Zec 5:1-11 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me

[Study Aired June 29, 2023]

Babylon is “cursed with a curse” because they have robbed God, and what they have robbed Him of is a life of dedication and fidelity to His word, which is impossible to accomplish without God’s spirit within us (Rom 8:9). It’s ridiculous to think that we could actually rob God of anything, seeing He owns everything (Psa 50:10). Mankind’s thieving ways demonstrate the spiritual condition of our hearts which are naturally against the spirit of God (Gal 5:17). With such a nature, we will rob and take that which is not ours to take, as demonstrated from the very get-go with Adam and Eve, but again these outward actions in the garden just demonstrate how we naturally misappropriate God’s word inwardly (Gen 3:6, Rom 1:20).

Gal 5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 

Gen 3:6  And when the woman [typifying the spirit of the churches of Babylon] saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat [demonstrating our need to be under the law of Moses at first, the schoolmaster, which the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents until we are dragged to the tree of life representing Christ (Joh 1:17, Rom 3:20, Rom 7:7)].

Zec 5:1  Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
Zec 5:2  And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
Zec 5:3  Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
Zec 5:4  I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 
Zec 5:5  Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. 
Zec 5:6  And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 
Zec 5:7  And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 
Zec 5:8  And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 
Zec 5:9  Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. 
Zec 5:10  Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
Zec 5:11  And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. 

This section of Zechariah specifically shows us how we naturally go into Babylon, and only by the grace and faith of Christ, ‘come out of her my people’ (2Co 6:17). The imagery of a flying roll (Zec 5:1) and two women with the wings of a unclean bird called a stork, demonstrate how at first we carry the lies of Babylon throughout all our earth within, and outwardly we are all initially witnesses of another Jesus whose false gospel is made known, loud and clear from the abundance of our deceived hearts throughout the world. This is done via the churches that have been given power to do that. Those churches of Babylon are represented by the two women that have wings of a stork (Zec 5:9) and the flying roll is the word of God they bring to the great unwashed masses (Zec 5:1).

2Co 6:17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

We all must first go into Babylon, and by God’s great power be dragged out of her, presenting our bodies a living sacrifice through Christ (Rom 12:1-2) which is what the book of Malachi points to. Christ and His body are the means by which we will overcome all the lies that have been perpetrated by the devil throughout the years, in the land of Shinar (Zec 5:11), which represents the place where Mystery Babylon, the mother of harlots, thrives. The place where we ‘come out of her’ to be caught up to God in heaven is by the power of Christ in His people that is far higher than the powers and principalities that ruled us in Babylon; the wings of the unclean stork (Rev 12:5, Eph 2:6, Eph 1:19-21).

Rom 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 
Rom 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Rev 12:5  And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 

Eph 2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 

Eph 1:19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, [What the greatness of his power toward us produces  (Col 4:5-6, Jer 23:24, 1Th 5:16-18)]
Eph 1:20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph 1:21  Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

Zec 5:1  Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

Right after we learn of the two witnesses who witnessed against Babylon (Zec 4:12-14), Zechariah says “then I turned.” This action of Zechariah turning symbolizes for God’s people that we know who we are, as our function in the Christ is to witness of these things (Luk 24:48), being those who observe and see and understand the lies that we’ve come out of by the grace and faith of Christ (Eph 2:8), which is what Zechariah’s statement “then I turned” typifies. 

Luk 24:48  And ye are witnesses of these things.

It is a lifelong journey coming out of Babylon and cleansing our heavens as we are sanctified by the spirit of God. We don’t turn once, say a ten-second sinner’s prayer and it’s all over. Rather we keep turning where the Lord would have us go to be His witnesses of these things in the earth, our whole life that has many seasons which concludes in our turning to dust again (Joh 17:17, Joh 6:63, Ecc 3:20). All that process of turning and seeing who we are, or where we were, is prophesied for us in Ezekiel 21:27 which shows us what God is doing with our old man who will be abased so that a new creation can increase and come forth (Eze 21:26-28).

Joh 17:17  Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Joh 6:63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Eze 21:26  Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high [take off the false way by which you misappropriated the word of God, which can only happen through a process of judgment symbolized by the three overturnings].
Eze 21:27  I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him [Rev 4:10, Luk 17:10].
Eze 21:28  And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 

With this in mind, we see the prophet Zechariah, who represents the elect turning and lifting up his eyes and looking and beholding a flying roll. That roll is not another gospel. It is the word of God (Gal 1:5-7), but it is wrapped around the idol of carnal hearts that naturally pervert the truth manifesting in a divided Christ. There are two gospels flying around in the heavens – one that is coming from the manifold wisdom of God made known by the church (Eph 3:10), and another that is a “flying roll” filling the world with lies, and must be overcome in our own heavens (Rev 9:2-3, Rev 12:14, 2Pe 2:19-20). 

