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Romans 7:15-25; 8:1-17
Authorized (King James) Version
{Paraphrased & Written as One Parchment}
You Want to Listen to God
But You Can't
And It's Not Your Fault
15 For that which I do I allow not:
for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:
for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind,
and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God;
but with the flesh the law of sin ...
You Can Only Listen to God Through the Holy Spirit
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death;
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind {literally "meat head"} is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin;
but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of {God} that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you,
he that raised up Christ from the dead
shall also {resurrect} your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:
but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;
but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit {Himself} beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Have you ever experienced what Jesus, and I are talking about here? Of course, you have ... inside you really want to obey God ... that is, in your mind ... but this desire isn't enough to make your body do it ... when you try to, you can't do it ... this is what the Holy Spirit is talking about in this passage ... Acts 8:23 calls it "the bond of iniquity" ... you can't escape ...the Holy Spirit wants you to know that without Jesus, without Him, you can't do it ... these two chapters above are spliced together by me and God for you to see that this problem of wanting to listen to God but can't do it, is solved by the Holy Spirit ... the Holy Spirit obeys God for you inside you so that you go to heaven for listening to God ... as the apostle Paul said, "Not I, but Christ that lives in me" ... that just means that you didn't do it, God did it inside you ... sin isn't your fault (Rom. 7:17, 20) and listening to God, the opposite of sin, isn't your work ...
Ezekiel 36:25-27
Authorized (King James) Version
The Holy Spirit in the New Birth
Does the Obeying in You
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water {God's word - Jn. 15:3} upon you , and ye shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you {2 Cor. 5:17}:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Philippians 2:12-13
Authorized (King James) Version
God Works Inside You to Listen to Him
Like Sap in a Tree Creates Fruit on the Branch
(Jn. 15:1-7)
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed,
not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Revelation 22:14
Authorized (King James) Version
Obeying God Gets You into Heaven
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of {eternal} life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city {New Jerusalem}.
Galatians 2:20
Authorized (King James) Version
Not I, But God in Me
Does It
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me.
What's the First Step Toward the Holy Spirit?
Faith in Christ
Do You Believe in Jesus?
The Holy Spirit Will Come to Live Inside You
After You Believe in Jesus
Acts 2:38-39
Authorized (King James) Version
{Paraphrased}
38 Then Peter said unto them,
Repent,
and be baptized {in water} every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise {of the Spirit} is unto you, and to your children,
and to all that are afar off {in the world and in the future},
even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 10:43-48
Authorized (King James) Version
{Paraphrased}
43 To {Jesus} give all the prophets witness,
that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
44 While Peter yet spake these words,
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word
{about believing in Jesus}.
45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished,
as many as came with Peter,
because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
Then answered Peter,
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized,
which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And he commanded them to be baptized {in water} in the name of the Lord {Jesus}.
Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
First, You've Got to Hear the Gospel of Jesus from Me
What is the Gospel of Jesus?
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Authorized (King James) Version
{Paraphrased}
15 Moreover, brethren, I {the apostle Paul} declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you,
which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 by which also ye are saved,
if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once;
of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are {dead}.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am:
and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain;
but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Do you believe in Jesus? According to 1 Cor. 15:1-11, do you believe that Jesus died for our sins according to the scriptures - v. 3? ... do you believe that Jesus was buried and rose from the dead the third day according to the scriptures - v. 4? ... do you believe that Jesus was seen alive by the first church and all of its apostles - vv. 5-8? ... that's the gospel ... now that you've heard the gospel, I'm taking you to a page from my website for prayers for salvation and baptism into the Holy Spirit ... read and may the Holy Spirit come upon you today and give you Christ's victory over the flesh to obey God and go to heaven for it ...
Do You Believe in Jesus?
John 11:25-26
Authorized (King James) Version
{Evangelistic Paraphrase}
25 Jesus {says to you},
"I Am
the resurrection,
and the life:
he that {believes} in Me,
though he were dead,
yet shall he live:
26 and whosoever {is alive} and {believes} in Me shall never die.
{Do you believe} this"?
...
"Lord, I believe ...
You Do the Loving
I Do the Dying ...
(Romans 6)
The Sinner's Prayer
The Confession of the Word of Faith in Christ
Romans 10:6-17
Authorized (King James) Version
{Paraphrased}
God's Saving & Healing Power in the Bible
The Word of Faith & Salvation
6 But the {right standing with God} which {comes from biblically created faith}
speaks {in this way in the Bible about how to get saved through faith in Jesus from sin & death},
"Say not in {your} heart, 'Who shall ascend into heaven'"? {Dt. 30:12}
(that is, to bring Jesus down from above).
7 or, "Who shall descend into the deep?" {Dt. 30:13} (that is, to bring up Jesus again from the dead).
8 But what {does} it {say}?
"The word is {near you}. {It is in your} mouth, and in {your} heart
{from hearing the scriptures - Pr. 4:20-27}.
That is, the word of faith {in Jesus}, which we preach.
9 That if you shall confess with {your} mouth the Lord Jesus
{to confess the Lord Jesus means to say that you believe that Jesus died for your sins}
and shall believe in {your} heart that God has raised Him from the dead,
you shall be saved {from sin & death}.
10 For with the heart man believes {the scriptures about Jesus giving him right standing before God}
and with the mouth confession {of these scriptures about Jesus}
is made giving him God's salvation from sin & death through faith in Jesus}.
