Ephesians 2:

Ephesians 2: Baptism an eternal means of salvation by grace through faith. An eternal proof of answering God's purpose or invitation. It is not honest to quote out of context. A summary:

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Eph 1:22 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Eph 1:23	For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col 2:9 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Col 2:10
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe,	In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,
according to the working of his mighty power, Eph 1:19	in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col 2:11
Still dead or no burial: Which he wrought in Christ,	Still dead or no burial: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also
Still dead no resurrection when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Eph 1:20	Still dead no resurrection ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col 2:12
Still dead without A regenerated spirit AND you hath he quickened,	Still dead without A regenerated spirit And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened
Quickened: Suzoopoieo (g4806) sood-zo-op-oy- eh'-o; from 4862 and 2227; to reanimate conjointly with (fig.): - quicken together with.	Quickened: Suzoopoieo (g4806) sood-zo-op-oy- eh'-o; from 4862 and 2227; to reanimate conjointly with (fig.): - quicken together with
who were dead in trespasses and sins; Eph 2:1	together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Col.2:13
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,	Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; Col 2:14
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Eph 2:2	And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Col 2:15
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past How? in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; Result? and were by nature the children [produced by] of wrath, even as others. Eph 2:3	Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, Col 2:20 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col 3:3 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ Gal 3:27
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Eph 2:4 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Eph 2:5 THE GIFT	When? He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mk 16:16 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:47
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Eph 2:6 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Col.1:13   Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. Acts 2:41	ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col 2:12 IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col 3:1 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Ro.6:4
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. Eph 2:7	In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Ep.1:7 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; Ep.3:8
For by grace are ye saved .........through faith; .........and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God: Eph 2:8	Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, ......... and ye shall receive ......... the GIFT of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38
Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2:9 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10 Augustine and Calvin says that God GIVES us faith by the WORD which is HIS Work.	But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Rom 6:17 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Rom 6:18 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ro.6:23
Where MAN does HIS WORK	Where God does HIS WORK
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; Eph 2:11 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: Eph 2:12	In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col 2:11 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col 2:12
But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ep.2:13 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Ephesians 2:14 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; Ephesians 2:15	But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Rom 6:17 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Rom 6:18 but the GIFT of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ro.6:23

AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Ephesians 2:1

We are sure that Faith-Only is not associated with Christ quickening, regenerating or giving us A new, holy spirit. Nor, does faith-only request the remission of sins. Being dead or separated from God by their OWN sins does not disable them from hearing and obeying the gospel message. For instance, one who is dead but still living:

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 1Ti.5:6

The Bible does not teach that people who are separated from God because of their own sins are incapable of hearing the word, believing in Christ and His baptism command, repenting, confessing Christ and being baptized FOR the remission of the sins WHICH made her dead to God.

Baptism means being DEAD or being in a COMA. Sinners who live in PLEASURE live in exciting human senses. Pleasure is like Charismatic and death has homosexuality or other sexual pleasures as the CAUSE of the death. Baptism confess that YOU ARE DEAD, want to change and TRUST Jesus to make you alive AFTER you admit your sins. If you claim that you are burried while still ALIVE then you tell God and Greek common sense that God is a liar.

Baptismos , ho, dipping in water, immersion

lethargic sleep
Baptism

You baptize those who are DEAD in their own sins. This is compared to the effect of the Komo or perverted dance they tried to induce into Jesus and others as they piped or used other music to put you to sleep or to death.

Liddell and Scott note:

kômoomai , Pass., fall into lethargic sleep. kôma , atos, to, (perh. cogn. with keimai, koimaô) deep sleep, autôi . . malakon peri kôma kalupsa Il.14.359 ; ê me . . malakon peri kôm' ekalupsen Od.18.201 ; kakon de he kôma kaluptei Hes : metaphor: of the effect of music, Pi.P.1.12.--Not in Trag.

kaluptô [lengthd. from Root !kalub, v. kalubê

to cover with a thing
to cover or veil oneself,

2. Medic., lethargic state, coma, kôma suneches, ouch hupnôdes

sunthaptô, bury together, join in burying, tina A.Th.1032, S.Aj. 1378, E.Hel.1545, Pl.Lg.909c, etc.; tina tini one with another, E. Alc.149, Demad.13, IG14.943 (Ostia):--Pass., to be buried with, tôi andri Hdt.5.5 , cf. Th.1.8; sunetaphê tois sômasin hê eleutheria Lycurg. 50 ; sunetaphêmen [tôi Christôi] dia tou baptismatos Ep.Rom.6.4 .

bapt-izô, dip, plunge

to be drowned, Epict.Gnom.47; of ships, sink or disable them, Plb.1.51.6, 16.6.2 (Pass.); ebaptisan tên polin flooded the city,

2. draw wine by dipping the cup in the bowl, Aristopho 14.5; phialais b. ek . . kratêrôn Plu.Alex.67 .

