Holy
Kiss: Greeting:
Grace unto you, and
peace,
from
God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
February Epistle
Topic: Eternal life
Lay hold on
eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called
1Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal
life, whereunto thou art also
called,
Eternal Life is NOT Life
After Death; But rather it is Life void of death by Grace void of law.
Eternal Life void of death,
by Incorruptible
Grace void of law:
is also Mercy void of sacrifice.
We can't receive the promise:
eternal life until we let abolition of law be abolition of sacrifice.
Which is to say we receive the promise after doing the will of God:
have mercy, not sacrifice.
Sacrifice, which is "by the law", gives place to sin and death sting of
sin strengthened by law.
Eternal Life has no beginning nor end. It's a higher
calling than corruptible grace of law/grace;
As grace of law/grace on high stands in jeopardy of being lawed again,
happened to Galatians.
It's a calling whereunto thou art "also" called, to "go on", to go up higher
than what's on high;
For that God, higher than on high, will not have sacrifice; So it's
above and beyond sacrifice.
Being raised up (higher) the last day is different from either of two
resurrections from the dead;
And not by many rapture
theories, but rather by endurance unto the end of law
already written.
How Shall I Picture being raised up to Eternal Life?
It's the
third of three things, not the better of twain things.
It's charity of
faith-->hope-->charity (pure grace) never fails.
It's greatest
of great-->greater-->greatest; best of
good-->better-->best.
Life (Grace) + Death (Law)
--> More Abundant
Life in
Grace of Law/Grace --> Eternal Life.
Many begin living the more abundant life, but few realize "lay hold on
eternal life" is an "also".
Also called is a higher
calling, as exhorted from above is different than edified up from below.
So I thought it good to broach the topic of eternal life as above & beyond
a more abundant life;
And not as life after death; Rather as life that is void of death: Life
having no beginning nor end.
The good "fight" of faith is still
"division", not peace; Still twain, not one.
The good "fight" (assembly, contest, conflict, race)
of faith (grace and truth of our Lord JC) is both right standing, and
"stand fast" in grace of a law/grace conflict: twain things: contrary things
having a dispute
(disagreement on what to be) on high, which is notably still "division", and not
peace; Still twain, not yet
one; Still mediation, which is not of one (God): Galatians; Still highminded; Still double minded: unstable either
way of "ways": James 1; Still as if "nothing" yet (1Cor 13:2) in the
matter of nothing vs everything. "Jesus" noted his part of the
Jesus-->Christ shew (to shew in his "times" who is the blessed and
only Potentate) was to bring "division", and not peace: Luke 12:51. Our
goal, if it be to lay hold on eternal life, is to rise
above division, and in "Christ" is not divided. So we need to get
beyond this divided (goats/sheep: law/grace: depart/come) Jesus part of the shew to the
undivided Christ part. For God is not [the author] of confusion
(unrest), but of peace (rest); Peace with God is "through Jesus-->Christ",
and reconciling
the world to God
is done "in Christ". For Jesus is Saviour of Israel (to the
Jew first), but Christ is
Saviour of the world (Jew & Gentile); And the only wise God our Saviour
will have all men to be saved "and" aware what from: law.
- a good warfare can be law vs
law, or law vs grace. Both are good.
-
but the good fight of faith can only be grace. The law is not of faith.
-
lay hold on eternal life is beyond war good warfare and fight good
fight,
for whenever we 'fight' it's 'against',
not
with; And no
partiality "with" God.
- J-->C's grace
(God) is not "against" anything nor anyone, but "with" you all.
- reconciliation to
that God, in Christ, does not
impute their trespasses unto them
- higher God
neither makes sides nor takes a side, as sides wars have side effects
The right standing good "fight" is only the
"Jesus" part of through Jesus --> Christ.
Jesus brought division: goats/sheep: depart/come. To
better under-stand this "Jesus" part of the "through
Jesus-->Christ" shew, let us consider the problem
which began with Moses giving the law (John 1:17) of commandments
(Ephesians 2:15): one lousy tree law in Genesis 2:17 of plural and
contrary commandments: Genesis 2:16 (grace) + Genesis 2:17 (law); Which
when studied out is an oxymoron: mixture of contrary things: every tree
vs not every tree: harmless
grace vs harmful
law: truth vs lie. The result of Grace + Law(given by Moses) is such
Grace + Law is as Life + Death, due to the "surely die" lie (law) in
Genesis 2:17. Result of Life + Death was a dead end for them all: "not
suffered to continue by reason of death" (law): no eternal life by
reason of law being the ministration
of condemnation and ministration
of death. Because of this affliction, "Jesus" took Mosaic Grace
+ Law and made it into Grace or Law: "division" (disunion, dissention),
in order to shew such Grace and Law were "contrary" things which should
not be mixed, but rather compared.
