FEBRUARY 2004

February 2004 consists of lessons from our Philippians series (0190) 1114-1126 with notes and links attached below as well!
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Marriage in the attraction stage produces degeneracy in society, part 2. Gal 4:16, Pro 9:8, Act 20:27, 2Ti 3:16-4:5, Pro 7:21, Rom 16:18, 2Pe 1:12-15, Gen 2:24, Eph 5:18-32

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
Marriage in the attraction stage produces degeneracy in society, Part 2.
Sunday, February 1, 2004
1. I loved it, it was great information.
2. I hated it, (I know you were speaking about me).
3. I could care less I have my own problems.
1. GAL 4:16 Have I therefore become your enemy by telling you the truth?
2. PRO 9:8 Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you, Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
3. ACT 20:27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
1. Attraction is the observation stage of the relationship between the man and woman.
2. Attraction is also the blind stage of the man-woman relationship because man and woman are attracted to each other on the basis of their superficial norms and standards.
3. Attraction is also based on the ability of the opposite sex to implement and compliment existing areas of arrogance.
PRO 7:21 With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
Or concerning the male species, as ROM 16:18 says For by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the simple or unsuspecting.
4. The stage called attraction is a dangerous stage because it is accompanied by tunnel vision in which one often ignores, or sets aside the potential or observable flaws in the object of attraction.
5. Attraction is also dangerous because it is related to peer pressure, rejection of reality, immature standards and dependency rather than independent thinking.
6. People who get married in this stage have very little success or very little chance of success in their relationship.
7. Most marriages which occur in the attraction stage end up in the divorce courts, or suicide, or grimly sticking it out. Hence, marriage becomes the state of perpetuating misery.
PHI 3:1 to be repeating the same doctrines to you is not troublesome to me, while on the other hand, it is a safeguard or a basis of security for you.
Under the compatibility stage. 1. Compatibility is that stage of man-woman relationship where friendship develops between two members of the opposite sex.
2. Attraction has no permanent results unless friendship develops into the compatibility stage.
3. True love cannot be perpetuated between a man and a woman unless they are friends as well as lovers.
4. Compatibility is that stage classified as accurate knowledge of the object to which you are attracted.
5. Compatibility includes knowing the weaknesses of the one you love, as well as their strengths, or assets.
6. Compatibility is that stage of category two love, which we call right man-right woman, where conflict and disagreement exists, but in no way jeopardizes or injures the relationship.
7. Compatibility is that stage of category two love where the man and the woman face adversity together and it brings them closer together.
8. There are many kinds of adversity that a marriage has to inevitably face.
GEN 2:24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
EPH 6:2-3 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
Compatibility can co-exist with conflict.
The Third Stage, Union and Fusion.
1. Union or fusion is the blending and coalescence of man and woman into the ideal relationship.
2. This is the stage of maximum rapport between a man and a woman, the sublime stage of marriage.
3. In the union or fusion stage of category two love, the ones who have attained that state are not trying to prove something to the other, or to the outside world.
4. The union or fusion stage of love is accompanied by such obvious things, obvious to us who have studied the PPOG, as virtue, humility, thoughtfulness of others, courtesy, not arrogance, not provoking jealousy, not flaunting their relationship, but functioning as a team to become a blessing to others spiritually, socially, hospitably.
1CO 11:9 for indeed man was not created for the womans sake, but woman for the mans sake.
5. Union or fusion lovers never become irritants to society or groups in which they circulate.
In the relationship between a man and a woman before marriage, there is always the possibility of some form of intimacy. However, premature intimacy destroys your standards, causing you to lean on your emotions, and become irrational.
The very means by which you could attain compatibility is destroyed by yourself, by putting intimacy ahead of compatibility.
Intimacy therefore in the attraction stage destroys the relationship.
But intimacy first, destroys compatibility, making marriage hell on earth.
A woman who marries a man in the attraction stage generally becomes disillusioned or frustrated or both.
When you have the home, which is the stability of society, made up primarily of miserable teams, man and woman, obviously it will overflow into society.
Remember the principle that manhood is related to virtue and a sense of responsibility not to muscle and sex.
Manhood is related to virtue and a sense of responsibility.
Once a married couple achieve union and fusion, the woman becomes a great lover, both as a responder and an initiator. The man who has reached the stage of union and fusion with a woman, not only has a phenomenal responder, but he has a great initiator.

The third and final witness given in the Church-age is Christian marriage. Phi 4:1-7, Eph 5:22-32, Rom 16:25-26, Isa 54:5, Phi 1:29, 2Co 13:1, 1Co 4:1, Mal 3:10

