Faith

James Thoms Robert

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The following book, which is part one of a three-part series, is a restoration of The Faith delivered to the planet earth two thousand years ago, in that it fully restores spiritual development. No explanation is necessary to explain the magnitude of such. This three-volume set is, in fact, the final warning from the Almighty to the inhabitants of the earth before the Rapture takes place. Much of what is contained in this three-volume set is instruction for those inside the house of God, but many of those outside will benefit from its contents too.

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• Bibles
• Philosophie et théologie
• Bible

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• Publié par: Book Venture Publishing LLC
• Date de parution: 06 mars 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781944014858
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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THE FAITH
The Grave Volume One
THE FAITH
The Grave
VOLUME ONE
ROBERT JAMES THOMS
Copyright © 2018 by Robert James Thoms.
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Library of Congress Control Number 2016955452 ISBN-13: Softcover 978-1-944014-83-4 Pdf 978-1-944014-84-1 ePub 978-1-944014-85-8 Kindle 978-1-944014-86-5
Rev. date: 08/09/2018
Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. ( Jude 1:3 )
Contents
Preface
The Faith—Table
Overviews
Chapter 1: The Call of God
The Call
The Land of Milk and Honey
Why Would Someone Not Want to Rise Up into the Heavenlies?
Serious Problems in Our Midst
Chapter 2: Three Classes of Believers
A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words
Types of the Faith
The Israelites’ Journey and the Structure
The Grave, the Earth and the Heavenlies
Spirit, Soul and Body and the Three Realms
Chapter 3: Egypt
Problems with Past Interpretations
Exodus in Romans
More on John’s View and Paul’s View
John’s Gospel and the Law of Moses
Chapter 4: Death of the Firstborn
History of the Firstborn
No Longer a Mystery
The Spiritual Application Is What Makes Sense
Born Again
The Wrath of God
Calvary—the Ultimate Demonstration of the Goodness of God and the Wickedness of Man
Decisions, Decisions
Without Excuse
Chapter 5: The Red Sea
Spiritual Significance of the Sea and Dry Land
Christ Our Substitute
The Difference Between Dead “In” Sin and Dead “To” Sin
Distinctions Between Sin and Sins, and Sin and the Flesh
Let Not Sin Therefore Reign in Your Mortal Bodies
Dead to Sin and Alive to God
You Cannot Serve Two Masters
Picture Yourself Dead to Sin
More on the Red Sea
Chapter 6: Romans
Romans Is the Epistle of Faith
Faith and Unbelief
The Relationship Between Relativity, Perspective and Speech
Relativity and Perspective in Romans and Ephesians
The Three-Story Ark
Justification
Misinterpreting Romans
Romans 6, 7 and 8
Romans 8—the Dead Believer Comes Alive
Spirit, Soul and Body in Romans
Who Likes Pronouns?
Chapter 7: Fruit-bearing
Numbers Used in Fruit-bearing
God’s Number System
Fruit-bearing and the Numbers
Sowing and Reaping
Bearing Fruit Is Not an Option
More on OSAS
The Essential Difference Between the Gifts of the Spirit and the Fruit of the Spirit
Chapter 8: The Babes
The Second Birth
The New Creation
Going Forward
A Wonderful Pregnancy
Forgiveness of Sins
Forgiveness from God
Forgiveness from Man
Repentance
Following the Light of the World
The Spirit and the Babes
The Word and the Spirit
A Guide to Help with the Map
True Enlightenment
Who Is Your Teacher?
Knowledge and the Babe
The Babes and Philippians
Good News for the Babes
Understanding the Place That the Old Testament Has and the Place That It Doesn’t Have
Knowing God’s Word
Christ in the Believer and the Role of the Word
True Knowledge of God
How to Begin Right
A Balanced Life or a Life of Compromise
When Assembling Is a Bad Thing
The Disobedient Babes
Seeking Man’s Praise
The Importance of Living by the Right Standard
Eternal Life
The Deity of Christ
Let God Be True and Every Man a Liar
Witnessing
Seeking Man’s Praise in the Context of Witnessing
Cowards are Not Very Reliable
Chapter 9: The Flesh
The Threefold Enemy
Dealing with the Threefold Enemy
Different Usages of the Flesh
Misunderstandings Associated with the Flesh
The Babes are Fleshly
The Realm of the Body
The Realm of the Flesh and God’s Word
Not in the Flesh
One Enemy at a Time, Sweet Jesus
The Enemies of God
Manifestations of the Flesh
Works of the Flesh
The Blindness of the Flesh
Religious Backgrounds
Religious Flesh
What Constitutes Religious Flesh?
The Jews
Religious Flesh in the Christian World
Spiritual Experiences
Who Are the True Worshippers of God?
Falling into the Flesh After Walking in the Spirit
The Flesh Lusts Against the Spirit
Self and the Babes
Love Buried in the Flesh
As Righteous as the Wicked
