John
Mark Hicks means UNITY or UNION with everyone DOING
WORSHIP and being friendly. Unfortunately for
the world, Theology is based on MYTHS (songs and sermons)
and Scripture insists that we BE SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD,
the ecumenical, the kingdom of Satan marked by gender
confusion and instrumental noise as the
Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted play at Mount Sinai.
THE CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY IS DEFINED
INCLUSIVELY AND EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL OF CHRIST: HIS
DEMAND
John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me:
the Father hath not
left me alone;
for I DO
always those things that PLEASE him.
John 8:30 As he spake these WORDS, many believed on him.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on
him,
IF ye continue in my WORD, THEN
are ye my disciples indeed;
GOD
IS NOT WORSHIPPED WITH THE HANDS OF MEN.
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It is a STRONG
DELUSION that God ever commanded a DAY for worship.
It is a STRONG DELUSION that God ever commanded any action
by the hands of men as worship.
It is a STRONG DELUSION to claim that Jesus died in vain
unable to "supply all that applies to life and godliness."
It is a STRONG DELUSION that God ever authorized ANY FUNDING
for any funded STAFF to ride on the backs of widows
It is a STRONG DELUSION to claim that God commanded SINGING
with or without a Mechanical Device.
It is a STRONG DELUSION and a LIE that there is a Law of
Tithing or a Law of Giving
It is the
DEFINITION of a CULT to operate a center of SANCTITY with
command authority, controlling the member's life several
days during the week.
THE CHRISTIAN
ASSEMBLY IS A SCHOOL OF CHRIST AND SPIRITUAL OR RATIONAL
WORSHIP IS READING AND UNDERSTAND A "LECTION" MADE BY "THE
DIVINE."
For God is my
witness,
whom I serve WITH my SPIRIT [place]
in the GOSPEL of his
Son, [Truth, Word or Logos
as Regulative Principle]
that without
ceasing
I make mention
of you always in my prayers;
g4352.
proskuneo, pros-koo-neh´-o;
from 4314 and a probable derivative of 2965 (meaning to
kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand); to fawn or
crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate
oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore): — worship.
THE CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY IS DEFINED
INCLUSIVELY AND EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL OF CHRIST: HIS
DEMAND
John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me:
the Father hath not
left me alone;
for I DO
always those things that PLEASE him.
John 8:30 As he spake these WORDS, many believed on him.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on
him,
IF ye continue in my WORD, THEN
are ye my disciples indeed;
John
Mark Hicks: I suggest five (yes, count
them, five) modes of visible unity that give
expression to the underlying unity of the SPIRIT
among believers. These practices not only exhibit the unity of
the Spirit but are also means by which the Spirit
dynamically works among believers for unity. The Spirit
acts through them to manifest the unity the Spirit has
already achieved. At the same time these practices are also transformative
as they not only move us into a deeper experience and
recognition of that unity but they also transform us
as exhibits of that unity.
- The Holy Spirit. Strike "The".
The Holy
Spirit. Holy means pure, a adjective and not a
proper noun. Strike the Holy. The Holy
Spirit. Spirit means WIND: in a figurative
sense BREATH. It is never a person (other than
Apollon-Abaddon) but the "Mental Disposition" of that
person.
- John Mark Hicks says that the Spirit
is A member of the family of three "centers of
consciousnessness."
- OF is a preposition in case
you missed the unity OF the Spirit is the unity which
belongs to A Holy Spirit God Person----
- That would make no sense and is
consistent with "theology" which has a thousand cuts to
make the Breath OF God which inspired the text sound dumb.
- The Spirit OF unity is that which
belongs to the BODY.
- That is the only way to justify
hiring one's body out to explain God Who did not profit
from our "postmodern" evolved culture.
- The Spirit OF Christ in
Isaiah 55 commanded the "laity" not to PAY for the free
water of the Word. That would eliminate the DISunity of
the Musical Sectarians.
- In Isaiah 58 the Spirit OF Christ
(God's breath) outlawed seeking our own pleasure or
SPEAKING our own words.
Anti Christ is against Christ or in place
of Christ. If you say that A Separate Holy Spirit person
guides you into instrumental or trinitarian apostasy then you
call Jesus a liar:
Matt. 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said,
I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid
these things from the wise
[Sophists: speakers, singers,
instrument players]
and
prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matt. 11:26 Even so, Father: for so it
seemed good in thy sight.
Matt. 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my
Father:
and no man knoweth
the Son, but the Father;
neither knoweth any
man the Father, save the Son,
and he to whomsoever
the Son will reveal him.
Jesus denied that A Holy Spirit Person knows anything that
flowed between the ONE GOD THE FATHER and ONE mediator the MAN
Christ Jesus. The Spirit or Breath of God has no option but to
deliver what the Spirit OF God or the Spirit OF Christ
breathed out.
Jesus said that the Spirit (breath) OF
1John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come,
and hath given us an
understanding,
that we may know
him that is true, and we are in him that is true,
even in his Son Jesus
Christ.
This is the true God,
and eternal life.
From the wilderness onward the Assembly was not called nor
performed by "vocal or instrumental rejoicing or rhetoric".
The only purpose for calling the godly out of their REST was
to attend SCHOOL by hearing the Word of God. The assembly
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John Mark Hicks: the Spirit
dynamically WORKS among believers for unity. The
Spirit acts through them
This claims that the ONE GOD THE
FATHER and the Man Jesus as our Teacher are
POWERLESS without ANOTHER god person.
The POWER of God is in
the GOSPEL of the KINGDOM or Church.
Read each row from left to right to see the
emphasis.
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Ephesians 3:1 For this cause
I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus
Read each column --
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for you Gentiles
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Ephesians 3:2 If ye have heard of
the dispensation of the grace of God which is
given me to youward:
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Ephesians 3:4 Whereby, when
ye READ, ye may UNDERSTAND my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ)
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| Ephesians
3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the
sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy
apostles and prophets by the Spirit; |
Ephesians
3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of
the same body,
and partakers of his promise in Christ by
the gospel:
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Ephesians
3:7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the
gift of the grace of God given unto me by the
effectual working of HIS power. |
Ephesians
3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all
saints, is this grace given, that I should preach
among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of
Christ; |
| This is The Spirit OF
Christ 1 Peter 1:11; Revelation 19:10 |
Ephesians
3:9 And to make all men see what is the
fellowship of the mystery, which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in
God, who created all things by Jesus
Christ: [The Word]
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Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now
unto the
principalities and powers in heavenly places
might be known BY the church the manifold wisdom
of God, |
Ephesians 3:11
According to the eternal purpose
which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
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Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness
and access with confidence by the faith
of him.
THE faith IS
THE Word.
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Ephesians
3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint
not at my tribulations for you, which
is your glory.
Ephesians
3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father
of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Ephesians 3:16 That he would grant
you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened
with might by his Spirit
in the inner man; |
being rooted and grounded
in love,
Is
Parallel To
The SPIRIT in Ephesiahs 5 is the
WORD of Christ in Colossians 3
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Ephesians 3:18 May be
able to comprehend with all saints what is
the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height; |
Parallel explanation.