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
The third and final witness given in the Church-age is Christan marriage.
Wednesday, February 4, 2004
Whenever a believer begins to have any form of success in the spiritual realm, there will be an attack made against that believer to try to stop that believer’s momentum in the plan of God.
Whenever a ministry or a group of individuals begin to have any form of success in the spiritual realm, there will be an attack made against that organization to try to sow discord and divide that organization up.
Relationships – between friends, fellow believers, members of the congregation, husbands and wives, or right man and right woman, if not married yet.
Musterion = mystery.
Paul took this noun away from its reference to the secrets of ancient mystery cults, and used it in technical, theological language to indicate that the Church-age doctrine was totally unknown in O. T. times.
Musterion – plural = a number of doctrines not known in the O.T.; originally used of ancient fraternities during the seventh through fourth centuries throughout Ancient Greece, and their secret doctrines and secret manner of living.
ROM 16:25-26 – the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets,
1CO 2:7 – God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
1CO 4:1 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
EPH 3:9 – to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;
COL 1:26 – the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations; but has now been manifested to His saints,
It cannot be the institution of marriage, because marriage has always existed since the beginning of the human race and has its precedence from the garden of Eden.
It cannot be the Lord as the bridegroom and the church as the bride, because we have that same analogy in the Old Testament where Israel is said to be the bride and the Lord is said to be her husband.
ISA 54:5 For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.
The mystery goes back to the Garden of Eden, and what the first Adam lost in the Garden at the fall and what the last Adam, TLJC, restored, and how it relates to the angelic conflict.
The three phases of the trial in the angelic conflict – the trial, the rebuttal, and the summary.
Our Lord not only restored all that Adam lost in the Garden of Eden, but He modified and improved it even more.

The original design of marriage that the first Adam lost, can now be experienced in the spiritual realm for two believers in the C.A. and becomes analogous to the eternal marriage between TLJC and His bride for all of eternity, REV 21:9.
DEU 19:15 A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.
MAT 18:16 But if he does not listen {to you,} take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed.
2CO 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every fact is to be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
The witnesses, two or more, must be interrogated separately and their testimony must agree, under separate interrogation.
TLJC was interrogated separately, MAT 4:1-11, LUK 4:1-13.
MAT 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
The invisible heroes of the Church-age will be interrogated separately, PHI 1:29, 2TI 3:12.
PHI 1:29 Because to you it has been graciously given with reference concerning Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on behalf of Him,
2TI 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
In correlation with Jewish Jurisprudence, in the angelic conflict there are three witnesses in the C.A., TLJC, the invisible hero (individual believer) and the third and final witness given but not necessarily needed, Christian marriage.
The invisible hero of the Church-age is the second most important witness in the appeal trial of Satan, not Christian marriage.
PHI 4:7 In fact, that spiritual peace and prosperity from the source of the God, which surpasses or rises above and beyond all comprehension, shall garrison your hearts [right lobes] also your motivation minds in Christ Jesus.

The "mystery" refers to what the first Adam lost at the fall and what the Last Adam restored, related to the angelic conflict. Phi 4:7; Eph 5:22-32; Pro 24:5; Rev 4:11; Isa 43: 7,21; Joh 15:8; Col 3:19; Rev 3:14, 22:16

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
The "mystery" refers to what the first Adam lost at the fall and what the Last Adam restored, related to the angelic conflict. Phi 4:7; Eph 5:22-32; Pro 24:5; Rev 4:11; Isa 43: 7,21; Joh 15:8; Col 3:19; Rev 3:14, 22:16
Thursday, February 5, 2004


Once the serious student of the word of God, or the believer who wants to have an impact in the spiritual realm recognizes this, then he will see the importance of God’s word as far as relationships are concerned.
The mystery goes back to the Garden of Eden and what the first Adam lost in the Garden at the fall, and what the last Adam, TLJC, restored and how it relates to the angelic conflict.
We can understand and experience a measure of these principles in the spiritual realm now, however, we will abide in them and experience them in totality in the eternal state.

The absolute righteousness that the first Adam lost, is now duplicated and imputed in the spiritual realm to the believer in the C.A. who receives a double righteousness (double portion); he will remain in that state of perfection forever, REV 22:11.
The perfect environment in the Garden of Eden that the first Adam lost, is now duplicated in the spiritual realm in the PPOG for the Church-age but will be consummated in the eternal state with perfect environment for all of eternity, REV 21:1-4.
The original design of marriage that the first Adam lost, can now be experienced in the spiritual realm for two believers in the C.A. and becomes analogous to the eternal marriage between TLJC and His bride for all of eternity, REV 21:9.
The information about it in the mystery age is some of the greatest intelligence for the defeat of the greatest creature genius Satan and his plot in human history.
PRO 24:5 A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power.
When that information is the metabolized mind or thinking of Jesus Christ, and the special spiritual intelligence required for victory, then we will have made available to us everything we need to understand and combat the situation.
If a believer desires to know the truth about any biblical subject, it will be revealed to that person, JOH 7:17,JER 29:13.
The pastor-teachers of the Church-age are called stewards, or managers, or dispensers of that mystery, 1CO 4:1.
1CO 4:1 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Philippians – the connection between the maximum glorification of God for which believers are created, the resolution of a prehistoric angelic conflict, and born-again believers receiving the highest and best from God.
In that same place He is guarding for us something on deposit, EPH 1:3, 1PE 1:4, and that deposit is great and phenomenal wealth for the soul and for the believer throughout time, and the eternal state.
The believer in the C.A. who reaches spiritual maturity and then passes the most serious undeserved suffering, yet the most magnificent experience – evidence testing, will receive fantastic blessings in time and greater blessings in eternity.
He or she goes into the realm of becoming an invisible hero and receives the highest and best from God beginning now in time, MAR 10:30.
MAL 3:10 Behold I will open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing which you will not be able to contain.
PSA 23:5 My cup overflows
Acts 13:36 – it was said of David, that he served his generation, he benefited it.
We have some hints from Rev 2-3 about the rewards imputed to the winner believer, but we cannot fully comprehend them now.
As a born again believer in Jesus Christ, you have the capacity in your local assembly, your marriage, your family, on your job – you have the most phenomenal, magnificent privilege and potential and opportunity.
No one lived it before the humanity of Christ became incarnate and pioneered it, and then passed it to the church with two added extras – rebound and occupation with Jesus Christ.
REV 4:11 Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will they existed, and were created.
ISA 43:7 Everyone who is called by My name, I have created for My glory, the ones whom I have formed, even whom I have made.
ISA 43:21 “The people whom I formed for Myself, Will declare My praise.”
JOH 15:8 By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and {so} prove to be My disciples.
This motivation needs to be checked when it comes to your local assembly, your marriage, your family, or your job.
The formal trial or Satan’s presentation of his appeal was presented between the creation of the first Adam and the incarnation of the second Adam, or the last Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Between GEN 2:7, the creation of the first Adam (A1) and MAT 1:25, the birth of the last Adam (A2) was the presentation of the formal trial.

