IN BUILDING A HOUSE, ARRANGE THE FOLLOWING IN PROPER ORDER:

IN SALVATION,

ARRANGE THE FOLLOWING IN PROPER SEQUENCE

ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES:

~ ~ ~ THE PROPER SEQUENCE, AS IT IS WRITTEN ~ ~ ~

If pride is the cause of the downfall of Lucifer and mankind,
God did the opposite by humbling Himself ''manifesting Himself in the flesh'' to show the Way. Thus,

Matt. 18:3 ''And said, Verily I say unto you,

Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.''

Matt. 5:3 ''Blessed are the poor in spirit: (human spirit)
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.''

'God's Rebuke:

Prov.16:18 ''Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.''

It is only after truly humbling oneself or
having been ''converted into a little child''
that a person is endowed with divine knowledge and wisdom.

Isa. 28:9 KJV only ''Whom shall he teach knowledge?
and whom shall he make to understand doctrine?
them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.''

Matt. 11:25 ''At that time Jesus answered and said,
I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes.''

'God's Rebuke:

2 Cor. 3:18 ''Let no man deceive himself.
If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world,
let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.
For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.''

Identifying Jesus requires a ''miracle'' or divine revelation.

This was demonstrated in Simon Peter.
Clear identification of Jesus should follow the identity of the Father also.

Matt. 16:15 ''He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
¹⁶And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
¹⁷And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is in heaven.''

John 8:19 ''Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father?
Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father:
if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.''

God's rebuke:

1 Cor.1:19 ''For it is written,
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
²⁰Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world?
hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
²¹…the world by wisdom knew not God…''

John 8:54 '' Jesus answered…
it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: ⁵⁵Yet ye have not known him…''

It is only after a person humbled himself
that he is endowed divine knowledge and wisdom.
This opens the eyes to identify Jesus Christ and clearly recognize the Father
also that the Natural Man (1 Cor. 2:14) is said to be truly ''born again.''
''Born again'' makes a person ''child of God.''
True and real recognition is mutual between God and the chosen.

Heb. 8:11 ''And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying,
Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.''

God's Rebuke:

Jer. 17:9 ''The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked: who can know it?''

Matt. 7:21 ''Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me…''

Christ gave the basic principle of knowing or identifying
''The Lord our God is one Lord,''
as the first of all the commandments before ''loving Him.''
It is only after ''knowing His will''
or understanding His words that we can express our love for Him.
Mark 12:29 ''And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
Mark 12:30 ''And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment.''


God's Rebuke:

James 2:19 ''Thou believest that there is one God;
thou doest well: the devils also believe…''
Rom. 10:2 ''For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but
not according to knowledge.''

Rom. 10:3 ''For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and
going about to establish their own righteousness,
have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.''

Love of neighbor comes after ''loving God.'' Thus, the proper sequence is,

Mark 12:31 ''And the second is like, namely this,
3rd Love of neighbor. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.''

Example of ''love of fellowmen.''
Christ is speaking in parables and
the explanation of His words should come from Him, through His words.

Matthew 25:31 ''When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and
all the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations:
and he shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me:
I was sick, and ye visited me:
I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee?
or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in?
or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them,
Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me…
46 And… the righteous into life eternal.''

a. ''For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat.''

If to the Natural Man (1 Cor. 2:14),
''meat'' refers to material things given to the needy,
like money, rice, and other things of value;
to Jesus Christ it means the ''will of the Father'' or the TRUTH in His words.

John 4:31 ''...his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another,
Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me…''

Our Lord also explained this when He fasted 40 days and 40 nights.

Satan simply saw literal-physical hunger in our Lord when he said:

Matthew 4:3 ''And when the tempter came to him, he said,
If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.''

Jesus showed that His ''fasting'' actually meant ''spiritual hunger for the word of God.''

Matthew 4:4 ''But he answered and said,
It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.''

This was long revealed in the Old Testament:

Jeremiah 15:16 ''Thy words were found, and I did eat them;
and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:
for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.''

Amos 8:11 '' Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east,
they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.''

b. ''...I was in prison, and ye came unto me.''

To the Natural Man it simply means visiting a person in prison.
To Christ, it means more than that.
John 8:32 ''And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.''

c. ''Naked, and ye clothed me...''

To the Natural Man it means providing dress/pants/clothe to a poverty-stricken person.
To Christ, it means sharing the TRUTH to the ''poor in spirit'' (Matt. 5:3)
that the person would be clothed with the ''garment of salvation''
and be ''covered with the robe of righteousness.''

Isa. 61:10 ''I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness…''

d. ''...I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: ...''

To the Natural Man it means giving literal water,
but to Christ He refers to the word of God, and to the Holy Spirit for the right revelation of the truth:

Eph. 5:26 ''That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. ''

John 7:37 ''Jesus stood and cried, saying,
If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:
for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) ''

e. ''...I was a stranger, and ye took me in: ''

To the Natural Man, giving temporary shelter and care to a person in need.
To Christ, sharing the TRUTH to a ''lost sheep'' that the person is welcomed in the ''household of God.''

Eph. 2:19 ''Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints,
and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.''

f. ''I was sick, and ye visited me.''

To the Natural Man it simply means visiting a sick person in the hospital on in the home.
To Christ, it means
sharing the truth to the ''sick in spirit'' that needs spiritual healing of the soul
so that the person would be included in the spiritual ''harvest.''
Psalms 41:4 ''I said, LORD, be merciful unto me:
heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.''

'God's Rebuke:

Isa. 64:6 ''But we are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags...''
Eph. 2:9 ''Not of works, lest any man should boast.''

Psa 56:10 ''In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.''
Psa. 17:7 ''I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness:
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.''
1 Tim. 2:8 ''I will therefore that men pray every where,
lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.''
The ''two hands'' refer to the two kinds of life of a real believer:
Physical Life and Spiritual Life.
Through the WORD we praise God by the kind of life we have:
Physical Life for ''cleanliness on the outside,''
and Spiritual Life for ''cleanliness in the inside.''
Prayer is a ''continuous relationship'' with God
with the ''two hands'' raised always. This is what is meant by:

1 Thes. 5:17 ''Pray without ceasing.''

God's Rebuke:

Isa. 29:13 ''Wherefore the Lord said,
Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth,
and with their lips do honour me, but
have removed their heart far from me,
and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:¹⁴ Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people,
even a marvellous work and a wonder:
for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.''

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