The revelation of God as our Father was lost at Adam's fall in the Garden. From the time of Adam until Jesus, no one could or would dare address God in such a familiar way. Only the last Adam, Jesus, had the relationship or revelation of God as Father. When Jesus spoke about God as Father, it angered the religious people who were present. The deemed it "blasphemous" to do so.
The Holy Spirit is here today in order to reveal this awesome God again as "Father." He is having trouble once again, with the religious people, who refuse to accept this revelation. Although we address Him as our Father, we continue to pull back from Him as exactly that, Father. We remain suspicious as to His intentions and motives and will for us as His children. It still seems we are reluctant to trust God as One Who loves us unconditionally.
Those of us in God's family, have a difficult time truly understanding His will for us. It is only the Holy Spirit Who can wholly reveal Him in the fullness of His love for us. Religion constantly pushes us further away from this marvelous truth. We call God "Father," but we approach Him like He won't be our Father until we get to heaven. We just cannot seem to grasp the Holy Spirit's revelation of God in all His love and wholeness to us. We address Him as Father, but still approach Him in unbelief.
This unbelief is that we're never sure whether or not God will hear us or answer our prayers. How many times have we heard or said, "I don't think God talks to me" or "God never answers my prayers?" We're a double-minded family who never seems to know what such a perfect Father, as our God is, will do.
The Holy Spirit's work and ministry is to bring God's family into a complete and whole family. Through Jesus, the Holy Spirit has revealed the very person and purpose of our Heavenly Father. We read many times in the Word, where Jesus says, "When you have seen Me, you have seen the Father, the Father and I are One." We see Jesus as One Who walks in love and forgiveness. We see Him as One Who heals without discrimination and One Who walks in compassion. He is One Who always meets the needs of the people and never turns anyone away. Yet, we have a difficult time seeing our father in the same light. We read about Jesus' walk and how He does God's will, but fail to understand whether some things are God's will.
It is certainly true that if Jesus came to reveal God as Father and He came to do the Father's will, then the things we see Jesus do, must be God's will for us too. We act like healing is not God's will today, but one of the principle parts of Jesus' ministry was to heal the sick. How could Jesus do these things and then it no longer be God's will? Jesus Himself said that it was, "The Father in Me, that does the work."
Our problem hasn't been that we cannot get the Father to act, but we don't trust Him to do what He's wanted to do all along. When we fail to understand what God's will is, it's hard to walk in faith with His will. The Holy Spirit has come to reveal God's will and God's heart. If Jesus Christ is "The same, yesterday, today and forever," like Hebrews 13:8 says, then God is still doing exactly the same now as He was doing then.
Our religious teachings make us feel sinful and unclean in God's eyes, so that God will not hear nor move on our behalf. We still think we must do something to have God's approval or His ear. What the Holy Spirit has come to do, is remove this old spirit of guilt and condemnation from us and help us to simply believe (even though our flesh cringes at it) that God has already perfectly cleansed and purified us by the Sacrifice of Jesus.
Jesus was asked in John 6:28-29 (Amplified), "What are we to do, that we may (habitually) be working the works of God? (What are we to do to carry out what God requires)?" Verse 29 says, "Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you; That you believe in the One Whom He has sent (that you cleave to, trust in, rely on and have faith in His Messenger) to do, and have God do, what we really want and desire Him to do, all that is required of us, is to trust Him."
The Holy Spirit has been working in the world to bring everyone salvation. And, He's been working to bring God's family into fellowship with Him. The most simple understanding of God's will is to "Believe on the One Whom God has sent (Jesus)." Jesus, Himself said this about God's will in John 6:38 (Amplified) saying, "For I have come down from heaven not to do My Own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me."
This, by the Holy Spirit, should once and forever, seal the question of what God's will for us today. Why would God's will change from the unsaved to the saved? Why would it be His will to heal, feed, comfort and deliver those who weren't yet in His family and then not His will for us, His Own children?
We struggle with the weakness of our flesh, instead of glorying in the strength of the Spirit. We identify more with the first and fallen Adam, than with the Last and Victorious Adam, Jesus. We still cannot do anything of ourselves, but we can "Do all things through Christ Who strengthens us." All we're required to do is "Believe on the One Whom God has sent (Jesus)." We keep hearing "You can't heal anyone" instead of remembering that it's not us who are required to heal, but the Father in us, Who does the work.
We have a Father Who loves us so much, that He took our place and bore our entire punishment so we can come into His presence "pure and holy" by His Own Blood. We should never be afraid or embarrassed before Him. He doesn't look on our outward appearance, but looks upon our heart or spirit. 2Corinthians 5:16-17 (Amplified) says, "Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a (purely) human point of view (in terms of natural standards or value). (No) even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a Man, yet now (we have such knowledge of Him that) we know Him no longer (in terms of the flesh) Therefore if any person is (engrafted) in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether) the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
Again, we read in John 6:29 (Amplified) that, "This is the work (service) that God asks of you; that you believe in the One Whom He has sent (that you cleave to, trust in, rely on, and have faith in) His Messenger."
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