Many people, even self proclaimed Christians, forget that it is the breath of God within us that animates us. It is only natural therefore that we began to die when sin entered in. God said once, "My Spirit will not strive with the spirit of man forever" and then he shortened the regular life span to about 120 years. Why? Because once sin presents itself, something has got to go; the sin, or the Spirit (breath) of God within us. "If you eat of the fruit (disobedience), you will surely die." or in other words, "you make your decision to put sin between you and I, leading to your eventual death". Because God doesn't lie, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is real, but I often wonder if the tree itself has no power, and the knowledge gained was (in the act of disobedience) to be taught to choose.
God loves himself... and seeing that His spirit is what animates you, he loves you too. He can never not love Himself. And He created us to be different so we could represent billions of facets of Himself to love. When you are one with him you still retain your level of intelligence, creativity, style of clothing (regardless of what the pharisees say) and who you are. Just like every child's DNA is the sum total of the DNA of two people, yet they are loved as entities valued at more that the sum total of their parts, God loves you. (by the way, the sum total of any human's parts is worth 160 dollars give or take a few dollars for height and weight. My phone cost more than that. LOVE is what makes you valuable.)
Being free is letting that spirit of God in you to be completely unhampered by sin. Being happy, is expressing EXACTLY who you were created to be without fear, doubt, grudges, pain etc. When a Christian has FAITH they have faith that God has created a way to release their souls so that they can be free to totally love their Daddy, and express it. The power of healing and casting out demons is just being pure enough to reconnect that breath with the Father, and allow Him to flow through you, more than you could ever contain on your own. You connect yourself to the Source and draw from His energy (which by the way is LOVE). That outlet in your wall is virtually limitless energy... as long as it is connected to the source. Put a surge protector (JESUS) on that thing, and you can animate a refrigerator, a laptop (which in turn animates the speakers connected to it) a desk lamp, a phone, two fans among other things (listing things I see in my dorm). And THAT is the truth of the gospel.
Ephesians 5:22-31
2 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29* For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30 For we are members of His body,[d] of His flesh and of His bones*31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
*God puts throughout nature, metaphors of himself. Roots nourishing the tree?? Who does that? (GOD DOES) That is why ruining the natural order of things is in fact disrespectful to God. The family is an example of how he care for us but when that family is broken the example is crushed and we see the outcome is negative.
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