? (34) Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin. (35) And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth forever. We see here that Sonship is the full manifestation of eternal life; a bondservant has not eternal life.   If you ask, “But what if I am a son by faith?” Yes, sonship is two-fold. First of all, it's imputed by faith and, second of all, it's manifested as we walk in that faith. And, if we abide in that faith and walk in that faith, sonship will progressively manifest in us. We abide in the faith that we've been made free from sin, but everyone who continues to walk in sin is the bondservant of sin and the bondservant doesn't abide in the house forever. Paul said the same thing about the bondservant. (Gal.4:30) Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid (bondservant) and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman. (31) Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. If you are a son, then be a son by faith. And if you're walking in that faith as a disciple, you will be manifesting Christ. If you walk by faith in Him, you will do the mighty works of God. Don't try to attain to Christ by your works because that puts you under the Law and turns you back into a servant.   Let me prove to you that “the bondservant abideth not in the house forever.” If you remember in the Parable of the Marriage Feast, many were bidden to the feast. In (Mat.22:11) But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment. The wedding garments are “white” robes as in Rev 3:4-5, 18, 7:13-14, 19:14. We read of the Bride's wedding garments: (Rev.19:8) And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. And in (Rom.13:14) But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof]. So Jesus told us of a man who didn't have on this wedding garment! He obviously was a Christian of sorts or he wouldn't have made it into the marriage feast.   The king saw this man, (Mat.22:12) and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. (He obviously thought he had a right to be there.) (13) Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (14) For many are called, but few chosen. Notice, he was called. But only the “chosen” got to stay. The merely “called” came, but they didn't get to stay or, in other words, they didn't have eternal life. This man without the wedding garment was called a Christian, but he didn't have eternal life.   When you walk in faith, you're able to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, but this man wasn't walking in faith and he wasn't putting on the Lord Jesus Christ, so he was broken off as a branch. (Rom.11:19) Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. (20) Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: (21) for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee. So, he was called, but he was broken off and not chosen or elect!   Another example that you can be called but not be chosen is in the Parable of the Talents. (Mat.25:14) For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. (15) And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey. So these are definitely servants of God who were given the talents. He gave them these talents and the Lord did not return until they brought forth fruit from these talents. The servant who received the five talents brought forth five more and the servant who received the two talents brought forth two more, and their Lord said they were good servants.   But the servant who hid his one talent in the earth and didn't bring forth fruit from what his Lord gave him was an unprofitable servant. (Mat.25:26) But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; (27) thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. (28) Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. (29) For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away. “Hath” and “hath not” here is talking about fruit of that which was given by God. The servant with the five talents brought forth five more; he brought forth fruit of what God gave him. But the servant who “hath not” is going to lose “even that which he hath.”   This is talking about those we've been loosely calling “Christians.” If they don't bring forth fruit of what God gives them, they will lose what they have. You are responsible to do something with what God gives you, whether it's “two talents” or whether it's “five talents.” The man with the “one talent” was just a servant; he was not a son because he did nothing with his one talent. He was called but not chosen and his talent was taken away from him and given to the profitable servant with the 10 talents. This is exactly what God is going to do with us. God's hope is to adopt His servants and make them sons, but every servant will not bear fruit and will not become a son. By faith, the adoption happened 2000 years ago and, manifestly, it's when you bear Christ as 30-, 60- or 100-fold fruit. The adoption is fully manifested when God gives you the new body, but in spirit and in soul, it's manifested while you are here on this earth.  

Ein Standpunkt von Wolfgang Bittner.Allgemein bekannt ist, dass in der Vergangenheit Kritiker der Obrigkeit und auch Menschen, die andere als die gängigen oder verordneten Vorstellungen von gesellschaftlichem Leben hatten, verfolgt wurden. In Rom wurden Christen verbrannt, im europäischen Mittelalter Hexen, bis vor kurzen gab es in manchen Landesteilen Deutschlands noch Aufregung, wenn eine Katholikin einen Protestanten heiratete. Auch die Verfolgungen in der Nazi-Diktatur bleiben unvergessen.Weniger bekannt ist mittlerweile, dass nach 1945 eine regelrechte Kommunistenjagd stattfand. 1951 hatte die Bundesregierung einen Antrag auf Verbot der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands (KPD) gestellt, dem das Bundesverfassungsgericht am 17. August 1956 durch ein Urteil stattgab. Die Folgen des Verbots für die linke Bewegung in der sich neu formierenden Gesellschaft der BRD waren gravierend. Die Partei wurde aufgelöst, das Parteivermögen eingezogen, Büros wurden geschlossen, Zeitungen verboten, Druckereien, Buchhandlungen und Wohnungen durchsucht, viele Funktionäre verhaftet. Der Pateivorsitzende Max Reimann und mehrere Spitzenfunktionäre flüchteten in die DDR, um einer Verhaftung zu entgehen.Die Repressionen und tausende von Urteilen gegen Kommunisten hatten schon vor dem KPD-Verbot zu einem dramatischen Mitgliederschwund geführt, wodurch die kommunistische Bewegung in der bundesdeutschen Politik bedeutungslos wurde. Es wurden sogar Linke wegen „verfassungsfeindlichen Beziehungen“, also wegen einer „Kontaktschuld“ zu Freiheitsstrafen verurteilt, weil sie an Veranstaltungen in der DDR teilgenommen hatten. Es kam vor, dass sie vor denselben Richtern standen, die sie während des Nationalsozialismus ins Konzentrationslager geschickt hatten.1968 gründete sich als kommunistische Nachfolgeorganisation, die Deutsche Kommunistische Partei (DKP), die aus politischen Erwägungen geduldet wurde. Aber die Mitglieder standen unter Beobachtung des Verfassungsschutzes, und schon drei Jahre später gab es den sogenannten Extremisten-Erlass, auch Radikalen-Erlass genannt, dem viele Andersdenkende, überwiegend Kommunisten, anheimfielen. Diese Opfer, von denen manche während des Nationalsozialismus in Konzentrationslagern überlebt hatten, wurden nicht selten von Beamten, Staatsanwälten und Richtern verhört und drangsaliert, die schon vor 1945 Jagd auf sie gemacht hatten.Gemeinsam mit Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt hatte sich am 28. Januar 1972 die Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz darauf geeinigt, dass Bewerber und Mitarbeiter im öffentlichen Dienst künftig auf ihre Verfassungstreue hin überprüft werden sollten. Der unter dem Titel "Grundsätze über die Mitgliedschaft von Beamten in extremistischen Organisationen" ergangene Beschluss führte zu einer erneuten Hetzjagd wieder auf Sozialisten und Kommunisten. Hunderttausende von Bewerbern für den öffentlichen Dienst wurden auf ihre politische „Zuverlässigkeit“ überprüft.[1]Zahlreiche Behördenbedienstete und tausende von Verfassungsschutzbeamten hatten alle Hände voll zu tun. Betroffen von der Überprüfungspraxis waren nicht nur Personen, die sich für bedeutende öffentliche Ämter, für Hochschullehrerstellen oder Tätigkeiten im sicherheitsempfindlichen Bereich bewarben, sondern ebenso Lehrer, Juristen, Mediziner, Volkswirte, Landvermesser und so weiter. Sogar Lokomotivführer, Briefzusteller und Friedhofsgärtner fielen dem Radikalenerlass zum Opfer...... hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/kontinuierliche-verfolgung-andersdenkender-von-wolfgang-bittner+++Vorabdruck aus einem im September im Verlag zeitgeist erscheinenden Buch von Wolfgang Bittner mit dem Titel: „Niemand soll hungern, ohne zu frieren“ Untertitel: „So wie es ist, kann und wird es nicht bleiben.“ Erstveröffentlichung: www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=114932 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Rom ist man ungehalten über die vorläufige Übertragung der Vermögenswerte von Ariston in Russland an eine Gazprom-Tochter. Warum hat die Entscheidung, die Verwaltung praktisch stillgelegter Fabriken einem russischen Unternehmen zu übertragen, eine so empörte Reaktion in Italien ausgelöst? Von Jewgeni Posdnjakow https://freedert.online/russland/204217-verlassene-bosch-und-ariston-fabriken/ 

Das Forum "Beziehung, Ehe und Familie" der Katholischen Aktion Österreich fordert einen Ausbau der Präventionsangebote und Bewusstseinsbildung gegen Gewalt in der Familie. ++Die katholische Ordensfrau Lucy Kurien hat in sieben Bundesstaaten in Indien über die Jahre 68 Heime für misshandelte Frauen und ihre Kinder gegründet. ++In Rom wirft das Heilige Jahr 2025 schon seine langen Schatten voraus. Moderation: Judith Fürst Gesendet in Ö1: 18.4.2024

Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. What tremendous hope we discover today in Rom. 16:20. Let me remind us of a couple of verses. We are blessed by Rom. 5:1 where we learn that God has made peace with us through Jesus' death and provided the grace of the Lord Jesus in which we stand. And by giving us His Spirit, we have His peace dwelling within us. In Rom. 8:31-39 we learn that God is for us and no one can separate us from His love in Christ. So God has taken on all of our enemies and made us more than conquerors through Jesus Christ. He has set us free from the law of sin and death which reigned in our fleshly bodies (Rom. 8:2). He has conquered death through His resurrection (Rom. 6:9-10). He has saved us from sin through His life (Rom. 5:10). Satan has been defeated and all of his weapons have been made powerless (Rom. 6:6). Therefore we are at peace with God and His love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit. We live in His kingdom which consists of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17). God is the God of peace! The only thing remaining for Him to do is to crush Satan under our feet by the grace of the Lord Jesus who is with us and in whom we stand before God. Paul promised the Romans that God will crush Satan under their feet. How does He do that? Through the grace of the Lord Jesus who is with us. As we walk in love with Jesus, God crushes Satan under our feet. Everywhere we walk in love, we walk on holy ground and Satan experiences our feet upon his head. He has no weapons that can succeed against us. He has no accusations to make that will separate us from the God of peace and love. The devil is defeated, and as we live to love with Jesus, he is crushed beneath our feet. Today, be encouraged. God will crush Satan beneath our feet as we live to love with Jesus by the grace of the Lord Jesus who is with us. Rejoice! Walk in victory! Walk in love for the glory of God.

