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Matthew recorded by THE SPIRIT in chapter 4:

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

At the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, it was necessary that He be tested by the devil when Jesus was in His weakest physical state.  You can imagine how His mind and body were screaming for sustenance but instead, He was to trust FATHER’S Word and Spirit in directing Him to this point of utter physical weakness. Then came the devil:

3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” (Deuteronomy 8:3)

5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

​​‘​He shall give His angels charge over you,’

​and,

​​‘​In their hands they shall bear you up, ​​Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ” (Psalm 91:11,12)

​7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’ ” (Deuteronomy 6:16)

8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ” (Deuteronomy 6:13)

11 Then the devil left Him (until an opportune time), and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

Three different disciples recorded the above event.  How do you think they knew the details since He had not yet called them to be His disciples?  Surely Jesus shared the details of the event with the disciples including the particular verses from the book of Deuteronomy and Psalms with them.  Jesus shows us that the devil is no match against FATHER’S Word and the importance that Jesus placed on utilizing The Word even in our weakest state.

Jesus’ trust in FATHER’S Word and THE SPIRIT were at the center of His ministry at all times.  The importance of this foundation cannot be stressed enough in our own walk.  We must not allow ourselves to grow cold in our desire to study FATHER’S Word or we will subject ourselves to the chaos and confusion of the world’s ways.  In order to be deemed an overcomer, we must overcome!  Let us seize the opportunity to trust FATHER’S Word when adversity presents itself to us and let us faithfully take FATHER’S Word and overcome whatever is thrown at us trying to divert our path away from our calling.

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 1:

16  I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation [from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Savior], to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

17  For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed in a way that awakens more faith]. As it is written and forever remains written, “The just and upright shall live by faith.”

Paul expresses a Truth that can easily be overlooked by many.  As we immerse ourselves in FATHER’S Word on a continual basis, our faith leads to more faith thus it grows to great faith.  The opposite is also true.  As we spend less time in HIS Word, our faith grows weak and can lead to a deficit of faith needed to overcome adverse situations we encounter throughout life. 

Paul further recorded by THE SPIRIT in chapter 4:

17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations” in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

FATHER is willing and able to take something dead and raise it to life.  Isn’t what happened at the cross?  That same power is available to you and me as we consider not what our senses tell us but trust in HIS Word, being strengthened in faith.  Further, we should be giving glory to Our Heavenly Father as we are waiting for the full manifestation to come forth.  When we walk in great faith, we become fully convinced of what FATHER has promised in HIS Word, HE is willing and able to perform on our behalf.  Isn’t overcoming death the ultimate testimony in glorifying FATHER?

Time must not be looked at as the restrictor of FATHER’S ability to perform, so we should not place such a restriction for the manifestation to come forth.  Abraham and Sarah waited years for the promise of Isaac to manifest and Abraham did not waver through unbelief.  In this day of instant gratification, people have become inherently impatient for results.  This impatience comes directly from the carnal man’s cravings for self-interest to be immediately satisfied, directly opposed to FATHER’S ways.

FATHER did not lead Paul to write about Abraham’s faith just to record history and take up space.  HE intended for us to embrace this example and know that we can walk in great faith without wavering.  The Sons and Daughters of GOD should expect to raise the dead in a similar manner to Our Elder Brother, Our Lord Jesus Christ.  Jesus didn’t waver at the tomb of Lazarus and neither will we when FATHER instructs us to do something similar, astonishing those who will witness such events.

As we grow in faith, we also become more accustomed to being led by THE SPIRIT and the end result is that we ascend to a deeper revelation of Love.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 10:

10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

When I was with Dr. Speckhart focusing on the various aspects of his electro-dermal screening tests, he would always test the basic electrical flow of his patients before testing the various meridians of their organs and other systems in their bodies.  The machine’s scale ranged from 0 to 100 when he completed the circuit to test the level of electrical flow in the body.  “80” was the normal overall electrical flow of an adult, children were a little higher.  Someone with advanced disease such as stage 4 cancer, would only register 10-20 on the scale.  Life was being sucked out of their body and hindered the flow of electricity.  I saw this reality in a man who died six weeks later.  Once a person was at such a low flow, the body was no longer able to overcome the destruction at hand.