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
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Ephesians 3:19 And to know the love
of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that
ye might be filled with all the fulness of
God. |
Ephesians 3:20 Now
unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us,
Ephesians 3:21 Unto him be glory in
the church
by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,
world without end. Amen. |
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Confession – we
confess Jesus is Lord by the Spirit (1 Corinthians
12:3).
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Paul provides the ground of this point: “No one is able to
say “Jesus is Lord” except by (in) the Holy Spirit”
(1 Corinthians 12:3). Contextually, this stands in contrast
with those who say “Jesus is cursed” or who serve idols. This
is an orienting confession. It is a centered-set confession,
that is, we confess Jesus at the center of our faith
journey. It is a directional confession, that is, we
have turned our face toward Jesus and we walk toward him.
1Cor. 12:1 Now
concerning SPIRITUAL GIFTS, brethren, I would not have you
ignorant.
1Cor. 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles,
carried away unto these
dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1Cor. 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man speaking by
the Spirit of God [SPIRITUAL GIFTS]
calleth Jesus accursed:
and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the
Holy Ghost.
Spiritual Gifts were given only to ONE for a given task and
ANOTHER for another inspired task.
1Cor. 12:8 For to ONE is
given by the Spirit the word of wisdom;
to ANOTHER the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit;
Simon Peter worked for a living as did Jesus and all teachers
and students of the Bible. The Spirit OF Christ was
revealed to Peter and to all of those OF TRUTH by the
prophets. Jesus was sent for a Little Flock or the Way
that is called a SECT. That was to be a tiny remnant of Jews and
Gentiles who would respond to the call or election.
The Holy Spirit OF Christ revealed all of the identifying
signs of Messiah. God BREATHES (spirit) and the
prophets put the SPIRIT into WORDS.
1Pet. 1:9 Receiving the end of your
faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1Pet. 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired
and searched diligently,
who prophesied of the
grace that should come unto you:
1Pet. 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time
the Spirit of
Christ which was in them did signify,
when it testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that
should follow.
1Pet. 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves,
but unto us
they did minister the things,
which are now reported
unto you by them
that have PREACHED the gospel unto you
with the Holy SPIRIT sent down from
heaven;
which things the angels
desire to look into.
Rev. 19:10 And I fell at his feet to
worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am
thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the
testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of
Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
SPIRIT produces
WORDS: God puts His WORD into the MOUTH of ONE inspired
teacher.
Jesus said that God
HIDES from the wise or sophists meaning rhetoricians,
singers or instrument players.
They would be OF the World, Kosmos or the ecumenical or the
kingdom of the Devil. Jesus did not pray for those.
Those who gladly HEARD the Word recognized the invitation
and were BAPTIZED. THEIR spirits were translated into a
heavenly kingdom or or church to be PROTECTED from those of
the World marked by the hypocritic performances claiming to
represent Jesus Christ.
Most Jews attended
the synagogue from their youth and heard the Prophets
PREACHED by being READ each REST day.
Acts 15:14 Simeon [Simon called
Peter] hath declared
how God at the
first did visit the Gentiles,
to take out of
them a people for his name.
Acts 15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets;
as it is written,
Acts 15:16 After this I will return, and will build
again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and
I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it
up:
Acts 15:17 That the residue of men might seek
after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my
name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all
these things.
Faith comes by Hearing
the Word of God: Jesus said that His Words ARE
Spirit. Faith DOES NOT come by a direct operation of a
Spirit Person. Otherwise, Hicks agrees with
Pseudo-Calvinists who think that a Spirit Person creates
FAITH without hear the Word.
The Residue are
the Lost Spirit consisting of a tiny Remnant of the Jews and
Gentiles.
g2645. kataloipos,
kat-al´-oy-pos; from 2596 and 3062; left down (behind),
i.e remaining (plural the rest): — residue.
g3062.
loipoy, loy-poy´; masculine plural of a derivative of
3007; remaining ones: — other, which remain, remnant,
residue, rest.
3007. lei÷pw leipo, li´-po; a primary verb; to
leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be
absent: — be destitute (wanting), lack.
Acts 15:18 Known
unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Scholars missed out on PREPOSITIONS. Spirit literally means
WIND and figuratively BREATH: the breath of God or man delivers
WORDS which reveal the "The Mental Disposition OF that person."
For instance, Spirit is always the spirit OF something: he has a
NASTY spirit does not mean that NASTY is one of the "multiple
personalities."
AND there shall come forth a rod out
of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Isaiah 11:1
And the spirit OF the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit OF wisdom
and [OF]
understanding, the spirit OF counsel
and [OF] might,
the spirit OF knowledge and OF the fear of the Lord; Isaiah 11:2
And shall make him of quick understanding
[SPIRITUAL] in the fear of
the Lord:
and he shall NOT judge after the SIGHT
of his eyes,
neither reprove after the HEARING
of his ears: Isaiah 11:3
Messiah and those
made in the image of God are given EARS and EYES as the ways
to RECEIVE information. Jesus said that what He spoke He
HEARD from the Father. Those who claim a direct control
by a "spirit" may need an exorcism because Jesus did not claim
to have an ANTENNA to receive messages.
On another thread we have Jesus defining
the Scribes and Pharisees as a sect of
Hypocrites. He points to those trying to appease God
and collect money using MOUTH religion involving:
rhetoricians, singers and instrument players. The Word SMITE
has the same meaning as the ROOT from which the SOUND
and SIGHT sects get PSALLO. Then they convert
it from a warfare-polluting word to a SPIRITUAL WORSHIP WORD.
And You pay them MONEY for what Jesus supplied FREE. Not
TOO quick of understanding?
But with righteousness
shall he judge the poor,
and reprove with equity for the
meek of the earth:
and he shall SMITE the
earth with the rod [BRANCH] of
his MOUTH,
and with the breath [SPIRIT] of his LIPS
shall he slay the wicked. [trouble
maker, discorder] Isaiah 11:4
H5221 nâkâh naw-kaw' A primitive root; to strike
(lightly or severely, literally or figuratively): beat,
CAST FORTH, clap, give [wounds],
And righteousness shall be the
girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his
reins. Isaiah 11:5
PSEUDO-CALVINISTS HAVE NEVER READ THE TRUE JOHN CALVIN.
(From Institutes of the Christian Religion
Book One, Chapter Nine) or Here
Sections:
1. The temper and error of the Libertines, who
take to themselves the name of spiritual, briefly described.
Their refutation.
(a). The Apostles and all true Christians
have embraced the written Word. This confirmed by a passage in Isaiah; also
by the example and words of Paul.
(b). The Spirit OF Christ seals the doctrine of the written
Word on the minds of the godly.
(2) Refutation continued.
a) The impositions of Satan cannot be detected
without the aid of the written
Word. First Objection. The
Answer to it.
3. Second Objection from the words of Paul
as to the letter and spirit. The Answer, with an explanation
of Paul's meaning. How the Spirit and the written Word are
indissolubly connected.