We see this in Matthew 12: 30-37's either or's, which are allegorically as if Truth or Consequences:
Matthew 12:
30-37's either or "division":
(It's not Grace + Law, but Grace or Law)
- either with (grace) or against (law)
- either gather (grace) or scatter (law)
- either forgiven (grace) or not forgiven (law)
- either good fruit (grace) or corrupt fruit (law)
- either justified (grace) or condemned (law) by words
Paul encourages believers of grace, fighting the good fight of faith
(grace), to "stand fast" six times in 1Cor 16:13; Gal 5:1; Phl 1:17;
Phl 4:1; 1Th 3:8; 2Th 2:15. However, as steward Paul also notes
to divisional carnal Christians in 1Corinthians 15:30, such right
standing in law/grace can also be as "stand
in jeopardy every hour" of being lawed again, which
happened to the churches
of Galatia, who "soon" got removed from him that called you unto the
grace of Christ
(is the end of the law)
unto another gospel (another
law, even made Paul feel "wretched", due to concupiscence of
law). So stand fast in grace of law/grace on high can be as stand in
jeopardy (danger) of being lawed (deceived) again; Yet loyalty and
stedfastness in this realm seems to be a required aspect for getting
exhorted higher to comfort
only, instead of both discomfort/comfort of law/grace on high. Such
is to say grow in grace of law/grace on high is a required aspect of
having access to eternal life above.
Mastery: strive
--> fight --> labour fervently to obtain it:
corruptible law --> corruptible law/grace --> incorruptible;
sharp --> twoedged --> sharper than any
twoedged sword.
lay hold on eternal life whereunto thou art also called.
At the throne of grace only mercy is obtain-able: Heb 4.
So let us not look for any sacrifice at the throne of grace.
Exhortation (from above) to go higher happens when we decide to have
truth only: Let God be true and every man a liar; including you. Such
is to say stop being twain: double minded, by ask God who
"upbraideth not" (neither bites nor smites) for wisdom that isn't
earthy, sensual, or devilish; And do such asking "nothing wavering", as
if being willing to leave
the twain of vain religions for pure religion. For
vain religions arrive defiled and run the risk of getting worse-end instead
of better; Whereas pure religion arrives undefiled and remains
unspotted in a come and go visit to them afflicted with Grace + Law =
Life + Death, contrary things which should not be mixed, but compared
as Life or Death, then made Life only: eternal life: by abolition of Law (Sacrifice: Death). For when it
comes to the ultimate sacrifice called for "by the law" it brings forth
death, not life; And when it comes to plural resurrections, resurrection appearances
can be deceiving: false Christs shall arise to seduce even the elect,
if possible. Not to mention the latter of first and second resurrections
is called the resurrection of
damnation, which is to allegory say resurrection of law.
Grace + Law
--> Grace or Law --> Grace Only
Oxymoron --> Division: Either Or --> One God
Life + Death --> Life or Death --> Eternal Life
So, beyond
the good fight of faith, which is the good fight of grace (since the law is not of faith),
we have the "also" matter of
"lay hold on eternal life":
life (grace)
having no beginning nor end. Such is to say beyond stand fast in
grace (life) of law/grace (death/life) on high, which is
spiritual, but still non eternal and potentially harmful (stand in
jeopardy), there is "also"
the matter of getting above and beyond twain law/grace which is double
minded
= unstable. Such is to say even grace of law/grace is still division,
not peace; And right standing in such law/grace is to "stand in jeopardy every hour" of
being lawed again. Eg: Song: I fought the law and the law won. So a new
high priest went higher to
become us: harmless. For neither of
them vs them on high are harmless; even though one of twain thems seems
better, and we are "of" the better of two thems in Heb 10:39.