11 For the scripture {says},
"Whoever believes on {Jesus the Son of God} shall not be ashamed" {Isa. 28:16}.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek {or any other Gentile nation}.
For the same Lord {Jesus} over all is rich {in faith & salvation} to all that call upon Him
{for salvation through the scriptures}.
13 "For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord {Jesus}
shall be saved {from sin & death - Joel 2:32}.
14 How then shall they call on {Jesus for salvation from sin & death} if {they do not believe in Him}?
And how shall they believe in {Jesus if} they have not {first} heard about Him?
And how shall they hear without a preacher {telling them what the scriptures say about Jesus}?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent {by God to do this}?
As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace
{with God through faith in His Son Jesus}
and bring glad tidings of good things"! {Isa. 52:7}
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For {Isaiah says in Isaiah 53:1}, "Lord, who has believed our report
{in the Old Testament prophecies that Your Son Jesus is the Messiah
and the long-awaited Savior from sin & death"?
17 So then faith {in Christ as the Lord & Savior from sin & death}
comes by hearing, and hearing by {what} the word of God {the Bible prophecies say about Him
{To get faith to call upon the Lord Jesus for salvation from sin & death,
listen to what God's preachers tell you about Jesus & read what the Bible says about Him}.
Got it? What the Holy Spirit is saying in this passage is that to get saved, you need to do verses 9 and 10 highlighted in bold case above. That is, confess with your mouth the scriptures about Jesus being the Lord of sin and death because you believe them, and you will be saved from sin and death by that faith in Jesus that came from what the Bible says about Him dying and rising from the dead for our sins.
The Holy Spirit is telling us in this passage that if you want to believe in Jesus and be saved from sin and death, then read what the Bible says about Him, because faith in Jesus comes, or is created in your heart and mouth, when you read the Bible. Read what the Bible says about the Lord Jesus in the New Testament, and you will be saved when you tell God and this world that you believe what the Bible says about Jesus. To do this is called the Confession of the Word of Faith in Christ, and the Sinner's Prayer. Let me lead you in the Sinner's Prayer.
The Sinner's Prayer
The Confession of the Word of Faith in Christ the Lord
"Lord Jesus. I believe in You. I believe that you died for my sins and rose from the dead
and that you are alive today right here with me now as I tell you that I believe in You.
Please forgive me of my sins through my faith in your shed Blood on the Cross,
and please raise me from the dead by my faith in Your resurrection.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for saving me from sin and death.
In Your Name, Jesus, I pray.
Amen".
Get out your dusty Bible out and read John, Acts and Romans in the New Testament while you listen to the Playlist below...and know that the tears that flood your eyes when you pray the Sinner's Prayer are coming from the Presence of God. That's God the Holy Spirit you're sensing and that's why you're crying as you pray this prayer ... God is love (1 Jn. 4:7, 8) and when you meet Him, you can't but cry around Him. It's called "godly sorrow" (2 Cor. 7:9-11).
Now, I want to use my anointing & authority in Christ to baptize you into the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit is Heaven's guarantee. There are believers, and there are born again believers (Acts 19:1-6). Please pray this prayer below and you will meet God the Holy Spirit instantly, and get born-again ...
The Holy Spirit Is Heaven's Guarantee
Ephesians 1:13, 14
Living Bible
{Paraphrased}
13 And because of what Christ did {on the Cross},
all you others too, who heard the Good News about how to be saved, and trusted Christ,
were marked as belonging to Christ by the Holy Spirit,
who long ago had been promised to all of us Christians.
My Prophetic Intercession for Your Baptism into the Holy Spirit
Since you are reading my Page and hearing Jesus call you to the Rapture here,
I will use my Prophetic Anointing and ask the Holy Spirit to give me a prayer for you
to be baptized into the Holy Spirit NOW.
Read the prayer and receive the Holy Spirit ...
"I am using my anointing and authority with Christ to pronounce you dead in Christ
And renewed to life by the Ever-Living Presence of God."
said the Holy Ghost...
"NOW RETURN TO ME AND BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST!"
said the Lord Jesus...
"'Without Me You Can Do Nothing'
A Holy Ghost & Keith Green Playlist"
"Romans Chapter 7" (Keith Green -1980)
"I Don't Wanna Fall Away from You" (Keith Green - 1978)
"Until That Final Day" (Keith Green - 1982)
"To Obey is Better Than Sacrifice" (Keith Green - 1978)
"Grace By Which I Stand" (Keith Green -1977)
"When I First Trusted You" (Keith Green - 1984)
"Your Love Broke Through" (Keith Green - 1977)
"Tears Turned to Gold" (Keith Green - 1977)
"The Promise Song" (Keith Green - 1982)
"My Eyes Are Dry" (Keith Green - 1978)
"Create In Me A Clean Heart - Psalm 51:10-12" (Keith Green - 1982)
"Psalm 23 - The Lord is My Shepherd" (Keith Green - 1982)
"Make My Life a Prayer to You" (Keith Green - 1978)
"When I Hear the Praises Start" (Keith Green - 1977)
"Song to My Parents - I Only Want to See You in Heaven" (Keith Green - 1977)
"On the Road to Jericho" (Keith Green - 1984)
"Altar Call" (Keith Green - 1978)
"Here Am I, Send Me" (Keith Green - 1977)
"Asleep in the Light" (Keith Green - 1978)
"You Love the World" (Keith Green - 1980)
World Without End. Amen.