The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

5. God manifested

“God manifestation, not human salvation, was the great purpose of the eternal spirit.”

the eternal spirit

Isaiah 55:8 Zechariah 4:10

Isaiah 53:1

divine names

God = the deity (power) LORD (yahweh) = perpetual being

Lord = master

deity is …

Acts 17:24–25, 29 John 4:24

1 John 1:5, 4:8,16

deity manifest in Jesus

John 14:8-10 Colossians 2:9

deity manifest in us

2 Peter 1:3–4 2 Corinthians 4:6

deity manifest in us

Galatians 5:22–23 Ephesians 2:22

John 17:3

the spirit is ready, but the flesh is sick

Here I am. Today. Probably tomorrow too.

But already I feel death in my body, and one day I will be gone.

Brief. Mortal. Irrelevant. I have no power to change this.

How other is eternal love! Everlasting in being.

Force and direction of the universe.

My father.

I know him through the one who calls me brother.

He shows me my father.

Because of my brother I reject fear, whether hate, or anger, or loneliness.

I choose the binding power of love instead.

Love for my father. Love for my brother. … and love for you too.

My brother is helping my self to die, so that the life of my father

can be unrestrained within me.

He is very patient.