I SAY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS: DO NOT BE YOKED WITH UNBELIEVERS, THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE!

SAUL BELIEVED THAT HIS STANDING WITH GOD WAS DETERMINED BY HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAW, JUST THE SAME WAY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE DETERMINE THERE STANDING WITH GOD BASED ON THEIR RELIGION. AFTER SAUL'S CONVERSION, PAUL DEFINED HIS STANDING WITH GOD IN NEW TERMS. NOW WHAT COUNTED WAS PAUL'S RELATIONSHIP TO CHRIST. PAUL BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT FAITH IN CHRIST, SHOWING LOVE FOR OTHERS, AND REMINDING FELLOW BELIEVERS THAT ALL OF US WILL ONE DAY ANSWER PERSONALLY TO CHRIST THE LORD. PAUL PLEADED WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF GOD NOT TO JUDGE ONE ANOTHER IN QUESTIONABLE MATTERS.
THEREFORE LET US NOT JUDGE ONE ANOTHER ANYMORE, BUT RATHER RESOLVE THIS, NOT TO PUT A STUMBLING BLOCK OR CAUSE A BROTHER TO FALL IN ANYWAY. I SAY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS: DO NOT BE YOKED WITH UNBELIEVERS, THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE:

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"FOR THROUGH RELIGION I DIED TO RELIGION, SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."(Gal.2:20)

"RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD."(James 1:27)

SPIRITUAL EXCEPTIONALISM IS TAUGHT BY GOD HIMSELF!

"DO NOT BE YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS. FOR WHAT DO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WICKEDNESS HAVE IN COMMON? OR WHAT FELLOWSHIP CAN LIGHT HAVE WITH DARKNESS? WHAT HARMONY IS THERE BETWEEN CHRIST AND BELIAL? WHAT DOES A BELIEVER HAVE IN COMMON WITH AN UNBELIEVER? WHAT AGREEMENT IS THERE BETWEEN THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND IDOLS? FOR WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD. AS GOD HAS SAID:  "I WILL LIVE WITH THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE."
"THEREFORE COME OUT FROM THEM AND BE SEPARATE, SAYS THE LORD, TOUCH NO UNCLEAN THING, AND I WILL RECIEVE YOU. "I WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU WILL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY."
"SINCE WE HAVE THESE PROMISES, DEAR FRIENDS, LET US PURIFY OURSELVES FROM EVERYTHING THAT CONTAMINATES BODY AND SPIRIT, PERFECTING HOLINESS OUT OF REVERENCE FOR GOD." (2Cor.6:14-7:1)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP,EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

I AM CHRIST'S AMBASSADOR, AS THOUGH GOD WERE MAKING GOD'S APPEAL THROUGH ME!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"FOR THROUGH RELIGION I DIED TO RELIGION, SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."(Gal.2:20)

"RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD."(James 1:27)

SPIRITUAL EXCEPTIONALISM IS TAUGHT BY GOD HIMSELF!

SINCE, THEN, WE KNOW WHAT IT IS TO FEAR THE LORD, WE TRY TO PERSUADE MEN, WHAT WE ARE IS PLAIN TO GOD, AND I HOPE IT IS ALSO PLAIN TO YOUR CONSCIENCE. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO COMMEND OURSELVES TO YOU AGAIN,BUT ARE GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PRIDE IN US , SO THAT YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE WHO TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT IS SEEN RATHER THAN WHAT IS IN THE HEART. IF WE ARE OUT OF OUR MINDS, IT IS FOR THE SAKE OF GOD; IF WE ARE IN OUR RIGHT MIND, IT IS FOR YOU. FOR CHRIST'S LOVE COMPELS US, BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL, AND THEREFORE ALL DIED. AND CHRIST DIED FOR ALL, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE SHOULD NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR CHRIST WHO DIED FOR THEM AND WAS RAISED AGAIN. SO FROM NOW ON WE REGARD NO ONE FROM A WORLDLY POINT VIEW. THROUGH WE ONCE REGARDED CHRIST IN THIS WAY, WE DO SO NO LONGER. THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW HAS COME! ALL THIS IS FROM GOD, WHO RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH CHRIST AND GAVE US THE MINISTRY RECONCILIATION: THAT GOD WAS RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF IN CHRIST, NOT COUNTING MEN'S SINS AGAINST THEM. AND GOD HAS COMMITTED TO US THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION. WE ARE THEREFORE CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS, AS THOUGH GOD WERE MAKING GOD'S APPEAL THROUGH US. WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST'S BEHALF: BE RECONCILED TO GOD. GOD MADE CHRIST WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN CHRIST WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. AS GOD'S FELLOW WORKERS WE URGE YOU NOT TO RECIEVE GOD'S GRACE IN VAIN. FOR GOD SAYS, "IN THE TIME OF FAVOR I HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU." I TELL YOU, NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD'S FAVOR, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. (2Cor.5:11-6:2)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP,EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN ME TO WILL AND TO ACT ACCORDING TO GOD'S GOOD PURPOSE!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"FOR THROUGH RELIGION I DIED TO RELIGION, SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."(Gal.2:20)

"RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD."(James 1:27)

SPIRITUAL EXCEPTIONALISM IS TAUGHT BY GOD HIMSELF!

"THEREFORE, MY DEAR FRIENDS, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED GOD - CONTINUE TO WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING, FOR IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU TO WILL AND TO ACT ACCORDING TO GOD'S GOOD PURPOSE." (Phil.2:12-13)

"WHOEVER BELIEVES IN CHRIST IS NOT CONDEMNED, BUT WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE STANDS CONDEMNED ALREADY BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF GOD'S ONE AND ONLY SON JESUS CHRIST."

THIS IS THE VERDICT:

"LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, BUT MEN LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. EVERYONE WHO DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT, AND WILL NOT COME INTO THE LIGHT FOR FEAR THAT HIS DEEDS WILL BE EXPOSED. BUT WHOEVER LIVES BY THE TRUTH COMES INTO THE LIGHT, SO THAT IT MAY BE SEEN PLAINLY THAT WHAT I HAVE DONE HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH GOD." (John 3:18-21)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP,EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

SPIRITUAL EXCEPTIONALISM IS TAUGHT BY GOD HIMSELF!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"FOR THROUGH RELIGION I DIED TO RELIGION, SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."(Gal.2:20)

"RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD."(James 1:27)

SPIRITUAL EXCEPTIONALISM IS TAUGHT BY GOD HIMSELF!

"MY SON, DO NOT FORGET MY TEACHING, BUT KEEP MY COMMANDS IN YOUR HEART, FOR THEY WILL PROLONG YOUR LIFE MANY YEARS AND BRING YOU PROSPERITY."

"LET LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS NEVER LEAVE YOU; BIND THEM AROUND YOUR NECK, WRITE THEM ON THE TABLET OF YOUR HEART. THEN YOU WILL WIN FAVOR AND A GOOD NAME IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MAN."

"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE GOD, AND GOD WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT. DO NOT BE WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES; FEAR THE LORD AND SHUN EVIL." (Prov.3:1-7)

WE SHOULD NEVER LOSE A BATTLE IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT!

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP,EQUIP YOU WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN US WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

I RECEIVE A SPIRITUAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION WHEN I PRAY GOD'S WORD!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"FOR THROUGH RELIGION I DIED TO RELIGION, SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."(Gal.2:20)

"RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD."(James 1:27)

"WHEN I PRAY GOD'S WORD I RECEIVE A SPIRITUAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION THAT PURIFY MY SPIRITUAL HEART!"

"I HAVE FAITH IN CHRIST BLOOD!":

THE WORD OF CHRIST IS THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST PURIFY HEART, SOUL AND MIND.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST COVERS MY SIN.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST STRENGTHENS ME.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST CARRIES ME.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST LEEDS ME.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST GUIDES ME.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST TEACHES ME.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST INSTRUCTS ME.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST PROTECTS ME.