Gal 1:5  To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Gal 1:6  I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Gal 1:7  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Eph 3:10  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 

Rev 9:2  And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 
Rev 9:3  And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 

Rev 12:14  And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle [the same symbolism as the unclean stork], that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent  [for an in-depth description on this symbolism, see Mike’s studies on Revelation 12, Rev 12:1-5 and Rev 12:14-17 in particular].

2Pe 2:19  While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 
2Pe 2:20  For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

The negative smoke rises from the pits of Babylon (Rev 9:2) that we come out of, and the positive smoke ascends up to God “with the prayers of the saints” (Rev 8:4). A  review of the word roll^H4039 will help us see the negative and positive use of this word. 

Rev 9:2  And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Rev 8:4  And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

H4039 “Roll”
– Definition:
roll, book, writing 
– Origin: from H1556
– Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine 
– Strong’s: From H1556; a roll: – roll volume. 
Total KJV Occurrences: 21 
roll, 20

Jer_36:2; Jer_36:4; Jer_36:6; Jer_36:14(2); Jer_36:20; Jer_36:21; Jer_36:23; Jer_36:25; Jer_36:27; Jer_36:28(2); Jer_36:29; Jer_36:32; Eze_2:9; Eze_3:1; Eze_3:2; Eze_3:3; Zec_5:1; Zec_5:2 

volume, 1
Psa_40:7

In Zechariah it represents the negative way in which we use God’s word at first in Babylon. In every instance it is talking about something that is written down, and more specifically, the word of God which is likened to the ephah in Zechariah 5:10. This “roll” talked about in the book of Zechariah is the word of God as Psalm 40:7 attests to in its use of this Strong’s number. What does a thief do but rob you of your possessions, which is what Babylon does with the words of God that are carried on unclean wings, the stork, that represents the carnal mind which can’t rightly divide the word of truth (Lev 11:13, Lev 11:19).

Zec 5:10  Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah^H374?

BDB Definition: Definition: a. a dry measure of quantity; b. the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount 

Strong’s Definition: an ephah or measure for grain; hence a measure in general

Psa 40:7  Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume^H4039 of the book it is written of me, 

BDB Definition: Definition: 1. roll, book, writing 

Strong’s Definition: From H1556; a roll: – roll volume. 

Zec 5:2  And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

The roll’s dimensions, “the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits”, reveals that this is the word of God that is going forth, actually ‘flying forth’ in the heavens of mankind, typifying what God’s quick and sharp two-edged sword of His word (Heb 4:12) can and will ultimately accomplish against the flesh of all mankind. It will not go forth in vain, and it will accomplish that which God has sent it out to do, and will not return void (Isa 55:11). What God has sent it to do is witness [2×10 = length of 20 cubits] against the flesh of mankind [10 cubits = breadth of 10 cubits] via a process of judgment [20 cubits + 10 cubits = 30 cubits], each man in his order (Isa 26:9, 1Co 15:22-27).

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Isa 55:11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Zec 5:3  Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

When the word goes forth, it is the light which reproves the darkness of our heart and shows us that we have stolen from God, “for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it“; and we have sworn falsely by God’s word as well, “every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.” The very subject of Malachi chapter three is about the curse that is upon all flesh for not being able to present our bodies a living sacrifice to God (Mal 3:8-9). When we try to gain our own salvation only knowing Christ after the flesh, we are crucifying Christ afresh by not seeing our need to follow Christ’s exemplary not substitutionary sacrifice by filling up what is behind of His afflictions for His body’s sake in our own lives (Col 1:24). That is when our old man becomes cursed in the positive sense as we are given to read, hear and keep the sayings of the prophecy (Rev 1:3), being crucified with Christ, our flesh being cursed for hanging on that tree of life, Christ, as our new man is blessed to now live by the faith of Christ (Gal 2:20, Deu 21:23).

Mal 3:8  Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 
Mal 3:9  Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 

Gal 2:20  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. 

Deu 21:23  His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Zec 5:4  I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

The word of God comes forth into our lives, and then it begins its work of convicting us of our thieving ways, our falsehoods and lies, and it “shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.” This is all telling us that when we defile the temple of God, He will destroy the first temple with the timber and stones thereof and make it anew in the Potter’s hand (1Co 3:16-17, Jer 18:4). These are prophecies Zechariah is seeing of what God is going to do to all the world, each man in his own order, and for God’s elect today they reassure us of God’s power to burn up the wood, hay and stubble so that, Lord willing, we will go onto perfection on the third day, if He will permit (1Co 3:12-13, Heb 6:3).

1Co 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Jer 18:4  And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

Zec 5:5  Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. 
Zec 5:6  And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 
Zec 5:7  And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

The angel of the Lord, who is talking to Zechariah, provokes him to love and good works in type and shadow by telling him “Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.” Zechariah, who represents the young babe in Christ, says once again “What is it?” and the angel of the Lord who represents the church tells him, this is the word of God that is going forth into the whole world via the churches of Babylon, “This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth” (Php 1:15-19).

