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."
Through the new creation birth, we've become sons and daughters of God. We were molded from the Word and Pattern of Jesus Himself. We are not the Messiah, but we're made in His Likeness by the Same Seed that He came through, the Word of God. 1Peter 1:23 (Amplified) tells us, "You have been regenerated (born again) not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from One that is immortal by the Ever Living and Lasting Word of God."
We've been born-again and are designed to simultaneously function in two realms, like Jesus did in His earthly ministry. Jesus functioned as a Man in a flesh and blood Body, but He simultaneously functioned as a Spirit, born from Above. His natural body got hungry, tired, and required rest and food, but His Spiritual body functioned in and through His Spirit, by the Holy Spirit. Jesus walked as a Man, but functioned as a Spirit at the same time. He didn't need to wait to die, in order to flow by the Spirit, but He allowed the Spirit to flow through His Own Body. Jesus walked naturally Super-natural.
The first Adam walked with the Father in the same way, before falling from his placed of standing and Life in God. His spirit lost all connection with God, Who is Life, as a result of his transgression in the Garden of Eden. Adam's spirit took upon itself the lost innocence and became spiritual dead, like his new father, satan. From that time on, Adam could only function in one realm, which was the realm of the flesh or senses. His ability to discern from God and His Spirit, had been deadened by his disconnect with God.
Before we were born-again, we walked like the first Adam, in a a state of spiritual death and disconnect with the Father. When we were born-again, the Holy Spirit of God Himself came into our dead spirit and restored Life into it. God's Life and His Spirit, through and in our new spirit, brought us back into the realm of the Spirit again. We now simultaneously function in two realm, like Jesus did in His earthly walk. We now walk in the dominion that the first and the Last Adam Jesus walked in.
As a Man, Jesus still had the same things occurring around Him, that every one of us has to deal with. Jesus didn't have to settle for circumstances only by His flesh, but could by His Spirit contain and control those things around Him. Jesus had friends, family, relatives and physical things to deal with, but He also had a Father in Heaven Who had the ability to go beyond His flesh.
Even as a Man, Jesus had the ability to delegate this authority to other men by the Spirit from within. After His resurrection, Jesus couldn't just delegate, but He could now impart this ability and authority into our new creation spirit in His Own Image. We can see how the early Church, including Ananias and other deacons, functioned in both of these realms in Acts 9:10-11 (Amplified) which says, "Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias, the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias, and he answered, Here am I Lord. And the Lord said to him, Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold he is praying there."
I never really heard about Ananias before this scriptures. He was a man who didn't only know the Lord, but he walked in and was led by the Holy Spirit. The only thing the early Church only had to go on, was the Name of Jesus. Paul hadn't begun his ministry and he had not written the many scriptures that are available to us today. The men and women of the early Church turned the world upside-down, with the Super-natural.
Today, we have all the Revelation at our disposal and they're already combined into one book, but we have failed to do as much as a mere handful of believers from the early Church. Satan has been convincing the Church that "All these things have passed away" and "These things were only for the early Church," for over two-thousand years. So, even though there are two billion Christians in the world today, we are less effective in many ways, than the early Church was.
Can you image what would happen to the world, if all two billion Christians were walking like the early Church did? The signs and wonders of the Holy Spirit could convict even the hardest of hearts. Walking naturally Super-natural doesn't mean we're superheroes. It simply means that our spirits control our flesh, instead of having the flesh control our spirits. None of the man-made rules, traditions and regulations have produced the miracles of one deacon named Philip did by himself. We need to seek and hear from the Father, like those believers did: in faith and in His Name.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018
Lesson 78 GRACE AND TRUTH-GOD'S WILL
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's Word has always been Truth, but man began to make it traditionalism, until it was no longer being heard as "Truth." God has always tried sending His Truth into the world and into the hearts and minds of men. Through the years, we've lost sight of God's will and Truth for mankind. Jesus was and is the Perfect will and Truth of the Father. Before His resurrection, Jesus taught us to pray what we now call, "The Lord's Prayer." This is God's will for all of mankind. Thus, Jesus said in Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV), "Pray therefore like this; Our Father Who is in Heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your Name. Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted and let go of the debts and given up resentment against our debtors). And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever, Amen."
If it's God's will that things be done here as they are in Heaven, then there should no longer be any doubt about God's using sickness or the devil or any other means of dealing with His people. God's will is Perfect in Heaven and there are no sick, blind, deaf, hungry or homeless people residing there. This is what Jesus taught us to pray.
When Jesus came to do the will of His Father, He simply restored all things back to the Father's will, as it is in Heaven. When Jesus healed the sick, He restored them back as it is in Heaven. When Jesus gave sight to the blind man, He restored that man's sight according to God's will as it is in Heaven. Everything Jesus did, was the Father's will on earth as His will is in Heaven.
Jesus wouldn't have taught us to pray this way, if God didn't will us to know and have His will done in our earthly lives. This is God's Grace and His Truth, through Jesus Christ. When we imagine Heaven and God's Kingdom, it's impossible to imagine that the heartache and sickness we witness on this earth are Heaven's will.
I've heard believers say that, "The things we see here on earth are God's will." If you can witness the things occurring on earth and believe they're "God's will being done here as it is in Heaven," then Heaven is total chaos. We have yet to take God's Word literally, like those under the Law did. Grace has given us so much more "wiggle room," than the Law.
We've tried applying the command to "treat each other better," but we mostly try applying it in the flesh. We try making our flesh behave and do right, but without feeding our spirit on the Truth of God's Word, we are losing the battle. We invent excuses for why we fail and usually end up saying, "God is using this to teach me something." If we fail to feed our new creation being on the Truth of God's Word, then we only walk in traditions and teachings of those before us. And, because it didn't work for them, we're told that it won't work for us, so we remain on the same path. We can go on following men's ideas of "Why God put this on me," or we can decide to "Having done all to stand" and stand.
It's seems easier to pull in the oars and stop rowing against the current, until the current takes us over the falls. We can get into a place of comfort and become slack in seeking God. When we do this, then we've pulled the oars into the boat. Many of us walk out the things from memory, instead of walking in the Daily Bread. It doesn't matter how good the memory of a hamburger is, it won't nourish our body. The memory of God's Word won't nourish your spirit in the place of Daily Bread either.
I remember testimonies from people who God did great things for, but despite the testimony, I don't know how to have God do these things for me. I was encouraged by their testimonies for awhile, but then I would hear others say, "It's not God's will for us." I realized that I needed to seek God for myself, because no one else could do that for me. When I did this, then everything changed.
I discovered that it was God's will to heal me, just as much as it was His will to heal those people. God would speak to me and give me Wisdom and Revelation, just like He did with the men of old. I came to know the Truth of God's Word for myself and recognized that His will, Truth and Grace wasn't just for the apostles, but for all who would believe. Since this included me, I set out to find His will for not only myself, but for all who would seek, knock, and ask, just like God said.
I found a deeper meaning of Matthew 6:33 from the Amplified Bible, which says, "But seek (aim at and strive after), first of all His Kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides." God has a way of doing and being right, but we haven't aimed after it. We read God's Word and then try doing it our own way. This has never worked before and it won't work now.
We pray and do in generals, but God deals in specifics. We wouldn't treat anything other thing in generalities, so why do we do it with God's Word? If we were constructing a building, then we wouldn't discard the blueprints and build it any old way. We don't use guesswork with our checking accounts and throw away our bank books, hoping we're not overdrawn (at least I hope we don't do this).
You cannot just say "Forget it," assuming "God knows what I mean." This isn't God's way of doing and being right. Jesus said, "Follow Me" or go in the paths He has gone before us. You can't throw away the road map or MapQuest, guessing the correct route to take and expect to arrive at the correct venue. If what you're doing isn't working, then change what you're doing and try His way of doing and being right. If you have dug yourself into a deep hole and can't seem to get out of that hole, then stop digging. God to the Word and get directions from the Holy Spirit. If someone told you that it doesn't work, that doesn't mean that it's true. They're wrong. Seek for yourself.
God's Word has always been Truth, but man began to make it traditionalism, until it was no longer being heard as "Truth." God has always tried sending His Truth into the world and into the hearts and minds of men. Through the years, we've lost sight of God's will and Truth for mankind. Jesus was and is the Perfect will and Truth of the Father. Before His resurrection, Jesus taught us to pray what we now call, "The Lord's Prayer." This is God's will for all of mankind. Thus, Jesus said in Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV), "Pray therefore like this; Our Father Who is in Heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your Name. Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted and let go of the debts and given up resentment against our debtors). And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever, Amen."