1.The
fanatics wrongly appeal to the Holy Spirit
Those who, rejecting Scripture, imagine that
they have some peculiar way of
penetrating to God, are to be
deemed not so much under the influence of error as madness. For
certain giddy men have lately appeared, who, while they make a
great display of the superiority
of the Spirit,
reject all reading of the Scriptures
themselves, and deride the
simplicity of those who only delight in what they call the dead and deadly letter. But I wish they would tell me what spirit it is
whose inspiration raises them to such a sublime height that
they dare despise the doctrine of Scripture as mean and childish.
If they answer that it is the Spirit of Christ,
their confidence is exceedingly ridiculous;
since they will, I presume, admit
that the apostles and other believers in the primitive Church
were not illuminated by any other Spirit. None of these thereby
learned to despise the word of
God, but every one was imbued with greater reverence
for it, as their writings most clearly testify.
And, indeed, it had been so foretold by the
mouth of Isaiah. For when he says,
"My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I
have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of
the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's
seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever,"
he does not tie down the ancient Church to
external doctrine, as he were a mere teacher of elements; he
rather shows that,
under the reign of Christ, the true and
full felicity of the new Church will consist in their being
ruled not less by the Word than by the Spirit of God.
Hence we infer that these miscreants are
guilty of fearful sacrilege in tearing asunder what the prophet joins in indissoluble union.
Add to this, that Paul, though carried up even to the third heaven, ceased not to profit by the doctrine of the law and the prophets, while, in like manner, he exhorts Timothy, a
teacher of singular excellence, to give attention to reading, (1 Tim. 4: 13.)
This is Paul's unique
word for worship in Spirit and in Truth: give attention or
give heed. This is the same word in Hebrew used by David
when he "worshiped" and sang songs upon his bed and
meditated in his heart.
And the eulogium
which
he pronounces on Scripture
well deserves to be remembered, viz., that
"it is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, and for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect," (2
Tim. 3: 16.)
What an infatuation
of the devil, therefore, to
fancy that Scripture, which conducts the sons of God to the
final goal, is of transient
and temporary use?
Again, I should like those people to tell me
whether they have imbibed any
other Spirit than that which
Christ promised to his disciples. Though their madness is
extreme, it will scarcely carry them the length of making this
their boast.
But what kind
of Spirit did our Saviour
promise to send? One who should not
speak of himself, (John 16: 13,)
but suggest and instil the truths which he himself had delivered through the word.
Hence the office of the Spirit promised to us,
is not to form new and unheard-of
revelations, or to coin a new form of
doctrine, by which we may be led away from the received doctrine of the gospel, but to seal on our minds
the very doctrine which the gospel
recommends.
The Confession is
propelled by the WORD which is by the BREATH of God. The
confession is that there is ONE GOD the Father and One MAN
Jesus Christ as mediator in song and sermon.
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But none of this is possible except by the
work of the
Spirit.
The confession
arises out of the Spirit’s work,
operates within
the LIFE of the Spirit,
and lives
because we have all drunk of the Spirit (1
Corinthians 12:13).
Jesus said that His
WORDS are SPIRIT: that is because God BREATHED (spirit) and
Jesus SPOKE only what He heard from the ONE GOD THE FATHER.
Is. 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto
the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon.
Is. 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my
ways, saith the LORD.
Is. 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher
than your ways,
and my thoughts than
your thoughts.
Is. 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow
from heaven,
and returneth not
thither, but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring
forth and bud,
that it may give seed to
the sower, and bread to the eater:
Is. 55:11 So shall my WORD be that
goeth forth [egredietur] out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto
me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in
the thing whereto I sent it
egredietur flūmen
, I.a flowing of water; and concr., a flood,
stream, flowing or running water, in
a living, running stream, B. Trop.,
of expression, a flow, fluency, stream:
“orationis
flumine
reprehensoris
convicia
diluuntur,”
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:
“flumen
orationis
aureum,”
“flumen
verborum
volubili
tasque,”
id. Or. 16, 53:
“gravissimorum
op
timorumque
verborum,”
id. de Or.
Flūmen
I.a flowing of water; and concr., a
flood, stream, flowing or running
water , an old prophetic formula
” in a living, running stream, Verg. A. 2, 719;
cf.: quin tu ante vivo perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6
(for which: “aqua
viva,”
B. Trop., of expression, a flow, fluency,
stream: “orationis
flumine
reprehensoris
convicia
diluuntur,”
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:
“flumen
orationis
aureum,”
id. Ac. 2, 38, 119: “orationis,
4483. rheo, hreh´-o, for certain tenses of
which a prolonged form
ereo, er-eh´-o is used; and both as
alternate for 2036 perhaps akin (or identical) with 4482
(through the idea of pouring forth); to utter, i.e.
speak or say: — command, make, say, speak (of). Compare 3004.
We DRINK of the WORD of God which is from HIS SPIRIT, BREATH OR
MIND.
To claim that the ONE GOD THE FATHER requires a separate god
PERSON to communicate with those He created is one in a long
series of blasphiing Him.
Job 12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth
taste his meat?
Psa. 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Heb. 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of
the world to come,
1 Cor. 12:1 Now concerning spiritual
gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
1Cor. 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto
these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1Cor. 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man speaking
by the Spirit of God [Inspiration] calleth Jesus
accursed:
and that no man
can say that Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Trinitarians say
that Jesus is GOD which refutes His Human Role as Lord and
Christ neither of which are "deity words." Those who
refute that John calls ANTICHRISTS.
John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of MAN ascend up where he
was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing:
the words that I SPEAK
unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are life.
John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not.
For Jesus knew from the
beginning who they were that believed not,
and who should betray
him.
If you say that
Jesus was one of THREE GODS with their own "centers of
consciousness" then you call God a liar.
Num. 23:19 God is not a man, that
he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should
repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he
spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Refuting His role
as both God and Man:
Luke 24:37 But they were terrified and
affrighted,
and supposed that they
had seen a spirit.
Luke 24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled?
and why do thoughts
arise in your hearts?
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself:
handle me, and see;
for a spirit hath
not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
God BREATHED
(spirit) without meter and Jesus ARTICULATED the WORD of
God. Peter confessed that Jesus was the expected
Messiah Who would be of the fleshly SEED of Abraham and
David. Peter did not say "you are JEHOVAH" or Lord-God
but:
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him,
Lord, to whom shall we go?
thou hast the WORDS
of eternal life.
The words that I SPEAK
unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are life.
John 6:69 And we believe and are sure
that thou art that Christ,
the Son of the
living God.
Christ is God's Anointed: The ROCK in the wilderness was God's
CHRIST or appointed instrumental means. God annoints and
The Man Jesus was ANOINTED.
Matt. 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and
said,
Thou art the Christ,
the Son
of the living God.
Matt. 16:17 And Jesus
answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjona:
for flesh and blood hath
not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is in heaven.
The Spirit Who informed Peter that Jesus was The Christ is "my Father which is in heaven."
Spirit means WIND or BREATH. The Spirit OF a
person is the MENTAL DISPOSITION of that Person and not a
Multiple-Personality. Many bodies are bonded together by
the Spirit OF oneness. Paul never uses SPIRIT in the sense of a
person separated into another PEOPLE.
A body such as an
assembly has A spirit or mental disposition. One spirit is
contrasted to MANY spirits.