Testimony of Those Just Beginning with the Faith
Chapter 10: Amalek
Moses on the Hill
Aaron and Hur
The Cross
Why Believers Fail
Saul’s Deception
A Christian Must Live by His Spirit
The Presence of the Spirit
Easier-to-Read Translations
Getting Better or Getting Worse?
Chapter 11: The Grave
What Is Spiritual Death?
The Living Dead
Natural Life
The Life of God and Believers
Death Is the Key to Life
The Babes Are in the Grave
The Principle of Death and the Principle of Life
Working Out Our Salvation
The Body Comes Alive
The Soul Comes Alive
The Spirit Comes Alive
Chapter 12: The Body
God’s Plan of Salvation for the Body
Misunderstandings Because of a Misinterpretation
Distinguishing the Flesh from the Body
What Is the Sharpest Thing in Existence?
Abraham, the Father of Those who Believe, Had a Dead Body
Our Dead Bodies Come Alive
Living Sacrifice
The Body Members Become Righteous and Alive
Our Body Members Come Alive
Does Romans 8:11 Refer to Physical Healing?
Unbelief in the Context of Physical Healing
Against and Not For
How Believing in Healing Can Be Wrong
Led by the Spirit, Not the Word
Why People Don’t Get Healed
Chapter 13: The Court
The Gate
The Four Colors
The Fine Linen
The Pillars
The Bases of the Pillars
The Laver
The Copper Altar
Preface
T he following book, which is part one of a three-part series, is a restoration of The Faith delivered to the planet earth two thousand years ago, in that it fully restores spiritual development. No explanation is necessary to explain the magnitude of such. This three-volume set is, in fact, the final warning from the Almighty to the inhabitants of the earth before the Rapture takes place. Much of what is contained in this three-volume set is instruction for those inside the house of God, but many of those outside will benefit from its contents too.
It was always my intention to write a single volume. However, once I got started, it became apparent to me that the project would best be preserved in three books, rather than one book in three sections. To speak after the manner of man, I had more to say than originally anticipated. Also, I am a firm believer that a book should be comfortable to read. To compile all three books into a single volume would be like reading the family Bible. Arranging the books thus would not be very practical, for the resulting book would be very cumbersome. With the advent of e-books and the like, lengthy books are not an issue anymore; but it is still my will that the books be printed.
It became clear to me soon after my conversion that the Lord wanted me to write a book, not simply because of the richness of what He was revealing to me, although this is certainly the first and foremost reason, but because of another reason as well. When in conversation with others, pretty much everything I said fell on deaf ears because much of it was new to them. New ideas are not readily embraced by those who clutch firmly to old ones. Also, what God had done in me was nothing short of a miracle, really. In three short years, He had revealed the fullness of The Faith to me. Understandably, it was extremely difficult for those involved in ministry for thirty or forty years to bring themselves to acknowledge that someone saved for a mere three years could possibly be their teacher. 1 Moreover, when an issue came up that conflicted with a person’s beliefs, that’s as far as the conversation went anyway. In most cases, I couldn’t get to first base with most people, let alone hit a home run. Not having my own church, so to speak, and ministering exclusively to people one-on-one, working within the confines of these restrictions, it was near impossible to communicate with others what God had shown me. Hence, writing a book became the solution to the problem.
On the one hand, the path for every Christian is the same: following the Lord Jesus; on the other hand, the particulars of an individual’s life are not. The books that the Lord uses to introduce one believer to knowledge of the Faith may differ from the books He uses to introduce another. For me, it was while reading Samuel Ridout’s Lectures on the Tabernacle that the Lord significantly changed my view of His Word. I then realized, like never before, that there is a hidden wisdom contained in His Word not readily available in the mere reading of the words. Understandably, I wanted to read more by this author, and it was while reading his book The Four Gospels that I was introduced to a man that the Lord would use to fulfill my destiny, that is, would use to fulfill what He had called me to do. At the end of Mr. Ridout’s book on the four gospels, he recommends other reading material on the subject. First on the list is a man named John Nelson Darby. Mr. Ridout’s praise for this individual immediately caught my attention. He wrote, “Perhaps no uninspired writer has been so signall