In the dispensation of the hypostatic union and the dispensation of the Church the prosecution has its answer to Satan’s presentation of his appeal – the rebuttal phase of the trial.

The pattern of intimacy between the man and the woman was established at the creation of man. Gen 2:18-24; Eph 5:31-33; Deu 32:4; Eph 5:23-29; Col 3:19; Rev 3:14, 22:16


Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The pattern of intimacy between the man and the woman was established at the creation of man.

Friday, February 6, 2004

It became clear to Adam that he could not be on the basis of intimacy with the animal creation.

So God gave him a helper, an ezer = a responder and fulfiller.

Don’t panic, God’s timing is perfect.

The first mention principle – when you establish a precedent, it is to show that this is a firm established principle from the beginning of time to the end of human history.

The pattern of intimacy between the man and the woman was established at the creation of man, GEN 2:21-25.

EPH 5:31-33 – just as there is one edification complex for one soul (one developed system of thinking), there is one man for one woman in God’s design.

Respect – pres-mid-subj – phobeo = to respect, to be in awe of, to revere, to treat with esteem, courtesy, high regard or reverential obedience.

When the right man initiates love to the right woman, she responds with respect.

Your feelings towards him are always strong, one way or another.

The thing that will be developed in the woman’s relationship with the right man is respect.

The thing that will be developed in the man’s relationship with the woman is love, aggressive, initiating love.

Ladies, beware about being sentimental about a man whom you do not respect.

a. Right woman, He built her, GEN 2:22.
b. Salvation, He did it, JOH 19:30.
c. Doctrine, He thought it, 1CO 2:16.

The first great decision that you make is to believe on TLJC as your Lord and Savior.
The second greatest decision you can make is your right pastor-teacher who can teach you Bible doctrine and the mind of Christ. The third greatest decision is finding the right man or right woman God has designed for your life.

THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF MARRIAGE CAN NOW BE EXPERIENCED IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM FOR TWO BELIEVERS IN THE CHURCH-AGE. PHI 4:1-7; MAT 19:5; GEN 2:18-25; EPH 5:22-32; 1CO 2:7, 4:1, 15:22,45-49; 2CO 13:1; MAT 4:1-9


Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The original design of marriage can now be experienced in the spiritual realm for two believers in the Church-age.

Sunday, February 8, 2004

Whenever a believer begins to have any form of success in the spiritual realm, there will be an attack made against that believer to try to stop that believer’s momentum and motivation in the plan of God.

MAT 19:5 “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.”

MAR 10:7-8 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and the two shall become one flesh; consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh.

EPH 5:31 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

It became clear to Adam that he could not be on the basis of intimacy with the animal creation.

So God gave him a helper, an ezer = a responder and fulfiller.

First mention principle – when you establish a precedent, it is to show that this is a firm established principle from the beginning of time to the end of human history.

The pattern of intimacy between the man and the woman was established at the creation of mankind, GEN 2:21-25.

Musterion – mystery = a number of doctrines not known in the Old Testament, or the secret doctrines and secret manner of living.

ROM 16:25-26 – the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets,

1CO 2:7 – God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

1CO 4:1 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

EPH 3:9 – to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;
COL 1:26 – the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations; but has now been manifested to His saints,

It cannot be the institution of marriage because marriage has always existed since the beginning of the human race and has its precedence from the garden of Eden.

It cannot be the Lord as the bridegroom and the church as the bride, because we have that same analogy in the Old Testament where Israel is said to be the bride and the Lord is said to be her husband.

ISA 54:5 “For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.”

The mystery goes back to the Garden of Eden, and what the first Adam lost in the Garden at the fall, and what the last Adam, TLJC, restored and how it relates to the angelic conflict.

In the garden of Eden, Adam or the original man possessed an absolute righteousness, lived in perfect environment and was given the gift of a relationship of intimacy with the woman.

Our Lord not only restored all that Adam lost in the Garden of Eden, but He modified and improved it even more.

The absolute righteousness that the first Adam lost is now duplicated and imputed in the spiritual realm to the believer in the C.A. who receives a double righteousness and he will remain in that state of perfection forever,REV 22:11.

The perfect environment in the Garden of Eden that the first Adam lost, is now duplicated in the spiritual realm in the PPOG for the Church-age, but will be consummated in the eternal state with perfect environment for all of eternity, REV 21:1-4.

The original design of marriage that the first Adam lost, can now be experienced in the spiritual realm for two believers in the C.A. and becomes analogous to the eternal marriage between TLJC and His bride for all of eternity, REV 21:9.


DEU 19:15 A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

MAT 18:16 But if he does not listen {to you,} take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed.