As we align ourselves with FATHER and HIS Word, we come closer to the Source of life and our electrical flow increases in response.  Negative thoughts lower this flow whereas positive thoughts and confession increase the flow.  Those who have used kinesiology by testing the arm strength of a person when they speak “Yes” or “No” are well aware of the impact of thoughts on the body.

Who provides us with the ultimate positive thoughts?  Our Heavenly Father.  Who provides us with the ultimate negative thoughts?  The accuser.  The spiritual impacts the physical thus when we are dealing with physical ailments, we should immerse ourselves in FATHER’S Word in the area of healing to offset the negatives in our lives.  Some of those negatives date back to when we were young children and are deep within our souls.  We must root out anything preventing us from fully accepting The Word and we should ask FATHER to show us what may be causing resistance to our purification process and negatively impacting our health.

James wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 4:

6  But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness (a/k/a self-interest].”

7  So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him in faith] and he will flee from you.

8  Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you.  AMPL

Can sickness and disease survive in FATHER’S Presence?  No, Jesus demonstrated this reality in the Gospels.  Only unbelief rejected His healing power.  As I immerse myself in FATHER’S Word and reject any thought which is contrary to HIS Word, my purity increases and my level of self interest (the old man) begins to die.  The result is restoration.  How long will this take?  Each of us has a unique history impacting the process.  As Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, “Love never fails”, so we should focus our thoughts and actions in the one thing that fully describes FATHER’S Divine Intent resulting in life.  Our confession should line up with HIS Word so as we confess the promises of healing and health in Scripture, our thoughts begin to line up and ultimately our bodies will respond.

A prayer for healing:

Heavenly Father, I thank YOU that YOU have made known these Truths to me,

I thank YOU that Christ has borne my diseases, YOU have taken my weaknesses in my place,

I thank YOU that I don’t have to bear them FATHER, Jesus took them in my place,

I am so glad to know this Truth FATHER,

satan is to blame for my sickness, YOU have not placed them on me FATHER,

YOU want me well and strong so I can glorify YOU and serve mankind in Truth and Love,

I thank YOU for the knowledge that I have a legal right and authority over all devils,

Now FATHER, I come according to YOUR Word, I expect YOU to fulfill YOUR promise made to me,

YOU said “I AM THE LORD WHO HEALS YOU”,

I ask YOU according to YOUR Word, heal my body right now FATHER,

I rebuke the enemy that’s caused my suffering,

In the Name of Jesus Christ, I command the life of my sickness to leave,

And every symptom to be destroyed by the YOUR power,

FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU have heard my prayer,

YOU have granted the answer now,

I ask for healing because Jesus died to purchase healing for me,

I claim healing now according to YOUR promise,

I thank YOU that the source of my sickness is destroyed,

According to Jesus’ promise, I shall recover,

In Jesus’ Name I pray,

I know my request is heard and granted,

In Jesus’ Name I shall act upon YOUR Word,

Thank YOU FATHER that YOU have heard my prayer,

In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

Hebrews 10:23  23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Let no one hear nothing but the confession of FATHER’S Word concerning your recovery as your body responds to your prayer and returns to its Divine Intent of normality and operation.  Spend the day glorifying FATHER for your healing rather than focusing on any lingering symptoms as your body is responding to your prayer and FATHER’S Word and power.  HIS Word is greater than your symptoms and any chaos associated with sickness and disease.  As HIS Word removes the chaos and life of the disease, your body will respond.  Do not be denied thus let patience have her perfect work for time is no issue.  Let HIS Word of Love and Truth supersede any and all attacks on your body.  I speak from experience.

(Servias’ Note: Once again, this final section should be studied thoroughly, especially the referenced Scriptures.  The reader should then reread this part after studying associated passages in the Bible before making any determination about accepting or rejecting Kemper’s discussion.  We are providing his writing to provoke the reader to challenge his or her current doctrine for its validity as many have done in the past with the doctrine of eternal damnation.  As always, each of us should test our own doctrine given to us by the teachers in our past to see if it truly lines up with FATHER’S Divine Intent and deeper revelation.  Each of us is responsible for seeking out the Truth and to reject doctrines and traditions of men.)