3. baptize, [p. 306] tina Ev.Marc.1.4 ; en hudati eis metanoian Ev.Matt.3.11 :--Pass., baptisthêtô hekastos eis aphesin hamartiôn [fault] Act.Ap.2.38 ; eis Christon Ep.Rom.6.3 , etc.:--Med., dip oneself, LXX4 Ki.5.14 (2 Kings 5:14); get oneself baptized, Act.Ap.22.16, 1 Ep.Cor.10.2:--Pass., perform ablutions, Ev.Luc. 11.38.

hudati eis metanoian Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

hudôr [epic also hudei as if from hudos]

1. water, of any kind

Water for washing the hands

Water means H²O unless otherwise stated:
Hudôr [epic also hudei as if from hudos]
Water, of any kind
Water for washing the hands

metanoia [from metanoeô] after-thought, repentance, Thuc., etc.

Similar definition:

meta-gnôsis , eôs, hê, change of mind or purpose, Hdt. 1.87, D.Ep.1.15, Phld.Ir.p.56 W.

Hdt. 1.87, LXXXVII. Then the Lydians say that Croesus understood Cyrus' change of heart, and when he saw everyone trying to extinguish the fire but unable to check it, he invoked Apollo, crying out that if Apollo had ever been given any pleasing gift by him, let him offer help and deliver him from the present evil. [2] Thus he in tears invoked the god, and suddenly out of a clear and windless sky clouds gathered, a storm broke, and it rained violently, extinguishing the pyre.

Dip onself LXX4 Ki.5.14 (2 Kings 5:14) Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

baptisthêtô hekastos eis aphesin hamartiôn Act.Ap.2.38

baptisthêtô Baptizô

1. to dip in or under water; metaph., bebaptismenoi soaked in wine, Plat.; ophlêmasi beb. over head and ears in debt, Plut.

2. to baptize, tina NTest.:--Pass., baptizesthai eis metanoian, eis aphesin hamartiôn id=NTest.:--Mid. to get oneself baptized, id=NTest.

Similar Greek Definition:

kataduô or kata-dunô

1. plunge into, sink, ships, to be sunk or disabled, duck under water,
2. go down,
II 2. duck, tên kephalên, in a bath

Kephale: over the head,

2. the head, put for the whole person,

II. metaph., like kephalaion, the crown, completion of a thing,

baptisthêtô hekastos eis aphesin hamartiôn Act.Ap.2.38

The singular Plural nonesense refuted:

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hekastos

hekastos Hekastos

I. every, every one, each, each one, Lat. quisque, Hom., etc.; the sg. is often joined with a pl. Verb, eban oikonde hekastos they went home every one of them, Il.; hekastos epistasthe Xen.:--the sg. is also put in apposition with a pl. Noun, Trôas hekaston hupêluthe tromos (for Trôôn hekaston ) fear seized them every one, Il.

II. in pl. all and each one, Hom.

III. more definitely, heis hekastos, Lat. unusquisque, every single one, Hdt., etc.:-- kath' hekaston singly, by itself, Lat. singulatim, Plat., etc.

2. hôs hekastoi each by himself, Hdt., etc.

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eis

* Perseus. into, to c. acc.PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY. Radical sense, into, and then to:

# I. OF PLACE, the commonest usage, eis hala into or to the sea, Hom., etc.:--properly opposed to ek, es sphuron ek pternês from head to foot, Il.; eis etos ex eteos from year to year, Theocr.:--then, with all Verbs implying motion or direction, idein eis ouranon Il.; eis ôpa idesthai to look in the face, id=Il.:--in Hom. and Hdt. also c. acc. pers., where the attic use hôs, pros, para.

# II. OF TIME,

# 1. to denote a certain point or limit of time, to, up to, until, es êô (attic eis tên heô ) Od.; es êelion katadunta till sun-set, id=Od.; es eme up to my time, Hdt.:--so with Advs., eis hote (cf. es te ) against the time when, Od.; so, eis pote; until when? how long? Soph.; es ho until, Hdt.

# IV. to express RELATION, to or towards, hamartanein eis tina Aesch.; echthra es tina Hdt.

Hamartiôn hamartia [hamartanô]

1. a failure, fault, sin, Aesch., etc.; ham. tinos a fault committed by one, id=Aesch.; ham. doxês fault of judgment, Thuc.

Fault in that

en 1 prep2 3 prep4 5 prep6 7 prep

2. in, upon, en ouresi Hom., etc.
3. in the number of, amongst, en Danaois, etc., Hom.; and with Verbs of ruling, archein, anassein en pollois to be first or lord among many, i. e. over them, id=Hom.; cf. ho, to B. III.3.

4. in one's hands, within one's reach or power,
5. in respect of, en gêrai in point of age, Soph.

6. when en is used with Verbs of motion, where we use the prep. into, the construction is called pregnant, piptein en koniêisi to fall [to the dust and lie] in it; oinon echeuen en depaï Od., etc.

C # 1. with Verbs, the prep. retains its sense of being in or at a place, etc., c. dat., or foll. by eis or en.

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aphesin Aphesis [aphiêmi]

1. a letting go, dismissal, Philipp. ap. Dem.:-- a quittance or discharge from a bond, id=Dem.: exemption from service, Plut.: a divorce, id=Plut.

