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The beast, which I saw, was and was not, and is about to ascend out from the abyss and go into destruction. and the dwellers upon the earth will wonder, whose names was not written upon the book of the life from the foundation of a world, when they see because the beast was and is not and will be present. – Revelation 17:8 

and I pursue according to a mark on the basis of the prize of the above calling from God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14 

But not as the trespass, thus also is the gracious gift. For since by the trespass of the one [man] the many died, how much more the grace from God and the gift1 by grace by the one man Jesus Christ abounds unto the many. - Romans 5:15 

Since it has already been states that physical death is from sin, and a sin and a trespass are two different things (Ephesians 2:1), this cannot be referring to physical death. The only other type of life we humans possess is spiritual life. This is a life that is connected to God. Adam's trespass separated him from God, resulting in his rational, logical part no longer being able to understand the things of God. He then passed this down to his offspring, so we are all born separated from God.  

All humans die because of one man’s actions; however, we cannot blame him for staying in that condition. Through Christ, God deals with this sin and death by reckoning Christ’s death and resurrection to us through faith. The end result will be that all who take God at His word will be raised from the dead and never face death again, just as Christ was raised from the dead. Because God puts His resurrection to our account now, we as Christians do not need to wait until we are resurrected to live out our resurrected life. We have access to it now. Now we can live a life that manifests the character of Christ.  Love other saints, be content with what you have, have an unruffled mind, hold your anger against unreasonable people, make others feel at ease, do that which is beneficial, be true to your word, keep the objectivity of your mind on Christ, and know how to properly possess your body. For against such actions there is now law 

What do we do when we have sinned? As Christian sin cannot separate us from the love of God, because it is clear nothing can, but what it does do is take us out of fellowship with Him. This means we are no longer sharing with Him and He has not part in our actions. In addition, if we continue in our sin, child-training, and even discipline will come because God will not allow us to be condemned with the world.  

But therefore also I consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord through whom all things I have suffered loss, and I consider to be refuse, in order that I should gain Christ, Philippians 3:8

Because everyone born out from God has overcome the world and this is the victory, the overcoming the world - our faith. 1 John 5:4

This was a period in the history of the Church were a division between the clergy and the people is solidified by false teachers – the Nicolaitas doctrine. Even though this is contrary to Scripture, the predominate characteristic of the church at this time was a separation of clergy from the people leading to very ignorant people when it comes to the Word of God and the clergy going the way of Balaam. 

As part of Who God is, He is by nature free. That is, no one or anything can compel Him to do something in a containing manner that governs His activities. This includes prayer. God has promised us to give what we ask, but it is only when we are asking according to His will, not to consume it of our own pleasures. So, when we are asking, we should have the right frame of mind, showing respect to our Creator for who He is, always starting off with worship – giving Him credit for what He has done – and only after expressing appreciating to Him for what we have making our request known, not to fulfill our desires, but to express a proper opinion of Him in our lives. Whether in sickness or in health, in poverty or wealth, or any other condition we can glorify Him and our requests to Him should be solely focused on this. 

If you are grieving, suffering, or sorrowful there is true relief that can be found in our Creator. He wants us to be happy, but not momentary happiness that this world offers, which is only based on lies and leads to deeper grief and suffering; rather, it is a true happiness that comes from knowing God. Come to where you belong. Stop seeking the things that cause harm and reject the truth. God has His arms wide open waiting for you. Just simply take Him at His Word and believe that Christ died for our sin and was raised out from the dead on the third day according to the Scripture. This starts the journey with Him. A journey that gives our life purpose and hope. A journey that brings fulfillment in knowing the truth and living it out so that we truly are happy people.