[13] (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
[14] Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Adam was the first with GOD’S Breath …not the first literal human. sin nature is made up nonsense.
If Adam and Eve had the type of Righteousness from GOD’S Original Definitions …it wouldn’t have mattered if they ate from The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil. but they ate from that tree by temptation of their own pride …they caused GOD’S Definitions to be compatible with human pride …they knew good and evil their own way!!! That’s why This Scripture Says The FATHER and CHRIST Knew good and evil …They Knew It The Righteous WAY!!!
[Genesis 3:22 KJV] And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
you can’t have human pride and Live Forever.
CHRIST Ended their pride …physically, after they were already in the Promise Land. we are under a New Covenant where His Definitions should be on your Heart. there is no human pride in The Kingdom:
[Jeremiah 17:4-10 KJV] And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
[5] Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
[6] For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
[7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
[8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
[9] The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
[10] I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
CHRIST is constantly Associated with Righteous Flames. He Knows good and evil The Righteous WAY!
[Revelation 19:12-13 KJV] His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
[13] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
[Exodus 32:10 KJV] Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
You are never CHRIST’S Tool to send someone to jail or cause physical harm to them in any way. i see many people that know we have to stop sinning and think they are GOD’S Wrath …good grief, they have no idea this Test is about pride. human righteousness Vs Godly Righteousness. Yes, there were prophets that inflicted damage on people …that was The OT …start acting like you are in the New Covenant.
[Luke 9:54-56 KJV] And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
[55] But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
[56] For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
we all know about pharisees and their human righteousness. GOD kept Telling us we can’t be Saved with human righteousness …why? because it’s pride.
we don’t need church pride street preachers
Our goal has to be get people to be humble. How are you going to do that as you are being prideful yourself? it is pride to be out on a street corner with a blowhorn. do you really think you are going to wake up the reprobates that way? you are probably just making them see Christianity as annoying. How about putting some effort into Saving people that call themselves Christians and are not?
The Sermon on The Mount Said over and over again to Not have pride!!! Be Humble!
[Luke 6:27-30 KJV] But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
[28] Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
[29] And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
[30] Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
contrite spirit is humble:
[Psalm 34:17-18 KJV] The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
[18] The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
you don’t murmur unless you have pride:
[Philippians 2:14-15 KJV] Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
[15] That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
[1 Peter 4:9 NKJV] Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
[Luke 15:2 KJV] And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Back to Moses Lifting up the serpent on a pole:
[1 Corinthians 10:9-10 KJV] Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
[10] Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
if your pride isn’t on a cross …the destroyer owns you
i always wondered why Scripture often Talks about Loving your Brother when Mentioning Righteousness or stopping sin. turns out …you can’t Love your Brother when you have pride.
[1 John 3:8-15 KJV] He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
[9] Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
[10] In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
[11] For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
[12] Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
[13] Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
[14] We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
[15] Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
cain let pride in The Door:
[Genesis 4:5-7 KJV] But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
[6] And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
[7] If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
cain chose to know good and evil through his pride …and then built a city of hell out of it:
[Genesis 4:16-17 KJV] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
[17] And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
the false church misreads This Verse horrifically: It was about pride this whole time: if you don’t have pride …you won’t be doing a multitude of sins.
[1 Peter 4:8 NKJV] And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
This Whole Section is Saying you can have Eternal LIFE if you give up pride …darkness (deeds) is pride:
[John 3:16-21 KJV] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
[17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
[18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
[19] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
[20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
[21] But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.