Romans 14:18 For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. In Rom. 12:1, Paul urged his readers by the mercies of God, to present their bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is their spiritual service of worship to Jesus. In this verse, he clearly was tracking along that same line. When we consider our brothers' opinions on issues that are not clearly addressed in God's Word as more important than our own, we are serving Jesus. Our love in that case is a living, holy, acceptable service of worship, but it is also approved by men. The word translated approve in this verse is another form of the word prove in Rom. 12:2 where Paul urged them to renew their minds and not be conformed to the world so that they may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. When we serve Christ by regarding the opinions of others above our own, we are proving something to to the world and they will receive it. It helps to think of approved action as something men will receive or consider to be good, acceptable, and perfect. As we live to love with Jesus, God's kingdom advances through us, and it will be received by men. Righteousness, peace, and joy are appealing. It makes us the light of the world. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Romans 14:1 Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. As we begin Rom. 14, I want to remind you of where Paul has come from. In Rom. 12:1-2 He wrote, “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” Recognizing that this verse is a continuation of how being recipients of the mercies of God should impact our lives keeps us in the flow of the mind of the Holy Spirit. First, our believing in Jesus is one of many mercies. God gives to each one a measure of faith and that drives the use of the grace gifts He gives us to minister to our brothers and sisters in Christ. We are to be devoted to loving one another without hypocrisy. Second, Paul addressed how, in light of God's mercies, we are to love our enemies, and third, our faith in God should impact our relationships with the authorities He places over us. At the end of chapter 13, Paul summarized what he said, “Owe nothing to anyone except to love” them. Now, Paul returned to a common problem among believers, having to do with the differing measures of faith that God gives related to food, drink, and certain days. Paul was urging his readers to consider their responses to one another as an aspect of their worship with their bodies which he entreated them to do in 12:1. Now we are ready to be encouraged from 14:1. Since “God has allotted to each a measure of faith” we ought to “accept the one who is weak in faith.” The word translated accept is rooted in the word most translated receive. John 3:27 is a good example. “John answered and said, ‘A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.'” So perhaps we get the most encouragement out of this verse when we take it to mean that we are to realize God has given to us members of our body whose faith is weaker than ours on various issues. He didn't give them to us so we could practice being their judges. We are to love and trust God, who in His wisdom gives faith to each of us according to how He wants to glorify Himself in His body. So today, I encourage us to remember that God is the Great Giver and we are merely unworthy, undeserving recipients of His mercies. Those mercies were given to us when we had no faith at all! We were enemies, in fact. In light of those mercies of God, we should view our brothers and sisters as gifts to us from God. We are to receive those people in the condition God has given them to us, and as we will learn in the next few days, leave their opinions on disputable matters in God's hands. Today, if God puts a weaker brother or sister in our paths, we are to receive them as someone Jesus intends to love through us. They belong to Him, and therefore belong to us so we can bring glory to God as we worship Him by offering ourselves as living, holy sacrifices of love. What a good encouragement this is for us! Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Romans 13:8-9 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For this, “You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” What a clear encouragement to live to love with Jesus! Believers have Jesus living inside them. His righteousness fulfills the law of God. Heb. 1:8-9 records what the Father says about His Son. “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.” Fulfilling the law is the definition of the righteousness God. In Rom. 6:13 Paul wrote, “Present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.” We might consider this command to owe nothing to anyone except to love them as Jesus' attitude toward His Father's heart expressed in His Law. Notice that believers owe love to “one another.” When we live to love with Jesus, we are also displaying the mercies of God toward Jesus in our brothers and sisters. So verses 8-10 of Rom. 13 summarized what Paul urged them to do as recipients of the mercies of God, namely, to present their bodies to God a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God as an act of worship. His application followed with love for fellow members of Jesus' body, love for enemies, and love for governing authorities. This isn't the only time the Scriptures teach that loving your neighbor is a summary statement of all the commandments. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, Matthew 7:12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Paul wrote the Galatians in 5:13-14 “For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'” If you love someone, you won't commit adultery with them or against your spouse. You won't murder, steal, or covet. You certainly wouldn't want someone to do that to you, would you? Another understanding of who is your neighbor is this: it's the one God puts in your path each day. That's why in the Live to Love prayer you can find at livetolovewithjesus.com you'll find this prayer. Would you join me in prayer? “Father in heaven, thank You for another day of life to live to know and love You and to love with Jesus. Please anoint and fill me with the Holy Spirit, the presence and power of Christ, so that I can love and trust You and love those You put in my path today, for Your glory.” Amen. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Nach dem Angriff der Hamas steht der israelische Geheimdienst scharf in der Kritik. Trotz konstanter Überwachung des Gazastreifens wusste offenbar nichts von einem bevorstehenden Angriff. Wie beurteilt das eine ehemalige Agentin? Die weiteren Themen: * Zum ersten Mal seit die Hamas Israel angegriffen hat, hat sich der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin zu den Entwicklungen im Nahen Osten geäussert. * Die römisch-katholische Kirche arbeitet derzeit ihre Rolle vor und während des zweiten Weltkrieges auf. Wie viel hat Papst Pius XII damals vom Holocaust gewusst? In Rom haben 100 Forschende die Ergebnisse ihrer Arbeit präsentiert. * Ende September hat ein serbischer Kommandotrupp in Kosovo Polizisten angegriffen. Seither sind die Beziehungen zwischen Serbien und Kosovo besonders angespannt. Mittendrin: die ethnisch serbische Bevölkerung im Norden von Kosovo. * Die Klimabewegung Extinction Rebellion erringt einen kleinen Erfolg in den Niederlanden: Nachdem sie wiederholt die Stadt-Autobahn in Den Haag blockiert haben, fordert das Parlament nun von der Regierung, Subventionen und Steuererleichterungen für Öl und Gas abzubauen.

Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des US-Parlaments ist der Speaker der grossen Kammer abgewählt worden, Kevin McCarthy. Was treibt die republikanischen Abgeordneten an, die US-Politik zu blockieren? Die Expertin ordnet ein. * In Rom hat die "Weltsynode" begonnen. 365 Delegierte treffen sich im Vatikan. Sie beraten Reformen der römisch-katholischen Kirche. Aus der Schweiz dabei ist der Basler Bischof Felix Gmür. Wir sprechen mit ihm. * Pakistan will 1,7 Millionen afghanische Flüchtlinge ausschaffen. Grund für die massenhafte Ausweisung sei die verschärfte Sicherheitslage in Pakistan, sagt die Regierung. * Die Bettwanzen-Panik hat Paris im Griff. Bettwanzen, ihre Verbreitung und was man dagegen tun kann, diese Themen sind omnipräsent in traditionelle und sozialen Medien. Wie ernst ist die Lage wirklich? * Heute, Donnerstag beginnt in Indien die Kricket-Weltmeisterschaft. Der Sport - der von der britischen Kolonialmacht importiert wurde - ist heute eine milliardenschwere Industrie - und hochpolitisch.

A panel discussion on the topic if sin and mastering it. Some questions to consider:In Genesis chapter 4, we find God pleading with Cain concerning sin approaching in his life. Does God stillspeak to His people this way? In what ways is God still speaking to His people now?In Rom 5 we find that Jesus died for us while we were still sinners, we are reconciled to God by His death, and saved by His life. How can a person be sure that they are reconciled to God and saved?In John 8:34, Jesus expresses that to sin is to be a slave of sin. To what extent do you agree or disagree withbeing a slave to sin? (what if it's just a small misstep?) Can a Christian sin? Can a Christian continue to walk in sin? If so, can we say that they are a Christian at all? (Consider Rom 6:1-4)All over the Bible we find God healing people from various ailments to include their pasts and mental well-being. We understood from the series that to reject God's healing is sin. Why would a person hold onto their ailment particularly if it's based on an offense?Abel became Cain's ideal for acceptance in God and that twisted into envy and malice. Have you ever had anissue with envy? How did you overcome it?Part of walking in victory over sin is mastering self-control or temperance. What can this look like daily? How can a person get help in walking in self-control?

Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. This has got to be one of the most quoted verses of the apostle Paul. How encouraging it is to know that those who are in Christ Jesus do not stand condemned before God, even though they have been prisoners of sin, captured in a body of death. Why is there not condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus? Well, the next verses explain. Today, let's be encouraged by this great and awesome fact: If you are in Christ Jesus, there is no condemnation from God for you! Every time you've failed to love with Jesus, has been taken out of the way because the Law has been taken out of the way. There's nothing to condemn you. We hear this again later in chapter 8. Let's dive a little deeper. How does one get “in Christ”? We don't have to guess on that. Paul explicitly stated it to the Corinthians in 1 Cor. 1:30. “But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus.” God put you into Christ. This is said in a different way in Rom. 6:3. “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?” In Rom. 7:4 Paul wrote, "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.” God put us in Christ. He baptized us in Christ. He joined us to Christ. That's why in 7:25 Paul wrote, “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ!” We thank God for putting us in Christ. So we are free today to live a new life without condemnation. We stand blameless before God in the righteousness of Christ. This is significant because that gives us confidence to approach the throne of God to find grace and mercy whenever we need it. We know there is nothing between us and God but His love. Out of that place of love, we draw our fullness today. We are satisfied in God's love through Christ. His steadfast love is better than life itself and all that it offers us. We have everything we need in Jesus to love God and to love others. We have the same heart to forgive those who hurt or disappoint us that God has toward us. If you aren't condemned, then what are you? You are accepted in Christ. Rom. 15:7 gives us clear marching orders today. “Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.” Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

In Rom. 7:2-3, Paul continued explaining how believers are released from the Law and therefore free to live with Jesus. He wrote, “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. 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.” In verses 2-3, Paul provided an example illustrating how it is possible that the Law no longer has jurisdiction over them. They all would understand that the Law binds a woman to her husband as long as he is alive. As long as her husband lives, the Law has jurisdiction over her. However, if her husband dies, the Law has no authority over her life in regards to her relationship with her husband or any other single man, for that matter. She is released from her responsibilities to her husband according to the Law through the death of the spouse. Being released from the responsibilities of the Law was an important reality for Paul and should be for all believers. Paul had already made it perfectly clear in chapter 3 that no man can be justified by the works of the Law (3:10-20).  It is impossible for anyone to fulfill what the Law requires because all have fallen short of the Law's standards of righteousness (3:21). In chapter 6, perhaps you remember Paul reminded the Romans that they were “not under Law.” In the first verses of chapter 7 Paul explained how it was that they were not under Law. There's been the death of one of the two parties who were in a covenant of Law. He used the illustration of the husband's death, but he could have used either party in his example.  Today, we may rejoice in the great truth that we are no longer under the Law, but under grace. Therefore, we have been set free from the covenant that says, “If you keep the Law, you live. If you break that Law, you die.” All who believe in Jesus have been released from the Law's requirements through Jesus Christ, which Paul will explain later. This frees us to live to love with Jesus without guilt or condemnation. Hallelujah! We can serve Jesus today with a clear conscience and love as Paul testified is possible in 1 Tim. 1:5. “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere  faith.” So let me encourage you to fervently, freely, joyfully love today as Jesus does.  Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Romans 5:20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, Look at the supernatural love of God! God's love pours out grace where sin is increased. Would that describe the love you have for others? Think how marvelous and glorious the wisdom and love of God is. In God's wisdom, He gave the Law, knowing it would increase transgression. In Rom. 4:15, Paul wrote, “where there is no law, there also is no violation. Later in Romans 7:5, Paul explained why Law increases transgression. “For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law.” God knew and thus purposed that Law would increase transgression. God never intended that man would be justified before Him through the keeping of the Law. What He did intend to do was reveal His righteousness, love, and His glory through bestowing grace upon the ungodly. Since grace abounds more than sin abounds, the more transgression increases, the more grace abounds to His glory. So it will also be for us who stand in this glorious grace. We should not be surprised when our brothers or sisters transgress against one another. We may expect it as part of God's plan. What brings God glory? When His grace abounds as transgressions occur and even increase in our relationships, God gets glory. As transgressions occur, righteousness rises up to bestow overcoming grace. Obviously this grace doesn't mean that sin shouldn't be confronted. Paul addressed that issue in the next chapter. Bestowing grace in the face of increasing sin is the privilege and calling of everyone who belongs to Jesus and has received God's grace.

