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Question 11: Why is it not enough? Answer: Because we are not worthy of God's showing us His power to help or His goodness. Romans 7:21-24 "Therefore I find it to be a law, that when I want to do good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. What a wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?" While the saints have within their hearts the splendid glory of God from the third heaven, they must remember that they also have a thorn in their flesh. This thorn in their flesh pricks their hearts, preventing them from seeing the glory of God. Question 12: What more is needed? Answer: We must be convinced that God loves us and that He wants to be our Father and Savior. To overcome the thorn in the flesh, patience and prayer are necessary through the filling of the Holy Spirit. All bel...

Question 10: Is that enough? Answer: No. Although the saints have become holy in Jesus Christ, they still have the characteristics of the old man in their hearts. Therefore, the saints must fight and overcome the fleshly desires of the old man through spiritual growth. Carnal desires are a collection of roughly seven characteristics: physical nature, blood ties, experience and knowledge, thoughts and ideologies, religious beliefs, self-righteousness, and the desire for dominance. These desires develop and diminish as we grow, but they remain constant overall. However, because these carnal desires establish a hostile opposition to God, they hinder and torment the spiritual growth of believers.

Question 9: How can we achieve this? Answer: First, we must know God as Almighty and Supremely Good. Repentance is not about confessing one's worldly sins, but rather "confessing that one has opposed God, turning away from oneself, believing that one's old self has been resurrected in union with Jesus Christ, who died on the cross with Jesus, and has risen again, and thus being born again as a new person and standing before God." God desires and delights in seeing His saints become holy. For a saint to become holy is to become one with God in Christ. This brings glory to God. John 17:21-23 “Father, may they all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. And the glory you gave me I have given them, that they may be one just as we are one—I in them and you in me—that they may be brought to perfect unity, so that the world may know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have ...

Question 8: Let's put all of this in order and discuss it in detail. What is the first? Answer: Trust in God. To glorify God, the first thing we must consider is knowing His will, and then doing His will. Then, God will be satisfied through Christ. John 12:43-45 “For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. But Jesus cried out, saying, ‘Whoever believes in me does not believe in me but in him who sent me, and whoever sees me sees him who sent me.’” To believe in Jesus Christ is to believe in God the Father, the One who sent Him. God forgives those who repent and come into Christ, accepting them as His people. This brings glory to God.

(7) War with Amalek Exodus 17:8-9 "Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, 'Choose some men for us and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.'" At Rephidim, living water flowed from a rock for the people to drink, but then Amalek suddenly appeared. The coming of living water signifies that Jesus Christ became life through his death on the cross and resurrection from the dead. Amalek is a descendant of Esau and seeks to fulfill the law. Galatians 5:16-17 says, "So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to each other, so that you do not do the things you want." Galatians 1:6 says, "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you in the grace of Christ for a different gospel." These different g...

Question 6: What then is true and correct knowledge of God? Answer: We know God for the purpose of glorifying Him. Believing in the God Jesus calls "Father" is truly and correctly knowing God. The idea of ​​the Trinity prevents a correct belief in God. True belief in God means the Father, Jesus Christ, and the saints become one in the Holy Spirit. When a saint becomes one with God in Christ, he or she comes to know God. To know (Hebrew yada) means to know each other, like a married couple. Therefore, heaven is likened to a marriage. The sacrament symbolizes the belief in Jesus' death and resurrection. The breaking of bread and the pouring of the cup during the Eucharist symbolize this relationship. The breaking of the bread signifies death on the cross, eating the bread signifies receiving resurrection life, the pouring of the cup symbolizes the blood shed on the cross, and drinking the cup is partaking of the water of life from heaven. Luke 22:16-20 “For I tell you, I wi...