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP,EQUIP YOU WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN US WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"FOR THROUGH RELIGION I DIED TO RELIGION, SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."(Gal.2:20)

"RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD."(James 1:27)

RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH:

"BUT NOW A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD, APART FROM LAW, HAS BEEN MADE KNOWN, TO WHICH THE LAW AND PROPHETS TESTIFY. THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD COMES THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, AND ARE JUSTIFIED FREELY BY GOD'S GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT CAME BY CHRIST JESUS. GOD PRESENTED CHRIST AS A SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT, THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST BLOOD. GOD DID THIS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S JUSTICE, BECAUSE IN GOD'S FOR BEARANCE GOD HAD LEFT THE SINS COMMITTED BEFOREHAND UNPUNISHED - GOD DID IT TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S JUSTICE AT THE PRENSENT TIME, SO AS TO BE JUST AND THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. WHERE THEN, IS BOASTING? IT IS EXCLUDED. ON WHAT PRINCIPLE? ON THAT OF OBSERVING THE LAW? NO, BUT ON THAT OF FAITH. FOR WE MAINTAIN THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM OBSERVING THE LAW. IS GOD THE GOD OF THE JEW ONLY? IS GOD NOT THE GOD OF GENTILES TOO? YES, OF GENTILES TOO, THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, WHO WILL JUSTIFY THE CIRCUMCISED BY FAITH AND THE UNCIRCUMCISED THROUGH THAT SAME FAITH."  (Rom.3:21-30)

CONSEQUENTLY, FAITH COMES FROM HEARING THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSAGE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST. (Rom.10:17)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

CHRIST IS THE REALITY OF MY SPIRITUAL LIFE!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

THE REAL THINGS IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD ARE IN CHRIST,
CHRIST IS THE REALITY OF MY SPIRITUAL LIFE!"

"FOR THROUGH RELIGION I DIED TO RELIGION, SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."(Gal.2:20)

"RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD."(James 1:27)

"UNDERSTAND THIS THAT WHEN YOU ARE TURNING ON THE WHEEL OF THIS WORLD CONTROLED BY THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL GETS THE FRUITS OF YOUR WORK. WHEN YOU ARE TURNING ON THE SPIRITUAL WHEEL OF CHRIST'S WORD,
GOD RECIEVES THE FRUITS OF YOUR GOOD WORKS. BECAUSE WE ARE GOD'S WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS , WHICH GOD PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO."(Eph.2:10)

PAUL SAYS, "FOR THIS REASON SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD ABOUT YOU, WE HAVE NOT STOPPED PRAYING FOR YOU AND ASKING GOD TO FILL YOU WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S WILL THROUGH ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. AND WE PRAY THIS IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE LORD AND MAY PLEASE THE LORD EVERY WAY; BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY GOOD WORK, GROWING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, BEING STRENGTHENED WITH ALL POWER ACCORDING TO GOD'S GLORIOUS MIGHT SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE GREAT ENDURANCE AND PATIENCE, AND JOYFULLY GIVING THANKS TO THE FATHER, WHO HAS QUALIFIED YOU TO SHARE IN THE INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS IN THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT. FOR GOD HAS RESCUED US FROM THE DOMINION OF DARKNESS AND BROUGHT US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON GOD LOVES, IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS."(Col.1:9-14)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

I AM GOD'S ELECT, WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"TO GOD'S ELECT, WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN ACCORDING TO THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER, THROUGH THE SANCTIFYING WORK OF THE SPIRIT, FOR OBEDIENCE TO JESUS CHRIST AND THE SPRINKLING BY CHRIST BLOOD:"

GRACE AND PEACE BE YOURS IN ABUNDANCE.

"PRAISE BE TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST! IN GOD'S GREAT MERCY GOD HAS GIVEN US NEW BIRTH INTO A LIVING HOPE THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD, AND INTO AN INHERITANCE THAT CAN NEVER PERISH, SPOIL OR FADE - KEPT IN HEAVEN FOR YOU, WHO THROUGH FAITH ARE SHEILDED BY GOD'S POWER UNTIL THE COMING OF THE SALVATION THAT IS READY TO BE REVEALED IN THE LAST TIME. IN THIS YOU GREATLY REJOICE, THOUGH NOW FOR A LITTLE WHILE YOU MAY HAVE TO SUFFER GRIEF IN ALL KINDS OF TRIALS. THESE HAVE COME SO THAT YOUR FAITH - OF GREATER WORTH THAN GOLD, WHICH PERISHES EVEN THOUGH REFINED BY FIRE - MAY RESULT IN PRAISE, GLORY AND HONER WHEN JESUS CHRIST IS REVEALED.
THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN CHRIST, YOU LOVE CHRIST; AND EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE CHRIST NOW, YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND ARE FILLED WITH AN INEXPRESSIBLE AND GLORIOUS JOY, FOR YOU ARE RECIEVEING THE GOAL OF YOUR FAITH, THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS."(1Peter 1:1-9)

"THE REAL THINGS IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD ARE IN CHRIST,
CHRIST IS THE REALITY OF MY SPIRITUAL LIFE!"