If it's God's will that things be done here as they are in Heaven, then there should no longer be any doubt about God's using sickness or the devil or any other means of dealing with His people. God's will is Perfect in Heaven and there are no sick, blind, deaf, hungry or homeless people residing there. This is what Jesus taught us to pray.
When Jesus came to do the will of His Father, He simply restored all things back to the Father's will, as it is in Heaven. When Jesus healed the sick, He restored them back as it is in Heaven. When Jesus gave sight to the blind man, He restored that man's sight according to God's will as it is in Heaven. Everything Jesus did, was the Father's will on earth as His will is in Heaven.
Jesus wouldn't have taught us to pray this way, if God didn't will us to know and have His will done in our earthly lives. This is God's Grace and His Truth, through Jesus Christ. When we imagine Heaven and God's Kingdom, it's impossible to imagine that the heartache and sickness we witness on this earth are Heaven's will.
I've heard believers say that, "The things we see here on earth are God's will." If you can witness the things occurring on earth and believe they're "God's will being done here as it is in Heaven," then Heaven is total chaos. We have yet to take God's Word literally, like those under the Law did. Grace has given us so much more "wiggle room," than the Law.
We've tried applying the command to "treat each other better," but we mostly try applying it in the flesh. We try making our flesh behave and do right, but without feeding our spirit on the Truth of God's Word, we are losing the battle. We invent excuses for why we fail and usually end up saying, "God is using this to teach me something." If we fail to feed our new creation being on the Truth of God's Word, then we only walk in traditions and teachings of those before us. And, because it didn't work for them, we're told that it won't work for us, so we remain on the same path. We can go on following men's ideas of "Why God put this on me," or we can decide to "Having done all to stand" and stand.
It's seems easier to pull in the oars and stop rowing against the current, until the current takes us over the falls. We can get into a place of comfort and become slack in seeking God. When we do this, then we've pulled the oars into the boat. Many of us walk out the things from memory, instead of walking in the Daily Bread. It doesn't matter how good the memory of a hamburger is, it won't nourish our body. The memory of God's Word won't nourish your spirit in the place of Daily Bread either.
I remember testimonies from people who God did great things for, but despite the testimony, I don't know how to have God do these things for me. I was encouraged by their testimonies for awhile, but then I would hear others say, "It's not God's will for us." I realized that I needed to seek God for myself, because no one else could do that for me. When I did this, then everything changed.
I discovered that it was God's will to heal me, just as much as it was His will to heal those people. God would speak to me and give me Wisdom and Revelation, just like He did with the men of old. I came to know the Truth of God's Word for myself and recognized that His will, Truth and Grace wasn't just for the apostles, but for all who would believe. Since this included me, I set out to find His will for not only myself, but for all who would seek, knock, and ask, just like God said.
I found a deeper meaning of Matthew 6:33 from the Amplified Bible, which says, "But seek (aim at and strive after), first of all His Kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides." God has a way of doing and being right, but we haven't aimed after it. We read God's Word and then try doing it our own way. This has never worked before and it won't work now.
We pray and do in generals, but God deals in specifics. We wouldn't treat anything other thing in generalities, so why do we do it with God's Word? If we were constructing a building, then we wouldn't discard the blueprints and build it any old way. We don't use guesswork with our checking accounts and throw away our bank books, hoping we're not overdrawn (at least I hope we don't do this).
You cannot just say "Forget it," assuming "God knows what I mean." This isn't God's way of doing and being right. Jesus said, "Follow Me" or go in the paths He has gone before us. You can't throw away the road map or MapQuest, guessing the correct route to take and expect to arrive at the correct venue. If what you're doing isn't working, then change what you're doing and try His way of doing and being right. If you have dug yourself into a deep hole and can't seem to get out of that hole, then stop digging. God to the Word and get directions from the Holy Spirit. If someone told you that it doesn't work, that doesn't mean that it's true. They're wrong. Seek for yourself.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Lesson 77 GRACE AND TRUTH-GOD'S WILL
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."
When we don't fully understand what Grace is all about, we miss out in so much of what Jesus came to deliver to us, in His death. Our idea of Grace has been more of a "consoling kind of thing" and more pity than power. Grace is one of the most powerful things we have in our inheritance and we haven't understood it's meaning.
Every Promise, Gift and portion of our inheritance is based on Grace. The above scripture tells us that, "We were all supplied with one Grace after another" and that "We were all supplied with all the Grace we would ever need, at any time." I don't know about you, but I need Grace all the time. Hebrews 4:16 (Amplified) tells us, "Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the Throne of Grace (the Throne of God's unmerited favor to us that we may receive mercy and find Grace to help)."
The door to God's Throne of Grace is always open and God is always available to us. When Jesus gave us Grace instead of Law, it meant that everything we would ever need was now available to us by our faith, instead of by our works. When those under Law didn't strictly adhere to the Law, then the fullness of the Blessing couldn't be given, like God would like to do. God is bound by His Word and couldn't violate Himself.
James 2:10 (Amplified) says, "For whoever keeps the Law as a whole but stumbles and offends in one single instance has become guilty of breaking all of it." In Matthew 5:17 (Amplified) Jesus said, "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the prophets; I have not come to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them."
By God's Grace in Jesus, we have perfectly fulfilled the Law and are guiltless of any violations of the Law because of Jesus. This isn't a license to do anything we want and sin, but as we walk with the Father, Grace holds the Curse of the Law away from those of us who are the new creation children of God. Jesus quoted Isaiah 41 in Luke 4:18-19, so we can know that everything He preached was a Gift offered by Grace. This is what we read in John 1:16-17. The fulfilling of the Gospel is based on God's Grace.
Everything that Grace has made available to us, is based on our faith in His Promises to receive. Ephesians 2:8 (Amplified) says, "For it is by free Grace (God's unmerited favor), that you are saved, delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation THROUGH YOUR FAITH." Salvation has been made available to all men by Grace, but unless we receive it by faith, we are still dead in trespass and sin. Everything Grace has Promised us must be received by faith, just like our forgiveness is based on faith in God's Grace. It is truly unearned and undeserved favor, with no strings attached. We must only believe in God's Grace to deliver what He has Promised; this is faith's job. When we were born-again, we didn't understand that salvation didn't just include forgiveness of sin, but also healing, deliverance, peace, joy, prosperity, and the Blessing of Abraham. All these things are included in our salvation. We weren't taught to set our faith in and believe for all these things when we received Jesus as our Lord, so we never extended faith to receive these Spiritual Blessings and Gift that God's Grace offered us.
The Father once told me that, "My Grace has provided much more than My children's faith has ever received." He said that, "His children have never accepted most of what His Grace has made available to them." I know that only satan could blind the minds and hearts of God's children to this Glorious and Great Truth. We've been taught about Heave, but acted like the rest of His Promises by Grace have no effect on our earthly lives.
Healing and deliverance were all a part of receiving Jesus as our Lord. The world reduced salvation to mean that we "go to Heaven when we die" and Grace could go no further than we were willing to believe. Grace has never failed in its Promise, but our faith has failed to believe His Grace. Ever our righteousness is a free Gift by Grace, that must be accepted by faith. Many of God's children have left the Gift of righteousness dormant in their walk with the Father, for lack of faith in His Gift of Grace.
Righteousness is a free Gift that was bought by the Precious Blood of Jesus and offered by His Grace, but it must be received by faith. There's no other way to be righteous in God's Own Presence, than by faith in the Grace that called you "righteous." Your whole acceptance into the Throne Room of Grace, must be in boldness by faith, knowing that His Love and mercy have been granted unto us through His Grace.
We've allowed the Gospel to be disrespected into many of the world's ideas about it. In the first century of the Church, the Gospel included healing and deliverance, with the forgiveness of sin. As a matter of fact and Truth, once the Price for sin was paid, sickness and disease had no right to remain in our bodies. Once the Price was paid and faith received the Offer made by His Grace, every hold satan had on our lives, was to be remitted and removed through this Salvation Gift of Grace.
Those in the early Church knew this, so miracles and healings accompanied the Truth of the Gospel. Throughout the years, the Truth about Grace became limited by man's ideas of the Gospel. When we allowed Grace to be limited to include only forgiveness of sin, our faith stopped at that level. the Super-natural display of the new birth became only what we could hear. Even though Grace had made it all available, faith never rose up to accept this Truth.
