Excerpt- 'Only through the impartation of the life-giving energies - the divine nature - can one realize the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. To be baptized by the Holy Spirit with fire - which is the truth as it is in Jesus; to be impregnated with supernatural enmity against sin - which is the grace which Christ implants; and to be imbued with the self-renouncing love which leads one to seek first the honor of God and the salvation of souls, is to be possessed with a power that neither earth, nor death, nor hell can master. Divinity and humanity is thus combined in such an one.'
(My thoughts- 'Impregnated with supernatural enmity against sin.' Don't we often long for some supernatural power? Seriously. We've paid authors/movie script writers millions upon millions of dollars to bring to life through word and visuals the idea of a mere human becoming something more. We have so many 'super heroes', so many 'power possessing characters' that there are probably too many to count. Taking the normal every day mundane life and altering it into something remarkable is the fantasy of many- and it remains a fantasy because the things of fiction will never be realized they only fuel the desire for something more. I'm not saying people go around trying to become any of these characters, but people enjoy the character so much because they can associate with them, with the idea they present. Children often will 'pretend' to be their favorite characters in books and tv/movies, and there are plenty of costumes that can attest to this even outside celebrating the pagan holiday of halloween. We desire something MORE in life, and the truth is, there is something MORE only it's not the fictional, self serving idea that is so popular (yes, even those characters whose persona is geared to helping the helpless, are more often than not exhibiting self satisfaction from their super ability to help).
Supernatural enmity against sin.
Why is our hatred against sin, supernatural? Because we were NOT created with this hatred. God ADDED this hatred and He did so in order that we could make an informed choice in regards to our salvation.
Satan induced Eve to sin. Eve did NOT sin on her own without enticement. Evil enticed Eve to sin. She had NO evil of her own, none. She had only goodness, purity, all things God created mankind to possess. God did NOT want man to know the horrors of evil, the excruciating pain of evil. And as long as man did NOT disobey God they never had to know all the awful effects of sin, of evil.
When Eve sinned this was how Satan tempted her-
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Eve didn't know what death was, how could she? But she was told, along with Adam, that if they ate of that ONE tree they would die. God had to have explained that their dying would mean they would no longer be awake, but sleeping permanently. They knew what sleep was. They had morning and night, they had a day time and an evening time. Their lives were spent existing in a garden so unbelievably beautiful we can't truly imagine it. This garden had animals they were to care for (dress and keep, work and preserve), and plants to tend.
Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
They knew when the light of the sun dispelled the night's lesser light, that they were to work and the darkness was time for resting- they could scarcely see near as well as they could in the day time. Logic tells us that they knew what sleep was, and to explain death sleep has been used in the Bible, because death IS a sleep. There is NO consciousness in death. God had to have told them that to die was NOT something they would want because once they could die that would bring in all manner of awful things. Eve KNEW that she SHOULD NOT eat of that ONE tree in the huge garden full of trees, and the serpent under Satan's guidance encouraged Eve to believe that she wouldn't really die, but her understanding would be fully open and she'd know the things that God knows.
God did NOT want her eating of that tree. God did NOT want Eve to have the understanding that He has about evil. God wanted to protect His new creatures from the AWFUL reality of the sin that Satan had introduced into existence. He WOULD protect them. He would offer them ALL they needed to live forever and never taste death at all, never know any pain, any evil whatsoever, all they had to do was BELIEVE Him, believe in His LOVE for them.
Eve doubted because Satan told her that God LIED. Satan told her God was keeping something wonderful from her. Satan told her that God just wanted to keep her in the dark about all there is to know. Satan told her NOT to believe God. Satan told her to DOUBT God, her Creator.
Once Eve fell victim to Satan's subtle beguiling and she enticed Adam to the same--
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
--they ate of the fruit. They DISOBEYED, they DOUBTED, they no longer BELIEVED in God the way they had before. Their eyes were opened- but we know their eyes had been opened already in the literal sense, right? Eve saw the tree, she had her eyes opened. This opening of her eyes was the opening of the realization of what they'd DONE in doubting their Creator. Their purity was instantly GONE, instantly! The light of God's righteousness which clothed them was gone! They weren't appalled by their nudity so much as they were appalled by the fact they no longer had God's righteousness covering them. They wanted it BACK! They wanted that righteousness that was now totally gone. Satan's beguiling, telling Eve her eyes would be opened wasn't a lie, their eyes were opened- their UNDERSTANDING of their unrighteous act was CLEARLY seen by them, and instantly so. They hurried to sew leaves together to clothe themselves. They wanted some sort of righteousness back, some sort of covering over themselves, they wanted to FIX things, they wanted things to go back they way they were before they'd sinned, but it was IMPOSSIBLE. They could NOT create any righteousness of their own, that is GOD given!