them who draw back to perdition
<--vs--> them who believe to saving of soul -->
us-ward
no hope
for eternal life in perdition <--vs--> hope for eternal life in salvation --> eternal life
no escape wrath
(law) to come <--vs--> how to escape: give more earnest heed -->
escape
Hoping for eternal life is not laying hold on eternal life. People hope
for what they do not yet have. Eternal Life is promised to "us", not
either of them vs them. Eternal Life is the opposite of the wages of
sin = Death. Eternal Life is clarified as being "through Jesus --> Christ", only
in Christ is the end of the law,
which is the end of
sacrifice, which is the
end of death. It is not life after death (except by die to law
to become alive unto grace; rather than die by such law imputed sin
& death); But rather life having no death at all (grace having no
law at all; mercy having no sacrifice at all; light having no darkness
at all; understanding having no misunderstanding at all), life having
no beginning nor end. It is associated with "immortality":
incorruption, perpetuity, purity, sincerity; Which is to say pure grace
above and beyond law/grace. Immortality (incorruptible grace) is only
put on by first putting off mortality (corruptible law/grace).
Corruption doth not inherit incorruption. God is not twain, nor even
one of twain sides, but one only who neither tempts (laws) nor can be
tempted (lawed). God is pure grace which is pure life. When studied
out, it is also pure mercy void of any and all sacrifice. The promise
of eternal life is a gift of God, a free gift unto all, but such a gift
is only received (laid hold on) by first do the will of God, as is
clarified in Hebrews 10:36. For those listed in Hebrews 11's hall of shame
all died and "received not the promise";
The conclusion being "God hath
provided some better thing for us"
than dying and not receiving the promise, as happened to these all;
Notably for playing the blame game
of law judging others = "inexcusable":
accuse others and excuse yourself is not possible, for by accuse others
you condemn yourself. So we hear JC grace and truth saying: do not
think that I will accuse(law) you to the Father: John 5:45.
Mercy + Sacrifice
--> "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice" --> Merciful
Grace + Law --> I will have grace(life), and not law(death) -->
Life Only
Oxymoron --> do the will of God to
receive the promise --> Eternal Life
Not to mention
law/grace is double minded, not Christ minded. For Christ, of
Jesus-->Christ, is not divided. Christ is not our war to
fight, but rather Christ is our "peace". Christ is the end of law,
which is the end of all law
vs law and laws vs grace divisions. Yet such peace is not won
by winning a sides
war (fight), rather by put away law is
against us. For as the song says: I fought the law and the law won. It
is fighting the law which gives strength to the law, much like a
more subtil wrestler uses an opponent's strength "against" them; And
giving strength to law gives strength to the death sting of sin. So the
more we "fight" law, the more danger (jeopardy) of get stung with
death. So rather than give law any place at all, then fight it, we
should abolish law:
flush all law as if dung: let law be "dead testator" of the New
Testament in order to establish the
heart with grace (only), lest our heart be troubled
(lawed), and condemn (law) us with our own mouth, by speaking twain
things such as Mercy + Sacrifice, which is Grace + Law, which is Life +
Death. James 3 says such Sweet + Bitter ought not to come out the same
mouth, nor be given Amen if others say such. So Paul seems to
quarantine his law/grace discussion in his epistles with opening and
closing grace; And thereby treats the law part of twain as a deadly
virus being studied in a quarantined manner, while looking at both
sides, also cleverly revealing and concealing as a "steward of the
mysteries".
Paul says he "fought" a good "fight", as if 'contending with
adversaries' through many 'difficulties and dangers'; But also mentions
he "finished the course"
and "kept the faith" (grace), notably by accounting law as "dung" to be
flushed, and flushing it to gain Christ (is the end of the law):
Phil 3. For as noted in Colossians 3, where it also notes charity
(never fails) is to be put on above six things like forgiving one
another, Christ is not right "standing" in grace of law/grace, but
"sitteth" above, where it's oneness, not twain: allness: all grace and no law at all. So in
addition to stand fast in grace of law/grace, and because such
under-standing can also be "stand in jeopardy", we should look for a
place to sit, as "sitteth" denotes rest (peace), as if a law/grace
dispute is thereby "settled". But where on high would one "sit", if
perhaps the only seat available is Moses' seat: Law? Hence we are told
Stephen saw "Jesus" right standing of left/right as "Son of man"; Yet
seeing twain did not go well for Stephen, being full of the Holy Ghost. He got cast
out and stoned to death: Acts 7. As such Stephen is heralded as the
first Christian martyr, and sainted for his
martyr-dom, which is perhaps martyr-dumb: not suffered to continue by
reason of death (law): not eternal life (life having no beginning nor
end, life having no death, grace having no law as adversary), when
studied out.
