This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2Ti 3:1 Danger is often thought of in physical terms but spiritual danger has a more long term effect.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2Ti 3:2 The `Me` generation.     Self Worship is idolatry.

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2Ti 3:3 Natural affection is wholesome, tender, warming and selfless.     The affection of the self-worshipper is the opposite.     We are seeing hate toward those who love the Lord.

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of the Lord; 2Ti 3:4 Traitors are destroying our country and traitors to Christ are compromising with other religions.     All of the compromise is so that their pleasure will not be interrupted.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 2Ti 3:5 Jesus said tarry in Jerusalem until you be endued with power from on high.     The power that was received was the Holy Spirit, the Lord Himself.      The Holy Spirit, who is the Lord, is the power of our faith.     To deny the power of the Lord is to deny the Holy Spirit in us who is Christ in us, our only hope.     Col 1:27

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Phi 2:5 Jesus wants us to be like Him.     After all, He created us in His image Gen 1:26.      He chided His disciples when they did not measure up to their potential.     `Oh you of litte faith, why are you so fearful` Mar 4:40.      Jesus made it possible for us to be accepted by His Holy Spirit through His blood sacrifice Eph 1:6.      Once cleansed He made it possible for us to receive His Holy Spirit Luk 24:49.      The Holy Spirit of Christ is who raised Christ Jesus from the dead Rom 8:11.      He told us that greater deeds would we do as a result of receiving that gift Joh 14:12.      But, in order for us to realize our potential we must `realize our potential` 1Jn 3:2.      As we think in our hearts so are we Pro 23:7.      For me or you to reach our potential in Christ we must believe what He said about us to the extent that we allow it to transform our thoughts, words and deeds Rom 12:2.      The Mind Of Christ is achieved by knowingly and willingly being transformed by the Word and Holy Spirit Phi 2:5.      We must desire to have the Mind Of Christ and we must feed on what He fed on to arrive at the same place He did Mat 5:6.      Jesus said the Kingdom Of Heaven is at hand when He walked the earth Mat 4:17.      In the Word and Holy Spirit we can manifest heaven on earth Mat 12:28.      It is His will but is it yours?     Eph 3:20

Who, being the form [image] of His Holy Spirit Father, thought it not robbery to be equal with the Holy Spirit: Phi 2:6 What is the form of our Creator?      We need only look at man who was made in His image Gen 1:26.      The Holy Spirit formed Jesus in Mary`s womb for the purpose of manifesting Himself in the body of Jesus.      Since the Holy Spirit did this, Jesus did not think it presumptuous for Him to be equal with the Holy Spirit.      It is this thinking in His mind and heart that enabled Him to speak the words of the Holy Spirit and by the power of the Holy Spirit to do the works of the Holy Spirit - just as He had done in the beginning when He created all things.

Beloved, now are we the sons of the Holy Spirit, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1Jn 3:2 We know that the Creator ( Jesus Christ Joh 1:3) made all living things to produce after its kind Gen 1:11.      So, when we think about being a Son Of The Holy Spirit we aught to see ourselves as like our Heavenly Father who manifests Himself in Spirit Soul And Body - the Lord Jesus Christ.      When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and confess Him as our risen Saviour we are born of the Word and the Holy Spirit as New Spirit beings.      Accordingly, we are now Sons Of The Holy Spirit, even in these mortal bodies.     What glory we will experience in the translation at His appearing!      The `appearing` of Christ has a two-fold meaning.         ➛ Jesus will return with every eye seeing Him and with us being translated from corruptible to incorruptible.     We will be gloriously changed into perfection    ➛ The spiritual revelation of our identity in Christ is also an appearing of Christ in our psyche.      When we begin to see ourselves as New Spirit beings empowered by the Holy Spirit we become like Christ Jesus.     The Mind Of Christ becomes our mind with the associated manifestation of His power and His authority.     - Phi 2:5 Phi 3:15 With respect to trinitarianism, is this verse saying that we will be three persons in one as we will be like Him?      Of course not.     We are already like Him in form - Spirit Soul And Body - and we shall be like Him in quality when the corruptible puts on incorruption at His appearing and our translation 1Co 15:52,53 .

