Basics Class Special
Q & A Session
Part 1
Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
To be “true Israel”, a Jew must believe in TLJC.
ALL humans receive a soul at birth, however, only believers have a human spirit.
TLJC’s soul went to Hades, His spirit went to heaven, and His body went into the tomb.
Believers who are alive at the time of the Rapture will receive a resurrection body instantly as they are transported to heaven.
Believers who have died have been in an interim body in heaven and will have their souls and spirits transported to earth to be united with their resurrection bodies.
The human body that was buried is transformed into a resurrection body (1CO 15:35-54; Phil 3:20-21; 1JO 3:2)
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and mourning;
which says,‘I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ ridicules the practice when done hypocritically.
Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.
There is never any direct command given in the New Testament to fast.
being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus
[en Christo Iesou], who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
“But from now on THE SON OF MAN WILL BE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND of the power OF GOD.”
He must increase, but I must decrease.
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Principle
It depends on your PVTD as to how quickly you accelerate to spiritual maturity.
It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
“God cannot look upon sin” really means:
God’s very nature cannot allow Him to behold evil without punishing the guilty ones.
At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” which is translated, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”
For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;
2Pet. 3:9
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.