"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

GOD'S GLORIOUS RICHES, GOD'S SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS ARE IN CHRIST JESUS!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

"MY GOD WILL MEET ALL OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO GOD'S GLORIOUS RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS."(Phil.4:19)

GOD'S SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN CHRIST:

"GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. PRAISE BE TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS BLESSED US IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN CHRIST. FOR GOD CHOSE US IN CHRIST BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO BE HOLY AND BLAMELESS IN GOD'S SIGHT. IN LOVE GOD PREDESTINED US TO BE ADOPTED AS HIS SONS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOD'S PLEASURE AND WILL - TO THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORIOUS GRACE, WHICH GOD HAS FREELY GIVEN US IN THE ONE GOD LOVES. IN CHRIST WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH CHRIST'S BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RICHES OF GOD'S GRACE THAT GOD LAVISHED ON US WITH ALL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. AND GOD MADE KNOWN TO US THE MYSTERY OF GOD'S WILL ACCORDING TO GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE, WHICH GOD PURPOSED IN CHRIST, TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT WHEN THE TIMES WILL HAVE REACHED THEIR FULFILLMENT - TO BRING ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH TOGEATHER UNDER ONE HEAD, EVEN CHRIST."

"IN CHRIST WE WERE ALSO CHOSEN, HAVING BEEN PREDESTINED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN OF GOD WHO WORKS OUT EVERYTHING IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PURPOSE OF GODS WILL, IN ORDER THAT WE, WHO WERE THE FIRST TO HOPE IN CHRIST, MIGHT BE FOR THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY. AND YOU ALSO WERE INCLUDED IN CHRIST WHEN YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION,( MY PRAYERS!) HAVING BELIEVED, YOU WERE MARKED IN CHRIST WITH A SEAL, THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE GOD'S POSSESSION - TO THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY."
(Eph.1:2-14)

"THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW HAS COME! ALL THIS IS FROM GOD, WHO RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH CHRIST AND GAVE US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION: THAT GOD WAS RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF IN CHRIST, NOT COUNTING MEN'S SINS AGAINST THEM. AND GOD HAS COMMITTED TO US THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION. WE ARE THRERFORE CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS, AS THROUGH GOD WERE MAKING HIS APPEAL THROUGH US. WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST'S BEHALF: BE RECONCILED TO GOD. GOD MADE CHRIST WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN CHRIST WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
AS GOD'S FELLOW WORKERS WE URGE YOU NOT TO RECIEVE GOD'S GRACE IN VAIN.

"FOR GOD SAYS, "IN THE TIME OF MY FAVOR I HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU."

"I TELL YOU NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD'S FAVOR, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION." (2 Cor.5:17-6:2)

"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

GOD'S SPIRITUAL GIFTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

SPIRITUAL GIFTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT

"NOW ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BROTHERS, I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE IGNORANT. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WERE PAGANS, SOMEHOW OR OTHER YOU WERE INFLUENCED AND LED ASTRAY TO MUTE IDOLS. THEREFORE I TELL YOU THAT NO ONE WHO IS SPEAKING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS, "JESUS BE CURSED," AND NO ONE CAN SAY, "JESUS IS LORD," EXCEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICE, BUT THE SAME LORD. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORKINGS, BUT THE SAME GOD WORKS ALL OF THEM IN ALL MEN. THIS IS THE TRINTY OF GOD!
NOW TO EACH ONE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN FOR THE COMMON GOOD. TO THE ONE THERE IS GIVEN THROUGH THE SPIRIT THE MESSAGE OF WISDOM, TO ANOTHER THE MESSAGE OF KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS OF THE SAME SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER GIFTS OF HEALING BY THAT ONE SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER MIRACULOUS POWERS, TO ANOTHER PROPHECY, TO ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SPIRITS, TO ANOTHER SPEAKING IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF TONGUES, AND TO STILL ANOTHER THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES. ALL THESE ARE THE WORK OF ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT, AND GOD GIVES THEM TO EACH ONE , JUST AS GOD DETERMINES.
THE BODY IS A UNIT, THOUGH IT IS MADE UP OF MANY PARTS; AND THROUGH ALL ITS PARTS ARE MANY, THEY FORM ONE BODY. SO IT IS WITH CHRIST. FOR WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED BY ONE SPIRIT INTO ONE BODY - WHETHER JEW OR GREEK, SLAVE OR FREE - AND WE WERE ALL GIVEN THE ONE SPIRIT TO DRINK. NOW WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND EACH ONE US IS A PART OF IT."(1Cor.12:1-13,27)