• Doku-Hörspiel • Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768) suchte Schönheit in Freiheit. In Rom fand er zum Kern seines Schaffens: Er verhalf der griechischen Antike zur Wiederentdeckung und begründete die Kunstgeschichte und wissenschaftliche Archäologie.Von Jean-Claude Kunerwww.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, HörspielDirekter Link zur Audiodatei

Romans 3:4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, "That You may be justified in Your words, and prevail when You are judged.” In Rom. 3:4, Paul answered the question about God's faithfulness being nullified because of the unbelief of God's people who have the oracles and promises of God. His answer: No, not, never! Man's unbelief cannot nullify God's faithfulness. People often use the hypocrisy and unbelief of church members as an excuse to reject God. Yes, we all fail—even believers. However, it would be better for us to be found liars rather than God be found untrustworthy. God is true. His Word is true. His judgment is true. There will always be people who judge God. Paul wrote that God will be found true and His words will stand til the end of time. As we live to love with Jesus, there will be times when we will have people tell us how they can't believe in God because people in churches are hypocrites or maybe even because we hurt them in some way—we didn't love them well. Let's be quick to admit our failures. We might say it this way. “If I ever love, it's Jesus. The rest of the time, it's me, and it's easy to tell the difference.” The faithfulness of God isn't nullified by our weaknesses or failures. In fact, God's faithfulness is experienced by His love poured out in the hearts of all sinners who trust in Him who justifies the ungodly, as Abraham did. Paul wrote of Abraham in Romans 4:5. “But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.” We live to love with Jesus because we have experienced God's love while we were yet sinners. That's the good news we have to share with others today, who like us, have fallen short of the glory of God. Yes, we have been unbelieving, but that has not nullified God's faithfulness. To the contrary, we are examples and witnesses of His faithfulness. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

In Rom fühlen sich Maus Luigi und Bagger Gladiator pudelwohl. Luigi futtert Pizza, Gladiator frisst auf Baustellen Häuser und Türme. Da rollt eine liebliche Planierraupe heran. Aus der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: Luigi und Gladiator, 2 (Folge 1 von 7) von Anja Kömmerling und Thomas Brinx. Es liest: Boris Aljinovic.

In Rom fühlen sich Maus Luigi und Bagger Gladiator pudelwohl. Luigi futtert die beste Pizza der Welt, Gladiator frisst auf Baustellen Häuser und Türme. Da entdeckt er die lieblichste Planierraupe weit und breit. Er verliebt sich bis über die Schaufel. Leider kriegt er keinen Ton heraus. Luigi muss dringend helfen: Denn die Raupe ist verschwunden! Ob sie die finden? Alle 7 Folgen der OHRENBÄR-Hörgeschichte: Luigi und Gladiator, 2 von Anja Kömmerling und Thomas Brinx. Es liest: Boris Aljinovic.

In Rom findet heute die Trauerfeier für Benedikt XVI. statt - 100.000 Menschen werden dazu erwartet. Obwohl Benedikt emeritierter Papst war, ist vieles wie bei einer Trauerfeier für einen amtierenden Papst. Wer war eigentlich dieser Mann, was hat ihn ausgemacht und welche Beziehung haben und hatten die Menschen zu ihm?

In Rom nehmen Gläubige Abschied von Benedikt XVI.; Deutschland diskutiert über Krankenhaus-Reform Moderation: Golo Schmidt Von Golo Schmidt.

