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6 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 44
he could keep the law of YEHOVAH God NATURE of His holy spirit.
PERFECTLY! Paul knew that he was Man must be brought to the point where
WRETCHED in his present carnal state. And he can see he must VOLUNTARILY SUR-
then Paul, in exultation, ANSWERED his OWN RENDER HIS OWN WILL SO that YEHO-
question, Who shall DELIVER ME? with the VAH God can begin to COMPLETE mans spir-
words, I thank God THROUGH Jesus Christ itual creation by placing His holy spirit within
our Lord" (verse 25). him. Then man will have the SPIRITUAL
Paul knew that the MIRACLE of EQUIPMENT to be able to begin living by the
COMPLETELY CHANGING his carnal human royal law of YEHOVAH God -- the royal law of
nature so he could keep the spiritual law per- LOVE.
fectly would be accomplished BY the Fathers And when man is born again at the res-
spirit THROUGH THE MESSIAH, our Savior, urrection, it will be perfectly NATURAL for
at the resurrection. him to live by his new SPIRITUAL nature -- just
But many argue that YEHOVAH God as it is NATURAL for unconverted people today
did away with His law, so that man could to follow the dictates of their carnal natures.
NATURALLY -- by his PRESENT CARNAL THEN the creation of man will be
NATURE -- do good. But YEHOVAH God COMPLETE! Man will be YEHOVAHs FIN-
did no such thing! ISHED SPIRITUAL creation. Then he will
We know from a previous lesson that HAVE all that he has longed for -- true happi-
YEHOVAH God gave man His supreme spiri- ness, contentment, peace -- for he will be living
tual law from the beginning. It has existed from COMPLETELY within the law of love, and
Adam. YEHOVAH personally instructed the LOVE brings all these things and MORE!
first man and woman in His law. And it was His But the carnal mind, with which we are
desire that man live in accordance with it from born, is enmity towards YEHOVAH God. It
the beginning. REBELS at the thought of allowing itself to be
But it takes YEHOVAHs holy spirit to crushed out! Each of us has to have it PROVED
obey His spiritual law! Paul knew that. And that our carnal, unspiritual mind, with its human
PAUL KNEW IT TOOK THE POWER OF nature, cannot bring us the lasting happiness we
YEHOVAHS SPIRIT TO COMPLETELY seek.
CHANGE MANS NATURE! It must be DEMONSTRATED to man
that it is IMPOSSIBLE for him, OF HIMSELF,
YEHOVAHs Holy Spirit Needed to keep the royal law of love.
But YEHOVAH God already HAS given
Man must LONG for this complete the people of this world PROOF of the ABSO-
change WITH ALL HIS HEART. He must come LUTE NECESSITY of His MIRACULOUS, di-
to the point of being willing to sacrifice vine intervention within their lives so they can
EVERYTHING if only this change would begin to keep His law and receive His bless-
BEGIN to take place within him. He must come ings!!
to the point where, like Yeshua the Messiah, he THAT was the very purpose of the Old
will say to the Father, NOT AS I WILL, BUT COVENANT YEHOVAH made with the chil-
AS THOU WILT (Matthew 26:39). dren of Israel -- which they did NOT keep!
MANS WILL MUST SURRENDER YEHOVAH did NOT promise to give
TOTALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY TO them His holy spirit of love and power at that
YEHOVAHS WILL! time so they could keep His laws.
Man must SURRENDER himself to Never has YEHOVAH God done away
YEHOVAH God so he can receive the LOVING with His great SPIRITUAL law -- the royal law
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