2CO 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every fact is to be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

The witnesses, two or more, must be interrogated separately and their testimony must agree.

TLJC was interrogated separately concerning being the Son of God and possessing perfect righteousness,
MAT 4:1-11, LUK 4:1-13.

“Use your deity or your divine attributes and perform a miracle.”

2CO 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

HEB 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

TLJC was the first witness – the faithful witness or the star witness, REV 1:5.

The second witness against Satan and the fallen angels is the invisible hero of the Church-age who will be interrogated regarding their environment. Will they stay inside the perfect environment of the PPOG or will they leave?

Because God presents winner believers as witnesses in the historical phase of the angelic conflict, Satan is permitted to interrogate them and he does so through suffering.

Three witnesses in the Church-age = (1) TLJC, (2) the invisible hero, and (3) the final witness given but not necessarily needed, Christian marriage.

Christian marriage, based on the supernatural power of living the spiritual life within the marriage, restores the third area that Satan destroyed in the Garden of Eden – the gift of a relationship of intimacy with the man and the woman.

THE STANDARDS AND VALUES OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE ARE HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER STANDARDS THAT HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN TO MANKIND. 1CO 15:22,46; EPH 5:22-25,28-29; MAT 6:19; JOH 6:27; COL 3:19; REV 3:14, 22:16; 1TI 3:16, 5:21

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The standards and values of Christian marriage are higher than any other standards ever given.

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

The mystery goes back to the Garden of Eden – what the first Adam lost in the Garden at the fall, the last Adam, TLJC, restored.

Adam or the original man possessed an absolute righteousness, lived in perfect environment, and was given the gift of a relationship of intimacy with the woman.

Man received the natural provisions first; now through the Last Adam, TLJC, man receives the greater provisions, which are spiritual.

The laws of evidence, found throughout the Bible, say that there must always be two or more witnesses in any trial.

TLJC was interrogated separately concerning being the Son of God and possessing perfect righteousness,
MAT 4:1-11, LUK 4:1-13.

The second witness needed against Satan and the fallen angels is the invisible hero of the Church-age who will be interrogated regarding their environment. Will they stay inside the perfect environment of the PPOG or will they leave?

Three witnesses in the Church-age = TLJC, the invisible hero, and the third and final witness given but not necessarily needed, Christian marriage.

Christian marriage, based on the supernatural power of living the spiritual life within marriage, restores the third area that Satan destroyed in the Garden of Eden, the gift of a relationship of intimacy between the man and the woman.

Just like TLJC and the winner believer are tested and interrogated separately, so marriage will be tested and interrogated separately as well.

What you need to concentrate upon in this series is not marriage but you personally preparing yourself to become an invisible hero and letting God handle the rest.

The invisible hero of the Church-age is the second most important witness in the appeal trial of Satan, not Christian marriage.

The formal trial or Satan’s presentation of his appeal was presented between the creation of the first Adam and the incarnation of the second Adam, or the last Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ.


TLJC was the first witness.

Any believer who becomes an invisible hero of the Church-age becomes a part of the second category of witnesses.

The third and final category of witnesses belongs to two believers in Christian marriage.

Summary

The fulfillment of the standards and the values of Christian marriage, EPH 5:22-33, are higher than any standards that have ever been communicated to mankind, through the Moses law or otherwise.

The predominant problem with the woman toward the man is lack of respect.

Hai [the] gunaikes [wives] tois [to the] idios [your own] andrasin [husbands] hupotasses [submit] hos [as] to [to the] kurio [Lord.]

COL 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.

He loved her with an impersonal unconditional love, but it was not a non-aggressive passive love.

When a marriage fulfills the spiritual life corporately, that marriage becomes a corporate or collective witness for the prosecution of Satan, and that marriage receives the very highest and best from God, beyond calculation.

MAT 6:19 where moth and rust cannot destroy, and where thieves cannot break in and steal.

That is part of the food which endures forever and not the food which perishes, JOH 6:27.

The first is the star witness, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself from the hypostatic union – between about 4 BC and 30 AD, in which Jesus Christ pioneered this great spiritual life.

He passed every kind of testing, including evidence testing,
MAT 4:1-10.

He went to the cross without sin, 2CO 5:21, 1PE 2:22-24.

On the cross He offered Himself without spot to God by means of the Holy Spirit, HEB 9:14.

He is called “ho martus” – the witness, and “the faithful and the true one” = He was the star witness.

Between this star, the offspring of David, and this witness, TLJC, we have the star witness for the prosecution of Satan in human history.

The invisible heroes of the Church-age receive, REV 2:28, the order of the morning star.

In Gen 6, Satan’s genetic infiltration to pervert true humanity was smashed to pieces by God through the deliverance of eight people who were not infected by that mutation.

Any believer who becomes an invisible hero in the Church-age becomes a part of the second category of witnesses in this dispensation.

Invisible heroes can come from anywhere in any dispensation, HEB 11:2-12:1, where we have a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us from the Old Testament.

The third witness is the corporate witness – Christian marriage in the Church-age only, between October of 30 AD to the Rapture of the Church, the termination of the Church-age.

Elect angels observe human history while fallen angels are designed to oppose human history.

In the C.A., mature believers and those dedicated and devoted the plan of God are on the front lines, and Satan is against these believers with all his principalities and powers in all areas of life – including Christian marriage.

