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5 “I am the Vine, you are the Branches” – John 15:1-5
The Perfect Lamb of God – John 1:29
The ways of Jesus were always perfect. Of the many ways a person can be — Jesus was not sinful. In all that is good, Jesus really was The Way.
Jesus was, and is, the perfect Lamb of God. He came to earth to be the promised unblemished sacrifice for the sins of the world 1 John 2:2, Romans 3:25. It was for you and me He died. Jesus paid it all.
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Jesus never had “a sinful practice”
As God and man in one person, Jesus the Godman was sinless.
He never fell for the lures of Satan. Never fell into the miry bog of the flesh. The world never tripped Him up. The lust of the eyes, the pull to be authoritarian MerWeb: domineering and have power over others… never got into Him. He never had a wrong thought.
Wow. What a man’s man. What a Godman for all.
The sins that easily beset you? Hebrews 12:1 They never captured Him. He had none.
Jesus was and is holy. All the time. His ways of behavior, habits, thinking and longings were always sinless, pure and clean throughout. He never sinned.
Jesus was not wrong, ever
Jesus could never be on any Epstein-type list, on God’s Sin List, on God’s List of Unacceptables, or such. He was holy.
Jesus never had and never was:
- grouchy, mean, insulting,
- intolerant, fault-finding, unloving, unkind,
- irritated, irrational,
- crude, foul-mouthed, mealymouthed Synonyms of mealymouthed,
- dirty minded, controlled by lust, addicted to sex and porn
- a hater, hateful toward anyone, misogynist, racist, evil-minded
- a put down, slap down type, rejecting others
- defiled, had any root of resentment, nor fell short of God’s grace – Hebrews 12:15-17
- jealous, envious, braggadocious, proud or arrogant, rude, self-seeking,
- arrogant, pretentious
- easily provoked, overly sensitive, easily angered,
- one who counted wrongs endured, happy with injustice, not steadfast during difficult times, weakened – 1 Corinthians 13 verses 4-7
- self-righteous, one to feel superior – Matthew 7:1
- one to take on the attitude of being a judge of others – Matthew 7:1
- one to “criticize and condemn others unfairly with an attitude of self-righteous superiority as though assuming the office of a judge” – Matthew 7:1
- ingenuine, phoney, fake, disingenuous
- worldly, selfish – Galatians 5:13
Jesus was never sinful such as we – 1 Corinthians 6:11. Yes He was tempted and tried as we, was a real human – but never fell for the temptations as we. He never failed. He was perfect man.
Jesus would never “fail the test” nor be “rejected as counterfeit” – 2 Corinthians 13:5. He was the real thing, genuine. Acts 17:24-31.
Jesus was love incarnate – a 1 Corinthians 13 type… extreme to the nth degree. Those are the ways He was!
Of the many ways a person can be — Jesus was the ultimate overcomer. I want to be like Him!
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The ways of Jesus were always perfect. Of the many ways a person can be — Jesus was not sinful. Jesus was the ultimate overcomer.
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What is good and what is not…according to God.
Prove me wrong (annotated version) Excerpt: The Bible shows us clearly what God has been doing throughout the history of mankind. We see what Jesus has done for us. Read it for yourself. Prove me wrong!
PIC: inner-and-outer-man-struggle. Equip.org
What God has going on with us here on this planet…
Only my God Jesus makes me perfect in this moment Excerpt:
Oh Lord, God who lives in The Most Perfect Place
with purpose came down of Your own volition
suffered on this cruel earth for me
died to make me holy and acceptable
rose again to seal the deal forever
I bow my heart again this day.
Make me perfect in this moment.
Forgiven, cleansed
made perfect in Jesus….
In this moment right now Jesus makes me perfect Excerpt: How long to get perfect? When I pray and confess – it happens. In an instant. In this moment – right now – Jesus makes me perfect.
He removes sin quicker than a flash. That is how Almighty God forgives.
What Jesus gives to sinners like me and you
Imagine what “being saved” has meant to you…what Jesus has done for us
When you are wrong and just don’t get it
19…I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
So choose life in order that you may live….
– Deuteronomy 30:19
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty Excerpt: The Reaper comes – you know not when.
He’s coming soon for you. Don’t wait too long. Turn to Christ. It’s best to bow right now.
The Godman Jesus said “Follow Me” Excerpt: He was no ordinary human. Jesus was the Godman: all man and all God, inside a human body Colossians 2:8-10.
Divine Mysteries revealed by the Godman Jesus
Jesus, the second man, is the Lord from Heaven Excerpt: The main point of the Bible is that God came down to earth as Jesus – to be our God and Savior. In 1 Corinthians 15:47 the Apostle Paul explained that Jesus, while on earth, was absolutely God and man. He was not a mere man, like the first man, Adam, ever. Jesus was a super man!
“47 The first man is of the earth, earthy;
the second man
is the Lord
from heaven.”
– 1 Corinthians 15:47
It is time to give it up for Jesus
It really is eternity at stake here
Genuine or false Excerpt: God knows. Do you deceive others by your claim, whereas in reality – your actions say otherwise? Are you following Christ in word and deed, or just trying to look Christian, you know… going to a Christian church, saying “yes I am” if asked. Know your real self.