1Cor. 12:12 For as
the body is ONE, and
hath MANY members,
and all the members of
that one body, being many,
are one body: so also
is Christ.
1Cor. 12:13 For by ONE
Spirit are we all baptized into ONE body,
whether we be Jews
or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;
and have been all made
to drink into one Spirit.
Those with AN
UNholy spirit are baptized in Water and receive the gift of
A holy spirit or A good conscience. Those with a
personal holy spirit are able to be emmersed into the one
body and be cleansed of any personal ambition.
Jesus exists as
HOLY SPIRIT and the Intercessor's or another Comforter is
named "Jesus Christ the Righteous." These gifts OF Christ
are not the gifts of another person which would DISQUALIFY
one from having A holy spirit or mental disposition.
Eph. 4:7 But unto
every one of us is given grace according to the measure of
the GIFT of Christ.
Rom. 5:17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by ONE;
much more they which receive abundance of grace and of
the GIFT of righteousness shall reign in life by one,
Jesus Christ.)
Christ has become OUR righteousness, but Righteousness
is NOT a separated PEOPLE.
Jesus said My WORDS are SPIRIT and LIVE. The power is in the
gospel and which the Spirit or BREATH of God caused the ONE SON
to Articulate. Is Hicks is correct and we cannot even CONFESS
without a direct operation of A Holy Spirit Person then Jesus
and Paul lied.
Rom. 10:10 For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Rom. 10:14 How then shall they call on
him in whom they have not believed?
and how shall they
believe in him of whom they have not heard?
and how shall they hear
without a preacher?
Rom. 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent?
as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of
peace,
and bring glad
tidings of good things!
A believer is one who has OBEYED the Gospel. The Calvinism of LU
denies that people can "use one mind and one mouth" to "speak
that which is written for our learning" as THE mutual confession
when the Word (regulative Principle) is PREACHED bey
being READ and REHEARSED as commanded from the Church of
Christ (the Rock) in the wilderness onward.
Rom. 10:16 But they have not all obeyed
the gospel.
For Esaias saith,
Lord, who hath believed our report?
Rom. 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the WORD of God.
John.Mark.Hicks: This
confession is made from within a story, which
is essentially what is called the Apostles’s Creed or the
developing Regula Fidei (Rule of
Faith) of the early church. It gives shape to the confession
of the Lordship of Jesus and locates believers in the
flow of the history of God’s people.
We confess the Father as
creator,
Jesus as the Son of God,
and the Holy Spirit as
the communion of believers.
The Apostle's Creed or confession is not a LITURGICAL RELIGIOUS
OBSERVATION to which Jesus said the kingdom does not come.
Christian
Union.--No. III. by Christian Union, pp.
189-192.
Alexander.Campbell.Christian.Baptist.Union.and.Creeds.html
I promised, in my last number, to give
a short account of the origin of creeds as distinguished
from the word of God in the gospel. This I do, the more
effectually, to evince the deception that is practised upon
the world and the delusion under which it labors on this
subject.
The first creed of which we are
informed, as distinguished from "THE
FAITH
which was once
delivered to the saints,"
is presented to us
under the imposing but false title
of "The Apostles Creed,"
which is so often
repeated by the Roman Catholics and the Episcopalians as of
divine origin.
Christian Union.--No. III. by Christian Union, pp.
189-192.
Christian union can result from
nothing short of
the destruction of
creeds and confessions of faith,
as human creeds and
confessions have destroyed christian union.
When ever the setting aside of creeds and confessions shall
be attempted,
christians will give
to the world, and to angels and to themselves,
proof that they do
believe in the word of God.
homolog-eō
I. agree with, say the same thing 1Cor. 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing,
and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be
perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
Paul explained how we might be united and SPEAK THE SAME THINGS.
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Cycle One
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Cycle Two
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WE
then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of
the weak [Scaena,] ,
and not to please ourselves. Romans15:1
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And
again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. Romans 15:10 |
| THE WEAK GREEK; -Asthen-ēs , es, weak in the
mind 5. Insignificant,
“ouk asthenestatos sophistēs Hellēnōn” Hdt.4.95;
paltry, “a. sophisma” A.Pr.1011;
sophis-tēs
, A.master of one's craft, adept, expert,
of diviners, “meletan
sophistais
prosbalon”
Pi.I.5(4).28,
c2; of musicians, “sophistēs
. . parapaiōn
khelun”
Strike Hermes (KAIROS) turtle harp
given to Apollo |
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Romans 15:2 Let every one of us
pleasehis neighbour for his good to edification. [education]
For even Christ pleased not
himself;
but, as it is written, The reproaches [make
naked] of them that reproached thee fell on me. Romans
15:3 |
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye
Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. Romans 15:11
The Greek and Latin "please" excludes all of the
musical or "excitemnt" acts
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| For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning
(teaching), that
we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might
have hope. Romans 15:4 |
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of
Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall
the Gentiles trust. Romans 15:12 |
| Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ
Jesus: Romans 15:5 [now: Holy Spirit Nature]
|
Now the God of hope fill you (not with wine but)
with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, through the power
of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13 |
| That ye may with ONE mind and one mouth glorify (tell of His works) God [Theos] even the
Father of our Lord [Lord] Jesus Christ. Romans
15:6 ONE God: ONE lord |
And I myself also am persuaded of you,
my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge,
able also to
admonish one another. Romans 15:14 |
| Now I say that Jesus Christ was a
minister (deacon) of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
Romans 15:8 [Prophets made certain] |
Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you
in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me
of God.
Romans 15:15 |
| And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For
this cause I will |
(2) that the offering (bloodless sacrifice) up of the Gentiles
might be acceptable, being sanctified
by the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:16
Eph. 5:26 That he might sanctify
and cleanse it with the washing of water INTO
the word, [or School]
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| (1) confess to thee among the Gentiles, and
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(1)
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the
Gentiles, |
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(2) sing unto thy name. Romans
15:9
In Romans 15 this is
a way to let Jesus sing to the Gentiles: that's why we
teach and admonish and do not entertain and force
Jesus to be silent.
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ministering
the gospel of God, that the offering up
of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified
by the Holy Ghost.
For I will not dare to
speak
of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought
by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and
deed. Rom 15:18
Through
mighty
signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God;
so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto
Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Rom 15:19
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SPEAK or READ is the "straight" way to communicate to disciples or
students.
Acts 8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read
Esaias the prophet.
Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hath
in every city them that preach
him,
being read in the
synagogues every sabbath day.
2Cor. 3:14 But their minds were blinded:
for until this day
remaineth the same vail untaken away
in the reading of
the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
Col. 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you,
cause that it be read
also in the church of the Laodiceans;
and that ye likewise read
the epistle from Laodicea.
Clement of Rome (I Corinthians 45) tells his
readers to search the Scriptures for the truthful
expressions of the Holy Ghost. St.
Irenæus (Against Heresies ...