Stephen means 'wreath' or 'crown'. Yet when Paul mentions striving for
mastery (himself being a "master builder" of the house of God upon the
"foundation" of Jesus Christ), he notes they do it to obtain a
corruptible "crown", but we an incorruptible (no mention of crown) in
1Corinthians 9:25. Such suggests the aspect of
crown is associated with corruptible; And perhaps whether it be
corruptible grace or law, since grace of law/grace stands in jeopardy
of being lawed (corrupted) again. The aspect of not mentioning crown
with incorruptible also occurs concerning born again: not of
corruptible seed, but of incorrutptible (no mention of seed): 1Peter
1:23. So there seems to be a corruptible grace on high which can be
corrupted (lawed) again, and a higher incorruptible grace which neither
tempts (laws) nor can be tempted (lawed). Incorruptible grace seems to
be a oneness "above" twain law/grace. Incorruptible grace also seems to
be "eternal" life, whereunto we are "also" called, which is above the
more abundant life of grace on high. For even though the grace of
law/grace on high is "much more", much more abounding than law imputed
sin and death, the life of such grace seems to be non eternal. Hence "lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called" seems to suggest
leave both non eternal law/grace on high for eternal life (grace) above.
So the foundation (Jesus Christ) of the house of God having eternal
life should have no
goats/sheep partiality, and thereby no warfare nor any fighting among
we all are one. Yet such seems to only occur in the "Christ" aspect of
"through Jesus --> Christ". Hence we find James telling scatter
brain brethren not to have the faith (grace) of our Lord Jesus Christ
with respect of persons: James 2, which is to say pure wisdom from
above (grace unto you
from God our Father) has no partiality: James 3. Eternal life to
lay hold on, and not let go of, seems to be in that higher realm of
impartiality, not in the twain realm of law/grace on high, which is
highminded, even double minded.
Jesus said search the scriptures,
for in "them"
ye (do err) think ye have eternal
life; Which is to say perhaps eternal life is not in such plural
and contrary scriptures, especially not in scriptures which speak of decease (as Moses and Elijah did
speak of at the mount of transfiguration); Nor is eternal life in
either of them vs them; Nor in ye (do err) of ye/you; Nor even in you
of ye/you in Galatians 5:4's fallen from grace by being justified by
law again. Eternal life is not something you get after Life + Death =
Dead; But rather speaks of Life only, life having no beginning nor end.
Such is only plausible by abolition of law (sin, death), is also
abolition of sacrifice (is by the law).
Eternal life occurs in 30 verses, from Matthew 19:16 to Jude 1:21. It
is a promise promised to "us", but Hebrews 10:36 notes do the will of
God precedes receive the promise after. We only receive the promise
after we've done the will of God. The will of God is: "I will have
mercy, and not sacrifice", with the "not sacrifice" being not then, not
now, not ever. God never desired sacrifice nor ever took pleasure in
it. So we need to rise above the aspect of a better sacrifice on high,
to do the will of God and receive the promise. It just does not compute
that holding onto sacrifice (death) yields eternal life. Rather what
does compute is abolition of law is also abolition of sacrifice, which
is "by the law". So I will have mercy, and not sacrifice means I will
have grace, and not law, which also means I will have life, and not
death... not even the mention of law (sacrifice for sin: death). For in
the realm of eternal life it is not only impartial, but harmless.
Sacrifice is not harmless. So a new high priest, who notably saw no
corruption (law), went higher in order to become us: harmless. There is
no death at all in harmless, because there is no law at all in the God
of all grace, who will have mercy, and not sacrifice: will have grace,
and not law: will have life, and not death.
JC
neither
obeyed any law nor disobeyed any law, but
gave the law no place other than being
a counter part
in a shew:
a comparative teaching (shew) written aforetime
for our learning,
(for it is preposterous order to teach first and learn afterward)
to learn law is the part to be done away in order
to have eternal life.
J-->C says: I am (grace) not
come to destroy
(law), but to fulfill
(grace).
So then, do not think that I (grace) will accuse (law) you unto the
Father.
Reconciliation
to God in Christ does NOT impute their trespasses unto
them.
So, be ye reconciled (through Jesus --> Christ) unto that God
"upbraideth not".
The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
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