John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "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."
God gave the Spiritual Blessings that we received, for those who are born-again children, through Jesus Christ. The first and foremost Spiritual Blessing is the new birth, when we were made alive in the Spirit, with Christ Jesus. Those under the old covenant, were still Spiritually dead, because Adam's transgression mankind was separated from God in their spirit. They were only able to deal and be dealt with, through their flesh.
Jesus told His followers in John 10:10 (Amplified), "I came that we might have and enjoy Life, to the full, till it overflows." Of course, the people Jesus spoke to were alive in their natural bodies. The Spiritual Blessings that we have received through Jesus, bring us into a completely different realm of Life and being.
Under the old covenant, none were righteous and all were dead in sin and trespass. Righteousness isn't a matter of the flesh, but it's one of the Spiritual Blessings we have received in Jesus. Many of the Gifts, listed in John 1:16-17, are Gifts of the Spirit, which we correlate with the Spiritual Gifts in 1Corinthians 12. But, these are Spiritual Gifts that came through Jesus and we have all received in the new birth.
The Gift of righteousness, the Gift of justification, the Gift of consecration, the Gift of sanctification, the Gift of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, are all Spiritual Blessings that came through the new birth. We don't recognize these Spiritual Blessings that Grace has given us and we don't thank God enough for them, like we should.
John 1:16 (Amplified) said that, "We have all received, all had a share, and were all supplied with these Gifts, Blessings, Graces, favors and Truth." When the Father chose us in Jesus, He supplied us with every Spiritual Blessing, from the fullness (abundance) He supplied Jesus with during His earthly ministry. God has supplied every one of His children with everything we would ever need in this life or the life to come. We have all been supplied with everything that Jesus had to give us, as His Body.
We've failed to understand and acknowledge that the Father never left us on our own. God has already supplied us with everything we'll ever need. These Spiritual Blessings are already birthed in your new creation being, when we were born-again and became children of the Most High God. The Spiritual Blessings come out of your newborn spirit and bring forth the manifestation, in this natural realm by faith. We must believe and have faith in what the Father has done, in Jesus.
Some ask, "I haven't seen any of these things, so how can I know them?" You know them, because God's Word tells us that they are Spiritual Blessings for the new Spiritual people. If these were only natural Blessings, then we wouldn't have needed Jesus to restore them and they could have come to the old covenant saints. These couldn't come into the old covenant as Spiritual Blessings, because the old covenant people were dead in their spirits. We sometimes don't allow the Holy Spirit to live in us and through us, like He wishes too. He wants to reveal to us, everything (ALL) that Jesus gave us from His fullness (abundance).
Jesus told His followers in Mark 11:22-24 (Amplified), "Have faith in God constantly. Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! And does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. For this reason I am telling you, Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe, trust in and be confident that it is granted to you and you will get it."
Do you know how many times Jesus taught about "believing and receiving?" In today's Church, we find so many different things being taught about the new creation man. Some teach that, "These things are not for today" or that, "These things are not for everyone." When we accept the world's ideas about Jesus, we say, "I don't believe this is Truth." We are actually "reaping what we sow" and receiving what we say, which is "I don't believe."
Mark 16 tells us, "These signs will follow those who believe," but we say "I don't believe these signs are for us today." How can the Holy Spirit move on that confession? How can the Spiritual Blessings be made manifest in total unbelief? It's not some great mystery about why we're not seeing the works of God, being done today. They're not being done, because the Church no longer believes!
The Church has said, "I don't believe," for centuries, but God that, "Anything is possible for him who believes." Could it be that in ignorance, the Church has chosen not to believe and that's why we lack Spiritual Blessings the Word Promises to us? I know what has been taught and I know what has been accepted by God's people. I also know that the things God says are Truth and what we're saying is not Truth. If God is really God and His Word is Truth, then we're the ones who are not lining up with Him and not the other way around.
Many will believe that "these are the words of a fanatic," but it's working for me, because I choose to believe Him. God said, "Only believe." We don't have to earn it or be good enough to qualify. We don't need to sacrifice bulls and goats. We're only required TO BELIEVE. We must lift our standards up and believe in Him, instead of what men believe. God says, "He will watch over His Word to perform it." "With God all things are possible," but with man, these things are only possible when we believe God to make them possible. We all know that God can do it, but we don't believe He will. This is in direct opposition to what God says to do.
What if others choose to not believe in healing" Can their unbelief stop God from healing you, if you believe?" Romans 3:3-4 (Amplified) says, "What if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify (and make void and make ineffective) the faithfulness of God and His fidelity to His Word? By no means! Let God be found True though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written. That you may be justified and shown to be upright in what you say, and prevail when you are judged by sinful men."
I choose not to let men dictate to me, what God can or cannot do. I allow the Holy Spirit, Who is the Teacher of the Church, to dictate these things to me. He hasn't told me that, "These things have passed away" or that, "God could only do these things in past times." I believe what He said in Hebrews 11:1 (Amplified), where He says, "Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things we hope for, being the proof of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality; faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses (the carnal mind of man)."
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