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 different Graces, Spiritual Blessing and Truths that came through Jesus Christ aren't something we earn or deserve. They are all free Gifts, given by Grace. Every person who receives Jesus as Lord and Savior, has been freely given these things by Grace, but they must be accepted by faith, according to Romans 4:16 (Amplified) which says, "Therefore, inheriting the Promise is the outcome of faith and it depends entirely on faith, in order that it might be given as an act of Grace (unmerited favor), to make it stable and valid and guaranteed to all his descendants." We've all become heirs of the Seed, Who is Jesus, and are all eligible for the Promise." Galatians 3:29 (Amplified) tells us, "If you belong to Christ (are in Him Who is Abraham's Seed), then you are Abraham's offspring and Spiritual heirs according to Promise."
God Promised Abraham that through him, the Promise of the Holy Spirit might be made manifest and by His Seed (Jesus), we could be restored back unto God by faith in this Promise. Galatians 3:14 (Amplified) says, "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."
Today's Church has fallen short of what the above scriptures are telling us. We've believed that the Promise of the Holy Spirit solely means, "Speaking in Tongues." This is one of the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in our lives, but speaking in Heavenly languages also includes the manifestation of Heaven within us. The Spiritual Blessings means that the Father Himself (and all that He is), can now live in and through us, like He did in Christ Jesus.
The Promises God made to mankind throughout the Bible, are now made Truth in Jesus, by faith. Even though they're made secure in Jesus, they must be received by faith. We've struggled with the Super-natural things Promised to us in God's Word and even though the Promise is now Truth, we still struggle with it in our faith. We strive to find ways of deserving certain Promises and make excuses for the lack of manifestations of the Promises in our lives. We unsuccessfully establish laws of our own, which must be followed in order to make the Promises work. We've believed that if we dress in certain ways or worship on designated days, then we could qualify to receive these manifestations, but these things didn't work.
Of course we're to live differently as born-again believers, but this isn't what qualifies us to receive the Promise. When we were born-again, the Promise of the Holy Spirit was made manifest withing us. This is actually God Himself now living in our spirit and in our natural body. Now, the One Who made the Promise, is living in us to fulfill His Promise. Jesus said that "It wasn't Him, but the Father in Him Who did the works." This is the Promise of the Holy Spirit: a new creation, a new line of being born of the Spirit, now living in this earth. The Spiritual Blessing is God's Own Life and Being, living in us. All that Heaven is, has now become ours and is living in us and through us, by faith.
We've forgotten (or maybe never understood) what this really means in the believer's life. By Grace, we've been granted the ability to speak God's Word in power and purpose and set the captives free. Paul writes in Ephesians 5:1-2 (Amplified), "Therefore be imitators of God, copy Him and follow Him Example as well beloved children imitate their father and walk in Love, esteeming and delighting in one another as Christ Loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain Offering and a Sacrifice to God for you so that it became a Sweet Fragrance."
When God worked through Jesus by His Holy Spirit, He Loved the people and restored to order, all that was "out-of-order" in His Kingdom. He gave sight to the blind and healing to the sick. He gave wholeness to the lame and freed the captives. This is the full manifestation of what our Spiritual Blessing is truly about. Through the Holy Spirit, we're to bring the Spiritual Blessing of God to this earth, through faith in His ability, like it was through Jesus. These things are all manifested by faith in His ability through us, by Grace, for the good of all mankind. We can't give to someone else, what we don't believe ourselves.
Yesterday, I wrote about Charles Capps and the ministry of Revelation he was given for the Church, concerning the words we (as Spirit-filled believers) speak. I'm not talking about our only quoting scriptures, but that we keep our words in line with God's Word. Jesus gave "The Parable of the Sower" in Mark 4:14 (Amplified), saying that, "The Sower sows the Word." The "Word" Jesus was speaking about, is God's Word. Jesus said also taught that "all words are Seeds," in this Parable. Romans 10:17 (Amplified) says, "Faith comes by hearing." Faith in God comes by hearing the Word of God and the Sower sows the Word. Faith in other things, also comes by hearing.
Most of us have read Mark 11:23 many times, but I'd like to present it in a different way today. We've been talking about word being seeds, so let's look at words that aren't in line with God's Word (wrong seeds). Remember that, "Faith comes by hearing." Suppose you've been hearing that, "Sickness is God's way of teaching and correcting you" and you allow this seed to be sown in your heart as faith. Faith comes by hearing and when this is sown continually over some time, then it becomes rooted in your heart. You now believe this in your heart and are speaking it out of your mouth. If you're not doubting these things in your heart, then will they come to pass when you speak them from your mouth? Jesus spoke about the words coming out of your heart, in Matthew 12:37,36 (Amplified), saying, "For by your words you will be justified and acquitted and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced." He said in Verse 36, "But I tell you, on the Day of Judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, non-working) word they speak."
When born-again believers don't understand the Revelation of the power of our words, then we allow the enemy to gain control over certain things in our lives, by not speaking words that line up with the Truth of God's Word. Jesus taught that, "Words are Seeds and our hearts are the soil." Can a born-again man speak an evil response from his heart? Keeping in mind that, "Words are Seeds," let's read Galatians 6:7-8 (Amplified), "Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at, scorned, disdained, or mocked, by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside. He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God For whatever a man sows, that and only that is what he will reap. For he who sows to his lower nature (flesh, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap Eternal Life."
TO BE CONTINUED.....
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