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."
The Church has disputed "what is really God's will for us today," for many years. Jesus taught His disciples how to pray in Matthew 6:9-13 (Amplified) saying, "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 forgiven us our debts, as we also forgive (left remitted, and let go of the debts, and have 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."
According to Jesus' instruction to pray above, it's God's will is that we live here on earth, like we will live in Heaven. If God's will was for us to pray this way, then we need to understand what His will for us is in Heaven. What do you suppose God's will for us is, when we get to Heaven? Do you suppose we'll have such things as hospitals, doctors, and soup lines in Heaven? Will there be wars to fight or funerals to attend there? Will there be prisons, police or crime in Heaven?
I hope we're not living in Heaven yet, but I also know that the things happening in our lives here on earth, aren't His will for us either. We're still living on a fallen earth and the Curse of the Law is still in affect, but that doesn't mean we're subject to it. Galatians 3:13-14 (Amplified) tells us, "Christ has purchased our freedom, redeeming us from the Curse (doom) of the Law and it's condemnation, by Himself becoming a Curse for us, for it is written in the Scriptures, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified)' To the end that through their receiving Christ Jesus, the Blessing Promised to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might all receive the realization of the Promise of the Holy Spirit."
Who is the Holy Spirit? Isn't He the Same God and Father Who was also in Christ Jesus? Would our Father lead us any differently than He led Jesus? Would His will be any different for us, than it was for Jesus? If this is true, then what Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:9-13 wouldn't be Truth and Grace. We're not to look at Jesus as though He was the Only One that Father ever intended to walk this way, but we're to see Jesus as the Example of how all God's children are to be.
I fully understand that we're not the Lord Jesus, but I also understand God writes through Paul in, Romans 8:16-17 (Amplified) saying, "For 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 seem to think that Jesus' earthly ministry was "simple for Him, because He was Jesus." Jesus' earthly walk was far more difficult than anyone could ever know. Satan knew exactly Who Jesus was and what Jesus was about, at the time of His earthly ministry. Jesus was the only "real enemy" satan had to deal with and stop, at that time. There weren't two and a half billion Spirit-filled heirs of God satan had to deal with then. Jesus was the Only One and satan constantly focused all of his armies of demons and his weapons of warfare on Jesus' destruction.
The Father didn't exempt Jesus from satan's attacks on earth. Jesus just kept Himself above satan's attacks, by walking in the Word. Religion dismisses many things Jesus did as our Example, believing "they're not important for us to know." This has led to the lowering of Christian's standards for walking with God and has left us open to things that aren't the Father's will for our lives, like it is in Heaven. Jesus was our Example of how to walk in this earth as children of the Most High God.
We find an example of Jesus' earthly walk in John 3:34 (Amplified), but most of us have never paid attention to this scripture. Thus, it says, "For since He Whom God has sent speaks the Words of God (proclaims God's Own Message), God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the Gift God makes of His Spirit." When was the last time we've thought about what we're speaking? Do we speak God's Own Words or do we just speak?
If God increased the boundless Gift of His Holy Spirit in us causing the words we spoke to come to pass, then what would the results be today? Would we speak life to a dead man or would be speak death to a live man? Would we speak calm to a storm or would we speak what the Weather Channel speaks and cause destruction? Would we speak cleansing to the leper or would we speak about how badly he smells and stay away from him? Would we speak healing or disease?
God brought Revelation to the Church many years ago, about the words we speak, through Charles Capps. It was the Revelation of the power of our words, as born-again children of God. Many in the Church have rejected this Revelation as "foolishness." We mockingly name this Revelation, "Name it and claim it" or "Blab it and grab it." We've lost sight of Truth, in what we say. We foolishly speak contrary to God's Word and then wonder why things aren't working for us.
God's children have rejected many of God's Revelations, but His Grace continues to watch over our foolishness. Could you imagine how the world would look, if God gave us His Spirit without measure and what we said would come to pass, like it did with Jesus? Jesus only spoke God's Word and His will and God honored what Jesus said with the Power of the Holy Spirit. What would happen in our lives and the lives of those around us, if God honored our words in the same Power He did with Jesus? You might answer, "I don't think it makes a difference what we say." Romans 10:10 (Amplified) tells us, "For with the heart a person believes, adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ and is so justified, declared righteous, acceptable to God, and with the mouth he confesses, declares openly and speaks our freely his faith and confirms his salvation." Salvation doesn't mean going to Heaven when we die. According to The Strong's Concordance (#4991) the word "salvation" means, "rescue, or safety physically or morally, deliver, health, salvation, save, or saving" and (#4992) "defender, defense, salvation."
So, the above scripture means that the things we say from our hearts and out of our mouths, will either bring deliverance or not. Paul tells us to, "Speak out our faith and confirm our salvation." I know you confirmed your saving salvation and were born-again, by confessing Jesus is your Lord, but do you confess Him in your daily walk, by speaking out your faith? Or, do you speak faith-filled words from your heart which God cannot confirm, because they're not His Words?
Don't be so quick to dismiss things they "sound new," when you haven't gone to the Lord about them. God to God's Word and see what He says about idle words, that don't Bless.
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