Many in today's Church believe that, "I'm not a good Christian if I want to be healed" or they believe that "sickness is God's will for their lives and His Grace is to comfort them in their sickness." They haven't understood that His Grace has provided healing for them, by faith in the Gospel of Christ.
It's nearly impossible to have God's people rise to another level of faith, when we've clouded His will for His family for so long. If you say that you know God's will, then many believers will reject it as foolishness. Grace has provided entry into God's Presence, His will and His Spirit. God wants us to know His will and Truth. If we don't have faith in His Grace to enter in, then we remain only religious and not reality, in this world.
When we don't fully understand what Grace is all about, we miss out in so much of what Jesus came to deliver to us, in His death. Our idea of Grace has been more of a "consoling kind of thing" and more pity than power. Grace is one of the most powerful things we have in our inheritance and we haven't understood it's meaning.
Every Promise, Gift and portion of our inheritance is based on Grace. The above scripture tells us that, "We were all supplied with one Grace after another" and that "We were all supplied with all the Grace we would ever need, at any time." I don't know about you, but I need Grace all the time. Hebrews 4:16 (Amplified) tells us, "Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the Throne of Grace (the Throne of God's unmerited favor to us that we may receive mercy and find Grace to help)."
The door to God's Throne of Grace is always open and God is always available to us. When Jesus gave us Grace instead of Law, it meant that everything we would ever need was now available to us by our faith, instead of by our works. When those under Law didn't strictly adhere to the Law, then the fullness of the Blessing couldn't be given, like God would like to do. God is bound by His Word and couldn't violate Himself.
James 2:10 (Amplified) says, "For whoever keeps the Law as a whole but stumbles and offends in one single instance has become guilty of breaking all of it." In Matthew 5:17 (Amplified) Jesus said, "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the prophets; I have not come to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them."
By God's Grace in Jesus, we have perfectly fulfilled the Law and are guiltless of any violations of the Law because of Jesus. This isn't a license to do anything we want and sin, but as we walk with the Father, Grace holds the Curse of the Law away from those of us who are the new creation children of God. Jesus quoted Isaiah 41 in Luke 4:18-19, so we can know that everything He preached was a Gift offered by Grace. This is what we read in John 1:16-17. The fulfilling of the Gospel is based on God's Grace.
Everything that Grace has made available to us, is based on our faith in His Promises to receive. Ephesians 2:8 (Amplified) says, "For it is by free Grace (God's unmerited favor), that you are saved, delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation THROUGH YOUR FAITH." Salvation has been made available to all men by Grace, but unless we receive it by faith, we are still dead in trespass and sin. Everything Grace has Promised us must be received by faith, just like our forgiveness is based on faith in God's Grace. It is truly unearned and undeserved favor, with no strings attached. We must only believe in God's Grace to deliver what He has Promised; this is faith's job. When we were born-again, we didn't understand that salvation didn't just include forgiveness of sin, but also healing, deliverance, peace, joy, prosperity, and the Blessing of Abraham. All these things are included in our salvation. We weren't taught to set our faith in and believe for all these things when we received Jesus as our Lord, so we never extended faith to receive these Spiritual Blessings and Gift that God's Grace offered us.
The Father once told me that, "My Grace has provided much more than My children's faith has ever received." He said that, "His children have never accepted most of what His Grace has made available to them." I know that only satan could blind the minds and hearts of God's children to this Glorious and Great Truth. We've been taught about Heave, but acted like the rest of His Promises by Grace have no effect on our earthly lives.
Healing and deliverance were all a part of receiving Jesus as our Lord. The world reduced salvation to mean that we "go to Heaven when we die" and Grace could go no further than we were willing to believe. Grace has never failed in its Promise, but our faith has failed to believe His Grace. Ever our righteousness is a free Gift by Grace, that must be accepted by faith. Many of God's children have left the Gift of righteousness dormant in their walk with the Father, for lack of faith in His Gift of Grace.
Righteousness is a free Gift that was bought by the Precious Blood of Jesus and offered by His Grace, but it must be received by faith. There's no other way to be righteous in God's Own Presence, than by faith in the Grace that called you "righteous." Your whole acceptance into the Throne Room of Grace, must be in boldness by faith, knowing that His Love and mercy have been granted unto us through His Grace.
We've allowed the Gospel to be disrespected into many of the world's ideas about it. In the first century of the Church, the Gospel included healing and deliverance, with the forgiveness of sin. As a matter of fact and Truth, once the Price for sin was paid, sickness and disease had no right to remain in our bodies. Once the Price was paid and faith received the Offer made by His Grace, every hold satan had on our lives, was to be remitted and removed through this Salvation Gift of Grace.
Those in the early Church knew this, so miracles and healings accompanied the Truth of the Gospel. Throughout the years, the Truth about Grace became limited by man's ideas of the Gospel. When we allowed Grace to be limited to include only forgiveness of sin, our faith stopped at that level. the Super-natural display of the new birth became only what we could hear. Even though Grace had made it all available, faith never rose up to accept this Truth.
Many in today's Church believe that, "I'm not a good Christian if I want to be healed" or they believe that "sickness is God's will for their lives and His Grace is to comfort them in their sickness." They haven't understood that His Grace has provided healing for them, by faith in the Gospel of Christ.
It's nearly impossible to have God's people rise to another level of faith, when we've clouded His will for His family for so long. If you say that you know God's will, then many believers will reject it as foolishness. Grace has provided entry into God's Presence, His will and His Spirit. God wants us to know His will and Truth. If we don't have faith in His Grace to enter in, then we remain only religious and not reality, in this world.
Monday, July 23, 2018
Lesson 76 GRACE AND TRUTH-GOD'S WILL
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."
Notice that, "we have all been granted these by His fullness and we have all received them by His Grace and favor. Our walk with the Father isn't based on "only some," but we have all been supplied with these things. Some have come to the knowledge of what Jesus has done for us, while some have only understood the forgiveness of sin. Even those who've heard about the forgiveness of sin, hesitate to fully believe in this.
Many haven't renewed their minds by the Truth of God's Word and still see themselves as being "an old sinner saved by Grace." It is any wonder that we're still in the infant state of our Christianity and the world still sees us as immature? Paul writes about something that many dare to believe about our salvation in Romans 5:17 (Amplified) saying, "For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense), death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive God's overflowing Grace (unmerited favor) and the free Gift of righteousness (putting them in right standing with Himself), reign as kings in life through the One Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."
We see how this aligns with our base scripture from John 1:16-17. We see how God's Grace and His Gifts overlap. They bring righteousness to the believer and God's favor to reign with Jesus in this life. The Word doesn't say we will "Reign as kings after we arrive in Heaven," but says we reign with Him in life. It is His Life, by which we reign and that Life is in us now to reign here on earth. Romans 5:17 told us that, "Much more surely will those who receive God's overflowing Grace (unmerited favor) and the free Gift of righteousness." These Gifts, favors, Grace and the surety must be received. They've already been delegated to God's family through Jesus, but many have never received and accepted the things we've inherited.
When we see someone who is walking in God's Grace and righteousness, we say, "These things aren't for everyone," and we put ourselves in the category of never being the one who has favor and Gifts. The Spiritual Blessings found in John 1:16-17 are inherited through the Promise made to the Seed, Who is Jesus. God's Promise of the Holy Spirit would be given to Abraham's Seed, Who is Jesus, according to Galatians 3:29 (Amplified) which says, "And if you belong to Christ (are in Him Who is Abraham's Seed), then you are Abraham's offspring and Spiritual heirs according to the Promise." Galatians 4:6 (Amplified) tells us, "And because you really are His sons, God has sent the Holy Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father, Father."
So many things that were in the Promise to Abraham and his Seed, couldn't be fulfilled under the old covenant. When Jesus came and underwent our redemption through His Place of death, this Promise of the Spirit was fulfilled. Men under the Law, were still dead in his spirit and cut off from the Life of God. We're now in Jesus and born-again in the Spirit of God. We share in His Life through us. All the Spiritual Blessings that the Promise held through God's covenant to Abraham, can now be made sure, through Jesus.
In Genesis 17:4-7 (Amplified) God tells Abraham, "As for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations. Nor shall your name be any longer Abram, high exalted father; but your name shall be Abraham, father of a multitude, for I have made you the father of many nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you." Romans 5:17 (Amplified) told us that, "The free Gift of righteousness (putting the believer in right standing with God), reign as kings in life through Jesus."