2. a letting go (Lat. missio) of horses from the starting-post, and then the starting-post itself, isôsas taphesei ta termata having made the winning-post one with the starting-post, i. e. having come back to the starting-post, Soph

primordia-lis, e, adj. [primordia] , that is first of all, original, primordial (eccl. Lat.): lex, Tert. adv. Jud. 2 : causa, Amm. 30, 1 .--Adv.: pri-mordi(a-li(ter , from the beginning, originally (post-class.): in regiones suas, unde primordialiter exsistunt, corpore naturaliter feruntur, Claud. Mamert. Stat. Anim. 2, 5 ; Aug. Trin. 3, 9

archêthen , Dor. archêg-athen , Adv. from the beginning, from of old, Pi.O. 9.55, I.4(3).7, Hdt.1.131, 2.138, Hp.Epid.6.7.5; rare in Trag., A.Fr. 416, S.Fr.126; condemned by Phryn.75; freq. in later Prose, as Plb.1.50.5, al., Plu.2.238e, etc.; immediately, Id.Cat.Mi.28.

2. with neg., kresson . . archêthen mê elthein not at all, Hdt.5.18; cf. archê 1.1 c.

Aphesis (g859) af'-es-is; from 863; freedom; (fig.) pardon: - deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Ac.2:38

Aphiemi (g863) af-ee'-ay-mee; from 575 and iemi, (to send; an intens. form of eimi , to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow): - cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up

Apo (g575) apo'; a prim. particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; lit. or fig.): - (* here-) after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for (-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-) on (-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.

Aphikneomai (g864) af-ik'neh'-om-ahee; from 575 and the base of 2425; to go (i.e. spread) forth (by rumor): - come abroad.

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Hamartiôn hamartia [hamartanô]

1. a failure, fault, sin, Aesch., etc.; ham. tinos a fault committed by one, id=Aesch.; ham. doxês fault of judgment, Thuc.
2. generally, guilt, sin, Plat., Arist., NTest.

Tinos tis

I. Indef. Pron. any one, any thing, some one, some thing; and as adj. any, some, and serving as the Indef. Art. a, an: in the latter case it agrees with its Subst., philos tis a friend, theos tis a god, i. e. not a man; in the former it is followed by gen. pl., philôn tis one of thy friends, theôn tis one of the gods.

* V. of an END, erchesthai, teleutan es . . , to end in . . , Hdt., etc.; kataxainein es phoinikida to cut into red rags, Ar.:--also, of a Purpose, eis agathon for good, for his good, Il.; eis kallos zên to live for show, Xen.

In the sense of baptism REGARDING remission of sins:

# 2. in regard to, like Lat. quod attinet ad, eutuchein es tekna Eur.; es ta alla Thuc.; to g' eis heauton, to eis eme Soph., Eur.

Which or what belongs to:

attineo (adt- , Dietsch, Weissenb.), ti(nui, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo] .

I. Act., (so only ante-class. or in the histt.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).
A. To hold to, to bring or hold near: aliquem ante oculos attinere, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 30 .--
C. To hold possession of, to occupy, keep, guard, preserve:

II. Neutr.

A. To stretch out to, to reach to: nunc jam cultros attinet, i. e. ad cultros,now he is reaching forth for, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 17 .--Hence, of relations of place, to extend or stretch somewhere: Scythae ad Borysthenem atque inde ad Tanain attinent, Curt. 6, 2, 9 .--

B. To belong somewhere; only in the third person: hoc (res) attinet (more rare, haec attinent) ad me (less freq. simply me), or absol. hoc attinet, this belongs to me, concerns me, pertains or appertains to me, relates or refers to me; cf. Rudd. II. p. 209; Roby, § 1534 (the most usu. class. signif. of the word).

detento , no perf., a-tum, 1, v. intens. a. [id.], to hold or keep back, to detain (late Lat.), Ven. Carm. 11, 21: servos, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 16 al.

To be QUICKENED is to be REGENERATED. "Salvation by FAITH in GRACE" is naked nonesense. Quicened TOGETHER happens ONLY when we are CRUCIFIED with Jesus, entombed with Jesus, regenerated with Jesus and are resurrected with Jesus. Romans 6 has the same PAUL saying that this happens at BAPTISM:

Suzoopoieo (g4806) sood-zo-op-oy- eh'-o; from 4862 and 2227; to reanimate conjointly with (fig.): - quicken together with.

To REANIMATE means to REGENERATE and that is the meaning of the Greek word BAPTISMA.

THE SAME PAUL IDENTIFIES THIS AS BAPTISM TO THE COLOSSIANS. Because the epistles were CIRCULAR LETTERS, Paul provides "two or three witnesses" to look at BAPTISM as Christ's GIFT by GRACE through FAITH.

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Col. 2:10

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col. 2:11

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col 2:12

The EPHESIAN Suzoopoieo (g4806) which, to keep Paul from being a liar, means that in Colossians he is REPEATING what Jesus said in TWO places to keep the BOOK BURNERS from eleminating Mark 16:15-16.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,

according to the PRINCE of the POWER of the AIR,
the spirit (An unholy spirit) that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Eph 2:2

Speaking in tongues was identified by Paul as "just speaking into the Air." The God/Goddess of the AIR makes another study.