1 Clem 45:2 Ye have searched
the scriptures, which are true, which were given
through the Holy Ghost;
"The word
that is employed for this "anaginosko, anagnosis)
is the technical term for the cultic reading aloud of the Old Testament in the
synagogue. By applying this terminology to the reading of his
own epistles he not only ascribes the same authority
to the apostolic word as to the Old Testament writings...he
also combines a quotation from the Old Testament with a word
of Jesus and introduces the whole with the familiar formula: 'for
the Scripture says.'" (Ridderbos, Hermon, Paul, P. 483
an Outline of His Theo., Eerdmans)
skholē
, hē,
A.leisure, rest,
ease,
Suneimi
A.ibo) go
or come together, assemble (eimi
3. attend, associate with, a
teacher, X.Mem.1.2.8,24, etc.;
also of the teacher, Id.Cyr.3.1.14,
Pl.Tht.151a,
etc.; of a fellowpupil, “emoi
sunōn
pote
peri
mathēmata”
hoi
sunontes
followers,
partisans, associates, disciples, Antipho 5.68,
Pl.Ap.25e,
Tht.168a,
skhol-azō , A.to
have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have
nothing to do, Devote oneself to a Master: Jesus
is the ONLY Master Teacher even when Senior Pastors
claim that THEY are.
II. s. apo tinos
have rest or respite from a thing, cease
from doing, X.Cyr. 7.5.52;
apo tou Krōmnou
were set free from the operations at K.,
Id.HG7.4.28;
also “s. ergōn”
Plu.Nic.28.
s. kalōs
spend one's leisure well, Id.Pol.1337b31;
s. eleutheriōs
kai sōphronōs
ib.1326b31:
3. abs., devote oneself to learning:
hence, give lectures (cf. “skholē”
peri
logous”
Plu.Brut.22;
“pros
ennoia
. . pros
hauton”
Id.Num.14.
esp. of students, study, attend lectures, devote
oneself to a master, attend his lecture
3. abs., devote oneself to learning: hence, give
lectures (cf. “skholē”
11), Apollon.Perg.
Con. 1 Praef.; “s. Athēnēsin”
Phld.Rh.1.95 S.; “en Lukeiō”
The Civil Ekklesia met roughly once a week: no one in the civil
synagogue or ekklesia could introduce their own material for
discussion. The synagoue met to read and MUTUALLY CONFESS
the Word of God primarily in the prophets.
ekklēsi-a
, hē, （ekklētos）
II. in LXX, the Jewish congregation,
De. 31.30,al.
2. in NT, the Church, as a body of
Christians, Ev.Matt. 16.18,
1 Ep.Cor.11.22
; “hē kat'
oikon
tinos
e.”
Ep.Rom.16.5
; as a building
3. = psēphisma,
anagignōskomenēs
e.
Philostr.VS2.1.11.
anagignōskō
, later anagi_nōskō
:
The ONLY Purpose of A Church of Christ:
anagignōskō
, later anagi_nōskō
: 1. know well, know certainly, 2.
know again, recognize books read aloud,
hence opposite unpublished
"The Cultic READING ALOUD of that which is written for our
learning."
The Bible is a library of books: the command is to Read and
Discuss them. There is no command or example for a "worship
service" consisting of whatever acts each warring factions thinks
proper.
Biblĭŏthēca
both a library-room and a collection of books
The first public
library
at Rome was collected
by Asinius
Pollio
A.U.C. 715,
B.C. 39,
in the atrium
of the Temple
of Liberty,
THE APOSTLES CREED RECOGNIZES JUST ONE GOD THE FATHER AND
ONE SON, JESUS
The first mention of the expression "Apostles’ Creed" occurs in
a letter of 390 CE from a synod in Milan
and may have been associated with the belief, widely accepted in
the 4th century, that, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, each of the Twelve Apostles
contributed an article of a creed.[2][3]
The only GOD (Theos) BEING:
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
The
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our
Lord,
who was conceived by the
Holy Spirit
and born of the
virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius
Pilate,
was crucified, died, and
was buried;
he descended to hell.
The third day he rose again
from the dead.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right
hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to
judge the living and the dead.
1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE
God,
and one mediator between
God and men,
the MAN
Christ Jesus;
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic* church, [No Disciple of Christ can make that
confession]
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the
body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
*that is, the true Christian church of all times and
all places
John Mark Hicks:
Theologically, we acknowledge this, whoever
confesses “Jesus is Lord” does so “in (or BY) the Spirit.” We recognize
the work of the Spirit in the confession itself.
That which enables one to be baptized FOR
the remission is this confession.
John 20:31 But
these are WRITTEN,t
THAT ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;
and that believing ye
might have life through his name.
Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine
heart, thou mayest.
And he answered
and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
If Jesus is the Son of God then Jesus is NOT GOD.
John.Mark.Hicks:
Whenever we hear Jesus
confessed, or the Triune faith articulated, we confess
that the Spirit is at work.
We may embrace the unity
of believers through this confession that is the result of
the Spirit’s enabling presence.
Transformation – we are sanctified
by the Spirit (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8).
Jesus said MY WORDS
are SPIRIT and contradict:
John 17:17 Sanctify them through
thy TRUTH: thy WORD is truth.
Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God,
and to
the WORD of his grace,
which is able to build you up,
and to give you an
inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from
darkness to light,
and from the power of
Satan unto God,
that they may receive
forgiveness of sins,
and inheritance among
them which are sanctified by faith that is in me
Hicks Contracts:
Heb. 10:14 For by one offering he hath
perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Jude 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of
James,
to them that are sanctified
by God the Father,
and preserved in
Jesus Christ, and called:
John.Mark.Hicks:
We all know Jesus’s saying “by
their fruits you will know them” (Matthew 7:16).
Sanctification belongs to the Holy Spirit who indwells,
empowers, and gifts us for new life in Christ.
Matt. 7:15 Beware of false
prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matt. 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Matt. 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
In Acts 2:38 those who obey and are
baptized are given A holy spirit: their spirit is
cleansed or sanctified.
In 1 Peter 3:21 Peter says that BAPTISM SAVES because we
REQUEST A good conscience, consciousness or a
co-perception. Only those who have been converted in
baptism are able to READ black text on white paper or
HEAR the Word when it is READ in the synagogue-that
one-piece pattern.
False Teachers who "private interpret" or further
expound repudiate the work of Jesus and the record left
by eye-- and ear-- witnesses.
The Spirit of those who corrupt the
Word or sell learning at retail is NOT HOLY.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening
wolves. Matthew 7:15
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which
Christ hath not wrought by me,
to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed. Rom 15:18
2 Peter 2:2 BUT there were false prophets also among the people,
even as there shall
be false teachers among you,
who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
2Pet. 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways;
by reason of whom
the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2Pet. 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with
feigned words
make merchandise of
you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not,
and their damnation
slumbereth not.
Ye shall know
them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Matthew 7:16
John.Mark.Hicks:
Theologically, transformation
is the goal of God’s agenda. T
Transformation is an effect
of communion.
Through mutual
indwelling,
we are transformed by
the presence of the Spirit in our lives.
The fruit of the Spirit, then, is evidence of our union with
God.
The fruit of the Spirit
is the life of the Spirit already present in us.
PAUL ALWAYS
CONTRASTS OUR FLESH WITH OUR SPIRIT. Hicks is saying that no
one can ----
exhibit love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, gentleness unless A Spirit God
CAUSES the experience.
