And of His Spirit, the fruit of the promised SEED, have all believers in the promised SEED of God received. God planned and put in motion all things, as predetermined by the counsel of His own will. Therefore, this plan of redemption is entirely God’s plan, wherein God would willingly become our Saviour, shedding His precious, holy blood on a cross so that we might have abundant life in Him. (Acts 20:28; I Timothy 3:16; Isaiah 9:6)
No one was His counsellor. Rather, God purposefully prepared Himself a body in which God could appear as a Son brought forth from a willing surrogate mother named Mary. This meant that Mary herself lived her life in a prone to sin body inasmuch as she also was one of Adam’s fallen race.
In Jesus then, a new bloodline began. A bloodline that did not descend from Adam. Within this new bloodline, JESUS is the SEED of the Spirit of God. The embryo, the bones, and the blood, were of the Spirit of God. Similarly, the embryo was clothed with Adamic prone to sin flesh whilst in the womb of His surrogate mother Mary.
JESUS, whilst in that body was tempted, and tried in all points - just like as we are - but without succumbing to sin. In other words, if man were ever to be redeemed, it would require a sinless man willing to die -- to become the purchase necessary to save us from our sins. For it is written in the scriptures that the wages of sin is eternal death. It is also written that the gift of God is eternal life.
But in deciding the plan of salvation, God searched and concluded that there was no man found that was holy, righteous, or undefiled. Therefore, it is written, a body have you prepared Me. For God so loved the world that He gave His ONLY Begotten Son to die at Calvary so that men and women could be free.
And looking back, this plan of salvation is exactly what God has done. For JESUS was conceived of the holy Spirit of God - the Holy Ghost which overshadowed Mary so that she could bring forth a son, the holy thing in the womb (as Luke, a physician describes in the gospel of Luke).
Therefore, the He who was brought forth was God in the flesh. Pure, holy, undefiled, and separate from sinners. It was God who purposed to lay down His sinless life. God Himself as a Son becoming the only means of eternal salvation. By the sacrifice of His life, we in turn could be called sons and daughters of God.
Thus, we ought not to dismiss the Word/Wisdom of God. Instead, we must be born again. This is why we are instructed to rise and be baptized. Wash away your sin whilst you are calling upon the Name of our great God and only Saviour JESUS the Christ! (Acts 2:36-42)
Stand in the offering plate.
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