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A Seed of Faith

Matthew 17:20 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Faith is a mystery to this world, it is seen in the pride of our flesh when boasting in something God must do for us because we have faith as though its a competition with other to be better in faith than their faith.

1 Timothy 3:9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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.

There lots of faith in self in this world, people overcome many obstacles and get stronger in their beliefs they can conquer anything thrown at them in this life. There is faith in the power of people that have built vast empires of wealth that they can lead us because they have done what most of us can't do. There is faith in knowledge, once a person proves a point true with other by their knowledge after fighting with them over their idea it build faith in the power of research, in knowledge, in themselves; they have been the one seeing what other haven't. Then there is the faith put in religion as it overcomes problems in a person in life, holding them up in times or trouble by its members that helps them cope in this life.

There's is faith in science where one thinks it the only hope for mankind because its only wants the truth, without emotion of influence of politics, government, commerce or religion, true science has no agendas. Yes, there is faith in almost everything on earth under the Sun, faith in a certain product, a person, place or things. But is this the faith Christ spoke too, honestly?

1 Corinthians 15:14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

A Humble Faith

Is this the faith Christ had, and he spoke about? Was it about a religion, a governments, a business, a person, a place or a thing on this earth that Christ was talking about faith the size of a mustard seed? No! Is wasn't, in fact, it might just shock us it wasn't even about himself. Christ put no faith in any flesh, do we find that shocking? Not even his own flesh! Satan wanted Christ to put faith in himself, just as Satan had when lying against God.

Luke. 4:3 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}

Luke.4:9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here, 4:10 for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;' 4:11 and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"{Psalm 91:11-12} 4:12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"{Deuteronomy 6:16}

Christ we know refused to do that because only one was good, not himself, but God. Christ never tried in any form to be equal to God on earth, so Christ put faith only in God his Father. He looked no where else for help, he didn't think for a moment that his Fathers hand was short, that he did not have at his command billions of spirit angels he could send to help Christ and deliver him from his enemy.

Philippians 2:6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped.

Matthew 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."

Christ did not run to flesh, when his own flesh was being put to the test, he did not run and consult with a bunch of so called teachers to get their approval about putting faith in God, or what God was asking him to do; let himself die be murder for mankind.

Mark 14:38 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 2:25 and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

He need not consult with a governing body when Satan offered him all his power over the nations of our earth. No! He knew the Father, and he put faith in the hope of all eternal life, into the incorruptible power of God that is always faithful and true! Christ never thought the answers to mankind problems would be found in the world, or the teachers of Israel!

John 14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

John 16:13 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

He didn't doubt for a moment the only hope of any living thing was found in his Fathers love! Christ had a humble faith in something that was perfect without flaw, without darkness that could not lie or cheat, or trick him, because love, perfect love, which is his Father, is incorruptible life. God life cannot be corrupted by anything in this world or in heaven, and that is where true faith points us.

Faith Not the Possession of All Mankind

2Thess.3:2 and that we may be delivered from the unreasonable and evil men, for the faith `is' not of all;

James.4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

There is faith on earth in all things flesh, and by sight, but the faith Christ has, and/or had on earth is not the possession of this earth. The faith Christ has was not of this world, literally. It not a faith of haughtiness, or pride of our flesh, or in some religion, or person, faith is a gift from above given too us freely from God's love. Thus, no one can compare their faith against another boasting in themselves, for that is neither humble or righteous!

Rom. 12:3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Mankind can, and does boast in their mouths about their great faith even in God, but the faith Christ has, or had, was not at all of himself, that is, found in his flesh!

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.

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Testing the spirits requires us to know the true Spirit, does it not? So we can measure all things of spirits from our flesh against it, i.e., the Spirit of God in Christ not the world, that is what the flesh is the world. Do we have that discernment? If we have Christ in us, we have the discernment to know what spirit is from our flesh, and what Spirit is of God, we know the difference between light and darkness, so we don't have to consult with flesh each time we have a problem.

2Cor. 3:1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
3:2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3:3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

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.

We need not run to a father of our faith and ask daddy what should I do as so many fathers and mothers of faith exalt in the attention for the pride of their own flesh. No we have the power of Christ life in us; his now indestructible life to test the spirits of this world, and of darkness against if we have what? The faith of the Spirit in us? Is that less then flesh and blood approval?