Review: This podcast is Day number 2 in my series about Buckling the belt of truth. In the first day in this series (which can be found by searching for 195 or the word ‘buckling', I explained what I consider to be the first step in putting on the belt of truth. The belt of truth is one of seven parts to the Christian's armor found in Ephesians 6. But I suggest that we make this clarification: Buckle the belt of truth by believing what God says about you in the Bible. The belt of truth is put on by believing what God says. (Remember: Believing = faith.) The belt of truth includes all of the truth found in Scripture. But if you just believe a lot of general truths found in the pages of the Bible, but don't believe what the Bible says about YOURSELF (your own identity), it would be like leaving your house with your belt in your belt loops, but not buckled. Everyday we live in a spiritual war zone. You'll be at a great disadvantage if your belt isn't buckled! The main thing I am after in this belt-buckling is living in spiritual victory and standing firm in our worldly battle with the flesh and the devil. What God says about you in the Bible often seems too good to believe, because the devil has been feeding us lies about ourselves all of our lives. So, taking one example from the Day 1 lesson, when we read in the Bible, “God loves you,” the truth of this seems to bounce off of our minds. “How nice,” we think, “but God can't really love me because I am so bad.” We must seek to notice the things we find in the Bible that are repelled by our minds. Write them down. Underline them. Preach to yourself that you should believe what God clearly says about you. Pray, asking for God to make the concepts clear and believable to you. Meditate on those things, and you will start seeing your life being transformed by God's Word. Here are some major mind-challenging truths from our Day 1 study: God loves us. We often unfairly think of God as an angry judge. God's Word tells us that we are one with Christ, joined to Him. We are united to Christ, so much so that He considers us actually part of his body. We have a powerful guarantee, the Holy Spirit, which is not an external thing, but an inward witness that we are joined to Christ. We are God's holy people, not because we have the power to be holy. But God has made us holy by our unity with Christ. This is our identity! Take hold of this identity. Paul wants us to understand all these things so that we understand that God will use his power to help us. Residue from Day 1: Here's something I ask you to bear in mind: We each have different versions of what the Bible calls ‘flesh'. The flesh is basically the evil and selfish desires that spring from our bodies. Men and women are normally very different in their sinful desires. And even among Christians of the same sex, one sin may be highly adictive to you, but not to your fellow brother or sister. This means that Bible verses that I will share which mean so much to me may not ring any bells for you. If so, I hope you will still find basic principles in my presentation that will apply powerfully to you. I think that it is important to remove a faulty excuse for persistent sin that many people use. In Romans 7:24 Paul says, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” Please do not take the end of Romans 7 to negate what Paul was saying in chapter 6 and 8! The theme of chapter 6 is given by the NLT translators in the section heading, “Sin's Power is Broken.” And Romans 6:6 is a key verse for buckling the belt of truth: “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives.” Here's why readers have been confused by Romans 7:24: In Rom. 7:5-6, Paul brings up a difficult concept: “For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the lawThen starting in verse 7, Paul explains how the law gets involved in our ‘living in the flesh'. Note that for 17 verses more, Paul carries on for an uncharacteristically long time without mentioning Christ. That's because he is either talking about how living in the flesh works out for someone who doesn't know Christ, or someone who forgets about Christ and reverts to living in the flesh., were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.” But Paul doesn't leave us wallowing in our fleshly weaknesses (in 7:24-25) with ‘Wretched man that I am', but quickly returns to his victorious theme. In chapter 8:2 he says: “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” And then he begins to talk about living in the Spirit. Clearly, we are supposed to start having victory because of the Spirit. Understanding our spiritual position plus the help of the Spirit allows us to ‘put to death' various sins that beset us. Yes, I must admit that as long as we are in our bodies, we will stumble. We are ‘saints' (holy people) who occasionally still fall into sin. However, overwhelming victory over fleshly sin is available to us. Don't be satisfied with falling back to being a ‘wretched man' or woman like Romans 7:24 when you have the riches of chapter 8 available!   THEME: Buckle up the belt of truth regarding your PRESENT RESURRECTION LIFE. ROM.6.1-14, 8:10-13; 12:1-2 2CO.5.14-15 GAL.2.19-20 COL.2.11-15 COL.3.1-11 EPH2.6   There are basically four steps to buckling the belt of truth: Realize: Be alert when reading the Bible for truths that are presented as true for believers in Christ, but which seem too good to be true. Note them down, and check out translations like the NLT, GNT, and NET to make sure you are understanding what the Scripture says. Ask God to help you overcome your difficulty in believing the truth you have discovered. It may be appropriate to ask God to help you discover if strong opposing ideas are coming from demonic influence or previous sins that you should confess. Meditate on the scriptural truth you are working to internalize. Imagine how your life would be different if you started to live according to that truth. Take any steps the Holy Spirit gives you to put your new identity into practice. Today's topic for belt-buckling is our resurrection life in unity with Christ. This goes along with Romans 6:6 that we just read: “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives.” Being ‘crucified with Christ' of course means that in some sense we have died. There's a truth that will definitely bounce off your mind! It will go in one ear and right out the other. This is because we are dealing with a spiritual reality, not something that we can see with physical eyes or understand with earthly minds. It will often help to consult a meaning based translation when we deal with spiritual realities. Let me illustrate from my experience in Indonesia. I was speaking to a small congregation and I read Colossians 3:1-3 in the default Indonesian literal translation. You'll understand better if I read the ESV: 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. There was a man on the second row who must have been an elder in the church, and I put him on the spot. I said to him, “This verse says, ‘For you have died'. Have you died?” And he replied, “No.” So I asked someone else to read the verses again and I again asked the man, “Sir, this verse in your Bible says ‘You have died.' Have you died?” And he again said, “No.” I would have been smiling by now, because I knew this would help me make my point. I said, “This verse says ‘You have died'. Is there a spiritual way that you have died?” “Oh,” he said, “well yes, if you put it that way!” The next thing I would have done is to read our translation, which makes the verse much clearer. So let's read the NLT for those verses: Col. 3:1 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. Our first step that I mentioned above is to realize that this truth is something every Christian is supposed to believe. I hope you will take steps 2 and 3, namely Asking God how to do this and Meditating on this truth. But we are helped significantly in step 4, as Paul gives us steps to follow in the next part of Colossians 3. For now, I am leaving those as homework. Let's go back to Colossians 2 to pick up more important ideas about how God releases us from our fleshly weaknesses. Col. 2:11 NLT When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature. 12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. In verse 11, we see a different spiritual reality: That of our receiving a spiritual circumcision. This invisible circumcision was performed by Christ, and putting two and two together, I conclude that his own crucifixion is what made this possible. Verse 12 is linked with the word ‘For', describing how this circumcision takes place. 2:12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. So in chapter 3, Paul says we died, and here in chapter 2, we have been buried with Christ when we were baptized. This is exactly what Romans 6 says also. Note that the spiritual reality of our spiritual death and resurrection is so important that God gave a command for all believers to be baptized, so that all believers would have the physical experience of baptism to remind them. We can see the picture in the Lord's supper, where we take the symbols of Jesus' death right into our bodies. We in effect become unified with the Lord in that sacrement (John 6:56). We see our spiritual death in Jesus' words in Mark 8:34: “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.” Look deeper and you will find this concept in so many places. It turns out that if we are to be ‘born again' (as in John 3), then it implies that something fatal has happened to our old life. Consider the details: We are born again ‘of water and the Spirit'. (John 3:5) I love the powerful implications of our being ‘crucified with Christ' in Romans 12:1-2. Rom. 12:1-2 NLT And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. In our Plain Indonesian Translation we found it more powerful to translate ‘give your bodies to God' as a promise spoken directly to God: “O God, I offer up my body as a sacrifice to You.” I suggest that you, my listener, say that out loud: “O God, I offer up my body as a sacrifice to You.” Now notice that your having made that commitment is the prerequisite for verse 2! This is the way that we ‘let God transform' us into new people! We become transformed in our minds. We will think differently. There is an added bonus promise: We will discover God's will for us, “which is good and pleasing and perfect.” I think by now you will agree with me. This is what we want! And I hope that I have proved that this spiritual reality of our being crucified with Christ and resurrected by the Spirit is the key to our transformation. Unlock this transformation by following the steps of Realizing, Asking God for his help, Meditating on this spiritual reality, and Taking the steps given to you by the Spirit and guided by passages like  Colossians 3. Do those things while reading these passages: ROM.6.1-14, 8:10-13; 12:1-2 2CO.5.14-15 GAL.2.19-20 COL.2.11-15 COL.3.1-11 EPH2.6   Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Review: This podcast is Day number 2 in my series about Buckling the belt of truth. In the first day in this series (which can be found by searching for 195 or the word ‘buckling', I explained what I consider to be the first step in putting on the belt of truth. The belt of truth is one of seven parts to the Christian's armor found in Ephesians 6. But I suggest that we make this clarification: Buckle the belt of truth by believing what God says about you in the Bible. The belt of truth is put on by believing what God says. (Remember: Believing = faith.) The belt of truth includes all of the truth found in Scripture. But if you just believe a lot of general truths found in the pages of the Bible, but don't believe what the Bible says about YOURSELF (your own identity), it would be like leaving your house with your belt in your belt loops, but not buckled. Everyday we live in a spiritual war zone. You'll be at a great disadvantage if your belt isn't buckled! The main thing I am after in this belt-buckling is living in spiritual victory and standing firm in our worldly battle with the flesh and the devil. What God says about you in the Bible often seems too good to believe, because the devil has been feeding us lies about ourselves all of our lives. So, taking one example from the Day 1 lesson, when we read in the Bible, “God loves you,” the truth of this seems to bounce off of our minds. “How nice,” we think, “but God can't really love me because I am so bad.” We must seek to notice the things we find in the Bible that are repelled by our minds. Write them down. Underline them. Preach to yourself that you should believe what God clearly says about you. Pray, asking for God to make the concepts clear and believable to you. Meditate on those things, and you will start seeing your life being transformed by God's Word. Here are some major mind-challenging truths from our Day 1 study: God loves us. We often unfairly think of God as an angry judge. God's Word tells us that we are one with Christ, joined to Him. We are united to Christ, so much so that He considers us actually part of his body. We have a powerful guarantee, the Holy Spirit, which is not an external thing, but an inward witness that we are joined to Christ. We are God's holy people, not because we have the power to be holy. But God has made us holy by our unity with Christ. This is our identity! Take hold of this identity. Paul wants us to understand all these things so that we understand that God will use his power to help us. Residue from Day 1: Here's something I ask you to bear in mind: We each have different versions of what the Bible calls ‘flesh'. The flesh is basically the evil and selfish desires that spring from our bodies. Men and women are normally very different in their sinful desires. And even among Christians of the same sex, one sin may be highly adictive to you, but not to your fellow brother or sister. This means that Bible verses that I will share which mean so much to me may not ring any bells for you. If so, I hope you will still find basic principles in my presentation that will apply powerfully to you. I think that it is important to remove a faulty excuse for persistent sin that many people use. In Romans 7:24 Paul says, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” Please do not take the end of Romans 7 to negate what Paul was saying in chapter 6 and 8! The theme of chapter 6 is given by the NLT translators in the section heading, “Sin's Power is Broken.” And Romans 6:6 is a key verse for buckling the belt of truth: “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives.” Here's why readers have been confused by Romans 7:24: In Rom. 7:5-6, Paul brings up a difficult concept: “For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the lawThen starting in verse 7, Paul explains how the law gets involved in our ‘living in the flesh'. Note that for 17 verses more, Paul carries on for an uncharacteristically long time without mentioning Christ. That's because he is either talking about how living in the flesh works out for someone who doesn't know Christ, or