There are a few points I need to clear up for some of you before we can begin talking about who and what we are.

1. The New Testament was written in Greek, even though they spoke Aramaic in the days that Jesus walked the earth. So if you decide to read the New Testament in Hebrew, Latin, or English you are losing a lot in the translation, not to mention the errors the translators made in translating the New Testament to English. Yes that's right, there are errors as early as the first chapter of the Old Testament which was translated from Hebrew to English. In Genesis 1:28 the word replenish in the Hebrew is male' which means to fill. It does not mean to refill; that is a huge mistake and the beginning of many that were made. All Bibles since the King James have been based of the King James so the mistakes are intensified from version to version. God did say it was His word, that He inspired, but never did He say to translate it.
2. There are even verses added and some have used the incorrect translation to prove points in their beliefs, teaching, etc. In Job 1:8 basically it states that God asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job?" But in Hebrew it reads that God said, "What do you have in your heart against my servant Job".
3. There are two verses especially that have bothered me considering how many people have told me they were raised with these having been taught in the wrong way. They use the one above, in Job, from the English version to point out that God tests us when that is not even close to what Job 1:8 really states. The other is Matthew 17:21. In a lot of versions you will see a space after this verse; that is to show the last verse, prior to the space, was added and not part of the original writings. A father had sought the apostles' help in getting a demon out of his son. But the apostles could not do it, so when Jesus did it and they asked why they could not Jesus explained. In verse 20 Jesus goes into how all things are done by faith and if they had the faith of a mustard seed they would have been able to do it. But then when you read verse 21 "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." That has nothing to do with what He had just stated. This verse was added much later to do two things–to explain why the church could not cast out a demon all at once, but required many days, weeks, and at times even months to do so. The bottom line is many have believed (due to a bad translation) that God will test us when that is not even close to what Job 1:8 states. Then in Matthew 17:21 that we are to pray and fast and that much praying and fasting is needed to do what should be done by faith. Some have gone so far as to state that it is necessary for all things.
4. In Acts 5:11-13 is when Satan divided the church. Actually the word church was not used in the Greek. The word would be correctly translated as community. Satan effectively divided the community early on. Even Paul had to deal with it later in I Corinthians 1:11-13. When you read I Corinthians 1:12 replace the words Paul, Apollos and Cephas with any denomination today.

The church/community was divided early on and by the fourth century a Roman ruler named Constantine made it law in Rome that all Romans were Christians. This is the beginning of the first state run religion since to be a Christian did not mean any more than that you were born a Roman, so in time many of those in charge of the community/church were not even believers.

Here are a few of the problems that came about due to this:

• Dark Ages
• Middle Ages
• Crusades – 13 attempts over almost a two hundred-year span to take Jerusalem back.
• Inquisition – one of the worse things and darkest times of the Church of Rome. This is when many of the church in Spain used the inquisition to get rid of any who may have been a personal threat, those who did not think the same as they did and worse.
• Then in the sixteenth century a break in the church happened and some fell away and started new churches. The problem was they took the template or way to have church from what the original church was doing. Overall the services of almost all churches of this world that call themselves Christian are similar. The minor differences in what separated them were in areas that had little or nothing to do with salvation.

Over the following 400 years more and more divisions over minor differences caused more new churches to form. Have you noticed I have not called any of these the community? That's because Jesus even warns of the church of the last days, the new age church. He even goes so far as to write seven letters to the seven churches (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Budsim, Hindu, His community, etc). Only one of the seven was truly of Him. The rest, due to different reasons, either had been on the right path and gotten off or were never really on it. His community is not based on anything of man or what man believes or teaches it is all based on Him and is in the Spirit.

19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

As many as He loves–based on John 3:16 that is everyone.

He will rebuke–means He will show us the error of our ways.

He will chasten–means to educate.

So we will be zealous–means so we will have a warm feeling for Him.

Repent–means to change the path we are on and our ways from destruction to life.

But to do this to change our ways, to repent, to be helped by Him we have to hear from Him. Yes, actually hear from Him. Think about it – if you were Satan what would be one of the biggest things you would want to keep from everyone? That you could actually talk to and hear from God, right!