Eph 2: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the LUSTS of our FLESH, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of WRATH, even as others.

epithumeô [thumos] to set one's heart upon a thing, lust after, long for, covet, desire, c. gen., Hdt., Aesch., etc.; also c. gen. pers., Xen.:--c. inf. to desire to do, Hdt., Soph.:--absol. to desire, covet, Thuc., etc.; to epithumoun tou plou epithumia, eagerness for it, id=Thuc.

eraô

of the sexual passion, to be in love with
2. without sexual reference, love warmly, opp. phileô

Lat. delicias ejus, Arist.Pol.1303b23. Aristotle, Politics

[1303b][1 And even the small ones grow extremely violent when they spring up among men of the ruling class, [20] as happened for example at Syracuse in ancient times. For the constitution underwent a revolution as a result of a quarrel that arose6 between two young men, who belonged to the ruling class, about a love affair.

While one of them was abroad the other who was his comrade won over the youth with whom he was in love, and the former in his anger against him retaliated by persuading his wife to come to him; owing to which they stirred up a party struggle among all the people in the state, enlisting them on their sides. On account of this it is necessary to guard against such affairs at their beginning, and to break up the factions of the leaders and powerful men; for the error occurs at the beginning, and the beginning as the proverb says is half of the whole, so that even a small mistake at the beginning stands in the same ratio7 to mistakes at the other stages.

kinaid-eia , hê, unnatural lust, Aeschin.1.131, Demetr.Eloc.97.

cinaedus, i, m., = kinaidos.

I. He who practises unnatural lust, a sodomite, catamite

B. Adj.: cinaedus , a, um, wanton, unchaste: ut decuit cinaediorem, Cat. 10, 24 .--Trop., impudent, shameless: homo cinaeda- fronte, Mart. 6, 39, 12 .-- Hence,

II. He who performs a wanton dance, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 73; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 5, 31.--

paedico (pe-di-co , Auct. Priap. 68), a-re, v. a. [paidikos] , to practise unnatural vice.

I. Lit.: amores, Cat. 21, 4 : puerum, Mart. 11, 94, 6 .--Of various forms of unnatural lewdness, Mart. 11, 104, 17; id. 7, 67, 1. --

II. Transf., of the tunic, Mart. 11, 99, 2.

declamator , o-ris, m. [declamo] , one who practises set speaking, a rhetorician, declaimer (diff. from orator, a practical speaker, Quint. 10, 2, 21): non enim declamatorem aliquem de ludo aut rabulam de foro, sed doctissimum et perfectissimum quaerimus, Cic. Or. 15, 47 ; cf. id. Planc. 34, 83; Quint. 3, 8, 44; 51; 5, 13, 42; Juv. 16, 23 et saep.

They were not predestinated to be children of wrath but:

Phusis (g5449) foo'-sis; from 5453; growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by impl.) natural production (lineal descent); by extens. a genus or sort; fig. native disposition, constitution or usage: - ([man-]) kind, nature ([-al]).

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: Ro.1:26

For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Ro.2:14

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2Pe.1:4

Corruption is:

Phthora (g5356) fthor-ah'; from 5351; decay, i.e. ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, lit. or fig.): - corruption, destroy, perish.

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2Pe.2:12

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 2Pe.2:19

Phthoggos (g5353) fthong'-gos; from 5350; utterance, i.e. a musical note (vocal or instrumental): - sound.

And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 1Co.14:7

Children of wrath engage in religious orgy:

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Orge (g3709) or-gay'; from 3713; prop. desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by anal) violent passion (ire, or [justifiable] abhorence); by impl. punishment: - anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Ep.5:6

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Col 3:5

For which things sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: Colossians 3:6

In the which ye also walked sometime, when ye lived in them. Colossians 3:7

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Colossians 3:8

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; Colossians 3:9

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Colossians 3:10

Put on is:

Enduo (g1746) en-doo'-o; from 1722 and 1416 (in the sense of sinking into a garment); to invest with clothing (lit. or fig.): - array, clothe (with), endue, have (put) on.

for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Ga.3:27NIV

Renewing is a form of regeneration

Anakainoo (g341) an-ak-ahee-no'-o; from 303 and a der. of 2537; to renovate: - renew.

When God pours out His Wrath he causes you to cale an ORGE "worship." In the Hebrew it means "speaking in tongues" to turn you and the misleaders into BUFFOONS.

"See how they sang! 'That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David.' Musical sounds gratified their AURICULAR SENSIBILITIES, and they chanted to the 'viol.' Here is the LUST OF THE EAR What a description this of a people that lived and wrought entirely for the SENSES! They were practical MATERIALISTS (and idolaters). They had NO SPIRITUAL VISION, sensibilities, or experience. Their imperishable souls were submerged in the deep flowing sea of mere ANIMAL PLEASURE There is, indeed, a reference to intellectual effort, for it is said, 'they invented to themselves instruments of music.' Carnal INDULGENCIES has ever been and is now as much, if not more than ever, the great employer of man's inventive faculties." (Pulpit Commentary, The Book of Amos, p. 131).