The concentration and the focus of the elect and fallen angels was greater at the point of the hypostatic union than at any other time.

In the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union, angels observed every part of the first advent and incarnation of our Lord –
1TI 3:16 – He was “Beheld by angels”

In the dispensation of the Church-age, angels observe members of the royal family of God in their failure or success to execute and fulfill the PPOG, 1CO 4:9; EPH 3:10; 1TI 5:21; 1PE 1:12.

EPH 3:10 in order that the multi-faceted or many-sides of the wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

The humanity of Jesus Christ pioneering four spiritual mechanics which became the operational spiritual life of the Church.

1. The filling of the Holy Spirit.
2. Metabolized Bible doctrine circulating in the soul.
3. The ten problem solving devices.
4. The power for the execution of the PPOG.

Marriage of two believers is the proving ground for the mandates and duties which demand the highest form of virtue that has ever existed.

When the woman starts to react to her husband, the solution to her problem is responding to the Lord Jesus Christ with personal love for God and responding to her husband with impersonal love.

The husband is mandated to love his wife with a leadership or virtue love as Christ loved the Church.

EPH 5:32 “This is a great mystery; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.”

When Christian marriage was extrapolated to become part of the rebuttal phase of Satan’s appeal trial, it became a Christian institution derived from a divine institution.

The divine institution of marriage which began at the creation of mankind is perpetuated through the entire history of mankind on earth.

The divine institution of marriage is ordained by God for both believers and unbelievers in every historical dispensation.

The sin of Adam and the woman in the garden of Eden resulted in several modifications of the divine institution of marriage.

The purpose of sex in the Garden was for recreation only. Recreation = refreshment by means of sexual intercourse of a husband and wife in marriage only.

After the fall of man and subsequent spiritual death, a second purpose was added to sex in marriage -procreation for the perpetuation of the human race.

The word “mystery” refers to the unique doctrines of the Church Age which were never before revealed in history.

MARRIAGE OF TWO BELIEVERS IS THE PROVING GROUND FOR THE MANDATES AND DUTIES WHICH DEMAND THE HIGHEST FORM OF VIRTUE. MAT 22:23-30; EPH 3:10; 1PE 1:12; 1TI 3:16, 5:21; 1CO 11:10; PSA 101:6-7; 1SA 20:23; EPH 5:25,32-33

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Marriage of two believers is the proving ground for the mandates and duties which demand the highest form of virtue.

Thursday, February 12, 2004

Angels do not get married because they were all personally created by God, PSA 148:5.

In the dispensation of the Church-age, angels observe members of the royal family of God and learn from them,
EPH 3:10; 1PE 1:12.

EPH 3:10 in order that the multi-faceted or many-sides of the wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

1PE 1:12 In these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things into which angels long to look.

Angels used to teach mankind, GAL 3:19; now, in the Church-age, they are being taught by mankind, EPH 3:10.

Elect angels observe human history while fallen angels are designed to oppose human history.

In the Church-age, mature believers and those dedicated and devoted the plan of God are on the front lines, and Satan is against these believers with all his principalities and powers in all areas of life, including Christian marriage.

The concentration and the focus of the elect and fallen angels was greater at the point of the hypostatic union than at any other time.

In the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union, angels observed every part of the first advent and incarnation of our Lord – 1TI 3:16 – He was “Beheld by angels”

In the dispensation of the Church-age, angels observe members of the royal family of God in their failure or success to execute and fulfill the PPOG, 1CO 4:9; 1TI 5:21.

The humanity of Jesus Christ pioneering four spiritual mechanics which became the operational spiritual life of the Church.

1. The filling of the Holy Spirit.
2. Metabolized Bible doctrine circulating in the soul.
3. The ten problem-solving devices.
4. The power for the execution of the PPOG.

Marriage of two believers is the proving ground for the mandates and duties which demand the highest form of virtue that has ever existed.

Marriage is much more demanding and filled with double-trouble, 1CO 7:28.

It can be much more rewarding when the spiritual life is the center of the marriage under the principle that the Lord is between you and me forever, 1SA 20:23.

PSA 119:63 I am a companion of all those who respect Thee, and of those who keep Your doctrines.

PSA 101:6 My eyes shall be upon the “faithful” of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in integrity is the one who will minister to me.

PSA 101:7 he who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

2SA 1:26 You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was more wonderful than the love of women.

1SA 20:23 “As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever.”

If you have fellowship with believers based on your fellowship with God, you have something very rare in Christianity today.

EPH 5:32 “This is a great mystery; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.”

This new dimension only exists in the Church-age, because this is the only dispensation where every believer can take the fantastic portfolio of invisible assets and parlay them into execution of the spiritual life of the Church.

So great is this spiritual life, it will be demonstrated in eternity that the invisible heroes of the Church-age are the greatest believers who ever lived in all human history.

God created a new category of marriage for the Church-age and He gave to it the highest form of standards that have ever existed in a relationship between any two people in the human race.

Christian marriage in the dispensation of the Church is part of the testimony that once and for all condemns Satan and all fallen angels to the eternal lake of fire.

This all dramatizes the principle of freedom, authority, and values in marriage.

Freedom without authority is anarchy, disorder or confusion. Authority without freedom is tyranny.

To avoid anarchy, freedom must have values. To avoid tyranny, authority must have virtue.

Authority in marriage belongs to the husband, but this authority must be exercised in virtue love with integrity.

Personal love for God provides both motivation and correction of action in marriage.

