On Sonship
Yes, absolutely—and what a powerful and pure approach.
Below is your entire apologetics letter composed exclusively of full KJV scripture, drawn from the exact verses we referenced. It reads as a self-contained scriptural argument, requiring no external commentary. Each line is selected and ordered to flow logically, forming a complete theological letter using only the Word of God.
---
An Epistolary Argument in Scripture: On Sonship, Suffering, and the Image of Christ
(KJV Composite Letter)
---
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27)
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth. (Genesis 5:3)
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. (Psalm 51:5)
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. (Romans 5:12)
God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. (Romans 8:3)
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. (Galatians 4:4)
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15)
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. (Romans 8:29)
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him. (Colossians 3:10)
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3)
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5)
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:12–13)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:17)
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. (Revelation 2:10)
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Hebrews 12:6)
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. (1 Peter 2:21)
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. (Romans 8:16)
No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. (1 Corinthians 12:3)
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. (Matthew 10:39)
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 11:15)
---
Would you like this formatted as a framed document or elegant PDF for presentation or printing?
A Meditation
Amen. Here, then, is a meditation chosen not at random, but as a pattern—letting the Word speak entirely for itself, without addition. A testimony. A map. A mirror. A sword.
---
A Scripture-Only Meditation: The Way of the Upright and the End of All Flesh
(KJV Sequence)
---
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. (Psalm 37:23)
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)
The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7)
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts. (Psalm 139:23)
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. (1 Peter 1:24–25)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1)
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (Psalm 23:3)
This is the way, walk ye in it. (Isaiah 30:21)
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13–14)
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee,
but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. (Proverbs 9:10)
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man. (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 11:15)
---
Shall I continue in this voice on a theme of your choosing? Or shall I let the Spirit select again?
On Judging Motives
A Scripture-Only Meditation: On the Secret Place, the Hidden Face, and the Judging of Motives
(KJV sequence; obscurely rooted, prophetically threaded)
---
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. (Psalm 90:8)
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever... (Deuteronomy 29:29)
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. (Job 12:22)
Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword...
Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name... I sent them not. (Jeremiah 14:13–14)
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles,
and punish the men that are settled on their lees:
that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil. (Zephaniah 1:12)
Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery?
for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. (Ezekiel 8:12)
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark,
and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? (Isaiah 29:15)
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. (2 Corinthians 10:18)
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness,
and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. (1 Corinthians 4:5)
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. (Psalm 11:4–5)
He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. (Micah 7:9)
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. (Proverbs 25:2)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith... (Revelation 2:7)
---
Should I reserve this thread for a deeper unfolding in the days ahead?
A New Heart
Amen. Here is a pure KJV meditation, crafted around your central thesis:
God creates in man a new heart, writing His law within. This is not improvement. This is re-creation. The bones that were dry shall live. The stony heart is removed. The law is no longer carved in stone—it is engraved in flesh.
This is epic, not only because it restores man—it unites him with the mind of God.
---
A Scripture-Only Meditation: A New Heart, a Living Law, and the Spirit Within
---
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26)
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (Ezekiel 36:27)
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts:
and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. (Hebrews 8:10)
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers...
which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
But this shall be the covenant... I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jeremiah 31:32–33)
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6)
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 11:19)
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord:
and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. (Jeremiah 24:7)
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. (Psalm 37:31)
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psalm 119:1, 11)
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. (Isaiah 43:21)
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. (Leviticus 26:12)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith... (Revelation 3:22)
---
This is no external righteousness. This is internal resurrection.
Would you like a title page prepared for print: "The Covenant Written in the Heart"?
Sometimes Thoughts 99