The craftsmen or TECHNE working for the Babylon Whore is grouped with musicians and instrumental players and "grinders" which in the Hebrew meant "concubines or prostitutes." And we have already told you that women singers were ALWAYS the Harem of the gods.

"An artificial, EFFEMINATE music which should relax the soul, frittering the melody, and displacing the power and majesty of divine harmony by tricks of ART, and giddy, thoughtless, heartless, souless VERSIFYING would be meet company." (Barnes, Albert, Amos, p. 303).

Next, Paul did not define a SALVATION in a Calvinistic sense. The next verses have the SAME Paul defining baptism as the NEW BIRTH: spiritual regeneration.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Eph 2: 4

Even when we were dead in sins, hath "QUICKENED" (regenerated) us together WITH Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Ephesians 2:5

But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Gal 3:25

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3: 26

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal 3: 27

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal 3: 28

And if ye be Christs, then are ye Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise. Gal 3: 29

Suzoopoieo (g4806) sood-zo-op-oy- eh'-o; from 4862 and 2227; to reanimate conjointly with (fig.): - quicken together with.

This is promised only at water baptism:

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38 or A holy spirit.

The same Paul writing to the colossians identifies our being quickened to enlivened in the spirit at baptism:

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col 2:12

Sustauroo (g4957) soos-tow-ro'-o; from 4862 and 4717; to impale in company with (lit. or fig.): - crucify with.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Ga.2:20

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Col.2:13

These people were spirituall dead because they were personally given to sin:

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb 10:22

True is:

Apeleutheros (g558) ap-el-yoo'-ther-os; from 575 and 1658; one freed away, i.e. a freedman: - freeman.

Heart is:

Kardia (g2588) kar-dee'-ah; prol. from a prim. 2595, (Lat. cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e. (fig.) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by anal.) the middle: - (/ broken-) heart (-ed).

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Ac.2:37

Washed is:

Louo (g3068) loo'-o; a prim. verb; to bathe (the whole person; whereas 3538 means to wet a part only, and 4150 to wash, cleanse garments exclusively): - wash.

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet 3:21

Clear is:

Suneidesis (g4893) soon-i'-day-sis; from a prol. form of 4894; co- perception, i.e. moral consciousness; - conscience.

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: Heb.9:13

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb 9:14

Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, Heb 10: 15

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; Heb 10: 16

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Heb 10: 17

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Heb 10: 18

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Heb 3:7

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Heb.3:8

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Heb.3:15

This quotes from Psalm:

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, Psa 95:7

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Psa 95:8

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Psa 95:9

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Psa 95:10

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Psa 95:11

And hath RAISED us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places IN Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

Sunegeiro (g4891) soon-eg-i'-ro; from 4862 and 1453; to rouse (from death) in company with, i.e. (fig.) to revivify (spiritually) in resemblance to: - raise up together, rise with.

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col.2:12

IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col.3:1

Egeiro (g1453) eg-i'-ro; prob. akin to the base of 58 (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (trans. or intrans.), i.e. rouse (lit. from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or fig. from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, non- existence): - awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-) rise (again, up), stand, take up.

Those OF FAITH or OF THE truth REGENERATED us and SAVED US by GRACE when we REPENTED of our SINS and were RAISED us up together where our spirits are translated into the Spirit realm.

Paul clearly defines that where those OF FAITH are BAPTIZED and resurrected in Christ and BY Christ. God in Christ DIED to quicken the whole world but the whole world is not quickened by GRACE unles the FAITH leads us to being buried and resurrected to SIT in heavenly places IN CHRIST. Paul told the Galatians that we are saved BY FAITH for we have been BAPTIZED "INTO" Christ. Raw faith NEVER gets you translated into the HEAVENLY KINGDOM where our "worship" takes place ONLY in the new PLACE of our human spirit WASHED by God and made into the real Most Holy Place.

The same Paul defined this as baptism:

DID YOU CATCH ON? It is not BELIEVING something but faith IN THE OPERATION of God Who RAISED ("RISEN") from the Dead. This OPERATION OF GOD has meaning for we who ARE NOT CHRIST, when at BAPTISM we TRUST our whole destiny on Christ's PROTOTYPE Gospel when we obey the ARCHE or first principle of the gospel for WE MORTALS.

THE COLOSSIANS PROOF OF BAPTISM

Being dead in OUR OWN sins does not mean UNCONSIOUS. The Word of God is the SEED and when it is preached it is the POWER of God. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. It is SALVATION which is a gift : We become ALIVE or REgenerated only by request (1 Pet 3:21) at the time and place of baptism. LIFE is not promised by any other means.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the LUSTS of our FLESH, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of WRATH, even as others. Ephesians 2: 3	In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col 2:11
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Ephesians 2: 4	Buried with him in BAPTISM, wherein also
And hath RAISED us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places IN Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6	ye are RISEN with him through the faith of the OPERATION of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col.2:12
Even when we were dead in sins, hath "QUICKENED" (regenerated) us together WITH Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Ephesians 2:5	And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Col 2:13

THE ROMANS PROOF OF BAPTISM

And in Romans 6, one DEAD TO SIN has a regenerated, holy, sanctified human spirit:

For if we have been planted together in the likeness (Form) of his death,

we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Rom 6:5

Likeness:

Homoioma (g3667) hom-oy'-o-mah; from 3666; a form; abstr. resemblance: - made like to, likeness, shape, similitude.