Freedom in marriage belongs to both spouses, but such freedom must be exercised from the spiritual values and not one person forcing their rights upon the other.

The husband and wife are given divine directions and commands from the word of God taught by whomever is your right pastor-teacher, 1PE 5:3, ACT 20:28.

When a husband exercises tyranny toward his wife, he has taken from her the most valuable thing he could have – her freedom.

A woman can never love a man when he violates the third law of marriage – forgive as Christ forgave.

The first divine rule for marriage is the responsibility of the man, EPH 5:25.

EPH 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself as a substitute for her.

The second divine rule for marriage is the responsibility of the woman, EPH 5:22-24, 33.

EPH 5:33 Nevertheless let each individual among you also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see to it that she respect her husband.

The third divine rule in marriage is the mutual responsibility of both the husband and the wife, forgive as Christ forgave.

EPH 4:32 And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

MARRIAGE IS A TESTING GROUND FOR LIVING THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. EPH 5:22-25,32-33; PHI 4:11-13; 1CO 7:27-35; LUK 14:18-20; 1CO 1:26-29; GAL 4:16

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Marriage is the testing ground for living the spiritual life.

Friday, February 13, 2004

Angels do not experience the intimacy of the relationship of marriage –
1CO 11:10 Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

The first divine rule for marriage is the responsibility of the man –
EPH 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself as a substitute for her.

The second divine rule for marriage is the responsibility of the woman –
EPH 5:22-24, 33, EPH 5:33 – let the wife see to it that she respect her husband.

The third divine rule is the mutual responsibility of both the husband and the wife, forgive as Christ forgave –
EPH 4:32 And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

MAT 22:30 Angels neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

They learn about Christian marriage from the church, EPH 3:10; 1PE 1:12.

Demons and elect angels are watching Christian marriages, because it is a part of fulfilling the uniqueness of the Church-age, EPH 5:32.

Elect angels observe Christian marriage while fallen angels oppose Christian marriage.

Marriage of two believers is the proving ground for the commands and duties which demand the highest form of virtue that has ever existed.

The great Christian service is fulfilling the spiritual life by which you have a testimony in the greatest trial in all of human history.

This new attitude toward marriage only exists in the C.A., because this is the only dispensation where every believer can take the fantastic spiritual life provided by God and fulfill principles such as being content in whatever state you are in, PHI 4:11-13.

Three vital principles in marriage: freedom, authority, and having values.

A woman can only respond to a man in freedom.

Capacity for love expands where one is under authority.

Respect has to be the mandate for the Christian wife, because she is under the authority of her husband.

Virtue and values always meet in one place, coalescence of bodies and coalescence of souls.

Freedom in marriage belongs to both spouses, but you must have values to avoid anarchy.

In less than a hundred years, you are not going to be married to that person anymore forever and ever, MAT 22:30.

Only one life will soon pass, and only what is done for Christ will last.

“Undistracted” – aperispastos = to be free from domestic problems, free from problems relating to the household, to the family, and relating to the duties of home. It also means to be free from fatigue, anxiety, worry and concern.

“Devotion” – euprosedos = to sit with relaxation and confidence. It also means to be steady, attentive and diligent, to have your undivided attention.

God has provided for the believer a whole system of values related to the spiritual life but many of God’s people are too busy becoming a hot shot in time but nothing more than a snap shot on a wall in the future.

One of the greatest forms of Christian service is fulfilling the spiritual life by which you have a testimony in the greatest trial in all of human history.

LUK 14:18 “I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it;”

LUK 14:19 “I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out”

LUK 14:20 “I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.”
LUK 14:18 “But they all alike began to make excuses.”

LUK 14:21 And the servant came back and reported this to his master, the Lord Jesus Christ. Then the Lord became angry and said to his slave, “Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.”

GAL 4:16 Have I therefore become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Christian marriage is a testing ground for living the spiritual life.

Having freedom does not mean anything unless you have a personal sense of responsibility with that freedom.

Freedom without responsibility is apathy.

ULTRA-SUPERGRACE IS THE SPHERE OF THE ANGELIC CONFLICT BETWEEN THE UNFAIRNESS OF THE DEVIL'S WORLD AND THE TOTAL FAIRNESS OF GOD. PHI 4:5-8; REV 2:9-10,13; JAM 4:6; 2TI 2:10-14, 3: 8-11; EPH 1:3-6,18-20, 3:20-21; MAT 5:11; PHI 2:12

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Ultra-supergrace is the sphere of the angelic conflict between the unfairness of the devil’s world and the total fairness to of God to mature believers.

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Ultra-supergrace is the most advanced stage of spiritual maturity related to time, history, and the angelic conflict.

In ultra-supergrace, the believer receives maximum opposition from the satanic forces of evil.

1. Moses reached ultra-supergrace and received persecution from his nation, family, unbelievers, believers, and demons.

2. Jeremiah reached ultra-supergrace and received maximum pressure during the fifth cycle of discipline to Judah.

3. Paul reached ultra-supergrace and received maximum opposition from satanic forces – ACT 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

Ultra-supergrace = the sphere of the angelic conflict between the unfairness of the devil’s world and the total fairness of God to mature believers, whom God places under maximum testing and pressure, 2TI 2:10; 3:11-12.

Supergrace is the beginning stage of going through suffering for blessing and experiencing victory in the angelic conflict, or spiritual maturity, JAM 4:6.