Kemper completed with the following:

The Fall From Glory

Adam, being subject to his serpent wisdom, brought death upon all mankind from the beginning of his dominion. Adam kept not his first estate, but refused to abide in the truth which was God’s Word of life (John 6:63). This was his response to the commandment resulting in their downfall, which brings us to Isaiah 14:12, “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!”

The word lucifer is the Hebrew word, heylel, which means; light bearer.  This verse is the only place it is used in the scriptures. Lucifer is a name (nature) and a description of one who is to bring light to others. This was the description of the dominion mandate Adam was to be expressing as he ruled over the earth (Genesis 1:26-28). This stewardship of bearing light is what the prophet Isaiah was referring to when he assigned the title “Lucifer” to the king of Babylon. For in Isaiah 14:4, it is written, That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon. Isaiah was inferring that the king of Babylon was continuing in the same corruption that Adam had established in his fall. As Adam failed to fulfill the Lucifer mandate so also did the king of Babylon. Therefore this king was designated as “Lucifer” by the prophet to signify the estate from which he failed to fulfill.

Isaiah continues in verse 13 and14, For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. This correlates to what God had said about Adam in Genesis 3:22; And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, which meant that man took the place of God as also stated in 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. The king of Babylon had continued in the same agenda that Adam initiated and pursued at the time of his fall.

Lucifer is referred to as the son of the morning (Isaiah 14:12) which is a direct reference to Adam being the son of the beginning or a product of creation. God’s intent was for Adam to become a son of God, a bearer of light, the Bright and Morning Star (Revelation 22:16). For Adam to become a son of God he was to willingly embrace in obedience the Word of God which is the incorruptible seed. As we know, he failed to do so and remained a created being rather than a begotten son.

The mandate to govern the earth was first given to Adam. God’s desire was for him to bring the light of the truth unto those under his dominion and therefore the name Lucifer was used by God in Isaiah 14:12 to illustrate this. However when Adam drew on his own wisdom to usurp God’s will with his own, he left his first estate (Lucifer) of abiding in the truth and subjected his mandate to his corrupt wisdom, the nachash.

Adam had taken the Lucifer mandate and subjected it to the influence of the serpent or Satan the devil. When Isaiah was prophesying over the king of Babylon he spoke to the root of his corruption which was the fall of Lucifer way back in Adam’s beginning. What Adam had initiated continues to corrupt others who have been given the privilege to rule. This corruption is the self-preservation mindset of the serpent. Not all men however have been swayed from the fear of the Lord. God has maintained a remnant throughout the generations that have not subjected themselves unto the serpent wisdom of self preservation, but have submitted themselves unto God for the sake of His Kingdom, and have responded to the call of being sanctified through Christ to drive the principle of Nachash out of their flesh.

It can be concluded that the Lucifer mandate, Adam was to function in, was allowed to be usurped by his own wisdom, the nachash. Thereby establishing the principality of Satan and his altered reality of this present world floundering outside of God’s design. It is unfortunate and inaccurate that Satan is considered to be Lucifer the light bearer. Lucifer was a principle consistent with the will of God, but Satan was never in God’s plans. Lucifer was ordained to illuminate the truth, Satan has never abode therein. Adam with his dominion had fallen from God’s original principle (Lucifer) to establish his own principle (Satan).

Basically, Lucifer is the state of Adam being created upright and Satan is the state of Adam in his disobedience.  Adam went from functioning as Lucifer the light bearer to Satan the adversary and one who opposes. As stated before; Adam’s disobedience to the commandment of God, invented a world of opposition to the will and purpose of God. Without man, Satan and his demons do not exist. They are a direct product of the rebellion of man. All the evil that has been loosed upon this earth is a result of this nachash which man invented using the rebellion side of the commandment.