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb.2:17

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Rom 6:6 [not be in BONDAGE]

The Romans obeyed a FORM of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have OBEYED from the heart that FORM of doctrine which was delivered you. Ro.6:17

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Rom 6:18

Jesus (only) performed the PROTOTYPE Gospel. Paul said that humans obey the FORM of that gospel.

Tupos (g5179) too'-pos; from 5180; a die (as struck), i.e. (by impl.) a stamp or scar; by anal. a shape, i.e. a statue, (fig.) style or resemblance; spec. a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning): - en- (ex-) ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print.

Look at verse 7 again:

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

He hath raised us up out of the water as the FORM of the PROTOTYPE Gospel. Elsewhere Paul identifies this as BAPTISM. As a result of baptism God ADDS us to His church or kingdom. As well:

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Col 1:12

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Col 1:13

Skotos (g4655) skot'-os; from the base of 4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (lit. or fig.): - darkness.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Col 1:14

Aphesis (g859) af'-es-is; from 863; freedom; (fig.) pardon: - deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Ac.2:38

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Mt.26:28

GRACE caused Jesus to shed His blood. FAITH in that shed blood does not REMIT SINS

The Great Commission had Jesus sending the Apostles as Evangelists into all the WORLD (including Gentiles) without any limit to the commission.

They were to MAKE DISCIPLES by BAPTIZING and continuing TEACHING of what Christ taught them. Disciples are STUDENTS and only disciples are identified as Christians. Therefore, Christians or believers are always identified as baptized believers.

God has raised us up and Paul identifies that as at baptism. Baptism is to go into all the world as a SHOWING ACT of how grace and kindness

BAPTISM AS A PERPETUAL ILLUSTRATION OF HOW GOD SAVES BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.

Baptism is the IDENTIFYING ACT REQUESTING God's grace.

Jesus Christ directly commanded baptism to Glorify His power to save as long as time shall last. Only baptism SHOWS that God's grace is powerful enough to keep His WORD from being "shot" to pieces with our vision. Baptism is Christ's work: don't repudiate Him. His message does not change to fit our "enlightened" minds.

Christ was MADE KNOWN where John was baptizing WITH WATER:

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. John 1:31

Jesus Christ directly commanded baptism to GLORIFY His power to save as long as time shall last. Only baptism SHOWS that God's grace is powerful enough to keep His WORD from becomming obsolete. Baptism is Christ's work: don't repudiate Him. His message does not change to fit our "enlightened" minds.

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:7

If you are not baptizing and are minimizing baptism then Jesus claims that you are a treacherous, slippery fellow. This is the only visible ACT where we declare the GLORY OF GOD before witnesses. Those who are OF FAITH will respond to Grace bestowed at baptism:

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world,

that I should bear witness unto the truth.

Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. John 18:37

Endeiknumi )g1731) en-dike'-noo-mee; from 1722 and 1166; to indicate (by word or act): - do, show (forth).

Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) Ro.2:15

Endeicis (g1732) en'-dike-sis; from 1731; indication (abstr.): - declare, evident token, proof.

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Ro.3:25

[All sins are in the past. A baptized believer must repent and pray when he sins]

Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. 2Co.8:24

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. Ph.1:28

If baptism is not SHOWN FORTH as how God chooses to save by grace through faith then one may be showing a token of perdition. If God "predestinates" there is nothing clearer than that baptism is the EVIDENT MARK that one has submitted to God's Will. Faith is totally internal and subjective. If you refuse baptism you refuse to show your faith.

For by grace are ye saved through faith;
........... and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8

Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:9

Note the parallelism between not of yourselves and not of works.

God in Christ gave us His WORD to produce faith. Therefore, it is a GIFT of God but never independant of His Word. CALLING on the name of the Lord is at baptism as Paul was told. God did not instill faith in Paul by Osmoses but sent a preacher. Paul would be "guided into all truth" and would INSTILL faith in others based on what he had seen and heard:

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. Acts 22:14

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. Acts 22:15

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 22:16

God has elected or invited or called Paul and Paul must CALL BACK in Baptism. Baptism is like the flood where FAITH moved Noah and if Noah had not moved he would have not had faith and not been saved. Paul speaks of baptism being the FORM of the factual gospel elements which must be OBEYED. Peter agrees by saying:

The like figure [imitations] whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 1 Peter 3:21

The word ANSWER means a question or REQUEST:

Eperotema (G1906)ep-er-o'-tay-mah; from 1905; an inquiry: - answer.

Eperotao (g1905) ep-er-o-tah'-o; from 1909 and 2065; to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek: - ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.

ONLY at baptism is it possible to exercise faith and REQUEST A holy spirit or A good conscience or A sprinkling of the heart or mind or spirit FROM an evil conscience.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Rom 10:14

Salvation is the GIFT of God and faith is a gift of God but ONLY because His WORD is a gift which PRODUCES faith.

