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 Blessings and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
Few in the Church have unraveled the Truth of God's Word, to us through Jesus. Many things have been taught, but many other things haven't been taught or were taught through the carnal mind, which weren't Truth. Truth is only gleaned and understood, by the Revelation of God's Word and this only comes by the Holy Spirit. We can intelligently read and understood the words from God's Word, but only the Holy Spirit can reveal the Truth of God's Word.
The carnal-minded education we've been taught about the Word, directly opposes the Truth of the Spiritual meaning and Revelation of God. We have a true heart towards God and strive to walk in Truth, but Truth only comes by the Spirit, according to John 6:63 (Amplified) where Jesus says, "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life-Giver); the flesh conveys no benefit whatsoever (there is no profit in it). The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life." God's Word brings Life to our flesh and blood bodies that we inhabit. It brings Life instead of death, healing instead of sickness and Blessing instead of calamity. The flesh and blood house we live in, will one day cease to move and function on this earth. If Jesus doesn't come first, then this mortal body will run out of time.
Time is the number one source satan uses to restrain the Church. We haven't yet understood fully, that we are born of the Eternal Spirit of our Father. We're no longer just flesh and blood, but we're forever in the Image of our Father. God's Word is Eternal in the heavens and earth. We have the ability to take God's Word of Life and apply it to these dying bodies and delay the aging of these bodies.
The world measures life by years and the calendar, but we see Life, through the Word of God. My spirit can absorb Life into it, by the Word of Life, to keep this body operating in its youthful energy, until my earthly job is done. The world might look at you through time and consider your flesh as being "old," but Jesus said "The Words I speak are Spirit and Life." God instructs us in Proverbs 4:20-23 (Amplified) saying, "My son, attend to My Words; and consent to My sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are Life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh. Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard: for out of it flow the springs of Life."
When you feed on God's Word, your flesh will draw Life from your spirit. The Life that flows out of your spirit, will bring Life to the flesh, even in old age. We might be old, according to the standards of time in this earth, but our flesh will still look and act like time hasn't affected our strength. I've found this throughout God's Word, including God's Promise to Abraham and Sarah.
Even though they had lived one hundred years and time had taken it's toll on their bodies, God's Word restored and rejuvenated their flesh. Their flesh was restored to a youthful state, to where they could conceive and produce a child. We see God's Promise in Proverbs 3:7 (Amplified) which says, "Be not wise in your own eyes, reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn entirely away from evil. It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones." This Promise from God is for when we're still in these bodies and for while we're still on earth, not just for when we're in Heaven.
I'm not saying that we're in a Glorified body or that we won't die physically. I'm saying that while we're in this mortal body, we can hold back the aging process of dying, by putting the overflow of Life into our spirits. Who said that, "You have to be old or sick, to die?" Why can't we finish our earthly race, strong and alert? Why can't we be as healthy at age 100, as we were at 30?
We find a Revelation in Romans 8:11 (Amplified) which says, "And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, then He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to Life your mortal, short lived, perishable bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you." Paul is writing about the Last Day, when those who have died will be resurrected, but I also believe he's talking about our mortal bodies being made alive, through God's Life. We have His Life in and through our union with Him, while we're here on earth.
During Jesus' earthly ministry, we see the Word of Life bring healing, Life, cleansing from disease and deliverance from unclean spirit. If the Word of Life did that to a mortal body two-thousand years ago, then it can still do it to a mortal body now, especially if that Word is Living in this mortal body. We exercise and eat correctly, in order to keep our bodies strong and vibrant. We must also feed God's Word into our spirit, because that's where our True Life is dwelling. Then, the Life that's in our spirit can flow into our flesh and blood body, bringing Life into it.
Your natural body wants to continue doing what the world trained it to do and yield to disease and failures of the flesh. We can only obtain Life and strength through our spirit. This will keep the physical body young and strong enough, to do the works of the Lord. I'm not condemning those who haven't learned this. I'm encouraging all of us.
Jesus told His followers in John 10:10 (Amplified), "The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy." Satan will steal the Word of God, will kill the flesh before it's time and destroy your youth, strength and hope. In Psalm 91:15-16 (Amplified) God says, "He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him With long Life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation." Jesus went on to say in John 10:10 (Amplified), "I came that they may have and enjoy Life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)."
God's Word will heal our bodies and provide Divine health to our bodies. Jesus healed people by His Word and this can happen to our physical bodies, by the same Word that gives us Life daily. Paul writes in Galatians 2:20 (Amplified), "I have been crucified with Christ (in Him I have share His crucifixion), it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me, and the Life I now live in the body, I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of god, Who Loved me and gave Himself up for me."
Our bodies are already dead and the only Life it has, that keeps our bodies going, is faith in "The Lord Who Lives in us." This Lord is the Living Word of God. Our spirit in Him keeps our bodies going. The more we connect with Him (the Word), the more and longer this body will function. Jesus will raise us up at the last day, but until then, the only Life this body has, is drawn from your spirit, The only Life our spirit has, it draws from the Word of God and it's connection with God's Spirit. "He is the Life-Giver", according to John 6:63.
We might have years, by the world's standards. But, we can still maintain youth and "the strength of eagles to soar high," by the Promise through your spirit. Most of us have never applied God's Promises to our natural bodies and our short-lived earthly lives. We are supposed to live out the God's Promise to Abraham of living 120 years, while being strong when we complete our earthly ministry and enter into His Presence.
Let's not determine our youth and strength, by the standards of the calendar, but by the Life-giver and Truth. Let's remain strong in our bodies, until we decide or God declares that we've completed our race. Even then, let's leave here strong. Don't try making the flesh walk differently, but use the Word to bring more Life into your spirit. Use God's Word to bring more Life into your spirit and that Life will translate into your body. Allow the Life-Giver to maintain Life, even to your natural body
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