The Lucifer mandate has been usurped by Satan, a principality under which man rules this endeavor that he has set in motion, whom Paul calls the “god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4). Each person has their own endeavor of fulfilling their own will to establish their own world. It is a massive game of “King of the hill.” Therefore the conflicts begin and man learns war.

James 4:1-5; From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss (note that; amiss is sin), that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

This “spirit that dwells within us” is the serpent, nachash, the wisdom of man, lodged in our sensual flesh. Man becomes Satan (an adversary in opposition) unto those he’s contrary to and perceives those contrary to him as Satan. Yet he fails to understand his own ego, pride and self preservation is Satan, the wisdom of the natural earthly man. His spirit of self preservation deceives him to race toward his own destruction trampling down those in his way, accumulating further torment for the recompense to come. However, where sin abounds grace does much more abound.

(Servias’ Note: Once again, the following part should be studied thoroughly, especially the referenced Scriptures.  The reader should then reread this part after studying associated passages in the Bible before making any determination about accepting or rejecting Kemper’s discussion.  We are providing his writing to provoke the reader to challenge his or her current doctrine for its validity as many have done in the past with the doctrine of the origin and nature of the devil.  Each of us must test our own doctrine given to us by the teachers in our past to see if it truly lines up with FATHER’S Divine Intent.  Each of us is responsible for seeking out the Truth and to reject doctrines of men.  We discussed this section in great detail with our Hebrew scholar friend concerning the initial mention of the devil, or serpent, in Genesis prior to our posting.  It is most important that each of us focus our daily lives in pursuit of being fully led by THE SPIRIT.  However, we should no longer allow ourselves to be subject to the wiles of the devil {Ephesians 6:11} so we should have a deeper understanding of the adversary’s nature.  Jesus was well aware of the devil and his children, and you might read John 8:31-48 prior to beginning this part.)

Kemper continues:

Man Owns Evil

Although man has been sustained by God’s mercy during this age, he must for justice sake be accountable for his own works. The scripture is adamant to present the fact that man owns what he initiates outside of God’s will. 

Psalms 106:39  Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 

Proverbs 1:31  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 

James 1:14  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

2 Peter 2:12  But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption.

Man owns corruption! It must be understood that Satan is not an entity independent from man, Satan is a product of man. Man is not just a victim of the evil in this world but is also the producer of it. All of it! To say, “The devil made us do it” is acknowledging that we are subject unto our own wisdom.  John 8:44, Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Jesus in this verse is speaking to the Pharisees who wanted to kill him. He calls them children of the devil, assigning the principality (the devil) initiated by Adam as their father. John records in 1 John 3:8, He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Consider this, how can the devil sin without disobeying a commandment? Adam is this devil that sinned from the beginning.

The Seed

Afterward, Adam produced seed in the likeness of his self-preserving nature, the serpent. This seed of the serpent is referred to in Genesis 3:15; And I will put enmity between thee (the serpent) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. The seed of the serpent came from Adam, however the woman’s seed came from God. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew (Genesis 4:25).

God promised Eve that Their Seed would bruise the head of the serpent (destroying the works of the devil, 1 John 3:8). The summation of this was conceived by Mary upon hearing from the messenger Gabriel in Luke 1:35, And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing (seed) which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.  In verse 38 Mary agreed, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (John 1:14).

The seed of the woman has been the remnant that God has reserved unto Himself over the generations unto the fulfillment of His Word made flesh. They have transferred God’s promise of the destruction of the serpent from one generation unto the other until it manifested in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, whom was raised from the dead and become the firstfruits of them (the remnant) that slept (1 Corinthians 15:20).

Kemper further wrote:

The Coming Standard

For anything to exist it must have been created by the Word of God.  The created man, in his rebellion, invented the lie that he could sustain himself outside of God’s Word. This principle is contrary to God’s Word and is condemned unto the demise of its existence. Man must provide the energy needed to maintain his own agenda which is unsustainable.  Rather than entering God’s rest through the obedience of faith, man is consumed by wrestling thorns and thistles of his own planting. Yet in the end, every plant which our heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up (Mathew 15:13).