God didn't only include such earthly kinds as David and Solomon in His Promise, but He extended it to include those who are in Christ Jesus. By His Spiritual Blessings, those who are in Christ Jesus reign as kings in life, through Him. We don't inherit the earthly Blessing of Abraham, but now through Jesus, we have both the earthly (natural) Promise of our well-being, but we also have the Promise of our Heavenly well-being and inheritance.
In Genesis 17:7 (Amplified), God continues speaking to Abraham about His Promise, saying, "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and to your descendants after you throughout their generations for an Everlasting, solemn pledge, to be a God to you and to your posterity after you." Galatians 3:16 (Amplified) says, "Now the Promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir)." God, does not say, "And to seeds, descendants, or heirs," in reference to many persons, but He says, "Unto your Seed, your Descendant, your Heir," obviously referring to One Individual, Who is none other than Christ, the Messiah.
In Jesus, the Seed, we have all received, all had a share in and are all Blessed with the fullness of the Promise made to Abraham. The Promise made to Jesus through Abraham, both physically and now spiritually, is ours in Him. The Promise isn't lacking anything, but we haven't believed the Promise and actually walked in the sons-ship inheritance, as fellow heirs with Jesus. The Promises of God are ours already. 2Corinthians 1:19-20 (Amplified) tells us, "For the Son of God (Christ the Messiah), Who has been preached among you by us, (by myself and Silvanius and Timothy), was not Yes and no, but in Him it is always the Divine Yes. For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes answer in Him, Christ. For this reason we also after the Amen (so be it), to God through Him, in His Person and by His Agency, to the Glory of God." Did you know that it brings Glory to God, when we accept, believe His Promises and act on them?
Again, Romans 1:17 (Amplified) says, "For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith, disclosed through the way of faith, that arouses to more faith. As it is written, the man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith."
This faith is a growing, continuing and revealing walk with the Father, through His Word. When we grow to believe His Promises more than we believe what others say about His Promises, then it brings Glory to Him and enhances the power of these Promises in our earthly lives, as well as when we go to Heaven. You must remember that even though all these Promises are yours in Him, you must believe them, in order for them to work in your life.
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Notice that, "we have all been granted these by His fullness and we have all received them by His Grace and favor. Our walk with the Father isn't based on "only some," but we have all been supplied with these things. Some have come to the knowledge of what Jesus has done for us, while some have only understood the forgiveness of sin. Even those who've heard about the forgiveness of sin, hesitate to fully believe in this.
Many haven't renewed their minds by the Truth of God's Word and still see themselves as being "an old sinner saved by Grace." It is any wonder that we're still in the infant state of our Christianity and the world still sees us as immature? Paul writes about something that many dare to believe about our salvation in Romans 5:17 (Amplified) saying, "For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense), death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive God's overflowing Grace (unmerited favor) and the free Gift of righteousness (putting them in right standing with Himself), reign as kings in life through the One Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."
We see how this aligns with our base scripture from John 1:16-17. We see how God's Grace and His Gifts overlap. They bring righteousness to the believer and God's favor to reign with Jesus in this life. The Word doesn't say we will "Reign as kings after we arrive in Heaven," but says we reign with Him in life. It is His Life, by which we reign and that Life is in us now to reign here on earth. Romans 5:17 told us that, "Much more surely will those who receive God's overflowing Grace (unmerited favor) and the free Gift of righteousness." These Gifts, favors, Grace and the surety must be received. They've already been delegated to God's family through Jesus, but many have never received and accepted the things we've inherited.
When we see someone who is walking in God's Grace and righteousness, we say, "These things aren't for everyone," and we put ourselves in the category of never being the one who has favor and Gifts. The Spiritual Blessings found in John 1:16-17 are inherited through the Promise made to the Seed, Who is Jesus. God's Promise of the Holy Spirit would be given to Abraham's Seed, Who is Jesus, according to Galatians 3:29 (Amplified) which says, "And if you belong to Christ (are in Him Who is Abraham's Seed), then you are Abraham's offspring and Spiritual heirs according to the Promise." Galatians 4:6 (Amplified) tells us, "And because you really are His sons, God has sent the Holy Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father, Father."
So many things that were in the Promise to Abraham and his Seed, couldn't be fulfilled under the old covenant. When Jesus came and underwent our redemption through His Place of death, this Promise of the Spirit was fulfilled. Men under the Law, were still dead in his spirit and cut off from the Life of God. We're now in Jesus and born-again in the Spirit of God. We share in His Life through us. All the Spiritual Blessings that the Promise held through God's covenant to Abraham, can now be made sure, through Jesus.
In Genesis 17:4-7 (Amplified) God tells Abraham, "As for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations. Nor shall your name be any longer Abram, high exalted father; but your name shall be Abraham, father of a multitude, for I have made you the father of many nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you." Romans 5:17 (Amplified) told us that, "The free Gift of righteousness (putting the believer in right standing with God), reign as kings in life through Jesus."
God didn't only include such earthly kinds as David and Solomon in His Promise, but He extended it to include those who are in Christ Jesus. By His Spiritual Blessings, those who are in Christ Jesus reign as kings in life, through Him. We don't inherit the earthly Blessing of Abraham, but now through Jesus, we have both the earthly (natural) Promise of our well-being, but we also have the Promise of our Heavenly well-being and inheritance.
In Genesis 17:7 (Amplified), God continues speaking to Abraham about His Promise, saying, "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and to your descendants after you throughout their generations for an Everlasting, solemn pledge, to be a God to you and to your posterity after you." Galatians 3:16 (Amplified) says, "Now the Promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir)." God, does not say, "And to seeds, descendants, or heirs," in reference to many persons, but He says, "Unto your Seed, your Descendant, your Heir," obviously referring to One Individual, Who is none other than Christ, the Messiah.
In Jesus, the Seed, we have all received, all had a share in and are all Blessed with the fullness of the Promise made to Abraham. The Promise made to Jesus through Abraham, both physically and now spiritually, is ours in Him. The Promise isn't lacking anything, but we haven't believed the Promise and actually walked in the sons-ship inheritance, as fellow heirs with Jesus. The Promises of God are ours already. 2Corinthians 1:19-20 (Amplified) tells us, "For the Son of God (Christ the Messiah), Who has been preached among you by us, (by myself and Silvanius and Timothy), was not Yes and no, but in Him it is always the Divine Yes. For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes answer in Him, Christ. For this reason we also after the Amen (so be it), to God through Him, in His Person and by His Agency, to the Glory of God." Did you know that it brings Glory to God, when we accept, believe His Promises and act on them?
Again, Romans 1:17 (Amplified) says, "For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith, disclosed through the way of faith, that arouses to more faith. As it is written, the man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith."
This faith is a growing, continuing and revealing walk with the Father, through His Word. When we grow to believe His Promises more than we believe what others say about His Promises, then it brings Glory to Him and enhances the power of these Promises in our earthly lives, as well as when we go to Heaven. You must remember that even though all these Promises are yours in Him, you must believe them, in order for them to work in your life.
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Lesson 75 GRACE AND TRUTH-GOD'S WILL
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."
We've been so indoctrinated by man's ideas and carnal thinking, that we've nearly lost sight of the power of the new creation being that the Father has birthed us to be. Man's carnal thinking has placed so many back under the Law, instead of walking in what God's Grace has made us to be. We've functioned more from the outside-in, rather than the inside-out. Those who were under the Law were spiritually dead, so God could only operate from the carnal and fleshly outside, instead of their spirit.
The new creation sons and daughters of God have been made alive in our spirit, so now the Holy Spirit can direct us from the inside-out. Proverbs 20:27 (Amplified) tells us, "The spirit of man (that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God), is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts."
The Word of God brings Light, through our spirit. Jesus said in John 6:63 (Amplified), "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life-Giver), the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it). The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life."
Since we are spirit and God's Words are Spirit, only our spirit can fully know and receive the Truth of His Word. Our carnal minds are unable to receive the Truth, as God intended for us to know. We can read the Words and understand their meaning, but still not function in the Truth. We have the ability to read and understand what is written with our intellect and still not have the Truth. John 1:17 (Amplified) says, "For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
God's Word was Truth even under the Law, but the people couldn't get Light and Life into their dead spirits, because they weren't born-again. The only way they could receive the benefit of the Spiritual Word, was by obeying fleshly rituals. God still honored His Word, if the people obeyed in the flesh. They couldn't call Him "Father," or be in His Presence like we can today. They could only expect to the Blessed, by following rituals and the blood of sacrificed bulls and goats.