Gal. 5:19 Now the
works of the FLESH
are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal. 5:22 But the fruit of the SPIRIT is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
John.Mark.Hicks:
We may embrace the unity of
believers through shared sanctification or mutually
experienced transformation that is the result of the
enabling presence of the Spirit.
Theologoi kai
poiētai”
[poet, singers you make yourself] of diviners
and prophets, “th.
kai
manties”
Philol.14; hoi
Delphōn
th
This speaks of the Mad women of Corinth well
documented.
Arist.Metaph.1000a9,
The school of Hesiod, and all the cosmologists,
considered only what was convincing to themselves, and
gave no consideration to us. For they make the first
principles Gods or generated from Gods, and say that
whatever did not taste of the nectar and ambrosia
became mortal—clearly using these terms in a sense
significant to themselves; but as regards the actual
applications of these causes their statements are beyond
our comprehension
manti^s
female witchcraft of Spiritual Formation. ho
mantis
mantin
ekpraxas
eme,
of Apollo and Cassandra,
“ho
Thrēxi
m.”
E.Hec.1267
(of Dionysus), That Thracian or Threskia as IMPURE religion. 2.
metaph., presager, foreboder,
II. a kind of grasshopper, the praying
mantis, Mantis religiosa, Theoc.10.18,
Delphoi
, ōn,
hoi,
A.Delphi, “Delphōn
es
piona
dēmon
sacrificial meat. [Paul cast out the Delphian
spirit who used music]
Theolog-eō
,
2. refer to a divine influence, tous
tokous
Sch.Ptol.Tetr.103.
zōogonos2
zōē
zōē
tēn
zoēn
poieesthai
or katastēsasthai
apo
or ek
. . to get one's living
by .
II. zōē,=
“graus”
11, the
scum on milk,
zôos alive, living, Homer, Hdt., etc.;
zôon helein [heresy or sectarianism]
tina to TAKE PRISONER,
Zoe is EVE or Evah in feminine or effeminate
worship so they have to slander Paul. Evah means an abomination
because she is the MEDIATRIX as the dirty Muses were called
the SHEPHERDS. There is a mother behind every
progressive.
HICKS IS RESTING ON FEMINIST THEOLOGY
THEOLOGY OF THE ANGEL OF THE MOTHER GODDESS.
First, hints Paul, she will have to force you to emasculate
yourself to be able to serve as a priest-priestess:
Thea
with another Subst., “th.
mētēr”
1.280; “theai
numphai”
24.615; Pallas
th.
S.Ant.1184;
“theoi
theai
te”
A.Th.87(lyr.);
“ma
theous,
ma
theas”
Pl.Smp.219c;
“ma
tous
theous
kai
tas
theas
mētēr
, Dor. matēr
, hē:
“Gallai
mētros
oreiēs
philothursoi
dromades”
gallazō
, A.practise cult of Cybele
Mētēr,
= Dēmētēr,
tē
Mētri
kai
tē
Kourē
hortēn
agousi
Hdt.8.65;
also of Rhea,
Pi.N.5.6;
Aphrodite of the Loves, Id.Fr.122.4;
phatis
ō
mater
aiskhunas
emas,
of a rumour,
THE POWER TO CONVERT OR CHANGES IS INHERENT IN THE WORD OF GOD.
Rom. 12:2 And be not conformed
to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what
3339. metamorfo/w metamorphoo, met-am-or-fo´-o; from 3326 and
3445; to transform (literally or figuratively, “metamorphose”):
— change, transfigure, transform.
g3339Metamorho.gif
2 Cor 3:18
- until the mind of christ Gal 4:19
- Isaiah44.13
- Liturgy – we worship IN the Spirit
(John 4:24; Philippians 3:3).
John.Mark.Hicks:
The foundation of liturgy—not
necessarily the foundation of liturgical forms—is the work
of the Spirit. Our liturgical acts—not necessarily our
liturgical forms—are deeply rooted in the work of the
Spirit. Assembly, as communal praise and worship,
is mediated by the Spirit. We worship the Father
through the Son in the Spirit. Assembly, as an eschatological,
transforming and sacramental encounter with God,
happens in the Spirit; it is a pneumatic event. This
is what gives significance and meaning to Assembly,
and it is also the root of the unity we experience through
Assembly as the whole church—throughout time and space—are
gathered before the throne of the Father in the Spirit.
3008. leitourge÷w leitourgeo, li-toorg-eh´-o; from
3011; to be a public servant, i.e. (by analogy) to perform
religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve):
— minister.
3009. leitourgi÷a leitourgia, li-toorg-ee´-ah; from 3008;
public function (as priest (“liturgy”) or almsgiver): —
ministration(-try), service.
3010. leitourgiko/ß leitourgikos, li-toorg-ik-os´; from the
same as 3008; functional publicly (“liturgic”); i.e.
beneficient: — ministering.
3011. leitourgo/ß leitourgos, li-toorg-os´; from a
derivative of 2992 and 2041; a public servant, i.e. a
functionary in the Temple or Gospel, or (genitive case) a
worshipper (of God) or benefactor (of man): — minister(-ed).
2992. lao/ß laos, lah-os´; apparently a
primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from
1218, which denotes one’s own populace): — people.
1218. dhvmoß demos, day´-mos; from 1210; the public (as
bound together socially): — people.
2041. e¶rgon ergon, er´-gon; from a
primary (but obsolete) e¶rgw ergo (to work); toil (as an
effort or occupation); by implication, an act: — deed,
doing, labour, work.
Matthew.11.Labor.Heavy.Laden.html
WHAT IS THE REST JESUS CAME TO GIVE US
BY FREEING US FROM THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES
Ana-pausis , poet. amp-, eōs, h(,
3. Rhet., cadence of a period, Hermog.Id.1.1, al.
REST FROM:
leitourg-ia , h(, earlier
Att. lēt- IG22.1140.14
(386 B.C.):—at Athens, and
elsewhere (e.g. Siphnos, Isoc.19.36;
Mitylene, Antipho 5.77),
II. any public
service or work, PHib. 1.78.4 (iii B.C.), etc.;
ho epi tōn leitourgiōn tetagmenos, in an army,
the
officer who superintended the workmen, carpenters, etc.,
Plb.3.93.4;
“
hoi epi tina l. apestalmenoi”
Id.10.16.5:
generally, military
duty,
UPZ15.25
(pl., ii B.C.).
III. public service of the gods, “hai pros tous theous l.” Arist.Pol.1330a13;
“hai tōn theōn therapeiai kai l.” D.S.1.21, cf.
UPZ17.17 (ii B.C.), PTeb.302.30 (i A.D.), etc.; the
service or ministry of priests, LXX Nu.8.25,
Ev.Luc.1.23.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
29 arate ton zugon mou eph' humas kai mathete ap' emou, hoti praus eimi kai tapeinos tē kardia, kai “heurēsete anapausin tais psukhais humōn:”
Ana-pauō ,
Therap-eia , Ion. thera^p-ēiē (thera^p-eiē Hp.Art.80,al.),
h(,
A. service,
attendance:
I. of persons,
th. tōn theōn service paid to
the gods,
Pl. Euthphr.13d,
cf.