someone who forgets about Christ and reverts to living in the flesh., were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.” But Paul doesn't leave us wallowing in our fleshly weaknesses (in 7:24-25) with ‘Wretched man that I am', but quickly returns to his victorious theme. In chapter 8:2 he says: “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” And then he begins to talk about living in the Spirit. Clearly, we are supposed to start having victory because of the Spirit. Understanding our spiritual position plus the help of the Spirit allows us to ‘put to death' various sins that beset us. Yes, I must admit that as long as we are in our bodies, we will stumble. We are ‘saints' (holy people) who occasionally still fall into sin. However, overwhelming victory over fleshly sin is available to us. Don't be satisfied with falling back to being a ‘wretched man' or woman like Romans 7:24 when you have the riches of chapter 8 available! THEME: Buckle up the belt of truth regarding your PRESENT RESURRECTION LIFE. Readings: ROM.6.1-14, 8:10-13; 12:1-2 2CO.5.14-15 GAL.2.19-20 COL.2.11-15 COL.3.1-11 EPH2.6 There are basically four steps to buckling the belt of truth: Realize: Be alert when reading the Bible for truths that are presented as true for believers in Christ, but which seem too good to be true. Note them down, and check out translations like the NLT, GNT, and NET to make sure you are understanding what the Scripture says. Ask God to help you overcome your difficulty in believing the truth you have discovered. It may be appropriate to ask God to help you discover if strong opposing ideas are coming from demonic influence or previous sins that you should confess. Meditate on the scriptural truth you are working to internalize. Imagine how your life would be different if you started to live according to that truth. Take any steps the Holy Spirit gives you to put your new identity into practice. Today's topic for belt-buckling is our resurrection life in unity with Christ. This goes along with Romans 6:6 that we just read: “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives.” Being ‘crucified with Christ' of course means that in some sense we have died. There's a truth that will definitely bounce off your mind! It will go in one ear and right out the other. This is because we are dealing with a spiritual reality, not something that we can see with physical eyes or understand with earthly minds. It will often help to consult a meaning based translation when we deal with spiritual realities. Let me illustrate from my experience in Indonesia. I was speaking to a small congregation and I read Colossians 3:1-3 in the default Indonesian literal translation. You'll understand better if I read the ESV: 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. There was a man on the second row who must have been an elder in the church, and I put him on the spot. I said to him, “This verse says, ‘For you have died'. Have you died?” And he replied, “No.” So I asked someone else to read the verses again and I again asked the man, “Sir, this verse in your Bible says ‘You have died.' Have you died?” And he again said, “No.” I would have been smiling by now, because I knew this would help me make my point. I said, “This verse says ‘You have died'. Is there a spiritual way that you have died?” “Oh,” he said, “well yes, if you put it that way!” The next thing I would have done is to read our translation, which makes the verse much clearer. So let's read the NLT for those verses: Col. 3:1 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. Our first step that I mentioned above is to realize that this truth is something every Christian is supposed to believe. I hope you will take steps 2 and 3, namely Asking God how to do this and Meditating on this truth. But we are helped significantly in step 4, as Paul gives us steps to follow in the next part of Colossians 3. For now, I am leaving those as homework. Let's go back to Colossians 2 to pick up more important ideas about how God releases us from our fleshly weaknesses. Col. 2:11 NLT When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature. 12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. In verse 11, we see a different spiritual reality: That of our receiving a spiritual circumcision. This invisible circumcision was performed by Christ, and putting two and two together, I conclude that his own crucifixion is what made this possible. Verse 12 is linked with the word ‘For', describing how this circumcision takes place. 2:12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. So in chapter 3, Paul says we died, and here in chapter 2, we have been buried with Christ when we were baptized. This is exactly what Romans 6 says also. Note that the spiritual reality of our spiritual death and resurrection is so important that God gave a command for all believers to be baptized, so that all believers would have the physical experience of baptism to remind them. We can see the picture in the Lord's supper, where we take the symbols of Jesus' death right into our bodies. We in effect become unified with the Lord in that sacrement (John 6:56). We see our spiritual death in Jesus' words in Mark 8:34: “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.” Look deeper and you will find this concept in so many places. It turns out that if we are to be ‘born again' (as in John 3), then it implies that something fatal has happened to our old life. Consider the details: We are born again ‘of water and the Spirit'. (John 3:5) I love the powerful implications of our being ‘crucified with Christ' in Romans 12:1-2. Rom. 12:1-2 NLT And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. In our Plain Indonesian Translation we found it more powerful to translate ‘give your bodies to God' as a promise spoken directly to God: “O God, I offer up my body as a sacrifice to You.” I suggest that you, my listener, say that out loud: “O God, I offer up my body as a sacrifice to You.” Now notice that your having made that commitment is the prerequisite for verse 2! This is the way that we ‘let God transform' us into new people! We become transformed in our minds. We will think differently. There is an added bonus promise: We will discover God's will for us, “which is good and pleasing and perfect.” I think by now you will agree with me. This is what we want! And I hope that I have proved that this spiritual reality of our being crucified with Christ and resurrected by the Spirit is the key to our transformation. Unlock this transformation by following the steps of Realizing, Asking God for his help, Meditating on this spiritual reality, and Taking the steps given to you by the Spirit and guided by passages like  Colossians 3. Do those things while reading these passages: ROM.6.1-14, 8:10-13; 12:1-2 2CO.5.14-15 GAL.2.19-20 COL.2.11-15 COL.3.1-11 EPH2.6 Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Were It Not For Jesus Christ, We Would Have Nothing And Be Nothing. Pastor Robert R. McLaughlin. We begin this morning with some of the blessings and accomplishments that our Lord's ascension, descension, and session were about to be mentioned and supplied by our Lord's victories upon the cross. This is a reference to our Lord's ascension into heaven following His resurrection and His position at the right hand of God the Father for when He arrived into Heaven He heard those magical words which were quoted from Psa 110:1; Mat 22:44; Mar 12:36; Luk 20:42; Acts 2:34‑35; Heb 10:12‑14. Psa 110:1; Mat 22:44; Mar 12:36; Luk 20:42; Acts 2:34‑35; Heb 10:12‑14. “Sit down at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” This is a passage that describes the Doctrine of the Session which is a doctrine of Christology that pertains to the glorification of our Lord's humanity at the right hand of God the Father. For when our Lord received the title that He did to sit down at the right hand of God, He was beginning to experience the ultimate glory of everything He could ever imagine that was about to happen to Him. Things like 1CO 2:9 "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him." Or things like 1PE 1:12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven‑‑ things into which angels long to look. This is also a time in 2CO 5:10 when each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. In 1Co 3:14, It will also be a time when winner believers shall receive a reward. The point is that the Doctrine of the Session is that doctrine of Christology pertaining to the glorification of our Lord's humanity at the right hand of the Father. If TLJC remained on earth, He would have a limited glory, but when He went to the third heaven He became superior to all creation, and therefore He received unlimited glory. Look how the apostle Paul put it beginning with COL 3:1 If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. So in COL 3:2, he writes Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. It's interesting that the word he used for mind is the present active imperative of the verb phroneo which is a word for loving with affection. Why? Because in COL 3:3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. COL 3:4, and When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. This reveals the fact that upon arrival in the third heaven, our Lord was seated at the right hand of God the Father which is one of the many blessings of the Doctrine of the Session. Then He received His third royal title "King of kings, Lord of lords, the Bright Morning Star." This was this time that the human race was elevated higher than the entire angelic creation; Heb 1:14; Heb 2:7; Psa 8. Then Paul says back in COL 2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf, and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, COL 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in impersonal unconditional love, and attaining to all the wealth [that is the riches] that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge [or epignosis or metabolized doctrine] of God's mystery, that is, the mystery doctrine of Christ Himself, COL 2:3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. It's interesting that the word for treasure is the Greek noun thesaurus which means a treasure chest of almost anything just like the English word is used to describe anything that can be used or has meaning. COL 2:4 I say this in order that no one may delude you or deceive you with persuasive argument. COL 2:5 For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith or doctrine in Christ. Therefore, in COL 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord yourselves [as Eph 2:8 says, by grace, through faith; and not of works], so walk in Him, COL 2:7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. Now, according to PSA 8. originally, man was created higher than the animal creation and lower than the angels. PSA 8:1 (For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.) O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth, Who hast displayed Thy splendor above the heavens! PSA 8:2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou hast established strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. PSA 8:3 When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; PSA 8:4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him? PSA 8:5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty! PSA 8:6 Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet, PSA 8:7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, PSA 8:8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. PSA 8:9 O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth! Now, when our Lord arrived in heaven as a member of the human race, He was rewarded by God the Father for His strategic and tactical victory in the angelic conflict. And. He was also given a brand new title for this strategic victory. That brand title that He did not possess before He became a member of the human race is “The King of kings, the Lord of lords, the bright and morning star. This was His third royal title. His first two titles were the Son of God and His Royal Family was God the Father and God the Holy Spirit so that all three members of His Royal Family were god or deity. His second title was the son of David and His Royal Family was made up of Jews or the Davidic Dynasty the Son of David. However, because His third royal title had no Royal Family, the age of Israel was halted or paused and the Church-age was inserted for the calling out of His third Royal Family called the [ekklesia] or the Royal Family; 1Pe 2:9. 1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for {God's} own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; However, there would be a fantastic change made from David's Psalm in the book of Hebrews. For example, in HEB 2:6 But one has testified somewhere, saying, "What is man, that Thou rememberest him? Or the son of man, that Thou art concerned about him? That's a quotation from PSA 8:4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him? Now look at HEB 2:7 "Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, And hast appointed him over the works of Thy hands; HEB 2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. That's a quotation from PSA 8:5-6, Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty! Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet, However, notice what is added in Heb 2:7, "Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels; Only for a little while. David never said that? Why? Because Old Testament were not elevated higher than angels because they were not in union with Christ like New Testament saints. So, HEB 2:8 says Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. "For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. HEB 2:9 But we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. HEB 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. So, because of our union with Christ and because of the ascension and session, Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of God and you and I are: EPH 2:6 Raised up with Him, and seated with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus, HEB 1:13 says But to which of the angels has He ever said, "Sit at My right hand, Until I make Thine enemies A footstool for Thy feet"? God the Father never said this to any angel, but only to Jesus Christ. It is very significant that God the Father said this to the humanity of Christ in a resurrection body. This means that although we are now inferior to angels in our human bodies on earth, in the future in resurrection bodies we will be totally superior to angels. Then concerning the elect angels look at HEB 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? Now, all of this is why this doctrine of ascension and session is the missing link between the resurrection of Christ and the Christian way of life. Something new had to be created to accompany this new third royalty of Jesus Christ, a new royal family. His new royalty had to be a new spiritual species, as per 2Co 5:17. 