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Only One is Good

Christ stated the above, when a person called him “good teacher”. His statement has confused many, or they just read over his reply, giving no attention to Christ evaluations of himself? Christ profound statement should shock all of us into a reality of what is than good?

Matt.19:16 Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" 19:17 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Subsequently, if Christ on earth refused to be called good, where does that place us, as sinners? Christ was non-sinner, loved by the Father, and spoke for him perfectly, but said; he is not good? The one person called truth, Christ Jesus, whom never lie, stated that he was not good, but only one was good, his Father, what are we to think?

1 Peter 2:22 who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."{Isaiah 53:9}

Good Vs. Idolatry

God created all things, all things visible and invisible was created through Christ by God. God is love, love is God, hence, God is good which means he can do no evil towards eternal life. In other words, God cannot do evil (sin), the evil that is against righteousness, truth, or any other virtue of God whose is the creator of good. Christ Jesus, being perfect, that is, without sin, had not been perfected in faith upon earth. Moreover, the one good God YHWH created Christ by his love, by own his goodness, but Christ is not love, he is the truth, he is the word of God, but not love, which love is perfect incorruptible without the possibility of doing evil of sin towards another. Rightly then only one person is good, and one person which should be worship as God, there are not many good people (gods) whom are creators of life through love, not many good gods, called love, but only one, one that is not created, but one creator, as our God the King.

Heb.5:7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, 5:8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 5:9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Goodness is a beautiful fruit of God, all those loving God come from the fruit of His goodness. Calling oneself good, in this context, is a form of idolatry, stating in so many words we are self-made goodness that competes with God's goodness.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Christ put a stop to any thought of self-goodness, that is, like Satan convinced Eve that she had self-goodness as a human being could live apart from God's Spirit. That is, because she possessed an intellect created by God's love, she could be equal to God, in that her own goodness and intellect she could live without God, and the goodness of God's life love sustaining her eternal life, given to her freely from his love.

Genesis 2:7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Psalms 36:9 For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.

Psalms 63:3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

Many at Christ time were seeking to kill him, because they claimed he was making himself equal to God, a complete lie! Christ never stated in any form he was equal to God, not even in self-goodness, he state just the opposite. Men have lied stating Christ made himself equal too God, but they have not known the love of God, they have known the fleshly mind that competes with God like Eve, but not the freedom of God's love.

Philp.2:5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
2:6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, 2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. 2:8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

Self-Approval is Idolatry

Christ never taught independence from God, and what many are missing is he never taught self-approval, not even approval by some group, religion, government or commerce. Christ taught God approval one hundred percent. Eve went for self-approval, or devil approve which proved to be a lie!

1 John 2:21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

John 8:44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

Those in false religion seek and accept approval of teachers, doctrine, and what ever other glory men and woman can give them upon earth. Self-approval is putting self before God, that is his approval, which is a meaningless judgment that God take no account of. Christ taught instead our lives and future lives are dependent upon God's his approval.

Matt.6:1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 6:2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
6:3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, 6:4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Works of Law Idolatry

Here is something that is shrouded in so much darkness that when taught correctly it confuses the fleshly mind profoundly, and what is that? What is a work of law? Eve preformed the first work of law, as strange at that sounds, it is nevertheless true! Eve chose to disobey God's law (of love), to prove she was right by her own judgment, which meant, her own goodness, from her mind, her own laws, of what? Right and wrong, good and evil! That is a work of law from her own judgment of right and wrong, correct?

Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh.

The confusion for religious people, those claiming they are good because they are a Christian's, is this? They state God's laws are good, and they believe in keeping them. But what really makes them good, or those whom they judge good as their own. Christ stated he was not good, even though he kept God's laws perfectly? Was Christ confusing us like so many self-approved, self-glorified Christian's are in today world?

1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

James 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

First, to be sinless, means spiritually being a virgin according to God, once not a person is not virgin, one cannot make themselves a virgin again no matter how many laws they heap upon themselves. Our thinking and acting like a virgin never having intercourse does not change a person into a virgin once more. Thinking one is good when not a spiritual virgin by keeping God's good and righteous laws is self-approval based upon works of laws.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Christ future life upon earth was totally dependent upon God's approval, and God's power to resurrect him, giving him a perfect incorruptible life in heaven.
Hebrews 3:6 but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Hebrews 10:23 let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Works of law is self-approval, now listen carefully! Christ was approved by keeping the law without sin. In other words, the law rewarded a righteous man with life. God followed, that is, upheld his own perfect and righteous law resurrecting Christ because he keep his law without sin. God did not change his laws based upon Christ goodness which had not yet been proven.

Heb.5:7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
5:8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 5:9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation, 5:10 named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

Heb.1:1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
1:2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
1:4 having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.
1:5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?"{Psalm 2:7} and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"{2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13}
1:6 Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him."

Loss of Virginity by Sin

We have all been born into virginity, physically, but none of us have been born into spiritual virginity physically from our parents, Christ however was. We must understand the vast difference between spiritual virginity, and physical virginity. Adam and Eve where both spiritually clean, virgins without sin when created by God, the higher most important virginity.