Plus the churches of this world and their leaders do not know this or are afraid that if it were to be known no one would return, listen to them, give, and support them.

26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

All throughout the Old and New Testament all the way back to Genesis all the way through Revelation you will find a lot of scripture about hearing from God.

18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Throughout the Bible, including Adam, Cain, Abel, Noah, Abram, Moses, Solomon, all the way to what Jesus said above in Revelation 3:20 we are to listen to and hear from God and in doing so we will be blessed.

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.

Many have taken this chapter out of context to prove water baptism over Baptism of the Spirit, but Jesus said unless we are born of the Spirit we can not see or enter the kingdom of God.

Water baptism was of John. John came to make way for Jesus. Did you know Acts is the last book of the New Testament to have any real mention of water baptism? Most would say they were baptized in water because they knew of no other.

Water baptism is a good way to show one's faith, but spirit baptism is the one and only true baptism. Do not believe me; look to John the Baptist:

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:

Need more?

15. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

Would you believe Jesus?

5. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

We are saved when we hear His voice and open the door for Him to come in to dine with us (communion) and are obedient to Him, not man.

Give to God that which is of God and to man that which is of man, which are you?

Now that we have covered salvation, let's get into how one becomes part of His community.

15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17. And 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.

In verse 16 Jesus is already calling him Peter when He said that Simon knew did not learn this from anyone of flesh and blood, but of God through the Spirit. This was not head knowledge (which is of the flesh) but spiritual knowledge.

18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

In verse 18 above "That thou are Peter" the word for Peter here in the Greek is Petros and it literally means "a piece of the rock" now read it:

18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art a piece of the rock, and upon this rock I will build my community; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Notice the word church I changed to community because the Greek word here is ekklesia. It does not mean church; a more correct translation would have been community.

19. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

20. Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

Jesus told them to tell no one that He was the Christ because the ones hearing that would only have head knowledge and not a revelation of the Spirit as Peter received.

Those who have heard Jesus, opened the door, and asked Him in are saved. Those who have heard from the Father who Jesus is as the Christ and His Son are of the community.

What about Christ? Christian means being Christ like. So how can we be Christ like? That is what this study is all about who and what we are in Christ. Christ is from a Greek word, Christos, which means the anointing.

There are three facets of Jesus that most misunderstand. They relate to Jesus as the salvation and He is, but as the Son because the Son died for to save us. Jesus is the head of the Community (Church) and Christ is the Spirit of God in, on and all the way though us (Anointing).

Christ did not die on the cross. If that had been the case it would not have been a man that died, but God, and no man or woman could be saved. If you need more proof, here is what Jesus said:

45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Up until then Jesus had never been without God. He had never ever been that alone, but as the Spirit left Him (so as a man He could pay the price) He felt loneliness and He was alone for the first time ever. If you hear anyone say, "Christ died for you," remember if Christ had died, Jesus would never have said, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Before we cover forgiveness, there is a truth about prayer it seems a lot do not know.

5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

7. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

8. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Prayer is not public, corporate, long-winded or repetitious. It is private and to the point.

14. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

To be forgiven we must forgive. No matter how small or large an issue is, if it is not truly forgiven then it interferes with our knowing God and being saved. If Jesus could come here and go through all He did to forgive and we are calling ourselves like Him, then we must do as He did, forgive and forget.

If we do not forgive we could dwell on a subject. From that could come all kinds of thoughts that are not of love, but the opposite.

1. Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5. Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

How dare we think we are better or can do anything different or less than He did. He did not judge or condemn.

17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

He did not come to judge or condemn but to save. If we are of Him and following after Him we are not to judge either.

Here we discover what it is to be of Christ, to truly be a Christian (Christ like).

36. Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38. This is the first and great commandment.

39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Do you have the love that you would give your life for another–even one you do not know, even one others judge harshly for one reason or another?

Judging for any reason is of the flesh not of God. Judging one due to skin color, religion, what part of the world they are from, income, etc is of the flesh only.

29. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

30. And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

31. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

32. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

35. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

36. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

37. And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

Could you do what the Samaritan did? How about after what happened 9-11-01? Could you have done that for an Arab?