God found them hiding in the garden and He told them, and the serpent this--
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Gen 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
God was to PUT a HATRED between Satan and God's people.
Life would be HARD on many accounts. Satan was now free to work all of his evil with mankind, but mankind would not be left helpless. A hatred was set up, a hatred of Satan and His evil. Like before though, before mankind sin, every man would be given a CHOICE to obey or disobey God throughout their lives. Every man would be given that opportunity to accept God and accept that hatred of sin, of evil, that God put between mankind (those who would be known as HIS) and Satan. When we CHOOSE to obey God we are choosing to ACCEPT that He and HE alone can save us with HIS righteousness. We are choosing to accept the grace of our Savior. We are choosing to accept the HATRED of sin, NOT the excusing of it! We are choosing to hate sin and in hating it, repenting of it and seeking forgiveness for it- all the time!
'To be baptized by the Holy Spirit with fire - which is the truth as it is in Jesus; to be impregnated with supernatural enmity against sin - which is the grace which Christ implants; and to be imbued with the self-renouncing love which leads one to seek first the honor of God and the salvation of souls, is to be possessed with a power that neither earth, nor death, nor hell can master. Divinity and humanity is thus combined in such an one.'
We are given SUPERNATURAL hatred against sin!
Supernatural because we cannot manufacture that hatred on our own. It is given to us by our Savior! A real supernatural power, and it's a power to hate sin! A power we can ONLY possess in our relationship with our Savior. We must renounce ourselves, because on our own we are sinful and prone to evil. When we renounce ourselves and choose Christ we want His honor and glory first and foremost! When we realize this amazing life giving relationship we know that Christ would have us have, we want others to have this too all through HIM. We need to be possessed with a POWER that neither earth, nor death, nor hell can master, and that's only a power that CHRIST possesses and gives to us through the Holy Spirit! Truly it is Christ in us our hope of glory- divinity and humanity combined! We are the dead, lifeless, powerless thing until Christ revives us bringing us back to life, giving us His power unto salvation! Separate from Him we are forever lifeless, powerless, and dead- the living dead.
All by YOUR Grace and Mercy! All by YOUR LOVE, SAVIOR GOD! All in YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS JESUS CHRIST, we would live! All PRAISE and THANKSGIVING UNTO YOU! ALWAYS!
*******
Note-
The above excerpts that I expounded on were taken from the manuscript 'In the Form of a Slave' By William Grotheer. If you are interested in this manuscript you may go to the following website where it is possible for you to order a copy of it.
http://www.alfiowa.com/
(My thoughts- 'Impregnated with supernatural enmity against sin.' Don't we often long for some supernatural power? Seriously. We've paid authors/movie script writers millions upon millions of dollars to bring to life through word and visuals the idea of a mere human becoming something more. We have so many 'super heroes', so many 'power possessing characters' that there are probably too many to count. Taking the normal every day mundane life and altering it into something remarkable is the fantasy of many- and it remains a fantasy because the things of fiction will never be realized they only fuel the desire for something more. I'm not saying people go around trying to become any of these characters, but people enjoy the character so much because they can associate with them, with the idea they present. Children often will 'pretend' to be their favorite characters in books and tv/movies, and there are plenty of costumes that can attest to this even outside celebrating the pagan holiday of halloween. We desire something MORE in life, and the truth is, there is something MORE only it's not the fictional, self serving idea that is so popular (yes, even those characters whose persona is geared to helping the helpless, are more often than not exhibiting self satisfaction from their super ability to help).
Supernatural enmity against sin.
Why is our hatred against sin, supernatural? Because we were NOT created with this hatred. God ADDED this hatred and He did so in order that we could make an informed choice in regards to our salvation.
Satan induced Eve to sin. Eve did NOT sin on her own without enticement. Evil enticed Eve to sin. She had NO evil of her own, none. She had only goodness, purity, all things God created mankind to possess. God did NOT want man to know the horrors of evil, the excruciating pain of evil. And as long as man did NOT disobey God they never had to know all the awful effects of sin, of evil.
When Eve sinned this was how Satan tempted her-
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Eve didn't know what death was, how could she? But she was told, along with Adam, that if they ate of that ONE tree they would die. God had to have explained that their dying would mean they would no longer be awake, but sleeping permanently. They knew what sleep was. They had morning and night, they had a day time and an evening time. Their lives were spent existing in a garden so unbelievably beautiful we can't truly imagine it. This garden had animals they were to care for (dress and keep, work and preserve), and plants to tend.
Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
They knew when the light of the sun dispelled the night's lesser light, that they were to work and the darkness was time for resting- they could scarcely see near as well as they could in the day time. Logic tells us that they knew what sleep was, and to explain death sleep has been used in the Bible, because death IS a sleep. There is NO consciousness in death. God had to have told them that to die was NOT something they would want because once they could die that would bring in all manner of awful things. Eve KNEW that she SHOULD NOT eat of that ONE tree in the huge garden full of trees, and the serpent under Satan's guidance encouraged Eve to believe that she wouldn't really die, but her understanding would be fully open and she'd know the things that God knows.
God did NOT want her eating of that tree. God did NOT want Eve to have the understanding that He has about evil. God wanted to protect His new creatures from the AWFUL reality of the sin that Satan had introduced into existence. He WOULD protect them. He would offer them ALL they needed to live forever and never taste death at all, never know any pain, any evil whatsoever, all they had to do was BELIEVE Him, believe in His LOVE for them.
Eve doubted because Satan told her that God LIED. Satan told her God was keeping something wonderful from her. Satan told her that God just wanted to keep her in the dark about all there is to know. Satan told her NOT to believe God. Satan told her to DOUBT God, her Creator.
Once Eve fell victim to Satan's subtle beguiling and she enticed Adam to the same--
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
--they ate of the fruit. They DISOBEYED, they DOUBTED, they no longer BELIEVED in God the way they had before. Their eyes were opened- but we know their eyes had been opened already in the literal sense, right? Eve saw the tree, she had her eyes opened. This opening of her eyes was the opening of the realization of what they'd DONE in doubting their Creator. Their purity was instantly GONE, instantly! The light of God's righteousness which clothed them was gone! They weren't appalled by their nudity so much as they were appalled by the fact they no longer had God's righteousness covering them. They wanted it BACK! They wanted that righteousness that was now totally gone. Satan's beguiling, telling Eve her eyes would be opened wasn't a lie, their eyes were opened- their UNDERSTANDING of their unrighteous act was CLEARLY seen by them, and instantly so. They hurried to sew leaves together to clothe themselves. They wanted some sort of righteousness back, some sort of covering over themselves, they wanted to FIX things, they wanted things to go back they way they were before they'd sinned, but it was IMPOSSIBLE. They could NOT create any righteousness of their own, that is GOD given!
God found them hiding in the garden and He told them, and the serpent this--
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Gen 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
God was to PUT a HATRED between Satan and God's people.
Life would be HARD on many accounts. Satan was now free to work all of his evil with mankind, but mankind would not be left helpless. A hatred was set up, a hatred of Satan and His evil. Like before though, before mankind sin, every man would be given a CHOICE to obey or disobey God throughout their lives. Every man would be given that opportunity to accept God and accept that hatred of sin, of evil, that God put between mankind (those who would be known as HIS) and Satan. When we CHOOSE to obey God we are choosing to ACCEPT that He and HE alone can save us with HIS righteousness. We are choosing to accept the grace of our Savior. We are choosing to accept the HATRED of sin, NOT the excusing of it! We are choosing to hate sin and in hating it, repenting of it and seeking forgiveness for it- all the time!
'To be baptized by the Holy Spirit with fire - which is the truth as it is in Jesus; to be impregnated with supernatural enmity against sin - which is the grace which Christ implants; and to be imbued with the self-renouncing love which leads one to seek first the honor of God and the salvation of souls, is to be possessed with a power that neither earth, nor death, nor hell can master. Divinity and humanity is thus combined in such an one.'
We are given SUPERNATURAL hatred against sin!
Supernatural because we cannot manufacture that hatred on our own. It is given to us by our Savior! A real supernatural power, and it's a power to hate sin! A power we can ONLY possess in our relationship with our Savior. We must renounce ourselves, because on our own we are sinful and prone to evil. When we renounce ourselves and choose Christ we want His honor and glory first and foremost! When we realize this amazing life giving relationship we know that Christ would have us have, we want others to have this too all through HIM. We need to be possessed with a POWER that neither earth, nor death, nor hell can master, and that's only a power that CHRIST possesses and gives to us through the Holy Spirit! Truly it is Christ in us our hope of glory- divinity and humanity combined! We are the dead, lifeless, powerless thing until Christ revives us bringing us back to life, giving us His power unto salvation! Separate from Him we are forever lifeless, powerless, and dead- the living dead.
All by YOUR Grace and Mercy! All by YOUR LOVE, SAVIOR GOD! All in YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS JESUS CHRIST, we would live! All PRAISE and THANKSGIVING UNTO YOU! ALWAYS!
*******
Note-
The above excerpts that I expounded on were taken from the manuscript 'In the Form of a Slave' By William Grotheer. If you are interested in this manuscript you may go to the following website where it is possible for you to order a copy of it.
http://www.alfiowa.com/
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