1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

God approves and associates with spiritual virgins that is the precise reason God was moved by love, to send us his Son Christ Jesus, so we could be approved of God, by Christ merit, and/or his virginity! In other words, Christ is spiritually clean, thus, making his righteousness life, that is, without sin. We being born into sin, cannot be a virgin by our works, ever!

Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"

We must have Christ Jesus righteousness given too us by Christ works under law purchasing us from sin, so we can be born new, without sin, making us virgin spiritually. However, the works of the devil is toget those made righteous by Christ into works of law to deceive themselves like Eve into self-approval. That is, into self-goodness upon earth before they are approved by God at the end of their endurance and faithful course upon earth.
Matthew 24:13 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

John 5:41 I don't receive glory from men.

John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

In other words, making oneself and idolater by approaching God with self-works in claiming we have done righteous acts separately from Christ by our own goodness that we have judged by our intellect, as good and evil.

James 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

2 Corinthians 10:12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

The Free Gift of God

Christ received a gift from God, life on earth, Christ understood what most of us never get upon earth, and what was that? That man does not live by bread (physical efforts of mankind by self-works) but every utterance coming from God's mouth. Christ understood that the real life was totally dependent upon God's Spirit giving eternal life to him and us.

John 5:30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Adam and Eve cut themselves off from God by becoming a god through self-judgment; thinking they could be independent of God by their own good works allowing them eternal life. They were profoundly created to be dependent upon the source of life, daily, by intercourse with the Fathers Holy Spirit. Their removal from the intimate of contact with God they died, subsequently, they died to the Spirit of God, and lived in their own dying god of flesh.

John.6:26 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
6:27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
6:28 They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
6:29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

John.6:32 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
6:33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
6:34 They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
6:35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 6:36 But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe. 6:37 All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 6:39 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. 6:40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
6:41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."

In other words, eternal life is contact with God by Holy Spirit and his goodness. Eternal life does not exist in a doctrine, a church, a religious group or any other thing done under the Sun, but Christ Jesus God's bread of life.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

2 Peter 3:13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Could Christ like Satan have all the kingdoms of our world, and then promote them as better life stealing and using God's righteous standards. Yes! He was given that choice, but what Christ could never do without God Holy Spirit is remove sin from people that had lost eternal life being disconnected from him as the Father the source of life. Nothing in his self-goodness could remove sin or come up with the perfect incorruptible plan to save the human race.

Luke4:3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 4:4 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"{Deuteronomy 8:3} 4:5 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 4:6 The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want. 4:7 If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours." 4:8 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"{Deuteronomy 6:13}

No Self-made Man

Adam did not make himself, neither did Christ, both were created for a good purpose upon earth to do the works of God (sinless works of God which makes them God's will), not their own works, they could not boast in self works as God's works, God did his works through both of them, they were not a self-approved, self-made man aside from God. It was only after sin entered into the world through Adam that man must label works as God's by using titles because God could no longer work through them because of sin.

John 10:1 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

John 10:10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Christian's are to do the will of God, and/or his works upon this earth as a servant awaiting their masters approval, a lost thought among religion today! The idea of being a Christian's is to be in Christ (sinless) and doing the works of the Father as Christ directs us as our head. In other words, we give up our works (from the fallen flesh sin), our will, and do the will of Father because we love him.

1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing. 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

We have then no separated goodness, we have received the life of Christ our head, we are his body members receiving the goodness of the body. All that in the body of Christ, and all in Christ belongs to our Father; only one is good!

James 1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Unity runs deeper than doctrinal truth, it is the life force in union with the Father we carry in our vessels upon earth. Unity is complete trust and dependance upon God's goodness just as our own hand is dependent upon our own body for life.

Rom.8:34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."{Psalm 44:22} 8:37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We do not think independent from our heads mind, we do not desire like are own hand to live independent of our master and head for we love the Lord as our own body. We long to be completely in him as the perfect will of God where we can do no harm to eternal life, that is, were God's goodness is given freely in the fruit of his personality the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 1:9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

3 John 1:11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

We do not like fools teach Christ our head by justifying our works as his works, the mind of our flesh is not the mind of Christ it is in opposition to the Spirit of God. We learn in obedience from the power of God found in Christ through the Holy Spirit. The Holy is peace and so are the fruit flowing from God in Christ.

James 3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Those works do not come from man, they are gifts given freely by God too us through Christ our head. The glory of God's goodness is expressed in the one mind of Christ, and his body members in setting creation free from the disunity of independent thinking that has plagued the world since Satan deceived Eve in the garden of Eden.

Ephesians 4:3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Ephesians 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,{or, faithfulness}

Ephesians 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;

Unity by God's Spirit

The fundamental problem for our human race is disunity by sin causing us not to know God's mind. We perceive there is a God by the things created through him, but we filter that information through a faulty mind of our flesh which is divides us from God.

