Jesus Christ/The Holy Spirit in us: no ideal model of behavior
As has been said before; God is not subject to any code of conduct. and the Christian life as new creature in Jesus Christ and God non-metaphorically living in us is not one of trying to attain to any ideal model of behavior.
That God actually lives in us and does as He pleases is plain. God does many things through us that He takes vengeance on the wicked for trying to copy and does many things that may seem similar to the works of the wicked but are not.
Ephesians2:10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.
Phil 2:12,13 So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to his good pleasure.
God in many cases expressly forbids to others what He Himself performs and sometimes performs through His people, prophets and apostles. Indeed, to seek to merely mimic what God does as if He does a mere general thing which any may perform whenever they please is treason against God in Jesus Christ.
It isn’t as if God through a real Christian ever says to Satan: “Why Grandma, what big ears you’ve got!” and Satan replies “Why that’s the better to understand you with my dear!” Satan thinks he already understands everything. That is why he is headed to the lake of fire.
It is truly amazing what some Christians misunderstand as their wisdom. A spy not given certain intelligences in order that WHEN that spy is captured the enemy will be deceived by what is truly the best honesty of the spy; the spy is not given certain things and indeed forbidden to have certain intelligences so that if a certain event occurs a benefit may be derived from that event actually occuring. A Christian can understand that in an instant. But for God to do that with a Christian in the walk of life in an overall war against Satan and Satan’s strongholds is suddenly mystifying. It may appear that many Christians are literally hung out to dry and given over as wolf-bait. The sentiments of some God has made plain through them:
Psalm 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Mal 3:13-18 Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee? Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape. Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it , and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
To be used of God in Jesus Christ is a great honor that more a few have not obtained.
Romans 1:14,15 I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent: so, as far as depends on me, am I ready to announce the glad tidings to you also who are in Rome.
Revelation 2:1-7 To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamps: I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men ; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars; and endurest, and hast borne for my name’s sake, and hast not wearied: but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitanes, which *I* also hate. He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.
In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen
Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it. 2 Kings 18:25
Anti-Christ tried the lie that God had sent him to conqueor Jerusalem through the Assyrians. But God says to the worshipers of demons who hate Jesus Christ and Israel: "But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me." 2 Kings 19:27