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things Rom 10:15

The Gospel must be BELIEVED and must be OBEYED:

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? Rom 10:16

Jesus said preach the gospel and MAKE DISCIPLES by baptizing and further teaching of what Christ has taught.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Ro.10:17

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. Rom 10:18

Jesus said that MY WORDS are spirit and life. Paul ministered the spirit by preaching the Word:

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Ga.3:2

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Ga.3:5

THE faith is in contrast to THE LAW: faith is never opposed to obeying the laws of Christ.

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. Ac.6:7

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Ro.10:8

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to Godward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. 1Th.1:8

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 1Ti.4:6

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:
........... but the word preached did not profit them,
........... not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Heb.4:2

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Heb.11:3

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Heb.13:7

John Calvin wrote

For the Lord has so knit together the certainty of his word and his Spirit,

that our minds are duly imbued with reverence for the word when the Spirit shining upon it enables us there to behold the face of God;

and, on the other hand, we embrace the Spirit with no danger of delusion when we recognise him in his image, that is, in his word.

Thus, indeed, it is. God did not produce his word before men for the sake of sudden display, intending to abolish it the moment the Spirit should arrive;

but he employed the same Spirit,
by whose agency he had administered the word,
to complete his work by the efficacious confirmation of the word.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

And Paul takes us back to the FULLER prophesied to wash us. Workmanship means the FABRIC which results when the fuller takes "homespun" and makes it into a fine garment:

Poiema (g4161) poy'-ay-mah; from 4160; a product, i.e. fabric (lit. or fig.): - thing that is made, workmanship.

When we are baptized we are REQUESTING that God do the work of "sprinkling" our heart or regenerating our spirit so that it is A holy spirit or A lear conscience:

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet 3:21

The only way to get INTO Christ or into His body is through Baptism which makes us children BY FAITH.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3: 26

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal 3: 27

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; Ephesians 2:11

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col 2:11

Buried with him in BAPTISM, wherein also ye are RISEN with him through the faith of the OPERATION of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col.2:12

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Col 2:13

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: Ephesians 2:12

But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13

The only way we contact the "blood" is at baptism where we are crucified with Christ, buried with Christ and regenerated with Christ.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Ephesians 2:14

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; Ephesians 2:15

At the death of Christ the middle wall of partition was torn down. This allowed individual believers to come boldly before the throneof Grace. Furthermore, ALL distinctions were torn down between Jew and Gentile. ALL were considered under sin whether they personally crucified Jesus or not. The gospel was to be preached to all. Therefore, there is no Baptist Jewish New Covenant and a Gentile New Covenant. The result of this false understanding that "believer's baptism" is practiced which is a pagan baptism.

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: Ephesians 2:16

And came and preached peace to you which were afar off (Gentiles), and to them that were nigh. Ephesians 2:17

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Ephesians 2:18

The Zwinglian gospel is ANOTHER GOSPEL unknown for 1825 years.

This is the SPIRIT OF Oneness or unity. The Holy Spirit is God or the Mind of Christ. Jesus said that His words were SPIRIT and TRUTH because they were spoken by the SPIRIT FATHER Who dwelled fully in tht SON.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Ephesians 2:19

Cenos (g3581) xen'-os; appar. a prim. word; foreign (lit. alien, or fig. novel); by impl. a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer: - host, strange (-r).

Numbers 2:47-54. But the Levites . . .were not numbered among them--They were obliged to keep a register of their own. They were consecrated to the priestly office,

which in all countries has been exempted customarily, and in Israel by the express authority of God, from military service.

The custody of the things devoted to the divine service was assigned to them so exclusively, that

"no stranger"--that is, no person, not even an Israelite of any other tribe, was allowed, under penalty of death, to approach these [Nu 16:40].

Hence they encamped round the tabernacle in order that there should be no manifestation of the divine displeasure among the people.

Thus the numbering of the people was subservient to the separation of the Levites from those Israelites who were fit for military service,

and to the practical introduction of the law respecting the first-born,

for whom the tribe of Levi became a substitute [Ex 13:2 Nu 3:12].

Numbers 3:5-10. Bring the tribe of Levi near--The Hebrew word "bring near" is a sacrificial term, denoting the presentation of an offering to God; and the use of the word, therefore,

in connection with the Levites, signifies that they were devoted as an offering to the sanctuary, no longer to be employed in any common offices.

They were subordinate to the priests, who alone enjoyed the privilege of entering the holy place;

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; Ephesians 2:20

The people are not built upon the apostles and prophets: The body of Christ is built upon the foundation which the Apostles laid, that being upon Christ and the confession that He is the Son of God.

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: Ephesians 2:21

Naos (g3485) nah-os'; from a prim. naio, (to dwell); a fane, shrine, temple: - shrine, temple. Comp. 2411

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; Mt.27:51

Hieron (g2411) hee-er-on'; neut of 2413; a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts (whereas 3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple (at Jerus. or elsewhere): - temple.

In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. Ephesians 2:22

Katoikeo (g2730) kat-oy-keh'-o; from 2596 and 3611; to house permanently, i.e. reside (lit. or fig.): - dwell (-er), inhabitant (- ter).

