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Pamphlet #4298
My
Hi-lite: Ecclesiastes 1:9
The thing that hath been, it is that which
shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there
is no new thing under the sun.
10
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been
already of old time, which was before us. 11
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance
of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
We were born into this flesh age and all that we did or happened to us in the first earth age has been wiped from our memory, at least temporarily, until we are born again back into our initial spiritual being.
Christ
did say we must be born again. John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except
a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God.
John
3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of
the Jews:
2
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that
thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that
thou doest, except God be with him.
3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except
a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he
enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
7
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every
one that is born of the Spirit.
9
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest
not these things?
11
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify
that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe,
if I tell you of heavenly things?
13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man which is in heaven.
And
Paul said, 1 Corinthians 15:44
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual body.
1
Corinthians 15:35 ¶But some man will say, How are the dead raised
up? and with what body do they come?
36
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but
bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his
own body.
39
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men,
another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory
of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another
glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is
raised in incorruption:
43
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness;
it is raised in power:
44
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual body.
45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last
Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.
47
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from
heaven.
48
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly,
such are they also that are heavenly.
49
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image
of the heavenly.
50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom
of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51
¶Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed.
53
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality.
54
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
58
¶Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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