The lie that man has endeavored to substantiate is only able to linger in the absence of truth. Once the truth is revealed and that standard is present, the deception can no longer be maintained and the lies are destroyed.  Yet God in His mercy has sustained man in spite of his rebellion by hiding the truth in a mystery unseen by the carnal man. Thus diverting his judgment to the end of the age when the Standard of Truth is revealed in the earth. At such a point believing will become a response to seeing rather than hearing.

This hidden truth is sought out by those desiring to know God.  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints. To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:26-27). For God has called the saints by His grace and they are responding as they ask, seek and knock to know the truth. Proverbs 25:2 states, It is the glory of God to conceal a thing but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. Those who have answered the call of grace have consented to the truth and its purifying attributes. Upon such purification is God seen (Matthew 5:8).

1John 3:2-3 declares when we see him we shall be like him and those who have this hope purify themselves as they come to the light of the truth. Yet those who are evil resist the light lest their deeds be reproved (John 3:20). When man refuses to purify himself by coming to the light, the light will come to him. The day of the Lord is his visitation with the Truth, wherein he will experience the purification of sudden destruction.  By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and the fear of the LORD men depart from evil (Proverbs 16:6).

Those who look forward to His appearing purify themselves in preparation for His visitation. This willful pursuit of purification hastens His return. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:14-18). These pursuers are the saints who Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God (2Peter 3:12), become the firstfruits who are changed into His likeness,  by whom Christ’s image is manifested unto the world as the standard for which all is to be judged. Without the presence of such a standard for all to see, judgment cannot take place.

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen (Revelations 1:7). John states that every eye shall see Him and when we see Him we will be like Him. For us to be like Him, that which does not conform after the image of Christ is destroyed. This is the death of the old man. For no man shall see His face and live (Exodus 33:20). Wherefore man cries out to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb (Revelation 6:16).

Those who pursue the call of grace are a cooperate body of God’s elect, who becoming a standard, will introduce the Truth to the rest of the world, causing the destruction of all that hasn’t been established by His Word. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape (1 Thessalonians 5:3). This coming tribulation is the ungodly being reduced to nothing. The saints pursue and apprehend this quality willfully, which once it is apprehended is transferred upon the ungodly as the prophet Isaiah records in 51:22-23, Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

This “tribulation transfer” comes upon the completion of our sanctification as Paul shares in 2 Corinthians 10:6; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. Those who have pursued the truth discard their self-preserving agenda in favor of abiding in the way of truth as it is revealed by the Holy Spirit.  The destruction of those resistant to the truth is an unavoidable violent yet freeing end as this standard appears. For, Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). It should be understood that all become undone, but each have their own threshold at which they succumb. Its recorded in 1Corinthians 15:22-23, For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

God’s Founding Principle

God’s wisdom is the foundation upon which all God’s plans are built. His intent is to build a house for Him to abide in. This house is the body of Christ and is built and held together by Love (Ephesians 4:16). Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit (Ephesians 2:19-22).

This habitation of God has a blueprint which is found in Proverbs 24:3-4; Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Wisdom, understanding and knowledge are principles given by God for the assembling of the saints into a temple wherein the Godhead can abide. Those not submitting to these principles remain in outer darkness.

The wisdom of God is given first because it is the foundation of the house. Even as Jesus Christ is the cornerstone which must be laid first, He is also the wisdom of God as stated in 1 Corinthians 1:24, “Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God,” and is the foundation along with the apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2:20). Therefore to “hear and receive correction and instruction” is the foundation of any development initiated by God. Even creation adheres to instruction, as Proverbs 3:19 declares, The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it (Psalm 127:1). God, who is Love, is building a temple for His habitation. He is laying a foundation of wisdom, establishing the pillars by understanding and by knowledge is filling the chambers thereof with His nature. Thus, the Apostle Paul, being a wise master builder prayed according to the blueprint, that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Colossians 1:9).