The MARK of one who has been baptized INTO Christ is that they are totally aware that God "is not worshipped in houses builty by human hands." They simply cannot tolerate CARNAL rituals such as preaching (one of the first heresies), performance singing or singing self-composed "scripture."

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ 1 Pet 2:5

Pneumatikos (g4152) pnyoo-mat-ik-os'; from 4151; non-carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concr.), or divinely supernatural, regenerate, religious: - spiritual. Comp. 5591.

Psuchikos (g5591) psoo-khee-kos'; from 5590; sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from 4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from 5446, which is the lower or bestial nature): - natural, sensual.

G5446 speaks of:

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: Rom1:26

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. Rom 1:27

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2 Pet 2:12

This is a THEME: it applies to the PLAY at Mount Sinai. They engaged in musical idolatry of the Egyptian triad represented by Apis the bull. It was musical, charismatic and therefore sexual and perverted sexuality.

Modern charismatic or musical worship normally involves women singers who were always "the harem of the gods."

The command of Jesus was that God in Christ ONLY SEEKS those who can worship in the NEW PLACE of the human spirit as it GIVES HEED (Paul's unique worship word) to the Word or the Spirit of Truth. Therefore, this is a MARK of one who has not been baptized INTO CHRIST or in connection with His DEATH or "sacrifice" of His own human nature.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. John 4:23

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. John 4:25

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. John 4:26

Tell does not mean GREEK PAGAN RITUALISTIC WORSHIP but tell is:

Anagello (g312) an-ang-el'-lo; from 303 and the base of 32; to announce (in detail): - declare, rehearse, report, show, speak, tell.

Jesus said as clear as God can make it

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

Peter noted that:

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 1 Pet 2:6

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:

but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 1 Pet 2:7

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 1 Pet 2:8

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

See these passages in tabular form

When Israel's elders "fired God" and requested a king like the nations God understood that this means so that they could worship like the nation. The system was of the GOYIM primarily a Babylonian system. This was similar to the Greek Pagan systems.

Tertullian wrote of Apollo (Abaddon, Apollyon) to accomplished the WASHINGS by devious means.

But Venus (Lucifer, ZOE) and Bacchus (Dionysus) are close allies. These two evil spirits are in sworn confederacy with each other, as the patrons of drunkenness and LUST. So the theatre of Venus is as well the house of Bacchus: for they properly gave the name of Liberalia also to other theatrical amusements-which besides being consecrated to Bacchus (as were the Dionysia of the Greeks), were instituted by him; and, without doubt,

the performances of the theatre have the common patronage of these two deities.

That immodesty of gesture and attire which so specially and peculiarly characterizes the stage are consecrated to them-the one deity wanton by her sex, the other by his drapery;

while its services of voice, and song, and lute, and pipe, belong to Apollos, and Muses, and Minervas, and Mercuries.

In a passage of Pindar, Apollo is called the dancer; (and there is a Greek line extant which represents Jupiter himself in the very act of dancing).

The Gymnopedite was instituted by Lycurgus, and washar invented (Lacedemon) by the Spartans as an early excitation to the courage of their children,

and in order to lead them on insensibly to the exercise of an armed dance (Pyrrhic).

The choir of the children regulated their motions by those of the men, and all danced at the same time,

singing hymns in praise of Apollo. The festival was sacred to Apollo for the poetry, and to Bacchus for the dance.

Plato wrote:

Socrates: With reference, then, to his acts of delivering and his washings, as being the physician of such diseases, he might properly be called Apoluon (apalouôn, the washer), and with reference to soothsaying and truth and simplicity--for the two are identical--he might most properly be called by the name the Thessalians use; for all Thessalians call the god Aplun. And because he is always by his archery controller of darts (bolôn) he is ever darting (aei ballôn).

The word MELODY or Psallo used to justify MUSIC in the church is a warfare word. The only "musical" connection is that of "twanging a bow string but ONLY with the fingers." People, therefore SHOT OUT hymns. That is why there can be not doubt that when Paul said sing and make melody in the HEART he was speaking of a mental "grinding around" what was SPOKEN to make an effect on the soul.

And with reference to music we have to understand that alpha often signifies "together," and here it denotes moving together in the heavens about the poles, as we call them, and harmony in song, [405d] which is called concord; for, as the ingenious musicians and astronomers tell us, all these things move together by a kind of

And this god directs the harmony, making them all move together, among both gods and men; and so, just as we call the homokeleuthon (him who accompanies),

and homokoitin (bedfellow), by changing the homo to alpha, akolouthon and akoitin, so also we called him Apollo who was Homopolo, [405e] and the second lambda was inserted, because without it the name sounded of disaster (apolô, apolôla, etc.).

The idea is that Abaddon PURIFIES people by music and charismatic "moving together." His "muses" in Revelation 18 are the resurrected LOCUSTS or musical performers.

See Charismatic Worship

It is the fulfillment of prophecy that the MUSICAL practices of Abaddon go along with the view that it is APOLLO or Abaddon or Apollyon who is the end-time god. However, Apollo as seen in the rise of musical "seeker centers" is the patternism of the harlot church.

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