Abide in me, and I in you.     As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. Joh 15:4 The Holy Spirit is the one who unifies and brings forth the increase.     We must be and we are in Him.      To abide is to live or stay in a place.     Nothing can touch us when we are abiding In Christ.     Furthermore, fruit will issue from the Holy Spirit through us.

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. Joh 15:7 To abide in Jesus is:    ➛ to be Baptized In The Name Of Jesus Christ    ➛ to be filled with His Holy Spirit.         ➛ to have the Mind Of Christ.      For His Words to abide in you:    ➛ you must know the Word    ➛ you must believe the Word    ➛ you must receive the Word as your law We must worship in Spirit And Truth.      We must live in Spirit And Truth.      To 'ask what you will' implies that you ask in Spirit And Truth.      'It shall be done' is a guarantee for those who come into Spirit And Truth.      When you are in the Holy Spirit, in the Word and have the Mind Of Christ, you know that He has provided all things for life and godliness, so that when you ask, you receive Mar 11:24.

And I will pray the Holy Spirit Father, and he shall give you a different Comforter, that He Himself may abide in you for ever; Joh 14:16 Jesus did not have to literally `pray the Father` as His Holy Spirit is the One who expressed Himself In Christ Jesus.     The purpose for Jesus coming was so that we could receive His Holy Spirit in us.      Jesus had to perfectly fulfil the Word and will of the Holy Spirit in order for His purpose to be accomplished.     When Jesus spoke these words He had not yet died for our sins, so He was speaking of a possibility that was still conditional - He had to die for our sins.      Once He died, His purpose was achieved, fulfilling the requirement for us to receive His Holy Spirit.      Our Creator is a Spirit.     He is the Holy Spirit.     Jesus came to redeem us so that we can be born of His Spirit and be filled with His Spirit.     In other words, Jesus came that we may receive the Father into us and that we may be in the Father Joh 14:17.      For there to be a different, or another, Comforter implies that there was one previously.     Jesus was the first Comforter.     His Holy Spirit is the new Comforter.     He is a better Comforter because He can be in each of us by virtue of His omnipresence.     Christ Jesus, the image of the Holy Spirit, can only be in one place at one time.      We have Eternal Life in the Holy Spirit.     We experience Abundant Life in this physical life as we are transformed by the Holy Spirit and the Word to the Mind Of Christ.      If you are not in perfect peace, if you have any fear, you need the comforter - the Holy Spirit.     Ask the Father for His Holy Spirit and He will give Himself to you.     Luk 11:13

And, behold, I send the promised Holy Spirit Father upon you: but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with supernatural power. Luk 24:49 Understanding this verse:    ➛ Jesus is giving a command (send)    ➛ A promise is an announcement of potential.         ➛ `my Father` may best be understood as `my generator`.         ➛ The Holy Spirit is the one who generated Jesus.         ➛ Jesus is ordaining His own Spirit to come to us.         ➛ We are to wait for His Holy Spirit to come upon us and fill us before going out in Jesus` name.         ➛ When we are baptized with His Holy Spirit we then have both the authority of Jesus and the power of His Spirit in us.

But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Act 1:8 The Holy Spirit is the Gift Of Christ Jesus Himself.      We are weak in the flesh but by the power of His Holy Spirit we can do all things.     At the top of the list of `all things` is spreading the Gospel of salvation by Grace Through Faith.      Jesus did not say you will receive tongues or gifts.     He said you will receive power to be witnesses unto Him.     Tongues and gifts are for the church which is the Body Of Christ.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Eph 5:18 One of the fruit of the Spirit is temperance (self control).     Excess is to be avoided in all things but especially in those things which cloud our minds and subject us to Satan`s influence.      Being drunk is being under the influence.     Being sober is being clear headed.     Alcohol and drugs are not the only things that can bring one under the influence of Satan, The Mystery Of God, the Mystery Of Christ is accomplished as we are filled with the Holy Spirit and serve Christ in His power The Holy Spirit IS Eternal Life.     Receiving Him is receiving Eternal Life.     Apart from Him there is only death.      When Jesus talked about giving us life and life more abundantly, He was talking about giving us His Holy Spirit Joh 10:10.

But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him. 1Jn 2:27 The anointing is the Holy Spirit our teacher and we ought always defer to Him in understanding scripture.