Matthew 11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

Matt. 23:8 But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. 23:9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
23:10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
23:11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

Certainly, God can uses our brothers and sisters having the life of Christ in them (Spirit) to encourage, and/or reprove us by the Spirit to strengthen what? Our faith in God alone, not our flesh, or a group, a religion, a book, a bible but in God alone! But they can't take control of our faith, like a religion does, as if, if it weren't for them we would not stand in Christ making themselves the father of our faith, or the door to Christ, by their knowledge or teachings. Christ is the only headship we are faithful to, we know he has been approved, we know God has made him our father, we know that all the angles and everything on earth and heaven has been placed under his faithful incorruptible life, we know there is no other salvation found in any other name on earth or in heaven by which to be saved. That is what our faith should be in.

Matthew 21:21 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
Galatians 3:9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

Galatians 3:22 But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Ephesians 2:8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

No matter how good it feels or sounds, we cannot be unfaithful to our headship because someone wants to take control over our faith imaging they are entitled to because of some perceived self-knowledge of the bible they have or because of years of experience that is all fleshly thinking, none of which is found in the Spirit!

1Cor.3:3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men? 3:4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly?
3:5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?
3:6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
3:7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

Our faith in Christ is between us and God alone just as it was in Christ and all the prophets lives. No prophet was ever unfaithful when listening to God alone. It was only when they listened to the reasoning of flesh that cost them their lives, or down fall from God's love.

Faith a Gift

Many find it troubling because they are of the flesh when reading the apostles John's words; that we need no one, no one; did we get that part; to teach us about God, we have the Spirit that does that for us because we have God's anointing in us. That Spirit fruit is faith, we can be filled with faith if we have the Spirit, but try it without the Spirit and one quickly understand what grace means, or they become haughty in their own works calling it the faith of the Spirit!

Romans 5:5 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

The power of the flesh is in teaching each one his neighbor that is how the flesh feeds and grows into a strong weed Christian. The power of God is not in flesh and blood it is his indestructible uncorrupted life of Christ which life created the human brain and learning, teaching, knowledge, and every other thing found in mankind's creation!

1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

The flesh must put something in the mind to get something out of the mind so it thinks Gods power is weak and without the help of the flesh the Spirit can do nothing at all let alone teach us. It believes the Spirit cannot open the mouth or feed the mind, or teach the mind it created without the help of mankind on earth with its vast and great knowledge of God, God must support the flesh or it of no value at all, right! The flesh has no faith in God Spirit it can't even know it, let alone teach it, it has only faith in what is in it, flesh, the flesh take to make the flesh prosper in this life, that is, in this world.

Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

Faith to the flesh is man salvation and taking credit for someone else faith as a teacher as it saving them without a blush or fear of God. That is the faith called merit based faith, and must always gain in the flesh greater merit by words and boasting about its own worth as a Christian, it is a merit works of law person it cannot know the Spirit which is just the opposite.

1Cor.2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

1Cor. 2:5 that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1Cor.2:7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained.

1Cor. 2:10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

1Cor. 2:14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The gift of God is a new mind, not created from flesh and blood, or the knowledge of this world. It is a mind of another world where God and his Son dwells. That gift also gives us faith, a fruit of the same Spirit - God. All things are of Christ and Christ in us and created for us, Christ is zealous for God's glory and not his own.

1Cor. 3:21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 3:22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
3:23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

Conquering The World

It is that faith in Christ, and that faith alone that conquers this world, now we did not say to make this world better, more palatable, or feel better in our flesh so we can be accept by man,i.e., the world. If we become a friend of the flesh we are the world, don't be fooled or confused?

James.4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

That faith of Christ perfected in him while suffering on this earth in his flesh and that is same faith given us, in Christ, because we are his body members. Nothing strange in that statement if we love God. One head, one mind, one mouth, one heart, one faith in all and through all in Christ. That is why faith of body, Christ body, is not the possession of all mankind of this world.

Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

Neither can we be lords of Christ body members having the faith of Christ in them, or be the teacher of a body member as though without us, they would not stand in Christ as a son of God. We have a humble faith, because Christ was humble and he is in us, and we in him, and he never put any faith in himself or man's goodness, because he knew only one was good, and the teacher of mankind's for their eternal life depended upon the life of God that mankind lost in the Garden of Eden by Adam.

Philip.2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
2:2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
2:3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
2:4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
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;
2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

Christ conquered this world not by consulting with flesh and blood. Now let not take that statement: “as OK that good, lets get on with what is important getting more knowledge about the Father and his Son so I can strengthen my faith”.

The father of our faith did what? Abraham, whom did he consult with when ask by God to offer up his son Isaac on the altar to God? No one, but God, he did not run to flesh and ask, please help me make this decision, just in case I got it wrong? Please approve my faith, please give me permission to kill my own flesh and blood! What person could he go that had that much faith, where on earth would he have found that person? “Yes kill your son for God!” Let us not be foolish, who was Abraham's teacher, who was lord of Abraham's faith on earth? Who would make such a presumptuous boast accept the devil in some proud man's flesh!

Romans 14:1 Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Romans 11:20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear;

2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

Conquering this world requires faith in God alone, it has been done by Christ. It can be done by us, if we have faith in God alone, that is, we believe nothing in Christ is lacking for our faith in God, we trust in his discipline, to teach us, to given us faith, to feed us, to comforted us not by sight, but by our faith in Spirit. We are found in Christ if we have faith in God alone! When we panic in our flesh, and we all do because the flesh is weak; when we run to flesh for support and comfort, and we have all done that, and do that! The question is what will be the outcome? It will always be the same, the flesh see a weakness in us, it take control of our faith. It makes itself the master of our faith where we owe something beyond the free gift of love, that the Spirit gives to each others freely without our merit.

Rom.13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Luke 6:37 Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
Matthew 4:9 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

Galatians 5:1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Flesh is not under grace, that is, the free gift of God in undeserved kindness, it can't know how not to be owning others something for its efforts. That is why the world does not know God, Christ or us if we are in Christ.

Hebrews 13:5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."{Deuteronomy 31:6}

1 Peter 2:16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

The flesh enslaves us, it takes credit and it wants power over us, just like our own flesh want power over us, so why would we think the same is not true of another person of flesh just because they are called a brother? We must test the spirits are they from God, love, or are they trying to make us obligated too them for some gain in their flesh?

Philemon 1:14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

This is why brothers we need no one to teach us about the Spirit, we have the Spirit, let us not enslave ourselves to flesh again that claim to give us the Spirit for guilt and obligation! The Spirit set free, free from what? The corruption of our flesh so we can commune with God the Spirit without payment, without guilt of works of law to gain privilege to have the Spirit. How can running to flesh for advise not enslave us, it will not set us free, only the Spirit can do that. Subsequently, if everytime you take a problem to a so called brother, and he takes away your freedom in Christ, the Spirit; as will meant as he may be he is advising you in the flesh rather than the Spirit. His sincerely does not give you the Spirit. Satan ministers transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, but can we tell the difference? Can we know difference between a minister of righteousness and the Spirit of God. No t if we are given to the flesh, that is what ministers of righteousness use to enslave of the power of the flesh appearing very good in their flesh, in their fleshly teaching in their position in the flesh and so on. They are all things flesh because that is the only way a person or a spirit being can enslave one of God's anointed who's flesh is dead in Christ, and has no judgment in their flesh. So the minister of righteous makes us believe we do by some fleshly weakness ( a character attack) so the minister of righteousness can fix it by his own righteousness, that is, by their teaching in the flesh to make a better flesh so we appear better in our flesh, so we can be accepted in our flesh by others of their groups their disciples!

2 Corinthians 11:15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Galatians 2:21 I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!

Galatians 4:29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

Galatians 6:12 As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Test the spirits are they of the flesh, which is the world that always takes and wants some sort of concession from our flesh for its help, it ministry, or is the spirit of God that gives freely? God does not force us into a certain knowledge, or teaching, or doctrine, he gives us the life of Christ in us that is truth; Christ is the Word of God and nothing out of sorts with truth can stand in Christ.