"MY GOD WILL MEET ALL OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO GOD'S GLORIOUS RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS."(Phil.4:19)

"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

GOD'S RULES FOR HOLY LIVING!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

RULES FOR HOLY LIVING

SINCE, THEN, YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST, SET YOUR SPIRITUAL HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. SET YOUR SPIRITUAL MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS. FOR YOU HAVE DIED TO YOUR EARTHLY NATURE, AND YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD. WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE, APPEARS, THEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR WITH CHRIST IN GLORY.
PUT TO DEATH, THEREFORE, WHATEVER BELONGS TO YOUR EARTHLY NATURE: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, LUST, EVIL DESIRES AND GREED, WHICH IS IDOLATRY. BECAUSE OF THESE, THE WRATH OF GOD IS COMING. YOU USED TO WALK IN THESE WAYS, IN THE LIFE YOU ONCE LIVED. BUT NOW YOU MUST RID YOURSELVES OF ALL SUCH THINGS AS THESE: ANGER, RAGE MALICE, SLANDER, AND FILTHY LANGUAGE FROM YOUR LIPS. DO NOT LIE TO EACH OTHER, SINCE YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF YOUR OLD SELF WITH ITS PRACTICES AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW SELF, WHICH IS BEING RENEWED IN THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE IMAGE OF ITS CREATOR. HERE THER IS NO GREEK OR JEW, CIRCUMCISED OR UNCIRCUMCISED, BARBARIAN, SCYTHIAN, SLAVE OR FREE, BUT CHRIST IS ALL, AND IS IN ALL.
THEREFORE, AS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, HOLY AND DEARLY LOVED, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE. BEAR WITH EACH OTHER AND FORGIVE WHATEVER GRIEVANCES YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU. AND OVER ALL THESE VIRTUES PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS THEM ALL TOGETHER IN PERFECT UNITY.
LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, SINCE AS MEMBERS OF ONE BODY YOU WERE CALLED TO PEACE. AND BE THANKFUL. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY AS YOU TEACH AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHER WITH ALL WISDOM, AND AS YOU SING PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS WITH GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEARTS TO GOD. AND WHATEVER YOU DO, WHETHER IN WORD OR DEED, DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH CHRIST.(Col.3:1-17)

"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

THIS IS MY TESTIMONY BEFORE GOD AND MAN!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

THIS IS MY TESTIMONY BEFORE GOD AND MAN!

