14 But their thinking was petrified (hardened, scar tissue); for until this very day at the reading of the Old Testament (Torah), the same veil remains unlifted because it is only removed by Christ
15 But until this very day when Moses is being read the veil covers their heart (Freedom 9, 7-16-95)
17 Now the Spirit is the Lord (deity of HS); and where the Spirit of the Lord controls, there is freedom (spiritual freedom inside DD) (S/D 665, 7-25-95, 1-21-96 PM).
18 But we all with an unveiled face looking into a mirror to produce a reflection, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory (Christ in Hyp. Union, Col. 1:19, 2:9, Eph. 1:23) to glory (SM + Cinv + PSD10 + ET2 (2 Cat) = MGG, pleroma status: Eph. 3:19, 4:13) as it were from the Spirit of the Lord. (S/D 665, 7-25-95, 1-26-96 PM)
19 Namely, that God by means of Christ was reconciling the world to Himself by not imputing their sins to them and entrusted to us the doctrine of reconciliation.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ as though God were making an appeal through us. We invite you on behalf of Christ: Become reconciled to God. (Thieme 807)
21 He (Father) caused Him (Christ) who knew no sin to be sin as a substitute for us in order that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (JA 5-17).
15 Dichotomy of Christ and Belial
And what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what part
has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
A. Belial = the devil; worthlessness (Ps 18:4; 2
Sa 22:5)
B. Ratio and proportion - Christ:Belial = believer:unbeliever
16 Dichotomy of Temple of God and Idols
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For you see, we are the temple of the Living God, just as God has said,
" I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and
they will be My people.
A. enoikeo = dwell (in)
B. Ex 29:45; Lev 26:12; Jer 31:1; Ezek 37:27
17 Separation from the World
"Therefore, come out from their midst, and be separate,"
says the Lord, "and stop touching the unclean thing, and I Myself will
receive you."
A. Isa 52:11; Jer 50:8
15 Therefore, it is not surprising if his servants (human beings) also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their deeds. (JA 8-29)
8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might go away from me (Thieme, S/D 510).
9 Then He assured me: My grace (has been and still) is sufficient for you, for the power is achieved with weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses in order that the power of Christ may reside in me. (Thieme, Suffering, pp. 73-78).
20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come, I may find you to be not what I wish, and I may be found by you to be not what you wish, and perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, anger, flared tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance; therefore, a congregation in confusion. (S/D 518, 11-13-94).
A. dokime = verification; proof by testing
(Rom 5:4)
B. en + ego, instr. of association
= "through Me"
C. This verse refers to an experiential relationship
with Christ that began at Salvation.
5 Test Yourselves
Be testing yourselves to determine if you are in
the doctrine (faith); keep validating yourselves! Or do you yourselves
not know that Jesus Christ is in you—unless, of course, you flunked the
test?
A. "testing" (peirazo) = try, make trial
of, put to the test, to discover what kind of a person someone is
B. "in the sphere of the doctrine (faith) – this
means whether you are walking in doctrine, whether you have divine viewpoint
with X, Y, Z axes aligned.
C. "validating" (dokimazo) = to be acceptance
tested, qualification tested, verified; validated. (1 Pet 1:7)
- "keep validating yourselves!" –
This means validating the results of your Spiritual advance to determine
if you fully succeeded without errors. It means maintaining your
Spiritual integrity in Grace.
D. "understand spiritually" (epignosis)
= to understand spiritually; refers to doctrine that is believed in the
Right Lobe of the soul.
E. "that Jesus Christ is in the sphere of you"
- Bible Doctrine in the soul is the thinking of Christ. "The word
of God is living and active" (Heb 4:12). Therefore, the believer
who is walking in doctrine is in Spiritual Rapport with Christ, and Christ
is, in effect, in him. So Christ is in the believer by means of doctrine
in the soul.
This does not refer to:
a. The indwelling of Christ.
b. A mystic spiritual relationship
to Christ (Deissmann, Dana & Mantey, par. 112 note).
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But I hope that you will come to know that we are not
flunking the test.
A. adokimos = not standing the test, then
unqualified, worthless, base
B. This means that Paul and his team have Bible
Doctrine in the soul that is aligned with Christ.
14
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you. (S/D 1699/1766
3-8-00/7-9-00)
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