Monday, September 25, 2017

The first man is of the flesh. The second is of the Spirit.


Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

John 1:1, 12-14    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.


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Jesus, THE WORD, was there with God from the beginning.

All things were created by THE WORD.  God spoke and they were created by that which God spoke, by the Word.

At the appointed time, Jesus came to earth and was created in the flesh.  But HE was born of the Spirit and not of man.

First we are born of the natural man ... then when God reveals HIMSELF to us, we are born of the Spirit as Jesus was.


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Matthew 1:18-21    Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.



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I Corinthians 15:46-49    Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.



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John 3:3, 5-6    Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

...  Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.



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When we are born of the Spirit, we are instantly spiritual, a new creation ... although we are recreated many times in the image of Christ as we encounter the problems of this life and God shows us how to overcome each problem by HIS Spirit reminding us of scripture, of concepts from God, of dreams to show us what to do.

In every case pertaining to this life we overcome because of the following:

I John 4:4   Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.


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Galatians 5:16   Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 

The Holy Spirit brings to our minds the way of God in the problems of this life.  When we go in that way shown us by HIS Spirit, we go in the way of God and overcome through God through the Spirit.

To go in the way of the flesh is to go in the following ways:

Galations 5:19-21    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But instead of going in the ways of the natural man, we go in the way of the Spirit thus avoiding the way of the flesh which is natural to us.

The Spirit takes us the way of peace and love.

The nature of man would have us go in hatred, spite, and revenge.

There is a very big difference between walking in the Spirit and walking in the flesh.


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