Php 1:15  Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: 
Php 1:16  The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 
Php 1:17  But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. 
Php 1:18  What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. [“This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth“]
Php 1:19  For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

The ephah is the measure of grain that goes forth from God’s hand (Mar 4:14), and it goes out to this woman who represents Babylon who is in the midst of it, and it is “a talent of lead” that is being lifted up, which is a base metal representing all that the world can get out of God’s word, without the discerning spirit of God within them, or the trials of God that burns away those base metals and purifies the precious stones God is creating within the elect (Mal 3:17-18).

Mal 3:17  And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 
Mal 3:18  Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Zec 5:7  And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
Zec 5:8  And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 

The woman who represents Babylon is “cast into the midst of the ephah.” That ephah represents the measure of God’s word which has “the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.” The word of God is a curse to our old man while under “tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father” (Gal 4:1-7). The lead cast upon the mouth thereof is the law for the lawless and disobedient of (1Ti 1:9) under which we all must be until our mouths are purified with fiery trials that take us from the basest of metals, lead understanding, to precious words that have been purified in the fiery trials of life by which we are received of God (Isa 6:6-7, 1Pe 1:7, Heb 12:6). The lead covers the mouth of this basket which has the woman and the ephah within it, symbolizing how the word of God is closed off through spiritual blindness from Babylon for an appointed time (Mat 13:10-11, Rom 11:20,  Rom 11:30). 

For an in-depth look at this base metal, please read Mike’s study on Lead. Here are a few excerpts: 

“…corruptible base metals are used to describe the masses of unconverted, unenlightened, carnal, rebellious mankind. These metals are all refined from out of the earth. But a base metal, even when refined, is still a base metal.  In other words, it really is not that uncommon or of very much value to God. The fire that refines these metals can also consume them(Jer 6:29)

… Both lead and flesh will be consumed by the fire of God’s Word (Jer 6:29)

…Babylon is “a talent of lead” which “is the curse going into every house.””

Gal 4:1  Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 
Gal 4:2  But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 
Gal 4:3  Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 
Gal 4:4  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5  To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 
Gal 4:6  And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Gal 4:7  Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

Isa 6:6  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 
Isa 6:7  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Zec 5:9  Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephahH374 between the earth and the heaven. 

H374‘êyphâh    ‘êphâh ay-faw’, ay-faw’

Of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence a measure in general: – ephah, (divers) measure (-s).  Total KJV occurrences: 40

The dream is one principle applies here (Gen 41:25), and the flying roll and the two women with the wings of a stork are telling us the same thing with different details. Zechariah representing the elect who has his eyes open to see in type “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH”, not one harlot, harlots plural, two women flying to witness there are many churches that have gone out with “the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork” representing those who have come out of the sea of humanity and are now “between the earth and the heaven” filling it with every foul spirit, every false doctrine symbolized by them doing this “and they lifted up the ephah^H374 between the earth and the heaven.”

When you are between the earth and the heaven and not in the third heaven, representing where God’s elect are raised in heavenly places (2Co 12:2-4, Eph 2:6), then you are at a stage where you are a “beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon” (Rev 13:11). Having the words of God and casting them behind us is what it means to have horns like a lamb, but speak as a dragon. Not resisting evil, condoning war, hating our enemies while saying we are Christians is what must be burned out of all those who are going to be in the blessed and holy first resurrection, and this love toward our enemy is connected to those who are blessed to develop “the patience and faith of the saints” (Rev 13:10)

2Co 12:2  I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
2Co 12:3  And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 
2Co 12:4  How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Eph 2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 

Rev 13:10  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Rev 13:11  And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 

Zec 5:10  Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

When we start seeing the hypocrisy in Babylon, we start seeing it in ourselves as well, and we start asking questions like, “Why do these churches “bear the ephah”?” We learn that Babylon, who is represented by the court in the temple, has been sacrificed for our sakes to do the heavy lifting of bearing the ephah so that the word can go forth to all nations, thus a few chosen out of those many called can emerge by God’s grace (Mat 22:14, Eph 2:8-9).

Mat 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Zec 5:11  And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar^H8152: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

What these two women with the stork wings do is fly into “the land of Shinar“, which is another word for Babylon, where they establish their own righteousness “upon her own base” which is where we all go at first (Php 3:9). 

H8152 “Shinar” 
– BDB = country of two rivers 
the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea 
– Strong’s: Probably of foreign derivation; Shinar a plain in Babylon: – Shinar.
– Proper Names Bible: (the city has changed its nature)

Only the Lord can build the true spiritual house (Psa 127:1) so building “an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base” all represents our own righteousness, our many wonderful works which are really just a house build upon sand, and we have talents buried within the earth (Mat 7:24-27). When we operate in our flesh, we are cursed and robbing God of His glory that can and will be manifest in those who are blessed to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” knowing it is “God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Otherwise our talents are just being buried in the earth (Php 2:12-14).

Psa 127:1  A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Mat 7:24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: [Rev 1:3, Psa 127:1] 
Mat 7:25  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Mat 7:26  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Php 2:12  Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Php 2:13  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 
Php 2:14  Do all things without murmurings and disputings: