Thankfully The NEW Covenant IS! For The NEW Covenant IS of The Spirit and Truth that testifies, "he is not a Jew(The Chosen Of Our Father and GOD) who is one outwardly, whose circumcision is that of the flesh. He is a Jew who is one inwardly, whose circumcision was of the heart" as he was immersed in, of, by and through The Holy, Set Apart Spirit that is of The One and Only True GOD and Father(Creator) of ALL! All NEW Covenant believers are "grafted into The GOOD olive tree"! They are of The NEW Covenant Jews(Hebrews) and brethren of The Messiah! Of the BORN ANEW "sons of Our Father and GOD" no matter where they abide and tarry while yet on the earth! http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2010/07/who-is-hebrew.html All Thanks and Praise Be Unto Our Father and GOD! And The NEW Covenant Israel? "A Holy Nation"....... Heavenly, Spiritual, and Eternal, not earthly, natural and temporal liken unto the wicked worldly nations, for "the WHOLE(not just a portion) world is under the control of the evil one"! (1John 5:19) Thankfully NEW "Jerusalem which IS above IS free and IS !NOW! the mother of us all(sons of Our Father and GOD)"! (Gal4:26) The NEW Covenant Israel IS "a nation of kings and priests" indeed and Truth! So it is that all New Covenant believers and brethren of The Messiah, choose to remain but "aliens and pilgrims while on the earth" for our "citizenship(Life) is !NOW! in Heaven"! We are no longer of this wicked, evil world and it's systems of religion, for we have taken heed unto The Call of The One and Only True GOD, Father(Creator) of ALL to: "Come out of her(babel/dis-order/babylon\world\religion), MY people"! "It is not in man to order his own steps"! So The NEW Covenant believers but seek and desire to follow The Messiah on "The Narrow Way"! And we have taken heed unto The Call to "Come Out" of this wicked world and it's systems of religion, for "the god of this world" is "the father of lies"! And The Word of Truth reveals that 'religion' was needful, and is yet needful for a "disobedient and gainsaying(covetous) people", "stiff-necked and uncircumcised of heart and ears", who would rather have a man than Our Father and GOD speak to them, and would rather have a man than Our Father and GOD rule over them )-; The NEW Covenant brethren of The Messiah will have naught to do with 'religion' for we have "set our affections on things above, Heavenly things"!. No longer are we of those "whose god is their bellies, and whose glory is in their shame, because they mind earthly things". No longer are we of those who "love this world and their own life("I",self,id.ego,pride) in it". Father Help! and HE does....... Sadly, there are multitudes who profess a belief in The Messiah with their mouth only, for they are "friends of this wicked world" and "the enemies of Our Father and GOD", because of their "love for this world and it's things" and their "own self-life in and of this world" )-; Such is not The Will of "Our Father and GOD", HE WHO IS The ONE and ONLY TRUE LIVING GOD and FATHER(CREATOR) of ALL! As for those who do not seek and desire to do The Will of "Our Father and GOD" and "Come Out" of the dis-order that is of this world(babylon), and especially it's religious systems? They will hear those woe filled words spoken by The Messiah, "I never knew you, depart from Me all you workers of iniquity" )-; http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2011/05/come-out-of-her-my-people.html A prime cause for the hearing of such words will be unbelief, for they believed not The Word of Truth which testifies that "the WHOLE (not just a portion) world is under the control of the evil one"! And they believed not The Messiah Who testified that "this world was evil" and that His brethren were "not of this world"! Nor did they believe the testimony of John, "love not the world, nor the things that are in the world", for "the WHOLE(not just a portion) world is under the control of the evil one", and "if any man loves this world The Love of Our Father and GOD is not in him"! Nor did they believe James who testified, "Whoever would be a friend of this world is the enemy of Our Father and GOD"! And they did not believe that religion was needful, and is yet needful for "disobedient and gainsaying(covetous) people" who are "stiff-necked and uncircumcised of heart and ears", and that the religious ones would rather have a man than Our Father and GOD speak to them, and would rather have a man than Our Father and GOD rule over them )-; James bore witness of The ONLY "religion" that was "Pure and Undefiled"! http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2008/10/pure-and-undefiled-religion.html Simply, all other "religion" is impure and defiled! For the BORN ANEW "son's of Our Father and GOD" have their portion with The Messiah in The Family of "Our Father and GOD", "of WHOM the whole Family in Heaven and ON EARTH is named"! (Eph3:15) And NEW "Jerusalem which IS above IS free, and IS !NOW! the mother of us all(sons of Our Father and GOD)"! (Gal4:26) http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2011/07/family-of-faith-or-system-of-religion.html The NEW Covenant believers, the brethren of The Messiah, have their "citizenship(Life) !NOW! in Heaven"! "A Holy Nation" of "kings and priests"! So it is "the son's of Our Father and GOD", no longer have their portion in and of this world, nor do we have our portion with the religious "disobedient and gainsaying(covetous) people" who are "stiff-necked and uncircumcised of heart and ears"! And we are thankful that, that which was "decaying and waxing old" DID "vanish away" with the destruction of the natural, earthly, temporal temple realm centered in old jerusalem. The old covenant "decayed and vanished away"! The NEW Covenant WAS, IS and ALWAYS WILL BE! And when the old covenant "vanished away" "THY Kingdom(of Our Father and GOD in HEAVEN)" DID "Come" and IS! For The Messiah delivered up The Kingdom unto His Father(Creator) and GOD just as Paul prophesied! The Kingdom of The ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD and FATHER(CREATOR) of ALL in Heaven WAS! IS! and ALWAYS WILL BE! The Messiah had prophesied, "Truly I say unto you, that THERE ARE SOME STANDING HERE, WHO WILL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, UNTIL THEY HAVE SEEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME IN POWER".(Mark 9:1, Luke 9:7, Matthew 16:2 And in The Power that is The Spirit of TRUTH that prophecy was fulfilled! No longer old, natural, earthly and temporal, The Kingdom of The One and Only True GOD and Father(Creator) of ALL, WAS! IS! and ALWAYS WILL BE NEW! Spiritual, Heavenly and Eternal! All Thanks and Praise Be Unto Our Father and GOD! And The New Covenant Jew(brother of The Messiah) is the True Hebrew(one from beyond) today! http://asimpleandspirituallife.blogspot.com/2010/07/who-is-hebrew.html And so it is that yesterday, today, and if there be a tomorrow while yet dwelling in our fleshly "temple"; "the chosen ones"; "the elect"; The NEW Covenant believer; the Spiritual Jew; "the brethren of The Messiah"; "the son's of Our Father and GOD" continue to "fight the good fight of Faith" as we but seek and desire that which is NEW, Spiritual, Heavenly and Eternal! For "our Life is hid with The Messiah in Our Father and GOD", and so it is that we choose to remain but "aliens and pilgrims while on the earth" for we have realized that our "citizenship(life) IS !NOW! in Heaven" and that soon, and very soon, we will be taken Home, Home at last....... Till then we desire to "forsake all" and in so doing we are willing to "suffer the loss of all things, Yes! and our own life(self, "I", id, ego, pride) as well"....... For "Love suffers long"! Father Help! and HE does....... And so it is the brethren of The Messiah can rejoice, even as we do "suffer long"! Giving ALL Thanks and Praise Unto The ONE and ONLY TRUE LIVING GOD and FATHER(CREATOR) of ALL! TRUTH IS! Our Father and GOD, HE knows what is best for HIS children! Father Help! and HE does....... www.asimpleandspirituallife.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Simple-and-Spiritual-Life/208339295850609
