Rejoice In the Lord For We Are the Circumcision Which Worship God in the Spirit - Part 1225

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God -- but made Himself of no reputation and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." (Philippians 2:5-8)

God manifest in the flesh. (I Timothy 3:16)

"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every other name -- that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow of things in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:9-11)

Peter, standing with the eleven, declared on the day of Pentecost, "Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." (Acts 2:36)

"Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and every one that loves Him that begat loves Him also that is begotten of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments and His commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world -- our faith.

Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost and these three are one." (I John 5:1-7)

"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God ... and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us ..." (John 1:1-18)

"He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not." (John 1:10-11)

This is why in these last days God spoke to us by the Son, "whom he appointed heir of all things by whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." (Hebrews 1:1-4)

Because unto the Son he saith, "thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore God, even Thy God hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows. And Thou Lord in the beginning hath laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thine hands; They shall perish but Thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but Thou art the same and Thy years shall not fail." (Hebrews 1:1-14)

"One Lord, One faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all." (Ephesians 4:5-6)

"Until the day in which He [Jesus] was taken up, after that He through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart form Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of Me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." (Acts 1:1-5)

This is the mystery that has been hid in the bosom of the Father since the foundation of the world. Not three Gods, or a tri-une God, or God in three persons as those who handle the Word of God deceitfully would have us believe, but rather the One and same God -- "who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to give the light of knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (II Corinthians 4:1-6)

This is why Jesus could say, "I and my Father are one." Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, "Many good works have I shewed you from My Father; for which of those works do ye stone Me?" The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we stone Thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that Thou, being a man, makest Thyself God." (John 10:30-33)

This is why Jesus response to Philip when he asked Him to show us the Father. Jesus said, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?” (John 14:9)

This is why the apostles preached not themselves, "but Christ Jesus the Lord." (II Corinthians 4:5)

Jesus "through" the Holy Ghost. (Acts 1:2) 

Jesus said, "I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. yet a little while and the world sees Me no more but ye see Me because I live, ye shall live also. At that day, ye shall know that I am in My Father and ye in Me and I in you .... But the Comforter [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:18-26)

Jesus said, "The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it sees Him not, neither knows Him for He dwells with you and shall be in you." (John 14:17)

If Jesus had not done among them the works "which none other man did" they/we would not have had sin, "but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father." (John 15:24)

"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of Me." (John 15:26)

Jesus was only a Son (or lowly servant) in a sin-prone flesh for the period that He dwelt bodily on the earth. After He was taken up, He speaks through the Holy Ghost -- the Spirit of truth -- that we receive when we repent and are baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 2:37-42)

"But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy ghost which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:4-7)

God became our Saviour. His name given in this current dispensation of grace is Jesus. Our salvation depends on how we respond to the love of our Lord God who became our Saviour, giving us His name that is above every other name -- Jesus!

"And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that "believe on the name of the Son of God"; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may "believe on the name of the Son of God" and this is the confidence that we have in Him ..." (I John 5:11-14)

In Him. Not three but One Almighty God who in declaring peace and good will to all men followed through by becoming our Saviour. God manifest in the flesh for you and I. (I Timothy 3:16)

Jesus said, "Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest upon your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)

Stand in the offering plate.