The End of Nachash

Man’s wisdom (nachash) is corrupt due to the fear of death, “For in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” It is the self preservation nature of man which spends all his resources in resistance to this outcome. In Genesis 3:14, God curses the serpent (man’s wisdom) saying, “Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.” This sensual wisdom is motivated by it’s appetite to pursue the pleasures of this world unto the day of it’s destruction and death. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, WHOSE GOD IS THEIR BELLY, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things (Philippians 3:18-19). For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple (Romans 16:18).

Nachash’s sole intent is to gratify and preserve itself. Therefore man manipulates, using his sense knowledge as a tool, with the serpent’s intent in mind. His self preservation mindset places himself over all others, even God. For man replaced God, who was his source of life, with himself. In Genesis 3:22 its recorded, “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.” This means that man became as God, or in other words, in place of God, for the purpose of knowing good and evil. This is as 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 records; …the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

The temple of God is man, but man has usurped himself to that throne. This theme continues in 2 Thessalonians 2:9, Even him (son of perdition), whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders. This is the working of nachash, the serpent, the wisdom of man, the foundation of the son of perdition which is the spirit of this world.

Yet, man’s opposition is used by God to prove His good will, during His acceptable will, unto the manifestation of His perfect will. The righteous saints of God pursue the Truth unto their transformation of His perfect will, and upon their transformation bring in His perfect will upon the ungodly. Even as Noah was perfect in his generation, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world that then was (Geneses 6:9 and 2 Peter 2:5).

While ungodly man through nachash (the wisdom of man) is working the coming of the son of perdition, the Father through Christ (wisdom of God) is working the coming of the sons of God. Both are maturing along side one another during the age of God’s acceptable will. Even as Jesus stated in Matthew 13:30, Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

When the fullness of Christ arises glorified within His saints, then there will be a standard present to judge the wisdom of man. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe?  where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe (1 Corinthians 1:19-21).

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Principality and Power

Adam’s disobedience produced the principality and power which we know as Satan and his domain (world).  According to the New Oxford American Dictionary; A principle is a proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior, and a power is the ability to do something or act in a particular way. The power is the will to act and the principle is its reason to do so.  Adam was given his will and dominion over the earth, which he perverted in order to rule over the world of his own disobedience.  In doing so his will became subject to the will of the flesh (John 1:13). This will, or power to do, is subject to the principality of self preservation. This is the wisdom (nachash) that dwells within and presides over our flesh.  Paul brings attention to this in Romans 7:22-23, For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

God meant the commandment to provide life, but Adam used it to discover death. Adam used his sovereign will, that was created by God, in an attempt to usurp God’s sovereignty over his self, thus to be as God (or in place of God) and to know good and evil. There is no life outside of God’s Word to sustain man. That which is not abiding in the Word of God is not sustained by God’s intent. This diversion away from the truth is sin that produces death, which was foretold by God in His commandment, “The day you eat thereof you shall surely die.” It produces a world (domain of the prince of the power of the air) that finds its end, with its principalities being destroyed in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10 and 14).

Consumption

The intent of God was for Adam to embrace the commandment in obedience to establish a relationship, but Adam used it rather to develop his own world outside of God’s design. Therefore God consented to man’s will and gave him over to being consumed by his own principality (Satan). Paul, in like manner, advised the church to do the same for the correction of the fornicator in 1 Corinthians 5:5, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Man being earthly, who is of the dust and returns to the dust, is from the womb to the grave being consumed by his own way, the serpent (nachash, his own wisdom). For the serpent was assigned; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. This dust that the serpent consumes is the flesh of man.

God’s intent is the life which sustains creation. Man, however, chose a path contrary to God’s intent and therefore must be sustained by a different energy source. This source of energy is the flesh of man that was formed from the dust of the earth and is the physical matter of which energy is converted to sustain his way. Therein is man consumed by his own wisdom until the flesh is destroyed to the point where it becomes uninhabitable.

Jesus declared in John 10:10, The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Paul expounds on this; And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45). Man’s wisdom resides in his flesh, whereas God’s wisdom resides in Christ. Man being of the earth is sensual, Christ being of heaven is spiritual. Paul refers to this in 1Corinthians 15:47-49, The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Likewise these two have distinctly different wisdoms, the earthly is sensual and self seeking and the heavenly is spiritual and life giving.