E.El.744
(lyr.); “
theōn kai hērōōn therapeiai”
Pl.R.427b,
etc.; “
hē peri tous theous th.”
Isoc.11.24;
aguiatides th. worship of
Apollo
Agyieus,
E.Ion187;
“
tēn th. apodidonai tois theois”
Arist.Pol.1329a32;
“
th. tēs mēnidos”
Jul.Or.5.159b:
abs., “
pasan th. hōs isotheos therapeuomenos”
Pl.Phdr.255a,
cf.
Antipho 4.2.4;
of parents, “
goneōn therapeias kai timas”
Pl.Lg.886c,
cf.
Gorg.Fr.6 D.; of children,
nurture, care,
“
mikrous paidas therapeias deomenous”
Lys.13.45; “
th. kai esthēs”
X.Mem.3.11.4;
th. sōmatos, psukhēs,
Pl.Grg.464b,
La.185e.
A LADED BURDEN IS:
Aluô , A.to be
deeply stirred, excited: 1. from
grief, to be distraught, beside oneself
3.to be weary,
ennuyé, epitôn sumposiôn sumposi-on , to, A.drinking-party,
symposium, Thgn. 298,496, Phoc.11, Alc.Supp.23.3, Pi.N.9.48, 6.
from joy or exultation (rarely), to be beside
oneself, Od.18.333,
A.Th.391,
A BAPTIZED BELIEVER is saved
from or protected to that "crooked race." The crooked or skolion
songs were connected with the symposion where they "got drunk on
wine" before they began their singing.
Ab-lŭo
[16] et nunc quid moraris exsurge baptizare et ablue peccata tua invocato nomine ipsius
I. to wash off or away,
to wash, cleanse, purify. “abluere sitim,” to
quench abluere sibi umbras, to remove darkness
(by bringing a light), Of the washing away of earth
by a shower, Varr. R. R. 1, 35.—In
eccl. Lat., of baptism: munere divinitatis abluti,
II. Trop.,
of calming the passions: omnis ejusmodi perturbatio
animi placatione abluatur, be removed (fig.
derived from the religious rite of washing in
expiation of sin),
sumposi-on , A. drinking-party,
symposium, Thgn. 298,496, Phoc.11,
Alc.Supp.23.3, Pi.N.9.48,
al., Hdt.2.78, X.Cyr.8.8.10,
etc.; s. kataskeuasai, philois paraskhein, sunagein, Pl.R.363c,
Plu.2.198b, Ath.5.186c,
etc.; “paidagōgein” Pl.Lg.641b.--Pl., X.,
and Plu. wrote dialogues under
this name.
Pind.
N. 9 [45] Muses, we will go in victory procession
from Apollo's shrine in Sicyon
to newly-founded Aetna, where the doors flung open wide are
overwhelmed by guests, at the prosperous home of Chromius. Make
a sweet song of verses!
Biblical Greek. Here the meaning is always
religious. leitourgia in the OT is limited to priestly and Levitical administration. In the LXX it renders chiefly
the Hebrew abhodha (5656) (from abad (5647)) which signifies service
to God, specially undertaken by priests and Levites (e.g. Num.8:25; Lk.1:23;
Heb.8:6; 9:21).
5656. abodah,
ab-o-daw´; or abowdah, ab-o-daw´; from 5647 [keep in
bondage, enslave]; work of any kind:—act, bondage, +
bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office,
service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, x wrought.
James 1: 26 If any man among you seem to be religious,
and bridleth not
his tongue,
but deceiveth his
own heart, [strong delusions, believe your own lies]
this man’s religion is
vain. [irreverent, profain, made meriment.]
Threskeia is named after Orpheus or That
Thracian. Under various names he goes back to Jubal
who handled (without authority in a sexaul context) all of the
musical instruments.
"Nor are these Thracian orgies, from which the word Worship (threskia)
is said to be derived; nor rites and mysteries of Orpheus, whom the
Greeks admired so much for his wisdom that they devised for
him a lyre which draws all things by its music.
Nor
the tortures of Mithras which it is just that
those who can endure to be initiated into such
things should suffer; nor the manglings
[castrating] of Osiris, [Adonis, Attis, Dionysus,] another
calamity honoured by the Egyptians; nor the
ill-fortunes of Isis and
the goats more venerable than the Mendesians,
and the stall of Apis,
the calf that luxuriated in the folly of the Memphites,
nor all those honours with which they outrage the
Nile, while themselves proclaiming it in song to be
the Giver of fruits and corn, and the measurer of happiness
by its cubits.
glōssan,
sōma,
The body includes the whole body is dead to self
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and
widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted
from the world.
thrēsk-euō ,
A.perform religious
observances,
Hdt.2.64,
Sammelb.991 (iii A.D.).
III. to be a
devotee,
Plu.Alex.2.
does not come with observation
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled
before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
Rĕlĭgĭo “hence the
rites
and
ceremonies,
as
well
as
the
entire
system
of
religion
and
worship,
the
res
divinae
or
sacrae,
were
frequently
called
religio
or
religiones
(cf.
our
use
of
the
word
religion)
In late and eccl. Lat.,
a religious ordinance,
ceremony,
rite: “
quae
est
ista
religio?”
Vulg. Exod. 12, 26:
“
ista
est
religio
victimae,”
id. Num. 19, 2.—
“oppressa
gravi
sub
religione
vita,”
id. 1, 64:
superstitio
be careful 2. Concr.,
an object of
religious veneration,
a sacred place or
thing: “
uno
tempore
Agrigentini
beneficium
Africani
(sc.
signum
Apollinis),
Acts 17:22 Then Paul
stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of
Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
sŭperstĭtĭōsus
, soothsaying, prophetic,
prophetical (ante-class.): superstitiosus
quidem est; “vera
praedicat,”
Plaut. Curc. 3, 27;
id. Am. 1, 1, 167:
“quid
si
ista
aut
superstitiosa
aut
hariola
est?”
id. Rud. 4, 4, 95:
hariolationes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66
(Trag. v. 79 Vahl.): unde superstitiosa : sŭperstĭtĭōsē
.
Isa 2:6 Therefore thou hast
forsaken
thy people the
house of
Jacob, because they be
replenished from the east, and are
soothsayers like
the Philistines, and they
please themselves in the
children of
strangers.
-augur II.
Transf.,
any soothsayer,
diviner,
seer, in gen.: augur
Apollo, as god of
prophecy (v.
Apollo),
Hor. C. 1, 2, 32;
so, “
augur Phoebus,” APOLLON: nocturnae imaginis augur,”
interpreter of night-visions,
id. Am. 3, 5, 31:
“
pessimus in dubiis augur timor,”
fear,
the
basest prophet,
-imaginis “
hoc
tibi
sub
nostra
breve
carmen
imagine
vivat,”
Mart. 9, 1:
-inter-prĕs
the messenger of the gods, i. e.
Mercury
[KAIROS],
Verg. A. 4, 356;
3, 359: “
harum
curarum,”
i. e.