Hebrews 2:13 Again, "I will put my trust in him."{Isaiah 8:17} Again, "Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me."{Isaiah 8:18}

1 Corinthians 11:32 But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

If we are inclined otherwise God will be faithful and correct us in Christ to make sure we don't lose our eternal life, by the Spirit the Spirit that teaches us all things not just something and the rest is left up to our flesh.

1 Corinthians 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.

1 Corinthians 2:15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

This is the foolishness of he pride of the flesh, where it gets all excited when it reads in the bible when apostle Paul corrected the apostle Peter, what pried the flesh has lets get down on this a weakness in the flesh, the correcting of the Peters flesh, a weakness, let talk about it, jump on it, make a big deal about it, so we can look down on it to feel equal in our own flesh, or better to validate our great teaching skills!

Romans 14:4 Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

James 2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

Peter immediately correct himself, why? Because he had the same Spirit of God, he knew without doubt that it was the Spirit, not Paul's pride, in his flesh correcting him. Paul was not seeking some glory as the better, more enlighten apostle, the Spirit in him, the Spirit that opens and closes the mouth of God's prophet spoke through Paul to correct Peter. Peter was no better or worst than any other brother or sister of the body of Christ.

Rom.12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits. 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. 12:18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Did Paul then make himself the father of Peters faith, did he boast as being in a better position with more knowledge than Peter? Was he in a competition with Peter as the world teaches, did he think Peters anointing lack, or that God could not personal correct Peter if need be? Just as he had when Christ appeared to Peter personally in a vision to make him eat unclean food so he would get the point God wanted the Gentles to come in whom Peter as a Jew thought were unclean?

Matthew 16:19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."

Act. 10:9 Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
10:10 He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
10:11 He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
10:12 in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
10:13 A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"
10:14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
10:15 A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.

No we are missing the point if our flesh thinks this is what Christ had this incident recorded for us for? Christ showed us, in the body, none are its leader, none are perfect by teachings, that is, above it all, but instead what is common to all mankind in their flesh; that all the body are under his control and headship that the flesh and its judgment has no value at all it to God the Spirit. it cannot serve God or know God, not even one of his apostles flesh did, and/or put them in a better position in Christ!

Was Peter demoted, was he looked down on by Paul elevating Paul position higher in Christ or in the eyes of other anointed followers? How foolish is the flesh and it judgments of flesh, such thinking is evil in the Spirit. What liberty have some brothers taken to speak of glorious one enrolled in heaven?

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

The flesh search the flesh, Christ stated this, is it easy to look for a speck in a brothers eye? Not really unless we examining his flesh for a flaw, that is not how we test the spirit by finding a weakness a fault in someones dead flesh in Christ? What would drives such a spirit in us? Why would we boast in being a doctor of the corrupt flesh?

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"}

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.

Do we need to be told that our flesh envies? That it looks for faults in flesh brothers to bring itself up in the eyes of others as being more important. What is common in all mankind if it not that? Is that not the weakness of the flesh? It certainly not the Spirit of God that is rare, like a fine pearl, now is it?

Jesus stated he did not examine anyone flesh for judgment, he was not trying to prove he was better than others in his flesh on earth. No! He knew only one was good, the rest fail short of God's glory. If we want glory so bad that we need to examine the weakness of Christ apostles and our brothers and sisters in their flesh already dead flesh, we have a glory found corruption just like Satan and wicked spirit force in heavenly places; we doing nothing less then giving the law of the Spirit to corruptible mankind for a moment of false glory that gains us nothing in the Spirit!

Real faith is from the Spirit of God that builds up, does not look for it own interest, does not point up the speck in our brothers eye, but covers it up in the same love that has freely forgiven us our own judgment in our flesh. That is the Spirit that teaches us all things. Do we need a great profound knowledge of every scroll book written to know that simple truth that changed our life into the love of God? God's love corrects us, it is a very humble Spirit based upon putting faith not in ourselves, or someone else flesh, but in God love alone who is faithful and true. God's love will never fail us, (That is the Spirit it is what binds us to truth, the love of the Father) if we are the son's of Abraham by faith?

That is the faith Christ is looking for on earth when he arrives?

1Cor.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.
13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
13:6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
13:8 Love never fails.

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