James referred to these two wisdoms in James 3:13-18; Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Developing Earthly Wisdom

Man’s wisdom knows his environment through the senses of the flesh to stimulate his reasoning and establishing his understanding. After his understanding is established, this carnal wisdom of self preservation (nachash) uses the knowledge that has been obtained to serve his desires and preserve his way.  Many have defined wisdom as “the ability to use knowledge.” This definition only applies to the carnal wisdom (nachash) that is earthly, sensual and devilish.

Although Proverbs 15:2 does state, The tongue of the wise “useth knowledge aright,” other translations record this as; dispenses knowledge; uttereth knowledge aright; commends knowledge; makes knowledge attractive, which describes wisdom dispersing knowledge for the benefit of others rather than using it as a tool of self preservation. The wisdom of man is developed by the sense knowledge of this corrupt world and functions to preserve his way in it.  Therein comes the corrupt nature of such wisdom. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world (1John 2:16).

God’s Wisdom

God’s wisdom, on the over hand, comes from above and is a gift. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him (James 1:5). Rather than sense knowledge initiating the development of wisdom, God blesses us first with His wisdom for the apprehension of His knowledge. Proverbs 4:7 states, Wisdom is the principal (first) thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Wherein man’s wisdom is the ability to use knowledge, the wisdom of God is defined as the ability to hear and receive correction and instruction. This definition is found simply stated in Proverbs 8:33; Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. This wisdom is a state of humility and meekness of which the heart embraces in preparation for learning. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels (Proverbs 1:5). Give instruction to a wise man, and he  will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning (Proverbs 9:9).

Receiving God’s wisdom humbles the heart of man in preparation for his elevation unto the knowledge of the Truth. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time (1Peter 5:6). Man’s sensual wisdom uses his knowledge to pursue the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and his pride of life (1John 2:16). God’s wisdom is spiritual and gets understanding to find the knowledge of God. Man’s wisdom focuses on the external, but the wisdom of God is focused on the internal.

Jesus stated in Matthew 7:7, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” He is telling us to ask for wisdom, seek for understanding and knock (or act upon wisdom and understanding) for knowledge. Therein is fruit produced. This is the process necessary to be a doer of His Word. Therefore, Jesus goes on to say in Matthew 7:21-24; “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.” It all begins with the hearing of wisdom which is a gift from God.

(Servias’ Note: the following part should be studied thoroughly, especially the referenced Scriptures.  The reader should then reread this part after studying associated passages in the Bible before making any determination about accepting or rejecting Kemper’s discussion.  We are providing his writing to provoke the reader to challenge his or her current doctrine for its validity as many have done in the past with the doctrine of eternal damnation.  Each of us must test our own doctrine given to us by the teachers in our past to see if it truly lines up with FATHER’S Divine Intent.  Each of us is responsible for seeking out the Truth and to reject doctrines of men.)

Kemper further wrote:

Adam’s disobedience to the commandment of God, invented a world of opposition to the will and purpose of God. Before man’s disobedience there was no opposition, but in God’s desire for man to become His image, man was given a sovereign will to be exercised in agreement with God. Man’s will is sovereign in the since of having the ability to embrace an intent upon one’s own choosing and therefore producing thoughts, words and deeds to manifest such an intent. Without a sovereign will neither agreement or rebellion would be possible. As a result, with his will being subject to his senses, man is attempting to establish an existence outside of God’s will and contrary to truth.  In doing so, man has usurped God’s sovereignty replacing it with his own.  God’s intent is for man to willfully embrace his relationship with Him as a son.

God is the source of all things, however when God gave the commandment to activate man’s will and to provide an avenue for their relationship, corruption was introduced through man’s disobedience to it. As Proverbs 16:4 states, “The LORD hath made all things for himself:  yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.” Another way to say this would be; “The LORD hath made all things for himself; yea, even the man with a free will.” By God’s sovereign will was man created upright and by man’s sovereign will he became wicked. In Isaiah 45:7 God declares, “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” God created evil when He gave man a choice. By God giving man a sovereign will, a world of opposition was introduced through man’s exercising of it. Although it was not the good will of God, yet because of His love for man, He embraced it as His acceptable will until His grace could wrought His perfect will.

