Come Revelation 22:17 (KJV)
¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Receive   Acts 2:38 (KJV)
³⁸ Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

                 Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV) 
⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Our ways are not his ways John 14:6 (KJV)
⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Savior's John 20:31 (KJV)
³¹ But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.      2 Timothy 1:10 (KJV)
¹⁰ But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

Salvation  Acts 4:10-12 (KJV)
¹⁰ Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. ¹¹ This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. ¹² Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

                The CROSS is something that most people miss (Matthew 7:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. ), because in order to understand what happened at Calvary, one has to go back to beginning and learn the need for the Cross in the first place.   Genesis 2:16-17 (KJV)
¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ¹⁷ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Now when God said to Man that if he ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and evil that he would DIE!! That is exactly, what happened to Man, He DIED,The HOLY SPIRIT of GOD moved out of Man and he was eternally separated from God (he was no longer One with God) no longer in the Image of God. And yet we have to go back even further than the Garden, because Adam wasn’t the first to SIN in creation, Lucifer was the first when he said he would be like God.  Isaiah 14:12-14 (KJV)
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! ¹³ 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: ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

You see the angles were first created, before Man ever existed, before anything was ever created here on the earth as we know it. Genesis 1:1-2 (KJV)
¹ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ² And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. The “beginning” here in verse 1 in Our Bible was the beginning of our world as we know it in Our Bible it was written to us, and not to Satan and the third of the angles that followed him, they were already judged. (to be cast into the lake of fire in the end along with all those that reject Christ). So if God is omniscience (knowing everything, even before it would happen). Did He not know? That the Serpent would beguile Eve and that she would give to her husband Adam to eat. It did not take God by surprise, because before the creation of Man, God knew there was a need of the CROSS. An Invitation for man, to Come, (to again, be One with God). God did what No one or nothing else could; he fulfilled his promise, at the Cross by going there Himself.   Genesis 22:8 (KJV)
⁸ And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

There is so much I don’t know about God and I will never know, till I will be with him on high, but what I have learned I will share with you on this Web page called Christ Lifted Up.

            And as God leads me to teach other aspects of the Beginning, of which are not new, in deeper detail like Sin, which brought Death, Life and how they work in our lives and how Satan uses them to keep one in bondage. So let’s begin with SIN or what I call Self Independent Nature. Sin is- Self saying to GOD; I don’t need you.

                                                                                                                                                           
Sin entered the World through one man Adam. Romans 5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

It is said by every Preacher and Scholar, that Sin somehow changed creation here on earth and that is why we have thorns on flowers and that lions grew canine teeth and so forth and so on, and that somehow animals and plants evolved into what they are today, but what they fail to realize is that when God created everything here on earth and that everything comes from its own kind. So if Sin existed before Adam, remember Adam was formed from the dust of the ground and put in a perfect environment called the Garden of Eden. Here are some things God created that were not in the garden, which were created before Man was created on the earth.     

Lets look at some plant and animal life before the fall of man. Adam was put in the garden of God, which was perfect, and I agree. Yet will you not agree God had finished his creative works with plants and animals, before he created man on The 6^th Day. Let me give you a question, Where did these plants come from? Most all would say with the fall of man. But did they really? Or did they already exist outside the Garden of Eden. 

poison hemlock

poison hemlock, lethally poisonous herb (Conium maculatum) of the CARROT family, native to the Old World but now naturalized in parts of the U.S. It has clusters of small white flowers and a purple-mottled stem. The poisonous principle (the ALKALOID coniine) causes paralysis, convulsions, and eventual death. The plant was used in ancient Greece to execute criminals; a famous example was SOCRATES.[i][i]

poison ivy poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, woody vines and trailing or erect shrubs (genus Toxicodendron, although sometimes considered genus Rhus) of the SUMAC family, native to North America. The names poison ivy and poison oak, often used interchangeably, describe several species, the most common being T. radicans, which has three smooth leaflets. Poison sumac (T. vernix) is a larger plant. Both species have whitish, berrylike fruits and red autumn foliage. Urushiol, an irritant present in almost all parts of the plant, causes a skin eruption that may vary from itching inflammations to watery blisters.[ii][ii]

How about the Great white Shark, its only purpose is to, swim, eat (which means to kill other fish and whatever else gets in its mouth) and makes baby sharks.

How bout the black widow, which will eat its mate after copulation and can kill with a bite.

        The list can go on with all types of plants, insects, birds, fish and animals.  My point here is that, sin had entered creation; it started with the fall of Lucifer, who is Satan, and sin flowing into the rest of the creation process of plants, birds, fish and animals. Yet the garden of God was not affected, it was set-aside for man. In order to determine his destiny, Satan wasn’t to interfere, but he just couldn’t take that chance, in Adam finding the tree of life first. You see God never mentioned the tree of life until after the fall of man, which was also put in the garden, only the tree of knowledge of good and evil, was told to Adam, thus the fall of man. Adam was put in a perfect environment, then sinned, and was cast out of the garden into the fallen creation. I believe without a doubt that what is playing out in this world is that Satan believes that GOD was unjust in condemning him to the Lake of Fire, which will not happen until after the tribulation, when the beast and false prophet will be cast into the Lake of Fire, then Satan will be bound for a thousand years, and then be let loosed again to deceive the world and then be cast into the Lake of fire. Read Revelation 19 and 20. So Sin says to GOD I don’t need you! Self and I are in the middle of Sin!

Everything you have heard and have been taught about sin, are sins resulting from your thoughts, your words and your actions,  which are ALL by-products of Sin. Because man was left alone to himself, with Knowledge he did not need;  Who told you that you were naked?

When Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Good and Evil; Knowledge was imparted to them, both good and evil, and their eyes were opened to their nakedness and they were given a Conscience, Which means Con-Science “With-Knowledge”. Because they were no longer “One with God” They were “Dead” or better yet Separated from God and thus they “Died” (GOD moved out), They were no longer in the image of God a Body, Soul and “Spirit” but now a Body, Soul and “Conscience”. They replaced God with Knowledge of Good and Evil. They had God and Life, but they choose to be without Him by their disobedience, Thus Sin was imputed unto them or as I say it “Self Independent Nature “ saying to God “I don’t need you”. Where Man or Adam decided he no longer needed God.  Which is sad to say because everything about us is dependent upon him? If you take away one of these, from us Food, Water, Air or even Light we would Die (Physically). And as I read my Bible, God refers to His Son as Bread, Water, Breath and Light. Everything we need to “Live” as we know it. Let me give you just one verse on each of these we need to live. Yet there are so many. 

1.      Bread - John 6:35 (KJV)
³⁵ And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

2.      Water - John 4:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

3.      Breath-  Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
⁷ And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

4.      Light- John 1:4-8 (KJV)
⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
⁷ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
⁸ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 

 Sin caused our relation to God : Death is our position in Christ; Thus our need of the CROSS.                                           
      It said that Jesus never sinned, sin is more than something you think, say and do and if Sin- Says to God I don’t need You( Self Independent Nature). Then tell me how God can separate Himself from Himself? Is not Jesus, God the Father and The Holy Spirit three persons yet, One entity that is God.

 John 14:6-11 (KJV)
⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

⁷ If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen
 
him. ⁸ Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. ⁹ Jesus saith unto him, Have I been

so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? ¹⁰ Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?

the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

You can not take God the Father and leave out God the Son and You can not take God the Son and add anything to him or it is works.  

                  Sin- Says to GOD(Jesus), I don't need you. 

                  Repentance- Says to GOD(Jesus), I do.