If you knew for sure that everything that is of this world was truly temporary, nothing here was permanent, and it is all preparing us for our true life that begins after this life, then you might be different towards others.

Most if not all of us would have found this hard to do after 9-11, myself included. It does not mean it is impossible, just that it is not easy. We have much of the world, its teachings, and ways to overcome.

21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

To be of Christ is to be one with God and to be one with His will, thoughts, and all that He is.

38. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

41. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

42. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

43. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

To be of Christ is to be anointed, and the anointing is God's Spirit in us, on us, and through us.

18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Do you understand what all the anointing can and will do for us?

27. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

If you had the power and wisdom of God, don't you think all bondage here will be (not just removed but) completely destroyed?

24. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Remember Christ is the anointing.

27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Did you know all the promises are in Christ, in the anointing?

13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens me – not through Jesus, or the Son, or man – but through Christ!

19. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

However, the above verse is through Christ Jesus, of Christ and Jesus. Because the Son was sent (the Son is Jesus) through His death we are supplied.

29. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

We are of the seed when we are of Christ. When we are of the Spirit and in the Spirit, not the flesh, we are grafted into the vine (John 15:1-26).

Some of you are thinking that I am making it sound like we are not of Christ or the community (church) when we are saved. That's right; we are not; we have to grow in Him (Spirit) and He must grow in us.

• Step 1 – we must hear His voice and open the door as described in Revelation 3:20.
• Step 2 – we must control our thoughts and imaginations as described below.
• Step 3 – we must continue daily listening to His voice and being obedient.
• Step 4 – we must overcome the world and all that is of the world in us such as judging, not forgiving, and not loving.

5. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Understand that most thoughts we have daily are of and from the world. Satan is behind the world so the thoughts we get are of Satan, not God. We must seek God's thoughts. They are not forced on us like those of Satan are. Satan will do it two ways – First he finds people that he can influence with his thoughts, ideas, etc who will reach the most people. Second is where he forces his thoughts on us directly. This is his less used way, but it is used as need be.

Haven't you ever wondered how a mother could torture and kill her own children or how such horrific events such as the holocaust could happen?

Well, while Satan will use a few to reach the many, occasionally he will find one who is weak willed and lacking in the Spirit to work through. He will convince them that he is God, or that it is their idea, and they then perform acts that shock most of us. Then when others hear how the mother or who ever say they were hearing from God and God told them to do it, those who hear then wonder about God. They doubt He is real or wonder what type of God would tell a mother to do such a thing. The truth its it never was God, but Satan.

There was a show on television where this one real life mom yelled about how another was not of God; she was judgmental and not forgiving. What this did was give all that saw her doubt about God. She turned out to be a black eye for God, but a big help for Satan. No I am not judging her; I am stating the facts of what I saw. You read above that of Christ means we do not judge and we forgive all. She judged someone before she even got to know the other person. The problem is when we judge we also stop forgiving. When we do not forgive we are not forgiven and we are not of God.

Judging was needed during a time of the law. Now that we are in a time of Grace there should be no judging other than that we do of ourselves. Oh yes, we judge ourselves by every word we speak that is not of God.

36. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost do not have to judge us or condemn us – we are doing that to ourselves.

In verse 36 above the word idle is referring to any and all words that are not of and about God. Those are empty words, gossip, telling tells, lies, evil (not of God) and by them we will be judged and by them we will be rewarded or condemned.

7. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

8. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

9. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Many will say it is to hard to only talk of and about God, but I say that 10, 20, or how many ever years before you leave this world or He returns are nothing compared to eternity. Those with wisdom of God know this and understand it, but the so called "wise ones of this world" do not and never will.

10. And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

11. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Hypothetically speaking – a baby in the womb is two weeks short of being full term and the doctor discovers a problem and if the baby is not delivered now the baby will die – do you let the baby go to term or remove him/her now? Of course you remove him/her now with only two weeks left he/she has a much better chance of surviving…it would be wise and worth it.

If we would become like that baby and be born again from above in order to use what time is left here to eventually have the true life in the next life by spending the remaining days we have in Him…it would be wise and worth it.