Juno,
the goddess of marriage,
i
II. An explainer,
expounder,
translator,
interpreter: “
juris,”
Cic. Top. 1:
“legum,”
Juv. 4, 79;
6, 544:
“grammatici
interpretes
poëtarum,”
Cic. Div. 1, 18:
“
mentis
est
oratio,”
id. Leg. 1, 10;
cf. “
lingua,”
Hor. A. P. 111:
“
metus
interpres
semper
in
deteriora
inclinatus,”
Liv. 27, 44:
“
portentorum,”
a soothsayer,
id. Div. 2, 28:
“
nec
converti,
ut
interpres,
sed
ut
orator,”
a translator,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 14:
“
indiserti,”
id. Fin. 3, 4:
“
interpres
veridica,”
Liv. 1, 7.—
thrēsk-eia
, Ion.
thrēsk-eiē
,
hē,
(
thrēskeuō)
A.religious worship,
cult, ritual,
hē
peri
ta
hira
th.
Hdt.2.18,
IG12(5).141.5 (Paros, iii
B.C.),
J.AJ17.9.3,
etc.; “
tou
Apollōnos”
SIG801 D
(Delph., i A.D.);
hē
peri
tinos
th.
ib.
867.48 (Ephesus, ii A.D.):
pl.,
rites,
Hdt.2.37,
D.H.2.63,
PGnom. 185 (ii A.D.), Wilcken
Chr.72 (iii A.D.).
leitourg-ia
, hê, earlier Att
anaireô , pf. anêirêka (aneir-dub.
in Com.Adesp.18.6D.): (v. haireô): --take up, anelontes apo chthonos
having raised the victim from the ground, so as to cut its
throat (cf. aueruô), Od.3.453.
- Nacach (g5329) naw-tsakh'; a prim.
root; prop. to glitter from afar, i. e. to be eminent (as a
superintendent, espec. of the Temple services and its
music);
also (as denom. from 5331), to be permanent: - excel, chief musician (singer), oversee (-r), set forward.
-
- "Among the Temple prophets officiating in liturgies were the Levitical guilds and singers: the "sons" of Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, who are said to "prophesy with
lyres, with harps, and with cymbals" (I Chronicles). Britannica Members
-
- Acaph (h623) aw-sawf'; from
622; collector; Asaph, the name of three Isr., and of
the family of the first: - Asaph.
-
- Acaph (h622) aw-saf'; a prim.
root; to gather for any purpose; hence
to receive, take away, i. e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up,
restore, etc.): - assemble, bring, consume, destroy, fetch, gather (in, together,
up again), * generally, get (him), lose, put all
together, receive, recover [another from leprosy],
(be) rereward, * surely, take (away, into, up), *
utterly, withdraw.
leitourg-êma
, atos, to,
A.performance of a public service, D.H.6.40, Plu.
Ages.36, POxy.1412.14
(iii A.D.), Jul.Or.1.21d.
2.performance of religious ritual,
LXX
Nu.4.32.
John.Mark.Hicks:
Liturgy might not appear
to be a very fruitful approach to thinking about the unity of
the Spirit since “worship” has often divided
communities. The point will turn on whether or not we are able
to discern the role of the Spirit in liturgy that transcends
specific forms. If we take seriously the point—made in
the Gospel of John—that the Spirit vivifies all life,
sacrament, and worship in such a way that the reality is
rooted in the work of the Spirit rather than in the specific
form, then we can move beyond binding the Spirit to that form.
There are no fixed forms that bind the Spirit. Rather there
are gracious gifts—even specific forms—through which the
Spirit offers communion and grace (e.g., sacraments). We may
have preferred forms or even think some forms more biblical or
more theologically coherent, but the forms are not boundaries
for the Spirit.
To recognize that the Spirit is the means
by whom we commune with and experience God, that this means is
not dependent upon perfectionistic obedience to specified
forms, and that the Spirit is not limited by forms, enables us
to affirm the presence of the Spirit among those communities
who do not share the forms that we think are most biblical. We
may embrace the unity of believers (worshippers) through our
eschatological and sacramental encounter with God in assembly
by the enabling presence of the Spirit.
- Practicing the Kingdom of God
– we minister in the power of the Spirit (Luke
4:18-19).
John.Mark.Hicks:
Spirit Christology is
particularly important in the Gospel of Luke. The Spirit
anoints Jesus, leads him into the wilderness, and empowers him
for ministry in Luke 3-4. This is the ministry of the kingdom
of God in which Jesus practices the kingdom of God by
heralding the good news of the kingdom, exercising authority
over the principalities and powers, and healing brokenness.
Jesus is sent, and he sends a people.
This is the missional ministry into which
believers are called. This praxis is an expression of the life
of the Spirit within the community, and the community of
Jesus, empowered by the Spirit, continues the teaching and
doing of Jesus, that is, they continue to practice the kingdom
of God.
When believers practice the kingdom of
God, the Spirit is present. Where the Spirit is present, Jesus
is present. This manifests the unity of the Spirit through
praxis. It is a missional unity. We may embrace the unity of
believers through shared ministry (shared participation in the
good news of the kingdom of God) by the enabling presence of
the Spirit.
- Spiritual Formation Practices
– we pray in the Spirit (Jude 20).
In Luke’s Gospel the kingdom of God
comes in response to prayer by the ministry of the Spirit.
This connects points four and five, but it also calls us
deeper into the experience of prayer itself.
The unity of believers through the
presence of the Spirit in prayer is a common theme in the
history of spirituality. Throughout that history we see
evidence of the presence of the Spirit in communal and
individual experiences. This is where an acquaintance, if not
a full immersion in, the history of spirituality might open
doors for conversations about unity.
Theologically, we recognize that the
practice of prayer (as well as other disciplines) is rooted in
the work of the Spirit. The Spirit is present to listen and
speak in these moments. When a community practices them
together, or each member of a community practices them in
their own walk with God, the Spirit works to unite through
shared experiences and shared communion. We may embrace the
unity of believers through shared experience and communion in
prayer by the enabling presence of the Spirit.
Conclusion
The present experience of visible unity,
however, is progressive (though not always evident). The
present is not a “perfect” manifestation of the
eschatological telos. Consequently, we pursue
unity, just as we pursue sanctification. The church is
constantly undergoing a process of communal sanctification
parallel to the process of individual sanctification. It
should not surprise us that the church is not united in
experience since we all acknowledge our own progressive
sanctification.
Eph perfection
At the same time, however, we are not
left with nothing. Though we have not yet experienced the
fullness of our unity with God and with each other—and we will
not until the eschaton, we do—even now—experience that future
when we give space to the presence of the Spirit. We are
already united, and we progressively experience that reality
the more the Spirit sanctifies our communities and our lives.
The present practice of visible unity though marred by
brokenness is healed by mercy; it is hindered by human
brokenness but empowered by the gifts the Spirit offers to the
church, which include the five gifts listed above.
Through the practice of these gifts, the
Spirit mediates an already-but-not-yet experience of that
unity. Together, we confess Jesus is Lord; together, we seek
transformation; together, we participate in the eschatological
assembly; together, we practice the kingdom of God; and
together, we pray in the Spirit. Yes, you counted correctly.
The number is five.
[For a fuller reading of this perspective
within the context of Stone-Campbell history, click here.]
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