JAM 4:6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives greater grace to the humble.”

In ultra supergrace, the blessings of supergrace are intensified and protected by God even under the most intense pressure, persecution, and attacks from Satan.

Beyond super-grace is even a higher plain whereby you still have all of the blessings that you had in super-grace but they are completely surrounded by suffering, pressure and adversity which intensifies these blessings.

His perseverance was the ability to undergo, to bear, to sustain opposition, criticism, annoyance, without giving up, without coming to either cowardice or self-pity.

Beyond super-grace is ultra-supergrace, a higher plain whereby you still have all of the blessings that you had in super-grace but they are completely surrounded by suffering, pressure and adversity which intensifies these blessings.

Ultra-supergrace is related to the power of God, EPH 1:19.

Ultra-supergrace = pursuing grace, PSA 23:5c-6; EPH 1:6.

Bestowed – aor-act-ind – charitoo = to pursue us with grace and favor.

PSA 23:5c-6 “My cup overflows [with blessing]. Surely divine good and grace will pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

ACT 13:22 “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.”

THE BATTLEFIELD OF NO MAN'S LAND REVEALS THOSE WHO HAVE A PSEUDO POSITIVE VOLITION AND THOSE WHO HAVE A GENUINE POSITIVE VOLITION. PHI 4:8; MAT 23:27; GAL 6:12-13; MAT 23:3-4; JOH 16:2; PHI 2:2-7,12


Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The battlefield of no man’s land reveals those who have pseudo positive volition and those who have genuine positive volition.

Thursday, February 26, 2004

Boredom and indifference kill you.

MAT 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

MAT 27:39 And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads,

MAT 23:3 for they say things, and do not do them.
MAT 23:4 They tie up heavy loads, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves are unwilling to move them with {so much as} a finger.

No man’s land is between supergrace and ultra-supergrace, and will determine how strong the doctrine resident in your soul really is.

No man’s land is when you are growing spiritually and you will have opponents and adversaries.

MAT 5:11 Blessed are you when {men} cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me.

JOH 16:2 They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

LUK 6:22 “Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and cast insults at you, and spurn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.”

Sometimes you have to make sacrifices and suffer what seems to be losses if you are going to fulfill God’s plan.

The most dangerous part of the spiritual life is the part of spiritual maturity which is to be out in no man’s land.

You will be tempted to become distracted from your calling because it causes unnecessary problems in your life.

No man’s land is where you finally get Satan’s attention and where you get ambushed by demonic attacks.

PHI 2:12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, be accomplishing your own preservation in danger.

You become more and more isolated as you grow spiritually and get into no man’s land.

You begin to leave behind friends and family members and casual acquaintances because you discover that you have nothing in common with them.

You become segregated from others as you are becoming integrated with those who have positive volition toward doctrine.

You kept going, and there will be a time in your life when not only your scale of values about people will change, but you are going to undergo one of the greatest changes of friends that you have ever imagined.

Out on that battlefield in no man’s land, there are not as many as there were at the start.

The battlefield of no man’s land definitely thins out the ranks and reveals the difference between those who have a pseudo positive volition and those who have a genuine positive volition toward doctrine.

First, in the order of agenda, in crossing no man’s land, verse 8, there is capacity for life.

There must be, first of all, capacity for appreciating God = occupation with Christ, maximum category one love.

Some believers will never have any true friendships in life because they do not have capacity for love which comes from doctrine resident in the soul.

There is capacity for not only who and what God is, but capacity for what He provides in the spiritual realm.
There is also the capacity for happiness. There is also capacity for adversity by way of contrast.

The human brain is like a railroad freight car – guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty.

WE SHARE EVERYTHING CHRIST IS AND HAS, FOR THE HEAD AND THE BODY ARE UNITED INTO ONE SPIRITUAL ENTITY. PHI 4:5-8; MAT 16:25; JOH 6:51; PSA 25:8-9, 11:2; EPH 6:14; JOS 24:14; PSA 40:10-11; 2TI 4:3-4


Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

We share everything Christ is and has, for the head and the body are united into one spiritual entity.

Friday, February 27, 2004

Definite article “to” – ToV + adverbial use of adjective – loipon – loipovn = from now on, in the future, or therefore.

“To loipon” – PHI 4:8 From now on,

A delphoi – a*delfoiv = brethren; a reminder to those making this advance that they are members of the royal family of God.

In this dispensation, all believers at the point of regeneration, are entered into union with Christ.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit or being placed in union with TLJC did not occur until Christ was resurrected, ascended and seated at the right hand of God the Father.

Once Jesus Christ was seated at the right hand of the Father, through the expression, “Sit down at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool,” this verified the authenticity of the work of Christ on the Cross.

Jesus Christ is royalty because He is God -divine royalty.
He has a royal family – God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ is also Jewish royalty – He is called the Son of David. Son of God is His divine royalty; Son of David is His Jewish royalty.

A third type of royalty with the ascension of Jesus Christ = His battlefield royalty.

When God the Father said to TLJC, “Sit down at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool,” He was given the highest type of royalty related to the angelic conflict – battlefield royalty = “King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.”

The Jewish age was brought to a screeching halt, and the Church-age began.

It is to call out (ekklesia), a royal family for the battlefield royalty of Jesus Christ.

Because of its uniqueness, the Church-age began with the baptism of the Holy Spirit whereby the believer is entered into union with Christ.