As the new creation, we now have already been Blessed through the One and Only Sacrifice of Jesus. Jesus' Sacrifice not only paid for our fleshly sins, but it did much more, it paid for the spiritual sin that came from Adam. It wasn't the natural sins that held God back from mankind, but it was the far greater sin of treason, that brought death to our spirit. Bulls and goats could cover the natural sin, but couldn't atone for the greater sin, the separation of our spirit from God's spirit.
This isn't to say that natural sin is permissible, but without the spirit of man being made alive to God, our natural man had no other choice, because it was born into sin through the first Adam. Romans 5:14 (Amplified) says, "Yet death held sway from Adam to Moses (the Lawgiver), even over those who did not themselves transgress a positive command as Adam did. Adam was a type (prefigure), of the One Who was to come in reverse. The former, destructive, the Latter, saving."
Even though we can read and by our intellect understand about spirit, we still fail to have Revelation of the Truth, that we are above all things Spirit beings. We abide in this natural body of flesh and conduct our lives on earth as humans, but we are only alive to God, by and through our spirits. We have lives that we function in while on earth, but our conduct and relationship with our Father, is to be from our spirit.
We are to enjoy our natural lives here on earth, but our natural life is to be led by the Spirit. We have spouses, families, homes, and loved ones who bring us pleasure, but these things are only at their fullest when we live through our spirit connected with the Holy Spirit. When the flesh is left to itself, it will always stray off into a place where the Spiritual Blessings cannot do what God intended them to do. James 1:17 (Amplified) tells us, "Every Good Gift and every perfect (free, large) full Gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all that gives Light, in the Shining of Whom there can be no variation (rising or setting or shadow cast by His turning as in an eclipse)."
The above scripture tells us, "THERE CAN BE NO VARIATION OF TURNING." God cannot vary in His Own Word or do anything aside from His Word. It doesn't matter how much He Loves us and would like too, God cannot violate His Own Word...not for anyone. When we're outside of His Word, we're not being led by His Spirit and we fail to receive His Spiritual Blessings. We can only receive and walk in the natural man to the fullness of the things God made available to us, through our spirit. We might feel like we have things "under control," which leads us to stop searching for greater understanding of God's Word.
Some will read this lesson and see no need to change for the better. Many accept things that happen to them here, as though those things were part of God's plan for their lives. In Truth, these things happen from their lack of knowledge. We regulate our lives by our own sacrifices, instead of His Sacrifice. We think we must give up enjoying life, while we're in this earthly body. God intended for us to live in this natural world or He wouldn't have given man a natural body to live in. God never created us to be as miserable as possible while we're here on earth, but He intended us to rule and have dominion through our union with Him in our spirit. He intended for us to enjoy the earthly home He created for us.
No matter how "good" you think you have it here, being led by the Spirit will improve life here so much, that we would wonder why we didn't listen more to His Word before.
We've been so indoctrinated by man's ideas and carnal thinking, that we've nearly lost sight of the power of the new creation being that the Father has birthed us to be. Man's carnal thinking has placed so many back under the Law, instead of walking in what God's Grace has made us to be. We've functioned more from the outside-in, rather than the inside-out. Those who were under the Law were spiritually dead, so God could only operate from the carnal and fleshly outside, instead of their spirit.
The new creation sons and daughters of God have been made alive in our spirit, so now the Holy Spirit can direct us from the inside-out. Proverbs 20:27 (Amplified) tells us, "The spirit of man (that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God), is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts."
The Word of God brings Light, through our spirit. Jesus said in John 6:63 (Amplified), "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life-Giver), the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it). The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life."
Since we are spirit and God's Words are Spirit, only our spirit can fully know and receive the Truth of His Word. Our carnal minds are unable to receive the Truth, as God intended for us to know. We can read the Words and understand their meaning, but still not function in the Truth. We have the ability to read and understand what is written with our intellect and still not have the Truth. John 1:17 (Amplified) says, "For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
God's Word was Truth even under the Law, but the people couldn't get Light and Life into their dead spirits, because they weren't born-again. The only way they could receive the benefit of the Spiritual Word, was by obeying fleshly rituals. God still honored His Word, if the people obeyed in the flesh. They couldn't call Him "Father," or be in His Presence like we can today. They could only expect to the Blessed, by following rituals and the blood of sacrificed bulls and goats.
As the new creation, we now have already been Blessed through the One and Only Sacrifice of Jesus. Jesus' Sacrifice not only paid for our fleshly sins, but it did much more, it paid for the spiritual sin that came from Adam. It wasn't the natural sins that held God back from mankind, but it was the far greater sin of treason, that brought death to our spirit. Bulls and goats could cover the natural sin, but couldn't atone for the greater sin, the separation of our spirit from God's spirit.
This isn't to say that natural sin is permissible, but without the spirit of man being made alive to God, our natural man had no other choice, because it was born into sin through the first Adam. Romans 5:14 (Amplified) says, "Yet death held sway from Adam to Moses (the Lawgiver), even over those who did not themselves transgress a positive command as Adam did. Adam was a type (prefigure), of the One Who was to come in reverse. The former, destructive, the Latter, saving."
Even though we can read and by our intellect understand about spirit, we still fail to have Revelation of the Truth, that we are above all things Spirit beings. We abide in this natural body of flesh and conduct our lives on earth as humans, but we are only alive to God, by and through our spirits. We have lives that we function in while on earth, but our conduct and relationship with our Father, is to be from our spirit.
We are to enjoy our natural lives here on earth, but our natural life is to be led by the Spirit. We have spouses, families, homes, and loved ones who bring us pleasure, but these things are only at their fullest when we live through our spirit connected with the Holy Spirit. When the flesh is left to itself, it will always stray off into a place where the Spiritual Blessings cannot do what God intended them to do. James 1:17 (Amplified) tells us, "Every Good Gift and every perfect (free, large) full Gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all that gives Light, in the Shining of Whom there can be no variation (rising or setting or shadow cast by His turning as in an eclipse)."
The above scripture tells us, "THERE CAN BE NO VARIATION OF TURNING." God cannot vary in His Own Word or do anything aside from His Word. It doesn't matter how much He Loves us and would like too, God cannot violate His Own Word...not for anyone. When we're outside of His Word, we're not being led by His Spirit and we fail to receive His Spiritual Blessings. We can only receive and walk in the natural man to the fullness of the things God made available to us, through our spirit. We might feel like we have things "under control," which leads us to stop searching for greater understanding of God's Word.
Some will read this lesson and see no need to change for the better. Many accept things that happen to them here, as though those things were part of God's plan for their lives. In Truth, these things happen from their lack of knowledge. We regulate our lives by our own sacrifices, instead of His Sacrifice. We think we must give up enjoying life, while we're in this earthly body. God intended for us to live in this natural world or He wouldn't have given man a natural body to live in. God never created us to be as miserable as possible while we're here on earth, but He intended us to rule and have dominion through our union with Him in our spirit. He intended for us to enjoy the earthly home He created for us.
No matter how "good" you think you have it here, being led by the Spirit will improve life here so much, that we would wonder why we didn't listen more to His Word before.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Lesson 74 GRACE AND TRUTH-GOD'S WILL
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."
Romans 8:16-17 (Amplified) says, "The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with our own spirit, assuring us that we are children of God. And if we are His children, then we are His heirs also; heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His Glory."
We've discussed what Jesus suffering was in previous lessons. The suffering Jesus had to bare, came from the mistrust and persecution of those He came to set free. The suffering Jesus endured on the cross wasn't for you and me to suffer, but was instead so that we wouldn't have to suffer it. this was the Redemptive suffering that only Jesus could accomplish, in our stead. Until we understand this, we will continue in a place that the enemy can torment and hold us back from Jesus' Glory.
There are differences of maturity, both in the Church and the world. Not all the Church is at the same level as mature sons and daughters of God. We are all God's children and all have the same inheritance, but we're not all walking in that inheritance yet. In 1John 2:1 (Amplified), John writes to "little children" when talking about sin and restoration to righteousness. This isn't true for all of us who are born-again, but more so for little children who aren't familiar with their new identity in Christ.
John continues his writing to "little children" in 1John 2:12-13,14 (Amplified). John writes to those who should no longer be little children in Verse 13, saying, "I am writing to you fathers, because you have come to know (recognize) be aware of and understand Him Who existed from the beginning."