"NOW I REJOICE IN WHAT WAS SUFFERED FOR YOU, AND I FILL UP IN MY FLESH WHAT IS STILL LACKING IN REGARD TO CHRIST'S AFFLICTIONS, FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST BODY, WHICH IS THE CHURCH. I HAVE BECOME ITS SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLINESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO ME WHO GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.
WE PROCLAIM CHRIST, ADMONISHING AND TEACHING EVERYONE WITH ALL WISDOM, SO THAT WE MAY PRESENT EVERYONE PERFECT IN CHRIST. TO THIS END I LABOR, STRUGGLING WITH ALL CHRIST'S ENGERY, WHICH SO POWERFULLY WORKS IN ME".
"MY PURPOSE IS THAT YOU MAY BE ENCOURAGED IN HEART AND UNITED IN LOVE, SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE THE FULL RICHES OF COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING, IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY KNOW THE MYSTERY OF GOD, NAMELY, CHRIST, IN WHOM ARE HIDDEN ALL THE TREASURES OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE. I TELL YOU THIS SO THAT NO ONE MAY DECEIVE YOU THROUGH FINE-SOUNDING ARGUMENTS. SO THEN, JUST AS YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS AS LORD, CONTINUE TO LIVE IN CHRIST, ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN CHRIST, STRENGTHENED IN THE FAITH AS YOU WERE TAUGHT, AND OVERFLOWING WITH THANKFULNESS.
SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE TAKES YOU CAPTIVE THROUGH HOLLOW AND DECEPTIVE PHILOSOPHY, WHICH DEPENDS ON HUMAN TRADITION AND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THIS WORLD RATHER THAN ON CHRIST. FOR IN CHRIST ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE DEITY LIVES IN BODILY FORM, AND YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN FULLNESS IN CHRIST, WHO IS THE HEAD OVER EVERY POWER AND AUTHORITY. IN CHRIST YOU WERE ALSO CIRCUMCISED, IN THE PUTTING OFF OF THE SINFUL NATURE, NOT WITH A CIRCUMCISION DONE BY THE HANDS OF MEN BUT WITH THE CIRCUMCISION DONE BY CHRIST, HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH CHRIST IN BAPTISM AND RAISED WITH CHRIST THROUGH YOUR FAITH IN THE POWER OF GOD, WHO RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD. WHEN YOU WERE DEAD IN YOUR SINS AND IN THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF YOUR SINFUL NATURE, GOD MADE YOU ALIVE WITH CHRIST. GOD FORGAVE US ALL OUR SINS, HAVING CANCELED THE WRITTEN CODE, WITH ITS REGULATIONS, THAT WAS AGAINST US AND THAT STOOD OPPOSED TO US; GOD TOOK IT AWAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. AND HAVING DISARMED THE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES, GOD MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF THEM TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN CHRIST BY THE CROSS".(Col.1:24-2:16)
GOD DID THIS BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR YOU AND I!

"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!

THROUGH GOD'S MERCY I HAVE THIS MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!

MINISTERS OF A NEW COVENANT

"THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS ME IN TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION IN CHRIST AND THROUGH ME SPREADS EVERYWHERE THE FRAGRANCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. FOR I AM TO GOD THE AROMA OF CHRIST AMONG THOSE WHO ARE BEING SAVED AND THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. TO THE ONE I AM THE SMELL OF DEATH; TO THE OTHER, THE FRAGRANCE OF LIFE. AND WHO IS EQUAL TO SUCH A TASK? UNLIKE SO MANY, I DO NOT PEDDLE THE WORD OF GOD FOR PROFIT. ON THE CONTRARY, IN CHRIST I SPEAK BEFORE GOD WITH SINCERITY, LIKE A MAN SENT FROM GOD.
      "AM I BEGINNING TO COMMEND MYSELF AGAIN? OR DO I NEED, LIKE SOME PEOPLE, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU OR FROM YOU? I MYSELF AM A LETTER, WRITTEN ON MY HEART, KNOWN AND READ BY EVERBODY. I SHOW THAT I AM A LETTER FROM CHRIST, THE RESULT OF GOD'S MINISTRY,WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON THE TABLET OF MY HUMAN HEART".  SUCH CONFIDENCE AS THIS IS MINE THROUGH CHRIST BEFORE GOD. NOT THAT I AM COMPETENT IN MYSELF TO CLAIM ANYTHING FOR MYSELF, BUT MY COMPETENCE COMES FROM GOD. GOD HAS MADE ME COMPETENT AS A MINISTER OF THE NEW COVENANT - NOT OF THE LETTER BUT OF THE SPIRIT; FOR THE LETTER KILLS, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.(2Cor.2:14-3:6)

"THEREFORE, SINCE THROUGH GOD'S MERCY I HAVE THIS MINISTRY, I DO NOT LOSE HEART. RATHER, I HAVE RENOUNCED SECRET AND SHAMFUL WAYS; I DO NOT USE DECEPTION, NOR DO I DISTORT THE WORD OF GOD. ON THE CONTRARY, BY SETTING FORTH THE TRUTH PLAINLY I COMMEND MYSELF TO EVERYMAN'S CONSCIENCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. AND EVEN IF MY GOSPEL IS VEILED, IT IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. THE GOD OF THIS AGE, THE DEVIL, HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD. FOR I DO NOT PREACH MYSELF, BUT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD, AND MYSELF AS YOUR SERVANT FOR JESUS' SAKE. FOR GOD, WHO SAID, "LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS", MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN MY HEART TO GIVE ME THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST. I HAVE THIS TREASURE IN A JAR OF CLAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ALL- SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM ME".(2Cor.4:1-7)

"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!.