We share His life, eternal life, 1JO 5:11-12.
We share His righteousness, 2CO 5:21.
We share the election of Christ, an escrow election, EPH 1:3-4.
We share the destiny of Christ, predestination, EPH 1:5-6.

We share the sonship of Christ,
GAL 3:26, “sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”
We share the heirship of Christ, heirs of God and joint-heirs with the Son of God, ROM 8:16-17.
We are a royal priesthood, sharing the priesthood of Christ, 1PE 2:5,9.

We have eternal security; we can never get out of union with Christ whether we are winners or losers.
We are adopted into the royal family of God, EPH 1:5.
We are a royal family of kings, 1CO 4:8.

We share everything Christ is and has, for the head and the body are united into one spiritual entity.

Your life, no matter how dull it may appear to you at times, or how difficult it is, your life has very definite meaning, purpose and definition.

Whatever – pronoun hosa – o@sa = there are many areas and directions for the capacity of life for the royal family.

To be – pres-act-ind – estin – e*stiVn = the following six adjectives describe certain areas of supergrace capacity for life.

Whatever is:
– true, doctrine.
– honorable, establishment.
– right or righteous; just, fair.
– pure.
– lovely or the capacity to love.
– of good repute that is commendable.

If anything of virtue, if anything worthy of praise exists (and it does), you, yourselves be concentrating on these things.

“True”- predicate nominative neuter singular – a*lhqh – alethe = the doctrines, principles, and policies of God as preserved in the word of God and transferred into your soul by daily P.M.A. of B.D.

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“You cannot apply what you know, you can only apply what you understand.”

This is the type of believer who lives in truth and has capacity for life because he not only knows and understands the truth, but he can apply the truth to his life.

Truth is a passion.
One cannot learn it; one must possess it.

JOH 18:38 “What is truth?”

MAT 16:25 “For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it.”

JOH 6:51 “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread also which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Truth or doctrine is that which will cause you to be more stable, more certain and more sure than ever before.

It will cause you to be certain, confident, positive and assured without being arrogant – a vital part of truth is humility.

PRO 11:2 When pride comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom.

Truth will cause you to be certain, confident, positive and assured without being arrogant – a vital part of truth is humility.


TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU STABLE, SECURE, AND CERTAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. PHI 4:8; JOH 18:38; MAT 23:1-3; PSA 25:5, 43:3; JOH 14:26; PSA 40:10-11, 61:7; 2PE 3:18; PHI 3:13B-14



Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Truth will cause you to be stable, secure, and certain about the future.

Sunday, February 29, 2004

Whatever is:
- True; doctrinal.
- Honorable; establishment and freedom.
- Right; righteous, just and fair.
- Pure.
- Lovely; capacity to love.
- Of good repute; commendable.

If anything of virtue, if anything worthy of praise exists (and it does), you, yourselves be concentrating on these things.

“True”- predicate nominative neuter singular - a*lhqh - alethe = truth or Bible doctrine; the doctrines, principles, and policies of God as preserved in the word of God and transferred into your soul by daily P.M.A. of B.D.

JOH 18:38 “What is truth?”

Truth or doctrine is that which will cause you to be stable, secure and certain about the future more than ever before.

It will cause you to be certain, confident, positive and assured without being arrogant - a vital part of truth is humility.

PSA 25:8-9 Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way.

Gesenius - Truth will produce firmness, security and integrity of mind.

LUK 6:40 A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.

ACT 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, {to see} whether these things were so.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

Aletheia = integrity of character; that which is faithful and certain.

Joseph Thayer - Aletheia is that which frees the mind from pretence, deceit, and falsehood.

It is impossible to serve the Lord apart from truth being the motivation.

JOS 24:14 Now, therefore, respect the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth;

1SA 12:24 Respect the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart;

Truth or doctrine will enlighten the believer and guide the believer in the angelic conflict and spiritual warfare.

Truth protects us and keeps us from deception.

God the Holy Spirit uses the doctrine we have been taught to protect us from deception, JOH 14:26.

JOH 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.

PHI 3:13b but one thing I concentrate upon: constantly forgetting the things that lie behind and pursuing vigorously to what lies ahead,

PHI 3:14 I keep on pressing on toward the objective for the purpose of the reward belonging to the upward call of God [Father], by means of Christ Jesus.

In the last days truth will be rejected and therefore deception will set in, 2TI 4:3-4.

2TI 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires;

2TI 4:4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will be turned aside to fables.

What is it that God truly desires from you? He desires truth to be in you.

2PE 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Grace is for our present need, mercy is for our past.

Mercy is God’s grace in action directed toward our past.

The righteousness and justice of God is completely satisfied when He sees his “truth or doctrine” in operation in man.

It is truth which cleanses us and purges us from sin, JOH 15:3.

You cannot change the truth, but the truth can change you.

EPH 5:26 That He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.

PRO 16:6 By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, and by the respect for the Lord one keeps away from evil.

2TI 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth.

3JO 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth [doctrine].

GAL 4:16 Have I therefore become your enemy by telling you the truth?

2CO 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.

One of the titles for truth is called logos or the Word.

1JO 1:1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we beheld and our hands handled, concerning the [logos] Word of Life -

REV 19:13 And He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood; and His name is called The [logos] Word of God.

PHI 4:8 From now on, members of the Royal family of God, whatever is true,... if anything of virtue, if anything worthy of praise exists (and it does), you, yourselves be concentrating on these things.

MARCH 2004