John goes on writing to "young men," saying, "I am writing to you young men, because you have been victorious over the wicked one." John is speaking to those who were once "little children." These children have grown up with the teachings of the Word and the Spirit by the fathers. We've all grown from little children to young men and women. We've made mistakes as young children who are learning and growing, but John tells us, "But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate, One Who will intercede for us with the Father, it is Jesus Christ the All Righteous Upright One, Just One, Who conforms to the Father's will in every thought, purpose and action." This is Truth for all the saints, but as we grow up, we should make fewer mistakes and not need forgiven all the time.
Little children don't know how to behave, until they're taught. Young men and women have been taught and should know better than to continually make the same old mistakes (sins). John addresses the "fathers who have come to know Him and understand Him," in Verse 14. These are those in the Church, who have gone from little children to young men and have become those who know and understand the Father God.
As Christians, we were never meant to remain little children or young men and women in Christ. We are called to go from milk to meat in God's Word and understanding. Paul writes to Timothy in 2Timothy 2:21 (Amplified) saying, "So whoever cleanses himself from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences, will then himself be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work." Paul tells us that we have a part to work out in our growth and ability to teach or be used in the Master's House.
There are many things that we still must learn in these latter times. Many are content to remain little children in Christ and ignore the things being taught by the fathers to young men and women. We still have to come to the Father, repenting over the same mistakes over and over again, because we haven't grown beyond the childish and foolish baby stage. God's Grace and mercy will cleanse us and restore us back to Himself, but we shouldn't remain in this infantile state of sonship.
Little children learn by watching and hearing what goes on around them. In the world, there are young adults who have grown up in dysfunctional homes and they still live and act by the things they learned from the older people in those homes. Some have carried this lifestyle into adulthood and have been destroyed by the things no one should ever have learned from so-called adults. Paul told Timothy that, "Whoever cleanses himself can be a vessel fit for the Master's use."
We each have a choice to make about how we work out our own salvation. In Philippians 2:12 (Amplified) Paul writes, "Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed my suggestions, so now, not only with the enthusiasm you would show in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out, cultivate, carry out to the goal and fully complete your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling, self distrust with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the Name of Christ."
In order to understand and do this, we must mature in God's Word and Spirit and seek the Father for ourselves. There aren't as many who know about the Father, as one might think. Some have limited knowledge of the Father, because of the teachings of their local home church, while some are led off by false doctrines. This isn't a matter of their not being saved, but they haven't matured from the little children stage to the father stage. I don't believe that someone who is truly born-again would deliberately deceive the Church. Some of the things being taught and passed on in the Church aren't truly God's will and Truth, according to God's Word.
Some of the Revelations that the Holy Spirit has brought to us throughout the years, have been discredited by carnal knowledge and traditional teachings. Not everything we have heard about our Father is Truth. Paul writes in 2Timothy 2:15-18 (Amplified), "But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle talk), for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their teachings will devour (it will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene), so it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus who have missed the mark and swerved from the Truth by arguing that the resurrection has already taken place. They are undermining the Truth."
Discerning the Truth from the vain, idle talk, is up to every individual. Some will listen to anything, while some won't listen to anything. Both are in error, because they don't know God's Word or the Father for themselves. Many things are being taught in the right spirit, but are received in the wrong spirit. We must discern for ourselves, by the knowledge and Wisdom of God and by knowing His heart. Many don't wish to grow up and accept the responsibility for their own relationship with the Lord. It's easier for someone else to do their praying, reading and studying, so they remain as little children in Christ.
When you hear a teaching about "The Confession of Your Mouth," then you must study it from God's Word and see if that teaching is Truth. Don't lose sight of maturity. Some have misused this revelation, believing that we can say "anything and it will be alright." You must study God's Word for yourself. When you hear about the authority of the believer, does is mean you can eliminate satan forever? No. Does it mean you can eliminate much of satan's activity in your own life? Yes, you can.
We are given instructions on "warfare and ability" for our lives, in Ephesians 6:6-18. Every individual believer is to take these instructions and use them in our own lives. You can't be the shield of faith for everyone, but you can be the shield of faith for yourself and your family. Verse 6 tells us, "Lift up over all the covering shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missile of the wicked one." Many of these flaming missiles are words that destroy the revelation and confidence of God's people. These can't hurt us, when we spend time in God's Word for ourselves. We are led about by what others think about something, instead of having firsthand knowledge.
Jesus says in Mark 4:23-24 (Amplified), "If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend. Be careful what you are hearing, the measure of thought and study you give to the truth you hear, will be the measure of virtue and knowledge that comes back to you-and more besides will be given to you who hear."
Just because someone doesn't believe or receive something, doesn't mean it isn't of God. You must find out for yourself. It's your shield of faith that covers you, not their shield of faith. Many rejected the things Jesus taught, but those who would believe, were healed. Everything Jesus taught was Truth, even though some chose not to believe it and the same it true today. What Jesus says is Truth, but every individual must choose whether or not he/she believes it. Don't try walking your walk on the faith of others. Learn to trust Jesus on your own faith.
Many today are being talked out of being healed, because someone else lacks faith for healing. I don't want someone else to leave me sick, when God wants to make me well. I refuse to allow someone to talk me out of receiving the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues, because they don't believe, when God's Word says these are for those who believe. I am a believer. I don't know where others are walking with the Lord, I only know where I am. Even though some things might not be working in the lives of others, doesn't mean they don't work.
You can't make someone else do what they should and you cannot do it for them. You can only seek God and His Kingdom and "All these things will be added unto you." In Matthew 6:33 (Amplified) Jesus says, "But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His Kingdom and Righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and then all these things taken together will be given you besides."
This is left up to the seeker. What works and "is given to you besides," is determined by what and Who you are seeking and not be what someone else thinks and reasons about it. Hugh Smith preached at our church years ago, saying, "Hoe your own row." I sow that which I reap. If my crop is good, then it comes from good seed. If I'm not reaping good crops, then I need to change what I'm sowing.
Mark 4 tells us that, "Words are seeds." If my crop is a failure, then it might be because the Law of confession is working and I'm confessing the wrong things or sowing the wrong seeds. You don't have to believe this is true simply because I say it. Go to the Word and seek it out for yourself. We've been robbed of many things of God, because we haven't been seeking them out for ourselves.
It doesn't mean you're not God's child, but it could mean that you need to seek for yourself and grown into young men or fathers in your faith with Jesus. You can't give something you don't have, but once you receive what God has for you, you can give from your abundance. If you really want to know, then "ask Him and He will tell you," according to James 1:3 (Amplified). Build your own relationship with the Lord. Don't stop because someone else does. God on in your walk and then you can help bring them along.
Romans 8:16-17 (Amplified) says, "The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with our own spirit, assuring us that we are children of God. And if we are His children, then we are His heirs also; heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His Glory."
We've discussed what Jesus suffering was in previous lessons. The suffering Jesus had to bare, came from the mistrust and persecution of those He came to set free. The suffering Jesus endured on the cross wasn't for you and me to suffer, but was instead so that we wouldn't have to suffer it. this was the Redemptive suffering that only Jesus could accomplish, in our stead. Until we understand this, we will continue in a place that the enemy can torment and hold us back from Jesus' Glory.
There are differences of maturity, both in the Church and the world. Not all the Church is at the same level as mature sons and daughters of God. We are all God's children and all have the same inheritance, but we're not all walking in that inheritance yet. In 1John 2:1 (Amplified), John writes to "little children" when talking about sin and restoration to righteousness. This isn't true for all of us who are born-again, but more so for little children who aren't familiar with their new identity in Christ.
John continues his writing to "little children" in 1John 2:12-13,14 (Amplified). John writes to those who should no longer be little children in Verse 13, saying, "I am writing to you fathers, because you have come to know (recognize) be aware of and understand Him Who existed from the beginning."
John goes on writing to "young men," saying, "I am writing to you young men, because you have been victorious over the wicked one." John is speaking to those who were once "little children." These children have grown up with the teachings of the Word and the Spirit by the fathers. We've all grown from little children to young men and women. We've made mistakes as young children who are learning and growing, but John tells us, "But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate, One Who will intercede for us with the Father, it is Jesus Christ the All Righteous Upright One, Just One, Who conforms to the Father's will in every thought, purpose and action." This is Truth for all the saints, but as we grow up, we should make fewer mistakes and not need forgiven all the time.
Little children don't know how to behave, until they're taught. Young men and women have been taught and should know better than to continually make the same old mistakes (sins). John addresses the "fathers who have come to know Him and understand Him," in Verse 14. These are those in the Church, who have gone from little children to young men and have become those who know and understand the Father God.
