Flesh (2/2)

Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great: He was… 1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:
He was made visible in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed to the Gentiles,
believed in throughout the world,
taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 3:16 Jesus Spirit angels
In God, whose word I praise,
in God I place my trust and know no fear;
what can people do to me?
Psalm 56:5 trust fear Word of God

And now it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. The life I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20 faith Savior life
Whatever moves and has life will be used for your food. I give you all these things, just as I have already given you every green plant. Only do not eat flesh along with its life, that is, with its blood.
Genesis 9:3-4 food blood
This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God:
every spirit that acknowledges
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
is from God,
and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus
is not from God.
This is the spirit of the Antichrist,
about whose coming you have been told,
and that it is already in the world.
1 John 4:2-3 Spirit Jesus acknowledging
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from anything that can defile flesh or spirit, and thereby make our holiness perfect in the fear of God.
2 Corinthians 7:1 purification holiness awe
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
O God, you are my God,
for whom I have been searching earnestly.
My soul yearns for you
and my body thirsts for you,
like the earth when it is parched,
arid and without water.
Psalm 63:2 worship seeking soul
I will establish my covenant with you: never again will all living creatures be cut off by the waters of a flood, nor will the earth be laid waste by a flood again.
Genesis 9:11 safety covenant promises
I am pulled in opposite directions. My desire is to depart and to be with Christ, for that is far better, but, it is a more urgent need for you that I remain in the body.
Philippians 1:23-24 death life
For no one can be regarded as justified in the sight of God by keeping the Law. The Law brings only the consciousness of sin.
Romans 3:20 sin law righteousness
Banish grief from your heart
and ignore the sufferings of your body,
for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 sadness worrying heart
This water prefigured Baptism, which now saves you. It does so not by the washing away of dirt from the body but by the pledge of a good conscience given to God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 3:21 baptism salvation purification
God chose those in the world who were lowly and despised, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who were regarded as worthy, so that no one could boast in the presence of God.
1 Corinthians 1:28-29 humility calling world
Hence, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2 law judgment redeemer
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, yet we know that a man is justified not by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we too came to believe in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in him and not by the works of the Law, for no one will be justified by the works of the Law.
Galatians 2:15-16 faith law righteousness
I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed.
Daniel 10:3 fasting food wine