In the "Image" of the Earthly vs In the "Image" of the Heavenly

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In the "Image" of the Earthly vs In the "Image" of the Heavenly

Greetings to All,


Eph.4
[13] Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the {{{fulness of Christ}}}:


"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the {{{fulness of God}}}." (Eph. 3:19).


1Cor.15
[49] And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.


Image of the earthly is Adam and disobedience, and the image of the heavenly is Christ and obedience. Image of the earthly is separation from God and made spiritually "dead", and the image of the heavenly is reunion with God made spiritually "alive" bearing fruit for life not death. Image of the earthly is "carnally minded", and the image of the heavenly is "spiritually minded" (Rom. 8:6).


Those born of the Spirit will have the traits of the Spirit, which is known as fruit for man's understanding. And these fruit are:


Gal.5
[22,23] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance:


"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" (Gal. 5:25).


Eph.5
[9] (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)


"And have NO fellowship [partnership] with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [convict] them." (Eph. 5:11).


"unfruitful works" = dead works [old nature] (Heb. 6:1), wicked works (Col. 1:21), all works of the darkness (Rom. 13:12), the works of the devil (1John 3:8).


God Bless,


Eve