Hebrews 12:15-17…warning to all sinners: “later on… he was rejected“ verse 17
15 See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; 16 and [see to it] that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that later on, when he wanted [to regain title to] his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance [there was no way to repair what he had done, no chance to recall the choice he had made], even though he sought for it with [bitter] tears.
2 Corinthians 13:5
“Test and evaluate yourselves
to see whether you are in the faith
and living your lives as [committed] believers.
Examine yourselves [not me]!
Or do you not recognize this
about yourselves
[by an ongoing experience]
that Jesus Christ is in you
—unless indeed you fail the test
and are rejected as counterfeit?
Galatians 5:19
Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control)
2 Corinthians 7:10
For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.
God’s List of Unacceptables Excerpt: God hates sin (Proverbs 6:16-19). It is unacceptable to Him. But He died for the sinner (John 3:14-18). So obviously God does not hate the sinner.
This is why God shows us His list of what is not acceptable to Him: because God loves all sinners and wants each of us to get forgiven and be made ready for His Holy Home Heaven. 1
The sins around us and the sins we do
Enemies of our soul…He never fell for these. Excerpt: – The World, the Flesh, and the Devil. These entities are the enemies of our soul – three (3) “forces” which are part and parcel Grammarist.com of living on earth as humans: (1) the world, (2) the flesh, and (3) Satan. They are not going away – until we get to heaven. So get used to it. They are our enemies. Don’t cozy up! thefreedictionary.com But be prepared. We need to guard against these forces of evil spawned by Satan.
Dealing with the sins of others Excerpt: You, me – we all somehow have a tendency towards quickly rejecting anyone who offends us. And pointing fingers is easy to do. In fact, hate is easy and gossip too. How’s your talkin’, by the way?
But Scripture shows us the better way to go (1 John 2:15-17). I will go forever in this:
“…the one
who does the will of God
and carries out His purposes
lives forever.”
– 1 John 2:15-17
The sins we can practice to go to Hell. Just so you know.
Charismatic religious sins you take for granted every week but you are practicing sin
God’s Sin List Excerpt: We all have a sin problem. Some have dealt with it with God. Others have dealt with it by their own thinking and rationalizations. What have you done with your sin problem?
OLD TESTAMENT… Exodus 20
The Ten Commandments Bible search belong first on this list, of course. See them here: Exodus 20.
NEW TESTAMENT…listing sins
These are New Testament references (and Proverbs) listing sins. See all in one link, or: 2 Corinthians 12:20, 1 Timothy 5:13, Romans 1:29, Romans 1:24-25, Matthew 15:19, 1 Peter 2:1, Proverbs 16:28, Ephesians 4:31, 2 Peter 2, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 2 Timothy 3:1-7, 1 Timothy 1:6-11, Romans 1:18-19, Matthew 7:21-23, Ephesians 4:17-19, Ephesians 4: verses 17-32
2 Corinthians 12:20 …“strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances”
1 Timothy 5:13 …”without self-control, brutal, haters of good”
Romans 1:29 …“those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”
Romans 1:24-25 …vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, …they exchanged the truth of God for [q]falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed [r]forever
Matthew 15:19 …“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders”
1 Peter 2:1 …“Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander”
Proverbs 16:28 …“A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends.”
Ephesians 4:31 …“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice”
2 Peter 2 …“false prophets”
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 …“Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.”
2 Timothy 3:1-7 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a not loving good]haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [b religion]godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.
6 For among them are those who [c creep into]slip into households and captivate [d idle]weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, 7 always learning and never able to come to the [e recognition]knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 1:6-11 …“and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God….”
Imagine what “being saved” has meant to you Excerpt: What it has meant to me – “being saved”
I am absolutely, supremely jazzed by the thoughts – as I have paused to imagine what “being saved” has meant to me. Pause a moment to think of this with me, will you?
Jesus saved me…“I’ve been saved”
Are you concerned about your relationship with Jesus?…
Accepting all that Jesus Christ is and does
Be the one who endures and overcomes
1 Corinthians 13 verses 4-7 …what Jesus was
4 Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. 5 It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured. 6 It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail]. 7 Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].
God as man – the short version
Our perfect God and our response to Him
“I am the true Vine,
and My Father is the vinedresser.”
– John 15:1-4
“I am the Vine,
you are the Branches”
– John 15:5
So God sent His Son into the world. Do you know why?
1 John 2:2, Romans 3:25…He came to earth to be the promised unblemished sacrifice for the sins of the world
Jesus declares He is God in 7 “I am” Statements…“I Am Who I Am.”
How much is enough?…enough is God’s grace to please our Holy, Holy God
The Godman Jesus said “Follow Me” Excerpt: He was no ordinary human. Jesus was the Godman: all man, and all God inside a human body Colossians 2:8-10.
Following…“enough” for those who follow Him
Footnotes
- Actually, God’s first “sin list” was what He gave to His Chosen People: the Ten Commandments.
See: Exodus 20, according to The Childrens Bible in a Nutshell- Judas Asparagus – Bible Humor
“…God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti.
Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments.
These include don’t lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor’s stuff.
Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother….”– Source: The Childrens Bible in a Nutshell- Judas Asparagus – Bible Humor.
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