Jer.17:7 Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 17:10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Not having the mind of God in us, as Adam, and Christ both did leaves us to learn of him by intellect not association (written word). This intellectual learning of the flesh is a legal, methodology we uses in all layers of society, causing us darkness to the truth and Spirit of God (love). The power of Satan entire system of things is laws, structured into fleshly judgments of good and evil.

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

James 4:11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Subsequently, when approaching the subject of God intellectually the flesh mind puts God into good and evil. This legalization of God of love produce a contract of doe's and don't the fleshly mind feeds on and cannot relieve itself from. In others words, God becomes a person to protect oneself from like an unrighteous government that has laws to prosecuted evil doers with. Religion then become political a justification for human approval because none can justify God's love in Christ Jesus by works of law!

Galatians 5:4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

1 Corinthians 6:11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Romans 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

This self protectionism from the laws of a superior authority become a works of law system. Some excel, while other fail, but each group works not to lose this life and its freedoms by doing works of their flesh for or against the law of a superior authority (man) being enforced them.

1Cor.4:1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries. 4:2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful. 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self. 4:4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

Religion has taken a position of superior authority over Christian's for thousand's of years since Christ. Simply, they justify Christian's works or condemn them by their rules and laws, and/or doctrines of faith, which is the only way the flesh can be controlled through justification by a human authority.

Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Unity of the flesh comes by laws for the flesh, rewarding, or punishing acts of good and evil. God unity comes from the power of love through the body of Christ by His Holy Spirit. It does not judge good and evil of our flesh, for in God is only good, he is the Father of perfect lights, not changing as does the flesh minute to minute based upon the latest emotion. God is the God of the living, that is, listen carefully those living in Spirit and truth, without sin alienating them from God.

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

Unity start with a resting place, trust, like a hand on a body, having no other source of power or strengthen than the body its is attached to. Such unity can never exist in our fallen flesh, i.e., Satan system of thing created through the fallen flesh/sin. It can only be mandated as a lie, and politic by religion, government, and commerce, that is, labeling something as unity when its anything but God's unity.

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Living a lie is to believe the label while denying the fruit on the tree its produces from. The minds of the unbelievers are blinded by a need of survival in the flesh which can only dream intellectually for such truth of unity, but cannot obtain it in any manner. The quest for such unity by laws for sin, that is, the flesh that cannot stop sinning is as illusion that causes putting all emphasis on the works of wanting to achieve such unity by harsh judgment of our flesh as noble good cause from God. That is, a label evil deeds sin, calling it God's good works, but such works can only come part way down the road into life into a dead end road, into death, where such works started from death in the first place our flesh.

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

In other words, life does not exist in human efforts the story of bible, life exist in heaven efforts with the source of life YHWH, it is his life touching our lives that give us life. But to touch God's life like Adam and Eve both did before sinning we ourselves must be sinless through God's efforts, by his creation, not ours. God's mind is the key to unity of Spirit, which God created in the first human couple; Spirit unity is the superior unity that surpasses all knowledge of our flesh bring peace to both the new heavens and earth where his righteousness dwells.

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

1 Corinthians 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?"{Isaiah 40:13} But we have Christ's mind.

Seeking unity from below, is seeking rules of laws by forced compliance through men in power, this unity is an illusion, a deception we must live a lie to maintain hope in. That lie becomes a patterned stamped into our minds and soul where we get to believing the lie, and the truth of salvation through Christ alone becomes very offensive. Religion that boast in unity upon earth is a lie, the same lie Satan has used by forced unity throughout the history of mankind, a unity only those wanting to believe in man instead of God, worshiping idols in men of government, religion, and commerce promote by constant politicking to hid the truth of their lies.

Romans 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie.

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit. 7:19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

Unity of God starts and finishes in love, the perfect law of unity, where God's peace dwells. It is not forced and legislated by fears of judgment of our fallen flesh. It is not based upon evil, that is, imputing first evil thoughts so we can protect ourselves from harms to our flesh by the judgments of other humans.

John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Matthew 10:28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.{or, Hell.}

God's unity does not impute evil, it imputes goodness and life to all freely, without malice, and fear. Such a law is called the Royal law of freedom because it comes from a King of love, who is free of such evil controlling him. Sin controls all human which sin imputes evil to others, but such evil is not from God's minds or thoughts. This is why there can be no works of law in love. Moreover, this is why unity has to come down too us from a higher, superior mind, through Christ tested in his flesh upon earth to translate such a mystery to us upon earth. This power of Christ kingdom God's love cannot fail, it will perfect our minds and faith setting us free from the corrupted mind of flesh past onto us by Adam and Eve's sin.

Titus 3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
3:6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 3:7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hence, in conclusion, the kingdom of God is not, that is, it is not created by human hands, the new creation is not created from human hands. No Christian's should ever think a religion or person including themselves can create unity only God can, there is only one good God, who is the perfect picture of unity, which unity is a gift of his mind, his Spirit given us freely in Christ.

Deuteronomy 5:24 and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he lives.

Psalms 29:2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array.

Psalms 57:11 Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.

Revelation 21:23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 19:1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:

Completed: October 24, 2015

by: Daniel a Slave of Christ Jesus