2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. In ROM 6:4, we are given a newness of life; Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. In ROM 7:6 But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. In GAL 6:15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. In EPH 2:15, we are now called one new man, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, {which is} the Law of commandments {contained} in ordinances, that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, {thus} establishing peace, In EPH 4:24, we are commaned to put on the new self, which in {the likeness of} God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Look at COL 3:9 Do not lie to one another or do not live in the lies of the cosmic system, since you laid aside the old self with its {evil} practices, COL 3:10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him COL 3:11 ‑‑{a renewal} in which there is no {distinction between} Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. In HEB 8:13, we have "A new {covenant}," In 2PE 3:13 But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 1JO 2:8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. REV 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer {any} sea. Look at all the new things we are to look for. REV 21:5 And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He *said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." So, these two doctrines of ascension and session combine to form the climax of the strategic victory of Christ in the angelic conflict. While the angels were still talking our Lord was already in the third heaven. He traveled billions and billions of light years in just a few seconds. After His ascension, His session fulfilled the prophecy of Psa 110:1 "The Lord [God the Father] said to my Lord [God the Son], `Sit down at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.'" So, the strategic victory of Jesus Christ in the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union is related to the award of His third royal title. His first royal title is related to His deity. His title is "Son of God." His royal family is God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. His second royal title is related to His humanity. His title is "Son of David." His royal family is the Davidic dynasty. His third royal title is related to His resurrection and ascension. His entire title is "King of kings, Lord of lords, Bright and Morning Star." His royal family is in the process of being completed, made up of every Church-age believer. You are not simply a child of God; you are a royal child of God. So, the ascension and session is not only related to the Hypostatic Union, but it also to the angelic conflict. With the resurrection of Jesus Christ, all angelic creatures including fallen angels, are subordinated to Him in His humanity. In His deity, Jesus Christ is the creator of angels. In His humanity, He was made lower than angels, Heb 2:7. But now in His resurrection, He is higher than angels in His humanity. And some day in our resurrection body, we will share that same privilege experientially. Being in union with Christ, we are already positionally higher than angels. But in resurrection bodies, we will be experientially and physically higher than angels. Eph 1:22, "And He [God the Father] has subordinated all [angelic creatures] under His feet. Furthermore, He appointed Him [Jesus Christ] ruler over all things to the Church." After studying the ascension and the decension, we are now ready for and the importance of understanding the Doctrine of the Session. This lead's us to one more major doctrine that is extremely important and that is the Doctrine of what is known THE BIG GENUFLEX. The big Genuflex is the interim event between the Rapture and the Judgment Seat of Christ when every knee will bow before TLJC. Right after the rapture or the resurrection of the church and before the judgment seat of Christ where winners will be rewarded, there is a period of time when TLJC will be worshipped by all believers in their resurrection bodies. Therefore, the big Genuflex is both the glorification of the Father's plan and the recognition of our Lord's victory over sin and Satan which was bestowed on Him at His session. At this time, the entire royal family is present, and they confess to the victory of TLJC over sin and over Satan. This explains passages like PHI 2:9 Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the title or title which is above every other title. It is also found in PHI 2:10 where the apostle Paul says; that at the title of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth. PHI 2:11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Now, we must have a resurrection body as He does because we are His family. And, in resurrection body, the entire royal family will identify the Head of the family, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. In our moment of greatest happiness we will be talking and singing about the Lord Jesus Christ. Our greatest moment of happiness will be thinking and talking about our Lord. This also explains the relationship between Rom 14:10-11 and Phi 2:9‑11. Look at Rom 14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. ROM 14:11 For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God." ROM 14:12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. Now, the big Genuflex is the moment of maximum +H which is perpetuated forever. It is followed by the Judgment Seat of Christ. And we make that happiness meaningful by receiving our eternal rewards and decorations. However, you won't lose this fantastic happiness at the Judgment Seat of Christ even if you receive no reward, due to your failure in life. We can understand the confession of the royal family immediately following the Rapture based on the concept of Christ's battlefield royalty, for we will be in total awe of Him. This moment will be the fulfillment of all our doctrine, and the realization of the purpose of our new birth and why we lived for Him while on earth. We will each personally praise the strategic victory of the angelic conflict and relate it to our very purpose for living, Rom 14:11. Blessing and rewards which glorify Christ fulfill prophesies in the Old Testament, Isa 53:12b, "Then He will distribute the spoil or the blessings to the great ones or the mature believers." Christ was willing to suffer on the cross that we might share in the plunder or spoil of His victory. So, the big Genuflex, our acknowledgment of Christ in eternity, will be the greatest moment of worship in history, full of great singing. In time, we acknowledge Christ by our daily intake of doctrine. In the eternal state, we will acknowledge Him through our worship. Now, something very interesting is said about our Lord in Phi 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, The phrase that "every knee should bow" is the recognition of the Celebrityship of Christ by both believers and unbelievers. This is a reference to unbelievers who did not do it the easy way. The easy way is through the communication of doctrine by the pastor-teacher to his con­gregation, so that they can reach super-grace and occupation with the Person of Christ, our unique Celebrity. The hard way is described as the unbeliever on his knees at the end of time. He has rejected Jesus Christ. He has used the Name of Christ in profanity and derision. Or he has ridiculed Him or has been passive and indifferent toward Him. But the time will come when the Celebrityship of Christ will be manifest to all creatures in the universe. PHI 2:11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. God the Father had a plan that He made billions and billions of years ago—sometime in eternity past. And the epitome of the expression of God's Plan is the God-Man-Savior. Prin: A per­fect Plan from a perfect Father glorifies a perfect Son. His Plan was that all creatures would come to recognize the Celebrityship of Christ. First of all, by the Gospel, leading a person to Phase One (salvation). Next by reaching super-grace in Phase Two (the believer in time), we are now able to glorify the Lord. Now, where does this leave be­lievers who are ignorant of doctrine and who do not recognize the Celebrityship of Christ? They are completely missing out on the Plan of God for their lives, and thus they are losing out on the greatest and most wonderful blessing life can offer! And this need not be the case in any believer's life. Christ CAN become a reality NOW through doctrine. "Christ is all and in all" (Col. 3:11), or literally, "Christ is all things be­cause He is the source of all things." COL 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. COL 3:14 And beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. COL 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. COL 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. COL 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. Beginning with doc­trine, He is the grace source of everything we have of value. Were it not for Jesus Christ, we would have nothing and be nothing. Bible doctrine in the soul counteracts the old sin nature, demon influence and every other adverse circumstance in life. It is the basis for reaching the­ capacity to love. And when we have maximum capacity for Category One love under super-grace living, then we have a new focus, a new concentration, a new motivation, a new happiness—in short, we have a fantastic life! As for unbelievers, before they get to the Lake of Fire, they will recognize and finally acknowledge, the hard way, that Jesus Christ is the ONLY CELEBRITY of the universe. Even unbelievers are going to hell on their knees saying "JESUS IS LORD! Prin-There is nothing greater that a believer can do during the course of this life than to live in the sphere of the Celebrityship of Jesus Christ—the highest status in exper­iential Christianity! We also need to note The Necessity for the Humanity of Christ. Why did Christ have to become a human being….eight reasons? Jesus Christ became true humanity to do the will of the Father, Heb 10:5-10. Heb 10:5, Therefore, when He entered the world [at virgin birth], He said [Psa 40:6-8], `You [God the Father] do not desire sacrifice and offering [soteriology of the ritual plan of God for the dispensation of Israel], At that time [virgin birth] I said [from His deity], Behold, I have arrived; (in the scroll of a book it stands written about Me [Old Testament prophecies] to accomplish Your will, O God. After saying the above, `Sacrifices and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have not desired, nor have You been propitiated by them; (which sacrifices are offered according to the law), then He said, ”Behold, I have arrived to execute Your will, He has abrogated [taken away] the first [the Mosaic Law] that He might establish the second [PPOG for the Church]. By which will [purpose, plan] we [new spiritual species, royal family of God] have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all. So, when our Lord says in Heb 10:7, “I have arrived to accomplish Your will, O God, it was spoken from the deity of Christ in Hypostatic Union. It refers to the election of Jesus Christ related to the salvation or the incarnation plan of God. And when verse 9 says; He takes away the first in order to establish the second; it means the PPOG for the Church Age supersedes the ritual plan of God for Israel. The new spiritual species of the Church Age replaces the new racial species of Israel, i.e., until the second Advent, when Israel will again become a client nation to God. The substitutionary spiritual death of Christ on the cross and resultant efficacious unlimited atonement fulfills and abrogates the ritual authorization of the Mosaic Law. Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be the Savior of the world, Phi 2:7-8; Heb 2:14-15. As God, Jesus Christ could not have anything to do with sin except judge and reject sin. Sovereignty is not subject to death. Eternal life cannot die, and physical death was necessary for our Lord's resurrection. Only humanity could bear our sins. So, Jesus Christ had to become true humanity and perfect humanity in order to receive the imputation and judgment of our sins on the cross, 1Pe 2:24. 1Pe 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be the mediator between God and man, Job 9:2,32-33; 1Ti 2:5-6. He had to be equal with both God and mankind to be a mediator between both parties. Therefore, Jesus Christ had to be both undiminished deity and true humanity in one person forever. Job 9:2 In truth I know that this is so but how can a man be in the right before God? JOB 9:3 If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times. JOB 9:32 For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, that we may go to court together. JOB 9:33 There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both. 1TI 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1TI 2:6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony borne at the proper time. Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be a High priest for the human race. Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be a Priest for the human race. A priest must be a man in order to represent man before God. Jesus Christ became true humanity to be our high priest after the order (or pattern) of Melchizedek, Heb 7:4-5,14, 28; 10:5, 10-14. HEB 7:4 Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils. HEB 7:5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their brethren, although these are descended from Abraham. In HEB 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. In HEB 7:28 For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever. In HEB 10:5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not desired, But a body Thou hast prepared for Me; In HEB 10:10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. In HEB 10:11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; HEB 10:12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, HEB 10:13 waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet. HEB 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be a king and rule forever. He had to be the son of David to fulfill the Davidic covenant to Israel, 2Sa 7:8-16; Psa 89:20-37. These definitions presume your understanding of the Hypostatic Union and they closely related to and based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1TI 6:16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. And when He says "He takes away the first in order to establish the second," it means the PPOG for the Church-age supersedes the ritual plan of God for Israel. The new spiritual species of the Church Age replaces the new racial species of Israel, i.e., until the second Advent, when Israel will again become a client nation to God. The substitutionary spiritual death of Christ on the cross and resultant efficacious unlimited atonement fulfills and abrogates the ritual authorization of the Mosaic Law. These definitions all presume your understanding of the Hypostatic Union and they closely related to and based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

TITLE: The Doctrine of Kenosis; Part 5 The Doctrine of Kenosis. Point 1. The introduction The introduction of the Doctrine is derived from the Greek word kenoo which means to deprive oneself of a proper function, Phi 2:7a. PHI 2:7a "but He deprived Himself of the proper function of deity Point 2. Definition = Kenosis is based on the fact that the union of the deity of Christ to unglorified humanity is a necessary factor in His humiliation. Point 3 is where we let off on Sunday morning. Point 3. The True Humiliation of the Incarnation. This is one of the most powerful points in the doctrine. During the dispensation of the hypostatic union: Jesus Christ did not use the attributes of His divine nature to glorify Himself or to act independently of the plan of God for the entire human race. One compromise of the human nature of Jesus Christ to the spiritual life and there would not be any spiritual life in the Church-age. The objectives of this doctrine union were ALL related to the human nature of Jesus Christ. To resist this temptation, the human nature of Jesus Christ must not call on the divine nature for help. He had to use the three spiritual skills and the four mechanics of the spiritual life to maintain His human perfection and to be qualified to go to the Cross and be judged for the sins of the world. The three spiritual skills all rely on the power of the Word and the power of the Spirit; JOH 4:23-24. This was not only what our Lord used and then gave them to us, but He also became our example to follow by becoming a prototype or a model to follow. Let's look at a passage that illustrates this example that He laid out for us to follow. 1PE 2:13 Submit [honor the authority] yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 1PE 2:14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. 1PE 2:15 For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. 1PE 2:16 {Act} as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but {use it} as bondslaves of God. GAL 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only {do} not {turn} your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 1PE 2:17 Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. 1PE 2:18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. 1PE 2:19 For this {finds} favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a man bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. 1PE 2:20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this {finds} favor with God. And then here's the main verse I told you about; 1PE 2:21 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, So, our Lord used these three spiritual skills: 1. The filling of the Holy Spirit and the use of divine power; EPH 5:18. 2. The understanding of Bible doctrine and the use of divine power; EPH 4:23. 3. The execution of the PPOG and therefore, the use of divine power; JOH 4:24. Our Lord used these three spiritual skills during the dispensation when the Doctrine of Kenosis was revealed. He would not use His own power but rather chose rather to live among men with their own limitations but with the availability of divine power to do so. By doing so, He established in His humanity a spiritual life which is precedent for the Church-age. Christ voluntarily restricted the independent use of His divine attributes, but certain functions of deity continued to function, such as holding the universe together. Jesus Christ gave up the independent exercise of His divine attributes only during the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union. He did not give up His divine attributes--that is a heresy. Under kenosis, our Lord veiled the preincarnate glory of His deity by giving up the outward appearance of God and voluntarily taking on Himself the form of man; PHI 2:6-8. PHI 2:6 who, although He existed in the exact form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, PHI 2:7 But instead, He denied Himself of the proper function of His deity by taking the form of a bond servant, {and} being made in the likeness of men. PHI 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. This means that the glory of Christ was veiled, but never surrendered. In fact: This glory was temporarily revealed on the Mount of Transfiguration, and at Gethsemane there was just a flash of that glory. MAT 17:1 And six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *brought them up to a high mountain by themselves. MAT 17:2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. MAT 17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. MAT 17:4 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." MAT 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!" Even though the humanity of Christ in the hypostatic union was perfect and impeccable, nevertheless, the deity of Christ was united with unglorified humanity. Our Lord Jesus Christ chose not to surrender any of His attributes of His deity - called “The Doctrine of the Humility of Christ.” The union of Christ to unglorified humanity is a necessary factor of humiliation. While the deity of Christ was united to a perfect true humanity, He was still subject to temptation, distress, weakness, pain, sorrow, limitation, and to more temptations than we will ever face, Heb 4:15. HEB 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as {we are, yet} without sin. And therein lies the truth of the humiliation of the First Advent. He solved these problems from the spiritual life of His humanity by the use of the problem-solving devices. The glorification of the humanity of Christ was not completed until He was resurrected, ascended, and was seated at the right hand of the Father. In the hypostatic union, the divine and human natures are united without transfer of attributes. No divine attributes were transferred to His humanity and no attributes of humanity were transferred to His deity. The attributes of deity cannot bleed over into humanity and the attributes of humanity cannot bleed over into deity. To rob God of a single attribute of His deity would pervert His divine nature. Moses perverted the divine nature when he struck the rock twice when God just said to speak it once; NUM 20:11-13. NUM 20:11 Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. NUM 20:12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." NUM 20:13 Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them. Moses was usurping God's place. He said to the people, "Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?" Why was God so upset with Moses for striking the rock? What happened when Moses smote the rock twice? At once, water gushed from the rock, and the people and their livestock had water to drink. Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly and provided the congregation and their cattle all the water they needed. Why did God gush out the water for the people when Moses disobeyed Him and struck the rock twice? I personally believe that He did that openly so that the people would recognize that: Moses was their leader so God honored His Word in front of the people, but He will deal with him privately, behind closed doors, as it were, because it is a family affair. And if you are involved in legalism, you may not like this but learn the lesson now which is: Do not touch God's anointed. As David said in 1SA 26:9 "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord's anointed and be without guilt?" What does the Bible say about Touch Not my anointed ones? PSA 105:15 "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." The point is: To rob the humanity of Christ of a single attribute of humanity would destroy His humanity in the hypostatic union. Point 4. The Manifestation of Kenosis in our Lord's Evidence Testing. The true doctrine of Kenosis is illustrated by the humanity of Christ in facing evidence testing. Evidence testing is the highest form of suffering that a believer could ever go through as the final stage of Christian suffering for blessing. The mature believer's utilization of divine assets to pass evidence testing totally demolishes the devil's case. Satan's first argument: a. Satan argues that men, just like angels, will not be able to handle suffering, especially if they consider the suffering is unjust. Satan's second argument is that: b. The only reason anyone remains faithful to God is because God blesses him not because He loves God. Satan's third argument: c. No one will remain faithful to God if offered sufficient or enough wealth and power. In other words, everyone has his price. This is the evidence test Satan leveled against the humanity of Christ during the Incarnation, MAT 4:1-11. And these are the two different types of evidence testing that the believer may face. The type depends upon what Satan chooses to bring upon For Satan is the cross examiner of the Angelic Conflict and as such has the right to interrogate the witness. The courtroom is planet Earth. God entered His evidence by creating man just as the angels were created: perfect with the potential to love and worship God through right decisions. By creating man basically, we are talking about the two Adam's. 1CO 15:21 For since by a man {came} death, by a man also {came} the resurrection of the dead. 1CO 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. Look at 1CO 15:45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam [in the garden], became a living soul." The last Adam {became} a life giving spirit. 1CO 15:46 However, the spiritual [TLJC] is not first, but the natural [Adam]; then the spiritual [TLJC]. 1CO 15:47 The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. 1CO 15:48 As is the earthy [Adam], so also are those who are earthy [us]; and as is the heavenly [TLJC], so also are those who are heavenly. 1CO 15:49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Human history provides the same circumstances and options which belonged to angelic history before man's creation. Satan had been created with a perfect nature, our Lord was born without sin—virgin birth. The angels have free will; our Lord and man has free will. Adam freely and deliberately chose to follow the pattern of arrogance which characterized Satan's original revolution. The fall of Adam duplicates the fall of Satan. The rebellion of Satan in the Garden of God resulted in the fall of angelic creatures, Rev 12:4a And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth so that when she gave birth, he might devour her child. The disobedience of Adam in the Garden of Eden resulted in the fall of mankind, Rom 5:12a. In fact, this passage tells us what happened because our Lord was willing to live under the Doctrine of Kenosis and deny Himself of the proper function of His deity. Look at ROM 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ROM 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath {of God} through Him. ROM 5:10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. In ROM 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned ROM 5:13 for until the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. In other words, Before the Lord gave the Mosaic Law, even though there were no commandments from God to man, man still died in sin without the Law prohibiting us from doing so. ROM 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Skip down to ROM 5:17 For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. ROM 5:18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. ROM 5:19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many [hoi polloi – the entire human race] were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One [TLJC] the many will be made righteous. Let's look at the passage again that reveals all of this by example and experience. MAT 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. MAT 4:2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. MAT 4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." MAT 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" MAT 4:5 Then the devil *took Him into the holy city; and he had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, MAT 4:6 and *said to Him, "If You are the Son of God throw Yourself down; for it is written, #'He will give His angels charge concerning You'; and ' On {their} hands they will bear You up, Lest You strike Your foot against a stone.'" MAT 4:7 Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" MAT 4:8 Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain, and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; MAT 4:9 and he said to Him, "All these things will I give You, if You fall down and worship me." MAT 4:10 Then Jesus *said to him, "Begone, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.'" MAT 4:11 Then the devil *left Him; and behold, angels came and {began} to minister to Him. In all three tests, He utilized the power of the Word provided by the omnipotence of the Father and the power of the Spirit provided in the PPOG for His life. Matthew chapter four is probably one of the most important passages in the Word of God from the standpoint of Christology. The first ten verses are crucial to understanding not only the gospel but the ministry of Jesus Christ in the first advent. We noted last time the baptism of Jesus and the fact that Christ dedicated Himself through the baptism to go to the cross; MAT 3:13-17. MAT 3:13 Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan {coming} to John, to be baptized by him. MAT 3:14 But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?" MAT 3:15 But Jesus answering said to him, "Permit {it} at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him. MAT 3:16 And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, {and} coming upon Him, MAT 3:17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." This led to the account which we have in chapter four. Whenever you make any kind of a decision which is going to glorify God or is honoring to God, immediately that decision is tested; JAM 1:13. Jesus Christ expressed His positive volition to fulfill the Father's plan through submission to baptism, the water represented the plan of God for His life, and would go to the cross. In saying that, immediately this fact was challenged by Satan himself. Jesus Christ is willing to do the Father's will and Satan is now going to seek to hinder the Father's will, namely the cross. Jesus Christ did not have an old sin nature and in this way, He was exactly like the first Adam; 1CO 15:45-49. The first Adam came into the world without an old sin nature; Jesus Christ came into the world without an old sin nature through the virgin birth. It was the virgin birth that separated Jesus Christ from all members of the human race, before or since. Therefore, all of these principles mean that: In the history of the human race only one person is virgin-born and only one person therefore is without an old sin nature, without the imputation of Adam's sin. So, Jesus Christ, the last Adam, and the first Adam started out in exactly the same way and were tempted under the same concept. They were truly tempted, the temptation was bona fide, but it did not come from the old sin nature. Both the first and the last Adam's were tempted by Satan himself, using every wile and everything in his great genius to cause them to act independently of God. With the first Adam Satan was successful, with the last Adam Satan was totally unsuccessful — one sinned, one did not; ROM 5:12. Christ was temptable, and therefore, it was possible for His humanity to be tempted, but at no point did He personally succumb to any temptation. This was posse non peccare = posse (able) non (not) peccare (to sin). (HEB 4:15). HEB 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as {we are, yet} without sin. non posse peccare = non (not) posse (able) peccare (to sin) = because He is God and His ways are perfect and just; DEU 32:4. According to HEB 4:15, it should also be remembered that Jesus Christ was not only tempted but in His humanity He was tempted far beyond anything that anyone in the human race has ever known. The temptations of Christ were very real and much more difficult than anything we have faced. In fact, some temptations were put in His way which we will never face. From that particular point we not only have a unique person but we have a person who faced some temptations that are unique. And The three temptations of Matthew four are temptations which no one else in the human race has faced in the same manner that Jesus Christ did. Now, let's look at the passage in a very detailed serious way because of its importance so I want to look at every verse no matter how long it takes, For I thought that I had the Doctrine of Kenosis finished by Friday, but our Lord interrupted what I had prepared and said; “Not yet Bob”! It reminds me of a passage that I believe Paul wrote and closed the book of Romans until God said in effect; “Not yet Paul, there's more to come.” You know the passage I'm talking about because we have noted it many times before. ROM 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! ROM 11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? ROM 11:35 Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again? ROM 11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him {be} the glory forever. Amen. What a perfect place to close the book of Romans, but there were 5 more chapters to come. ROM 12 = Body of Christ ROM 13 = Law of Establishment. ROM 14 = Royal Family Honor Code ROM 15 = RFHC commands to all believers ROM 16 = Salutation and warnings. So, in back in MAT 4:1. MAT 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. “To be tempted” is an aorist passive participle, the aorist tense refers to every point of time when Jesus was tempted during the forty days. The tests will last for forty days and during that time Jesus was constantly tempted by the devil. Only three of the temptations are going to be extracted and recorded because they are unique. The person is unique and the temptations are unique. Comparing scripture with scripture which is what a pastor is commanded to do, MAR 1:13 adds some more information about this temptation by the devil; MAR 1:13 And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him. This is something Matthew did not say. In Fact, Luke 4:2 tell us that He was tempted many many times apart from the three we will study. LUK 4:2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those (40) days; and when they had ended, He became hungry. For forty days He fasted and did not eat. He chose to do that! The passive voice of the verb to tempt means that the humanity of Christ received the pressure and it came directly from Satan and was quite concentrated. The infinitive indicates that it was Satan's purpose to hinder Jesus Christ from going to the cross. The principle of verse one: After victory (Jesus grew up in wisdom and reached spiritual maturity) Jesus comes to the place of testing and by application the believer is always tested after a great victory, after any kind of a great decision. The believer is always most vulnerable to a defeat immediately after a great victory. Verse 2 — the background of the temptation: MAT 4:2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. Now, things are not always what they appear to be and the fact that Jesus Christ is exceedingly hungry is not simply dieting. Dieting is not fasting. Fasting means to spend the time that ordinarily would be used for normal functions in life in contemplating doctrine and prayer. In other words, the Bible study and prayer is the true concept of fasting. So, The humanity of Christ spent this time ordinarily devoted to eating and normal surviving living in prayer and meditating on the Word. This is an aorist participle and the action of the aorist participle precedes the action of the main verb — “he was hungry” First of all, he had periods of prayer and Bible study, minus food — with three factors found in fasting.

