John 1:16-17 (Amplified) tells us, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share and were all supplied with one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
In order to see God and walk with Him in the Truth of the new creation and family relationship, we must see Him in the Presence and ministry of Jesus. John 1:18 (Amplified) says, "No man has ever seen God at any time; the Only Unique Son (the Only Begotten Son), Who is in the bosom (in the intimate Presence) of the Father, He has declared Him (He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known)." In order to know the Father, we must know Jesus in His earthly ministry. When we do this, we can understand our earthly ministry and relationship with the Father.
As we read the Revelation given to Paul, we see ourselves in the same relation Jesus had with the Father in His earthly ministry. We cannot understand our own relationship with the Father, unless we see ourselves as being children in God's family. We have all received Spiritual Blessings from God's fullness and abundance, which make it possible for God to relate to us while we're here on earth, just like He did with Jesus. After we leave this earth and return to the Father, these Spiritual Blessings will continue for eternity. While on earth, we must walk in these Spiritual Blessings, in order to liberate those who are held captive.
The Grace that empowers us to walk with the Father here on earth, is the same Grace He uses in and through us, to reach the world. We've been endued with this Spiritual Blessing, in order to bring Heaven to earth. The only way of doing this, is by God's power and ability living through us, like He did through Jesus. We have no more power to deliver, heal, or Bless mankind, than Jesus had without the Holy Spirit and the Father in Him.
Remember, "No man has ever seen God at any time; the Only Unique Son (or the Only Begotten Son), Who is in the bosom (in the intimate Presence of the Father), He has declared Him, He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and made Him known." We must see the Father through Jesus. Not by David or Moses. Moses could show us "God", but Jesus has shown us "Father." We can't allow our Image of Him, to be distorted.
You might ask, "Aren't They the same?" The answer is, "Yes." God hasn't changed, but He has changed us. God is no longer dealing with natural carnal men, like He did in the old covenant. Those persons never had the actual Life of God in their spirit. They were spiritually dead, so God had to deal with them from the outside-in, instead of the inside-out. As new covenant people, we have the Life of God within us. We're being trained up, taught and disciplined in a completely manner, than the old covenant people.
God's will and purpose was always to have a family of His Own, who would know Him and walk with Him, in the Spirit. After Adam's fall, this union was broken and God needed to place His Presence in His new creation family. God could only make Laws for the people, until He could place Jesus into the earth and restore mankind back into His will and purpose. As long as the people followed the Law, God could preserve mankind, until Jesus paid the Price for our Redemption.
Jesus has come and He has paid the Ransom, restoring us back to the Life of God. God no longer deals with us as mere humans, but as His new creation family. God can now Live with us and within us. Jesus never came to do away with the Law, but to fulfill it, according to Matthew 5:17 (Amplified) where Jesus asks, "Do you think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law of the Prophets? I have not come to do away with or undo it, but to complete and fulfill them." If you are in Christ Jesus, then you also have fulfilled the Law and you're not obligated to it. You're free in it and exempt from it.
This isn't an excuse to sin, but is freedom from the guilt and condemnation of sin. God's Grace has raised you into the place of Righteousness in Christ Jesus. We no longer need to observe rituals and certain Laws, in order to have God move on our behalf. We no longer need to strive at our own righteousness, because we have been created righteous, in Christ Jesus. Jesus's Sacrifice has done what bulls, goats, lambs and rituals could never do. By His Sacrifice, Jesus has made us righteous and sinless in the Courts of Justice.
This has always been God's will for mankind. He Himself has done what no man could ever do on his own. God has declared us new and righteous, by paying the cost of being right with Himself, in Jesus. Like those under the Law, we get caught up in our own righteousness. We see the failures and mistakes we've made while maturing in our Christian walk, which leaves us feeling like we've failed in our walk. When we do fail, Grace never fails. God's faith in you is measured by His faith in Jesus, to bring us through.
Proverbs 4:7-9 (KJV) instructs, "Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get Wisdom, but with all your getting, get understanding." The Amplified Version says, "The beginning of Wisdom is; get Wisdom, skillful and Godly Wisdom! for skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation). Prize Wisdom highly and exalt her, and she will exalt you; she will bring you to honor when you embrace her. She shall give to your head a wreath of gracefulness; a crown of beauty and glory will she deliver to you."
You have Wisdom in your hands when you pick up God's Word, but because we have no discernment or understanding of her principals, we fail in our quest for what Wisdom has come to bring us. We fail to see what God has already done in Jesus and we set about in our own wisdom, trying to become what Jesus has already done. This leads to our failure to walk in God's Wisdom.
We can't allow man's wisdom to make the Wisdom of God, ineffective in our lives. God went to great extremes to make Himself available to us, so we might know and understand Him and His ways. Many think that walking in this Wisdom as being self-exaltation and pride in man's lives, but to the Father, it's walking in the family inheritance and family Name. If it wasn't God's will that we know Him like Jesus did, then He wouldn't have used Jesus as a "Mirror" to reflect His Glory to us. Jesus said in John 10:30 (Amplified), "I and the Father are One."
We must allow the Holy Spirit to reveal the Spiritual Wisdom of God in our personal walk with the Father. We must strive to learn and walk in a way that will bring us into a deeper understanding of Spiritual things. We must keep your words in line with His Words. We must keep our Love enveloped in His Love. We must allow discernment to separate the love of the world and the wisdom of the world. Keep 2Timothy 3:16-17 always, as a guide to your spirit. When you transgress and the Word convicts you, repent and follow what the Word says to do. Don't wait for man to tell you what is right and wrong, because they don't even know the difference anymore. All God's Word and the Holy Spirit to correct and guide you.
Just because man doesn't understand the Wisdom of God, doesn't mean there's no Wisdom beyond their thinking. This doesn't mean we're to be condescending of others, but we're not to be held back by their thinking either. Every person is responsible to walk with the Father. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't know Him beyond where they know Him. This doesn't mean you're to break fellowship with the brethren, but don't just stop where their knowledge ends. Bring them into a higher revelation of the Father and His Grace.
The Spiritual Blessings spoken of in John 1:16-17, are the things imparted to us by the new birth. These Blessings include so many things that your own wisdom can never acknowledge or fathom. When the Holy Spirit came to make His home in you, He brought all the Spiritual Blessings that make you who you are in Christ Jesus. We're to use these Spiritual Blessings for our walk, life and ministry on this earth. These Spiritual Blessings will distinguish you from natural man and bring you into the ability of the new man, the hidden man of the heart.
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