CREMATION AND THE SPIRIT
PART 79: THE LORD GIVETH THE SPIRIT: BUT MAN TAKETH
IT AWAY
In
the name of God master of the universe, Ruler of the earth
Peace be unto you my
beloved Brethren. We greet you in the name of God our Father who also wishes
peace among His children. We also heard our Savior Jesus Christ who also sends
greetings say peace be unto all the Saints. This peace is also a blessing noted
in the Divine indwelling of the Holy Spirit who also brings greetings of joy
and peace.
Brethren we thank God
through Jesus Christ for the Holy Spirit. Thus God has given the Holy Spirit,
but has man taken it away? How can the Holy Spirit be taken from humankind?
“There was once a man
that saw the need for responsibility. However there was another man that saw a
casual need. But he relished in things of the world and was not are seldom held
accountable.
Meanwhile the man
that saw responsibility knew (from reading the Bible) that God would always be
with him as long as he stayed with God. Simply he knew that God would never
forsake him. He had to leave God to be denied God’s blessings. He saw that as a
good deal. Because he knew that his faith could be small as the grain of a
mustard seed but it was still faith. In his heart he respected God and wanted
to be part of the everlasting kingdom thus he kept God first and stayed in
prayer.
However, the
irresponsible man who also the same indwelling of the power had called the Holy
Spirit was not responsible. He left God. How did he leave God? Well he did not
keep God first. He loved material things, money, cars and many things of the
world. Among them were loose women, drugs, gambling and all things immoral that
he saw, read about and acted upon that was promoted by many Churches and the
Pagans of the World.
Finally Brethren at
the call from the Grave the man responsible had a righteous Spirit at death
that rejoined his body at the Day of Judgment. But the irresponsible man
stifled the Holy Spirit and had not a righteous Spirit at the time of the Call.
Many of his fellow partners in ungodliness also BURNED their bodies thus the
Spirit of God was denied. Responsibility sees Peace and Paradise while those
irresponsible that leave God and deny the Spirit go to Hell.”
We will continue our
scripture lesson taken from Joel Chapter 2. We will pick up with the 31st
verse.
Joel 2: 31. The sun
shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and
the terrible day of the Lord come.” (Also see Joel 2: 1, 10, 3: 15; Isaiah
13:9, 10; 34:4, Malachi 4: 1, 5-6).
The writer still
notes things figurative. However this prediction was fulfilled when Jesus was
on the Cross and the sun was prevented from showing its light for three hours.
(See Matthew 27:45). This was 50 days before the Spirit was given to the
Apostles. The word terrible is taken in this passage from the Hebrew YARE which
has one meaning that notes reverence. Reverence can then be clearly related to
the time when the Lord gave to the world a kingdom that will last forever.
Joel 2: 32. “And it
shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be
delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord
hat said, and in the remnant who the Lord shall call.”
The writer notes that
to be saved one has to call on the name of the Lord. Before we note several
prominent New Testament scriptures turn with us to Isaiah for an additional
thought. In the 4th Chapter of Isaiah we find only 6 verses please
read the entire Chapter however our primary scripture is taken from verse 2.
Isaiah 4:2. ”In that
day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of
the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.”
As the captivity ended
the remnant returned to Israel. The remnant at this place are those that
remained obedient to God. Many have not remained obedient nor have they called
on the name of the Lord. Shall be delivered and shall be saved mean the same. We see this noted in Acts 2: 21.
As we call on the
name of the Lord we look for salvation see Acts 22:16 and Romans 10:13. We note
that the Remnant is further seen as the Jews that were obedient to God at the
time the Spirit was given to humankind. As we look through the telescope to
these times we see a disobedient people. We seen many people that claim to be
righteous and worship the way noted by the Apostles however they have left God
and wallow in Pagan confusion that renders the rejection of God’s laws
regarding burial and BURN the dead.
Cont. Part 80: Many Claim To walk In The Spirit
of God
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