TITLE: The Celebrityship of the Lord Jesus Christ and The Doctrine of Kenosis; Part 4. One of the most important passages on the Doctrine of Kenosis is found in MAT 4, so let's read the passage first. MAT 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. MAT 4:2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. MAT 4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." MAT 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" MAT 4:5 Then the devil *took Him into the holy city; and he had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, MAT 4:6 and *said to Him, "If You are the Son of God throw Yourself down; for it is written, #'He will give His angels charge concerning You'; and ' On {their} hands they will bear You up, Lest You strike Your foot against a stone.'" MAT 4:7 Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" MAT 4:8 Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain, and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; MAT 4:9 and he said to Him, "All these things will I give You, if You fall down and worship me." MAT 4:10 Then Jesus *said to him, "Begone, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.'" MAT 4:11 Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and {began} to minister to Him. We have been noting how our Lord did not think that His deity was a treasure or a prize to be retained. The treasure is Christ's deity which reveals His equality with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. There is nothing greater or more valuable than the essence of deity. Yet He did not consider His deity more important than our souls. I want to review those seven principles that Sam (male or female name) gave you concerning this subject last Sunday morning. So, we begin this morning with those seven principles. 1. Being God and living in Heaven, Christ did not have the arrogant attitude of Satan. Our Lord was willing to move out of heaven and become true humanity. 2CO 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. This all began at His birth when He came into the world as a child and He had nowhere to stay; LUK 2:7. LUK 2:7 And she gave birth to her first born son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. We are also told what He appeared like in ISA 53:2. ISA 53:2 He has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. Matthew tells us where our Lord lived. Look at MAT 8:20 Jesus said, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." So again: 1. Being God and living in Heaven, Christ did not have the arrogant attitude of Satan. He was willing to move out of heaven and became true humanity. This means that: 2. His deity was not a gain to be seized and held in such a way as to hinder the plan of God the Father. There is no plan of grace without the incarnation. There is no salvation without the incarnation. There is no eternal life for us, no hope, without the incarnation. And…. The plan of God for the incarnation was that Jesus Christ did not think that He had to hang on to His deity and ever say “no” to the plan of God the Father back in eternity past. He said “yes” to becoming true humanity in eternity past even before the creation of the angels. For in JOB 38:4 notice what our Lord said to Job, "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, JOB 38:5 Who set its measurements, since you know? Or who stretched the line on it? JOB 38:6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, Then notice who was there then and what they saw JOB 38:7 When the morning stars [another reference to angels] sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? This is why Jesus Christ is called the lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world, REV 13:8. REV 13:8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. In fact, it was God who planned for our Lord to suffer on the cross. How do we know that? ACT 2:22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know ACT 2:23 this {Man}, delivered up by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put {Him} to death. Go forward to ACT 4. ACT 4:27 "For truly in this city there were gathered together against Thy holy servant Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, ACT 4:28 to do whatever Thy hand and Thy purpose predestined to occur. All these passages illustrate why our Lord did not use His deity as a gain to be seized and held in such a way as to hinder the plan of God the Father. Therefore, the third principle: 3. Our Lord chose to become true humanity when the Word became flesh. JOH 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. JOH 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 4. Our Lord Jesus Christ was positive toward the plan of God the Father even though it involved the humiliation of being made lower than angels. For deity to become an angel is a step down from the reality of who our Lord is. HEB 2:7 "Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, And hast appointed him over the works of Thy hands; 5. Even though it involved the humiliation of death on the cross, the mental attitude of Christ in submission to the Father's plan must become the mental attitude of the mature believer. Let this mind me in you which was also in Christ Jesus. For in……1CO 2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ. This is the importance of what the believer does in his mind or mental attitude. For in MAT 16:23, Satan is rebuked because he does not set his mind on God's interests, but man's." In MAT 22:37, the mind is the first place where we love our Lord. In LUK 24:45, the mind is the first place the believer hears the word of God. In ROM 1:28, the mind is the first place where depravity enters into. The mind is the first place where you are transformed; ROM 12:2. ROM 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, The mind is the place where the believer gets hardened; 2CO 3:14. 2CO 3:14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. The mind is the place of unbelief; 2CO 4:3-4. 2CO 4:3-4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, It is also the place where Satan deceives the believer and the unbeliever. The mind is the place where vanity of life begins; EPH 4:17 This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility [vainity] of their mind, The mind is the first place where vanity develops. The mind is the first place where the believer is also renewed; EPH 4:23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, The mind is the place of unity; PHI 2:2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, Ultimately: COL 3:2 is a command when it says: COL 3:2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. The reason why it says to set your “mind” on things above and not your heart is that God cannot violate our free will and commands us to believe what is being said. 6. The mature believer must not regard rest and relaxation as a gain to be seized and held on to, but he must be willing to go back to the fight he has been called to. Then we will be able to say with the apostle Paul: 2TI 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; Again, you have heard this principle over and over again throughout our studies. Jesus Christ was so occupied with us in eternity past that He did not consider His equality with the other members of the Trinity a treasure to be retained. Your soul was so valuable that He did not consider His deity a treasure to be retained. And….. He can't change His deity, so something had to be added to it which was humiliation known to our Lord as becoming true humanity. Jesus Christ was so occupied with you that He didn't think His equality with the Father and the Spirit more important than your soul. And If you are going to have the same mental attitude that Christ had you must come to a point where you're occupied with Him. Billions of years ago He was occupied with you. Now it's your turn to be occupied with Him. Over and over again, throughout our study on the Celebrityship of our Lord Jesus Christ we need to note the fact that: He refused to function in His deity and chose to rely on His true humanity so He could die as a substitute in place of us. 1PE 3:18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, {the} just for {the} unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; All of these principles now will lead us back to our study on the Doctrine of Kenosis. And the main reason why I decided to go back to PHI 2:3-11, was simply to increase out love for our Lord Jesus Christ. This should make our study on the Doctrine of Kenosis a lot more meaningful. So, back to our doctrine and I have switched some things around for those of you who may notice. Turn to 1JO 3. The Doctrine of Kenosis. Point 1. The introduction The introduction of the Doctrine is derived from the Greek word kenoo which means to deprive oneself of a proper function, Phi 2:7a. PHI 2:7a "but He deprived Himself of the proper function of deity Point 2. Definition = Kenosis is based on the fact that the union of the deity of Christ to unglorified humanity is a necessary factor in His humiliation. This is why He taught us that in: JOH 15:20 "A slave is not greater than his master." Or in….. JOH 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." He says this should be the attitude we all should have as the apostle John says in 1JO 3:11-20. 1JO 3:11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; 1JO 3:12 not as Cain, {who} was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous. 1JO 3:13 Do not marvel, brethren, if the world hates you. 1JO 3:14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 1JO 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 1JO 3:16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1JO 3:17 But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? 1JO 3:18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. 1JO 3:19 We shall know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before Him, 1JO 3:20 in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 1JO 3:21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 1JO 3:22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. 1JO 3:23 And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. So, still under Point 2, our definition: The plan for the incarnation not only called for the judgment of our sins, but simultaneously it also called for the strategic victory of the angelic conflict. The Lord Jesus Christ voluntarily took on Himself true humanity in order to redeem mankind from sin, in order to propitiate God, the Father and to reconcile mankind to God. Propitiate means to satisfy, and our Lord satisfied the demands of God the Father for the judgment of the sins of the whole world. Therefore, during the incarnation, Jesus Christ did not even once exercise the independent use of His own divine attributes to provide for Himself or to glorify Himself. Point 3. The True Humiliation of the Incarnation. This is one of the most powerful points in the doctrine. During the dispensation of the hypostatic union: Our Lord Jesus Christ voluntarily restricted the independent use of His divine attributes in compliance with the Father's plan for the incarnation, the birth of Christ. This means that: Jesus Christ did not use the attributes of His divine nature to glorify Himself or to act independently of the plan of God for the entire human race. All have been selected but not all have been elected. One compromise of the human nature of Jesus Christ to the spiritual life and there would not be any spiritual life in the Church-age. The objectives of the dispensation of the hypostatic union were related to the human nature of Jesus Christ. To resist this temptation, the human nature of Jesus Christ must not call on the divine nature for help. He had to use the three spiritual skills and the four mechanics of the spiritual life to maintain His human perfection and to be qualified to go to the Cross and be judged for the sins of the world. The three spiritual skills are: 1. The filling of the Holy Spirit and the use of divine power. 2. The understanding of Bible doctrine and the use of divine power. 3. The execution of the PPOG and therefore, the use of divine power. Our Lord used these three spiritual skills during the dispensation of the hypostatic union, Our Lord Jesus Christ voluntarily restricted the independent use of His divine attributes and chose rather to live among men with their limitations. By so doing, He established in His humanity a spiritual life which is precedent for the Church-age. Christ voluntarily restricted the independent use of His divine attributes, but certain functions of deity continued to function, such as holding the universe together. Jesus Christ gave up the independent exercise of His divine attributes only during the dispensation of the hypostatic union. He did not give up His divine attributes--that is a heresy. During the dispensation of the hypostatic union: Our Lord veiled the preincarnate glory of His deity by giving up the outward appearance of God and voluntarily taking on Himself the form of man. This means that the glory of Christ was veiled, but never surrendered. In fact: This glory was temporarily revealed on the Mount of Transfiguration, and at Gethsemane there was just a flash of that glory. MAT 17:1 And six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *brought them up to a high mountain by themselves. MAT 17:2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. MAT 17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. MAT 17:4 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." MAT 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!" Even though the humanity of Christ in the hypostatic union was perfect and impeccable, nevertheless, the deity of Christ was united with unglorified humanity. Our Lord Jesus Christ chose not to surrender any of His attributes of His deity - called The doctrine of the Humility of Christ. The union of Christ to unglorified humanity is a necessary factor of humiliation. While the deity of Christ was united to a perfect true humanity, He was still subject to temptation, distress, weakness, pain, sorrow, limitation, and to more temptations than we will ever face, Heb 4:15. HEB 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as {we are, yet} without sin. And therein lies the truth of the humiliation of the First Advent. He solved these problems from the spiritual life of His humanity by the use of the problem-solving devices. The glorification of the humanity of Christ was not completed until He was resurrected, ascended, and was seated at the right hand of the Father. In the hypostatic union, the divine and human natures are united without transfer of attributes. No divine attributes were transferred to His humanity and no attributes of humanity were transferred to His deity. The attributes of deity cannot bleed over into humanity and the attributes of humanity cannot bleed over into deity. To rob God of a single attribute of His deity would pervert His divine nature. Moses perverted the divine nature when he struck the rock twice when God just said to speak it once; NUM 20:11-13. NUM 20:11 Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. NUM 20:12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." NUM 20:13 Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them. Moses was usurping God's place. He said to the people, "Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?" Why was God so upset with Moses for striking the rock? What happened when Moses smote the rock twice? At once, water gushed from the rock, and the people and their livestock had water to drink. Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly and provided the congregation and their cattle all the water they needed. Why did God gush out the water for the people when Moses disobeyed Him and struck the rock twice? I personally believe that He did that openly so that the people would recognize that: Moses was their leader so God honored His Word in front of the people, but He will deal with him privately, behind closed doors, as it were, because it is a family affair. And if you are involved in legalism, you may not like this but learn the lesson now which is: Do not touch God's anointed. As David said in 1SA 26:9 "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord's anointed and be without guilt?" What does the Bible say about Touch Not my anointed ones? PSA 105:15 "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." The point is: To rob the humanity of Christ of a single attribute of humanity would destroy His humanity in the hypostatic union. Point 4. The Manifestation of Kenosis in our Lord's Evidence Testing. The true doctrine of Kenosis is illustrated by the humanity of Christ in facing evidence testing. Evidence testing is the highest form of suffering that a believer could ever go through as the final stage of Christian suffering for blessing. The mature believer's utilization of divine assets to pass evidence testing totally demolishes the devil's case. First:, a. Satan argues that men, just like angels, will not be able to handle suffering, especially if they consider the suffering is unjust. Satan's second argument is that: b. The only reason anyone remains faithful to God is because God blesses him not because He loves God. This was the argument in the book of Job. c. Satan's second principal argument is that no one will remain faithful to God if offered sufficient or enough wealth and power. In other words, everyone has his price. This is the evidence test Satan leveled against the humanity of Christ during the Incarnation, Mat 4:1-11. And these are the two different types of evidence testing that the believer may face. The type depends upon what Satan chooses to bring upon a believer. For Satan is the cross examiner of the Angelic Conflict and as such has the right to interrogate the witness. The courtroom is planet Earth. God entered His evidence by creating man just as the angels were created: perfect with the potential to love and worship God through right decisions. By creating man basically, we are talking about the two Adam's. 1CO 15:21 For since by a man {came} death, by a man also {came} the resurrection of the dead. 1CO 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. Look at 1CO 15:45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam [in the garden], became a living soul." The last Adam {became} a life giving spirit. 1CO 15:46 However, the spiritual [TLJC] is not first, but the natural [Adam]; then the spiritual [TLJC]. 1CO 15:47 The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. 1CO 15:48 As is the earthy [Adam], so also are those who are earthy [us]; and as is the heavenly [TLJC], so also are those who are heavenly. 1CO 15:49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Human history provides the same circumstances and options which belonged to angelic history before man's creation. Satan had been created with a perfect nature, our Lord was born without sin—virgin birth. The angels have free will; our Lord and man has free will. Adam freely and deliberately chose to follow the pattern of arrogance which characterized Satan's original revolution. The fall of Adam duplicates the fall of Satan. The rebellion of Satan in the Garden of God resulted in the fall of angelic creatures, Rev 12:4a And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth so that when she gave birth, he might devour her child. The disobedience of Adam in the Garden of Eden resulted in the fall of mankind, Rom 5:12a. In fact, this passage tells us what happened because our Lord was willing to live under the Doctrine of Kenosis and deny Himself of the proper function of His deity. Look at ROM 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ROM 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath {of God} through Him. ROM 5:10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. In ROM 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned ROM 5:13 for until the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. In other words, before the Lord gave the Mosaic Law, even though there were no commandments from God to man, man still died in sin without the Law prohibiting us from doing so. ROM 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Skip down to ROM 5:17 For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. ROM 5:18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. ROM 5:19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many [hoi polloi – the entire human race] were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One [TLJC] the many will be made righteous. Let's begin with the passage again. MAT 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. MAT 4:2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. MAT 4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." MAT 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" MAT 4:5 Then the devil *took Him into the holy city; and he had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, MAT 4:6 and *said to Him, "If You are the Son of God throw Yourself down; for it is written, #'He will give His angels charge concerning You'; and ' On {their} hands they will bear You up, Lest You strike Your foot against a stone.'" MAT 4:7 Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" MAT 4:8 Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain, and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; MAT 4:9 and he said to Him, "All these things will I give You, if You fall down and worship me." MAT 4:10 Then Jesus *said to him, "Begone, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.'" MAT 4:11 Then the devil *left Him; and behold, angels came and {began} to minister to Him. In all three tests, He utilized the power of the Word provided by the omnipotence of the Father and the power of the Spirit provided in the PPOG for His life. The first test illustrates the principle. In the first test, MAT 4:3-4, Jesus had gone forty days without food and was extremely hungry. MAT 4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." MAT 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" The humanity of Christ was tempted in relationship to the delegated power of omnipotence of the Holy Spirit. Our Lord used doctrine learned in the PPOG to solve the problems that He had. He did not use His omnipotence to turn the stones into bread. In His state of extreme hunger, Satan said to Him, MAT 4:3 "If you are the Son of God [and you are], command these stones to be turned into bread." Jesus Christ as God is infinite, eternal, immutable omnipotence and the Creator of the universe, which Satan recognized. And when Satan said “Since you are the Son of God, turn these stones into bread,” Satan should be more careful because our Lord had the power to turn the entire universe into bread. In fact, our Lord could turn Satan into a “Pillsbury doughboy.” Or into a “devil dog.” ButUnder the doctrine of kenosis, He did not use His omnipotence independently of the Father's will. He refused to function independently of the Father's plan. He refused to rely upon His own omnipotence at any time during the incarnation. The false doctrine says He surrendered His omnipotence; Not at all. He had it all the time; He simply did not use it. He used only the omnipotence of the Father and the Holy Spirit. Our Lord continued to be hungry, and met Satan's temptation with the quotation from DEU 8:3 "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." By this, our Lord established the fact that Bible doctrine had #1 priority in His life, and He used the power of Bible doctrine. The temptation of Satan was designed to lure the humanity of Christ away from reliance upon the OP of the Father for His logistical grace, and upon the OP of the Holy Spirit inside the PPOG. Under the doctrine of Kenosis: Had our Lord used His own omnipotence to turn the stones into food, He would have operated independently of the Father's plan. His humanity would have received food, but He would never go to the cross. Instead, our Lord used Bible doctrine to meet the test, the doctrine He had learned inside the PPOG. For according to LUK 2:40 And the Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. LUK 2:52, our Lord grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." That is a reference to His humanity inside the PPOG for His life. Notice: He had to grow in wisdom even though He has omniscience and all-knowledge. Why? Because our Lord's humanity depended upon two categories of divine omnipotence, which had never before been available on such a grand scale: The omnipotence of the Father in logistical grace support, and the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit only inside the PPOG. This is why our Lord did not use His own omnipotence to turn stones into bread, but instead used Bible doctrine metabolized under the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The doctrine of Kenosis it is important to note that the two natures of Christ maintain their complete identity through being joined in personal union forever. The characteristics of His human nature belong to the human part of Him, the characteristics of His divine nature belong to the God-part of Him. Each nature has its own attributes that adhere to that nature. In other words, there is no mixture of the two natures. He is never half-God and half-man or half man and half-God. Sometimes He operates from His human nature only. Sometimes He operates from His divine nature only. And sometimes He operates from both natures together but not mixed. For example, in His humanity He became hungry, Mat 4:2, but in His deity He satisfies the hunger of man, Joh 6:35. In His humanity, He became thirsty, JOH 19:28, but in His deity He is the water of life, Rev 22:17. In His humanity, He would say such things as JOH 14:28 "For the Father is greater than I." And then in His deity He would say JOH 10:30 "I and the Father are one." JOH 5:22 "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, JOH 5:23 in order that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. JOH 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Then…… Sometimes He operates from both natures together but not mixed when He says such things like JOH 14:6 "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me." This is reason why there are so many cults out who deny the deity of Christ because they don't understand this doctrine, or the doctrine of the hypostatic Union, Trinity, and the deity of TLJC. The point is that the human nature in Christ always remains the human nature and the divine nature always remains the divine nature. This is why we can refer to Him as the God-man. In His deity He has omniscience, Joh 2:25, but His limitation of knowledge is concluded from the fact that Christ could be amazed, Mat 8:10. In His deity He could not be tempted, Jam 1:13, in His humanity He could be really tempted, Heb 4:15. In His deity He is the giver of faith, In His humanity He possessed faith, Heb 12:2. He has all knowledge yet He is said to have learned in Luk 2:52; Heb 5:8. In Mar 13:32 with Mat 24:36, Christ states categorically that He is ignorant of the exact time of the Second Coming but as God He knows. Point 5. The False Doctrine of Kenosis. The traditional view says that the relative divine attributes of Christ were surrendered or emptied during the First Advent. The gnostic view denies that Christ had a real body or that His body was made of some heavenly substance instead of human flesh. The Lutheran view denies that the incarnation involved any humiliation. All of them are absolutely unequivocally wrong! When it comes to the doctrine of Kenosis, there are many well-known theologians who do not rightly divide the Word of God. There are many pastors that don't even know the doctrine but refuse what they do not know or what they do not understand. Point 6. Objections to the False Doctrines of Kenosis.