Wisdom of Sense Knowledge

Rather than submitting to the wisdom found in the revelation of God’s commandment, man conformed to the wisdom developed by his senses, located in his flesh. The woman, as proclaimed in Genesis 2:23, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, was initially confronted by this wisdom characterized as the seductive serpent.  Adam, hearkening to the voice of his flesh (Genesis 3:17) became subject to this wisdom that had deceived her.  Even as Romans 6:16 states, Know ye not, that to whom ye yield  ourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 

Genesis 3:4-6, And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat (Genesis 3:6).  Upon eating from their senses, their eyes were opened to a perspective that subjected them to an existence in the flesh. Therein this wisdom became the foundation of this ungodly world. With his wisdom man originated a path of his own making being led by the knowledge gained through the senses of his flesh. Therefore Adam was removed from the garden of God and placed in the earth where his senses were applicable.

The Serpent

The Hebrew word used for serpent is the noun “nachash.” The verb form of “nachash,” is spelled the same as the noun. The definition of the verb “nachash,” according to Strong’s Concordance is; to practice divination, divine, observe signs, learn by experience, diligently observe, practice fortunetelling, take as an omen. As an example, this verb was used in Geneses 30:27; And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience (nachash) that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.  Laban had perceived by nachash (observing through his senses) his prosperity was due to his relationship with Jacob. This nachash was Laban’s wisdom also known as (nachash) the serpent. Nachash was also the wisdom of the Canaanites, causing God to warn Israel in Deuteronomy 18:13-14; Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.  For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

In contrast to this wisdom, the apostle Paul states that God’s wisdom is Christ (1 Corinthians 1:24). So there are two kinds of wisdom, God’s and man’s.  Man’s wisdom is the “nachash,” the serpent which learns by experience and the observing of signs and times. This nachash utilizes the senses of man to analyze the information accumulated by the relationship the flesh has with this world. Wherefore Paul states in Romans 8:5-8, For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. To be carnally minded is to be influenced by nachash. Those who submit to this wisdom remain in the flesh and are at enmity with God.

The Origin of Satan

The serpent is introduced in Genesis 3:1 stating, Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.  At first glance this scripture appears to make God responsible for the creating of the serpent, but on further investigation it merely states that the serpent was more subtle in comparison to any of the beasts that the Lord God had made. It is not incorporating the serpent with those beasts that God created. The serpent is affirmed to be the Devil and Satan as recorded in Revelation 12:9, who was a sinner and a murderer from the beginning with no truth in him, nor did he ever abode therein (1John 3:8, John 8:44).

Genesis 1:31 states that, God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. So then either God esteems this murderous lying serpent, this devil called Satan, as very good or God did not make the serpent. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:4). If Satan was a creation of God, according to this verse, he should be received with thanksgiving. Yet, in James 4:7 it is written; Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Therefore, It is surely evident that God did not make the serpent. For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth (Psalm 33:4).

So then if Satan didn’t come from God, where did he come from? In Job 1:7 even the Lord asked Satan “whence comest thou?” There must be more to Satan’s origin than what we’ve previously considered. The only other possible origin from which Satan could have come was from man. As stated before, this world of opposition was introduced through man’s pursuit of his own way, which is in subjection to a principality whom Jesus calls the prince of this world (John 12:31). Paul also declares in Ephesians 2:2, “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.” This prince, or principality, is man’s intent to establish his own way. It is man’s ego, pride or self consciousness, the spirit of self preservation.

Adam, the father of disobedience, invented a principle that was contrary to God’s good will. That principle or principality was Satan the serpent.  The word “invented” is used, rather than created, for it is a better description of what Adam had done. An invention applies the use of material or resources already available to make something for a purpose other than its original intent and outside from its designated state. Those resources used to invent such a principle was God’s commandment and man’s will.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Psalms 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.