As Christians, we were never meant to remain little children or young men and women in Christ. We are called to go from milk to meat in God's Word and understanding. Paul writes to Timothy in 2Timothy 2:21 (Amplified) saying, "So whoever cleanses himself from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences, will then himself be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work." Paul tells us that we have a part to work out in our growth and ability to teach or be used in the Master's House.
There are many things that we still must learn in these latter times. Many are content to remain little children in Christ and ignore the things being taught by the fathers to young men and women. We still have to come to the Father, repenting over the same mistakes over and over again, because we haven't grown beyond the childish and foolish baby stage. God's Grace and mercy will cleanse us and restore us back to Himself, but we shouldn't remain in this infantile state of sonship.
Little children learn by watching and hearing what goes on around them. In the world, there are young adults who have grown up in dysfunctional homes and they still live and act by the things they learned from the older people in those homes. Some have carried this lifestyle into adulthood and have been destroyed by the things no one should ever have learned from so-called adults. Paul told Timothy that, "Whoever cleanses himself can be a vessel fit for the Master's use."
We each have a choice to make about how we work out our own salvation. In Philippians 2:12 (Amplified) Paul writes, "Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed my suggestions, so now, not only with the enthusiasm you would show in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out, cultivate, carry out to the goal and fully complete your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling, self distrust with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the Name of Christ."
In order to understand and do this, we must mature in God's Word and Spirit and seek the Father for ourselves. There aren't as many who know about the Father, as one might think. Some have limited knowledge of the Father, because of the teachings of their local home church, while some are led off by false doctrines. This isn't a matter of their not being saved, but they haven't matured from the little children stage to the father stage. I don't believe that someone who is truly born-again would deliberately deceive the Church. Some of the things being taught and passed on in the Church aren't truly God's will and Truth, according to God's Word.
Some of the Revelations that the Holy Spirit has brought to us throughout the years, have been discredited by carnal knowledge and traditional teachings. Not everything we have heard about our Father is Truth. Paul writes in 2Timothy 2:15-18 (Amplified), "But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle talk), for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their teachings will devour (it will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene), so it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus who have missed the mark and swerved from the Truth by arguing that the resurrection has already taken place. They are undermining the Truth."
Discerning the Truth from the vain, idle talk, is up to every individual. Some will listen to anything, while some won't listen to anything. Both are in error, because they don't know God's Word or the Father for themselves. Many things are being taught in the right spirit, but are received in the wrong spirit. We must discern for ourselves, by the knowledge and Wisdom of God and by knowing His heart. Many don't wish to grow up and accept the responsibility for their own relationship with the Lord. It's easier for someone else to do their praying, reading and studying, so they remain as little children in Christ.
When you hear a teaching about "The Confession of Your Mouth," then you must study it from God's Word and see if that teaching is Truth. Don't lose sight of maturity. Some have misused this revelation, believing that we can say "anything and it will be alright." You must study God's Word for yourself. When you hear about the authority of the believer, does is mean you can eliminate satan forever? No. Does it mean you can eliminate much of satan's activity in your own life? Yes, you can.
We are given instructions on "warfare and ability" for our lives, in Ephesians 6:6-18. Every individual believer is to take these instructions and use them in our own lives. You can't be the shield of faith for everyone, but you can be the shield of faith for yourself and your family. Verse 6 tells us, "Lift up over all the covering shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missile of the wicked one." Many of these flaming missiles are words that destroy the revelation and confidence of God's people. These can't hurt us, when we spend time in God's Word for ourselves. We are led about by what others think about something, instead of having firsthand knowledge.
Jesus says in Mark 4:23-24 (Amplified), "If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend. Be careful what you are hearing, the measure of thought and study you give to the truth you hear, will be the measure of virtue and knowledge that comes back to you-and more besides will be given to you who hear."
Just because someone doesn't believe or receive something, doesn't mean it isn't of God. You must find out for yourself. It's your shield of faith that covers you, not their shield of faith. Many rejected the things Jesus taught, but those who would believe, were healed. Everything Jesus taught was Truth, even though some chose not to believe it and the same it true today. What Jesus says is Truth, but every individual must choose whether or not he/she believes it. Don't try walking your walk on the faith of others. Learn to trust Jesus on your own faith.
Many today are being talked out of being healed, because someone else lacks faith for healing. I don't want someone else to leave me sick, when God wants to make me well. I refuse to allow someone to talk me out of receiving the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues, because they don't believe, when God's Word says these are for those who believe. I am a believer. I don't know where others are walking with the Lord, I only know where I am. Even though some things might not be working in the lives of others, doesn't mean they don't work.
You can't make someone else do what they should and you cannot do it for them. You can only seek God and His Kingdom and "All these things will be added unto you." In Matthew 6:33 (Amplified) Jesus says, "But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His Kingdom and Righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and then all these things taken together will be given you besides."
This is left up to the seeker. What works and "is given to you besides," is determined by what and Who you are seeking and not be what someone else thinks and reasons about it. Hugh Smith preached at our church years ago, saying, "Hoe your own row." I sow that which I reap. If my crop is good, then it comes from good seed. If I'm not reaping good crops, then I need to change what I'm sowing.
Mark 4 tells us that, "Words are seeds." If my crop is a failure, then it might be because the Law of confession is working and I'm confessing the wrong things or sowing the wrong seeds. You don't have to believe this is true simply because I say it. Go to the Word and seek it out for yourself. We've been robbed of many things of God, because we haven't been seeking them out for ourselves.
It doesn't mean you're not God's child, but it could mean that you need to seek for yourself and grown into young men or fathers in your faith with Jesus. You can't give something you don't have, but once you receive what God has for you, you can give from your abundance. If you really want to know, then "ask Him and He will tell you," according to James 1:3 (Amplified). Build your own relationship with the Lord. Don't stop because someone else does. God on in your walk and then you can help bring them along.
Friday, July 13, 2018
Haying Season
Thanks for your patience and prayers. I'm almost finished bailing my first field before the rain comes. We need the rain, so I can't complain. I'll be blogging again this coming week, while the rain is falling.
See ya soon,
Cowboy Jim
See ya soon,
Cowboy Jim
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Lesson 73 GRACE AND TRUTH-GOD'S WILL
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."
Knowing God's will isn't as difficult as we've been taught to believe or as we might think. Some things are manifested in a way we should all know, but we still have problems seeing them. God wills that all should be saved and He so loved the world that He sent His Only Begotten Son, are two concrete proofs that salvation is God's will. Most believers share God's Message of salvation, but complicate other areas of our walk. Colossi ans 1:9-10 (Amplified) says, "For this reason we also, from the first day we heard of it (your love and understanding of God's Grace) have not ceased to pray and make special request for you, asking that you may be filled with the full (deep, clear) knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom, in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God, and in understanding and discernment of Spiritual things that you may walk, live and conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God, with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance and recognition."
The Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write the above scripture, which says, "that we are to know God's will." Paul even prays for the Church to know God's will. Many have said, "You can never know God's will" or "God's will is a mystery to mankind." Paul said though that, "When we know God's will, then we can walk, live, and conduct our lives in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things."
It's paramount in the believer's life that we know God's will for the world, for the Church and for ourselves. God's will for the world is that "all should be saved." His will for the Church is that, "We desire the sincere milk of the Word and that we should grow thereby." God's will for each individual is that "We know Him in a way that we obey His Word and know His Voice and instructions."
Psalm 23:3 tells us that, "Our Shepherd will restore our soul." I'm not sure what believers think this means, but Strong's Concordance says that, "Your soul is not your spirit, but your carnal mind, will and emotions." #5315 tells us that, "Soul," means "A breathing creature, i.e. animal or vitality, senses, bodily, or mentally, any appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, desire, lust, man, mind, mortality, person, pleasure, soul, will."
Your soul is not your spirit. It's the wisdom and desires we walked in before knowing Jesus. It's the carnal mind that led us in life, without God. This soul is made up of our senses, that walked contrary to God and His Spirit in our unsaved lives. When we were born-again, our minds were still carnal and didn't accept the Spiritual things of our new birth.
Paul directs us in Romans 12:2 (Amplified) saying, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." Every believer is tasked with believing and studying and seeking God for him/herself. Jesus said, "He would restore our soul." He will bring your soul back to Him in a place of innocence, to where the old man is forgotten and the condemnation that was before is no longer. Many in the Church are still under condemnation from their past, because they haven't allowed Jesus (through His Word) to restore their soul. I know many good Christians who haven't have their soul restored by God's Word. I've prayed for women who had abortions before making Jesus the Lord of their lives and they live with daily regret and condemnation. I know men and women who were sexually molested as children and they're remain in bondage from this abuse.