Jesus said that who ever does His Father's will is of Him. So what is the Father's will? To know the Father's will one must first know the Father, and due to not knowing the Father many will believe they are of Him who really are not.

22. Many 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?

23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

In verse 23 above Jesus calls those who, in verse 22, stated they had done many wonderful things in His name–workers of iniquity (evil). Why? He never knew them. Of course He knew of them, but He never actually knew them personally. You know of the president of the US, but you do not actually know him.

If there was any one thing I could get across to people who visit that would be you must hear from God. It is not just something we can do, but it is something we should and need to do. The only way you can know that you are saved and not be like those in Matthew 7:23 above who thought they were saved, but instead know for sure is by hearing from God.

20. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

If Satan thinks you might hear from God or believe you can he will get as many as he can to convince you that you can not hear.

Do not be like one person I have known who tried to hear. He could not get over the notion that if God wanted us to hear we would just hear. I tried to show Him that God does not force; only Satan forces. He could not see it even though with Abraham it took 75 years of God talking to Abram before he actually heard…God did not just wait that long…it took Abram that long to get over the influence of the world and be able to hear. What you have going for you that Abram did not is grace, the word, and technology to get this to you ASAP. Don't be like Abram – you may not have 75 more years.

Remember if you are 40 years old there are 40 years of the worldly walls that you have to tear down or climb over. Do not wait; start now.

1. Seek hearing from the Lord.
2. Find a place free from distractions and that is quiet to spend 30 minutes a day listening for and to His voice.
3. If you start falling asleep retrain your mind and body not to fall asleep.
4. No matter if it takes 2 days, 2 months, or longer, stick with it until you hear.
5. When you do hear be sure to verify that it is God and not Satan (Satan can imitate light). Ask one question, "Did Jesus Christ come in the flesh?" If you hear "no" tell Satan to go to Hell. If you hear "yes" continue to listen. (I John 4:1-3)
6. Daily cast down all thoughts, imaginations, and ideas that are not of God, taking the rest into captivity to the obedience of Christ. This takes a while, but in time you will start to notice you are not judging and you forgive all.
7. Remember there is nothing in this life worth losing your next life with Him, nothing. Even though Satan will try to make you think differently.
8. Read the word with Him; let Him explain it and give you understanding; pray and spend as much time as you can listening to Him.

Look at it this way a mother loses a child at an early age and she blames God because of some false teaching like Job 1:8 (that this is a test when it is not). So then in the next life the child is with God but the mother is not. She lost the child for all of eternity. Is it worth not forgiving to spend all of eternity without the child?

Many Christians think they are saved and are of God because of man's teachings, but Jesus states most are on the wrong path and only a few are on the right path.

13. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Jesus warns us above. In verse 13 the word many in the Greek should have been translated as most, so most need to change paths. Are you sure you are on the right path? I can not tell you; neither can any one else other than God. Only by having a one on one relationship with God can you ever know the truth.

32. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

What is the truth?

26. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

The spirit of truth is what sets you free. The more you get to know it the more you are free of the lies and this world.

13. And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

14. The sower soweth the word.

15. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17. And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

18. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

19. And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Out of the four groups above only one gets it all. The rest lose it before they get the understanding due to things of this world. The first group in verse 15 is the lost ones. They never get it because Satan steals it before it can begin to grow in them. The second group in verses 16-17 get maybe 30% and then due to affliction, persecution they lose it. The third group in verses 18-19 gets about 60% before cares of this world, lusts for other things, etc come in and choke it off.

But the fourth group–that is the group who are hearing from God–they take His word to Him and get the fullness thereof. They get 100%. (The word fold in verse 20 in the Greek is percentage.)

Here are a few verses to help you. Take those above and study them inside out and these below and take them to God when you start hearing to get a deeper understanding and meaning. Below are some of the things you will get from having the relationship with God.

2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Speak to it…

22. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

23. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

24. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

25. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

26. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Healing

24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Cast all your cares…

6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

7. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

My prayer for you:

2. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

They know us not, because they know Him not.

1. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.