It wasn't wasn't your spirit that"messed up", it was your soul. Your spirit will receive Jesus and be made righteous and clean in Him, but your soul will retain the shame, guilt, and condemnation of your past, if you fail to renew it and allow Jesus to restore it. Jesus will bring your soul, your senses and carnal thoughts of the past, back to a place of innocence, like it never even happened.
In order to renew our minds or restore our souls, we must allow the Truth of our new birth, by reading God's Word and seeing ourselves like God does. God's Word tells us that, "He remembers our sins and iniquities no more." We must renew our minds, so that we see ourselves like God sees us. God says in Isaiah 26:3 (Amplified), "I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Me." Strong's Concordance #3354-55-56 says, "Mind" means, "Squeezing into shape, to mold into a form, as a potter, to determine form a resolution, fashion, frame, purpose."
God is the Potter and we are the clay. We must allow God's Word to form our mind, our senses, our souls into what the Potter has made us to be. Your soul is the only part of you, that's giving you problems. Your body is subject to your soul (your mind). To keep your soul from being restored to the innocent new creation child of God, satan will keep reminding you about "who you used to be in the world."
Paul didn't merely write the Epistles, but he also had to walk them out, just like we do. Paul had a carnal mind that he needed to overcome in his ministry, when he became born-again. We can read Paul's past, where he threw Christians in jail, consented to the stoning of Stephen, and persecuted the early Church. Paul said this though, in 1Corinthians 4:3-4 (Amplified), "But as for me personally, it matters very little to me that I should be put on trial by you on this point, and that you or any other human tribunal should investigate and question and cross-question me. I do not even put myself on trial and judge myself. I am not conscious of anything against myself, and I feel blameless, but I am not vindicated and acquitted before God on that account. It is the Lord Himself Who examines and judges me."
Paul was a man, who believed and practiced what he preached. Paul hadn't forgotten who he once was, but he received God's Grace and pushed onto a higher walk with God. Instead of walking in depression and guilt, which would have made him useless for God, Paul walked in God's Grace. Paul saw himself as the new man, instead of the old man he was before receiving Jesus. Paul had to do what he instructed us to do and renew his mind to the Truth of the new birth and live under God's Grace.
God isn't your problem, your body isn't your problem and your spirit isn't your problem. It's your soul (mind) that's still thinking and reminding your of its worldly knowledge, that is contrary to the Knowledge of God, that is your problem. Psalm 23:3 says that, "My Shepherd restores my soul." Strong's Concordance #7725 tells us that the word "restore" means, "Bring back home, carry back again, continually convert, draw back, fetch home again, get ones self back again, recall, recover, refresh, restore, retrieve, cause to make to return, reverse, set again, cause to make to turn back again, backward."
Our Great Shepherd will bring us back to a place of innocence, like we never knew sin or the world. It's like the Lord restores us back to Eden, before Adam transgressed in the Garden, in complete unbroken fellowship with Him.
Knowing God's will isn't as difficult as we've been taught to believe or as we might think. Some things are manifested in a way we should all know, but we still have problems seeing them. God wills that all should be saved and He so loved the world that He sent His Only Begotten Son, are two concrete proofs that salvation is God's will. Most believers share God's Message of salvation, but complicate other areas of our walk. Colossi ans 1:9-10 (Amplified) says, "For this reason we also, from the first day we heard of it (your love and understanding of God's Grace) have not ceased to pray and make special request for you, asking that you may be filled with the full (deep, clear) knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom, in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God, and in understanding and discernment of Spiritual things that you may walk, live and conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God, with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance and recognition."
The Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write the above scripture, which says, "that we are to know God's will." Paul even prays for the Church to know God's will. Many have said, "You can never know God's will" or "God's will is a mystery to mankind." Paul said though that, "When we know God's will, then we can walk, live, and conduct our lives in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things."
It's paramount in the believer's life that we know God's will for the world, for the Church and for ourselves. God's will for the world is that "all should be saved." His will for the Church is that, "We desire the sincere milk of the Word and that we should grow thereby." God's will for each individual is that "We know Him in a way that we obey His Word and know His Voice and instructions."
Psalm 23:3 tells us that, "Our Shepherd will restore our soul." I'm not sure what believers think this means, but Strong's Concordance says that, "Your soul is not your spirit, but your carnal mind, will and emotions." #5315 tells us that, "Soul," means "A breathing creature, i.e. animal or vitality, senses, bodily, or mentally, any appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, desire, lust, man, mind, mortality, person, pleasure, soul, will."
Your soul is not your spirit. It's the wisdom and desires we walked in before knowing Jesus. It's the carnal mind that led us in life, without God. This soul is made up of our senses, that walked contrary to God and His Spirit in our unsaved lives. When we were born-again, our minds were still carnal and didn't accept the Spiritual things of our new birth.
Paul directs us in Romans 12:2 (Amplified) saying, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." Every believer is tasked with believing and studying and seeking God for him/herself. Jesus said, "He would restore our soul." He will bring your soul back to Him in a place of innocence, to where the old man is forgotten and the condemnation that was before is no longer. Many in the Church are still under condemnation from their past, because they haven't allowed Jesus (through His Word) to restore their soul. I know many good Christians who haven't have their soul restored by God's Word. I've prayed for women who had abortions before making Jesus the Lord of their lives and they live with daily regret and condemnation. I know men and women who were sexually molested as children and they're remain in bondage from this abuse.
It wasn't wasn't your spirit that"messed up", it was your soul. Your spirit will receive Jesus and be made righteous and clean in Him, but your soul will retain the shame, guilt, and condemnation of your past, if you fail to renew it and allow Jesus to restore it. Jesus will bring your soul, your senses and carnal thoughts of the past, back to a place of innocence, like it never even happened.
In order to renew our minds or restore our souls, we must allow the Truth of our new birth, by reading God's Word and seeing ourselves like God does. God's Word tells us that, "He remembers our sins and iniquities no more." We must renew our minds, so that we see ourselves like God sees us. God says in Isaiah 26:3 (Amplified), "I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Me." Strong's Concordance #3354-55-56 says, "Mind" means, "Squeezing into shape, to mold into a form, as a potter, to determine form a resolution, fashion, frame, purpose."
God is the Potter and we are the clay. We must allow God's Word to form our mind, our senses, our souls into what the Potter has made us to be. Your soul is the only part of you, that's giving you problems. Your body is subject to your soul (your mind). To keep your soul from being restored to the innocent new creation child of God, satan will keep reminding you about "who you used to be in the world."
Paul didn't merely write the Epistles, but he also had to walk them out, just like we do. Paul had a carnal mind that he needed to overcome in his ministry, when he became born-again. We can read Paul's past, where he threw Christians in jail, consented to the stoning of Stephen, and persecuted the early Church. Paul said this though, in 1Corinthians 4:3-4 (Amplified), "But as for me personally, it matters very little to me that I should be put on trial by you on this point, and that you or any other human tribunal should investigate and question and cross-question me. I do not even put myself on trial and judge myself. I am not conscious of anything against myself, and I feel blameless, but I am not vindicated and acquitted before God on that account. It is the Lord Himself Who examines and judges me."
Paul was a man, who believed and practiced what he preached. Paul hadn't forgotten who he once was, but he received God's Grace and pushed onto a higher walk with God. Instead of walking in depression and guilt, which would have made him useless for God, Paul walked in God's Grace. Paul saw himself as the new man, instead of the old man he was before receiving Jesus. Paul had to do what he instructed us to do and renew his mind to the Truth of the new birth and live under God's Grace.
God isn't your problem, your body isn't your problem and your spirit isn't your problem. It's your soul (mind) that's still thinking and reminding your of its worldly knowledge, that is contrary to the Knowledge of God, that is your problem. Psalm 23:3 says that, "My Shepherd restores my soul." Strong's Concordance #7725 tells us that the word "restore" means, "Bring back home, carry back again, continually convert, draw back, fetch home again, get ones self back again, recall, recover, refresh, restore, retrieve, cause to make to return, reverse, set again, cause to make to turn back again, backward."
Our Great Shepherd will bring us back to a place of innocence, like we never knew sin or the world. It's like the Lord restores us back to Eden, before Adam transgressed in the Garden, in complete unbroken fellowship with Him.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
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