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 favor upon favor and even 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."
Philippians 4:19 (Amplified) says, "And my God will supply (fill to the full), your ever need according to His riches in Glory in Christ Jesus."
These scriptures tell us that, "Our God has supplied all of our needs through and in Christ Jesus." Too many have taken these scriptures out of context, saying they only refer to "finances," but it actually means so much more than just finances. The scripture tells us, "God meets our EVERY NEED, according to His riches in Glory in Christ Jesus." John 1:16-17 tells us that these riches include favor, Grace, Gift upon Gift, His fullness and abundance, Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and Truth." We limit God in what He wants us to have, because of our misunderstanding His Grace.
Hebrews 1:1 (Amplified) says, "In many separate Revelations, each of which set forth a portion of the Truth, and in different ways, God spoke of old to our forefathers in and by prophets. But in these last days He has spoken unto us in the Person of a Son."
God's Word has always been Truth, but He could only reveal the Truth when Jesus came. Jesus is the Living Word and is the Truth. The Words God spoke through His prophets in the days gone by, were only fulfilled when His Word became flesh. We no longer have only a portion of the Truth, because Jesus became the Truth in flesh. We haven't understood God's Truth and have walked in a partial Spiritual blindness. We keep waiting for more, when The Beginning, The End, The Author and The Finisher, and The Truth is here.
We've been waiting for two-thousand years, to know God's will, His purpose and His Truth. Colossi ans 1:9 (Amplified) says, "For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it (their love) have not ceased to pray and make special request for you, asking that you may be filled with the full deep and 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."
Paul wasn't just praying for the Church in Colossus here, but for the Church as a whole, who walk in love for and in the Holy Spirit. This is for you you and me today, as much as it was for them. God wants us to know and understand His will, His ways and His purposes, but they can only come by understanding and comprehension of Spiritual things. We keep trying to understand Spiritual things with a carnal mind, but it cannot be done. Romans 8:6-7 (Amplified) tells us that, "Now the mind of the flesh, which is sense reasoning without the Holy Spirit is death; death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter, but the mind of the Holy Spirit is Life and soul peace, both now and forever. That is because the mind of the flesh, with its carnal thoughts and purposes is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God's laws, indeed it cannot."
Jesus tells His followers in Matthew 6:33 (Amplified), "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's way of doing and being right can't be comprehended or understood by the carnal mind, but only by and through the mind of the Holy Spirit. The old covenant prophets spoke about the coming of Grace, but those of us in the new covenant can see Grace face-to-face in Christ Jesus. They had a portion of Truth, but we have Jesus. 1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) says, "But it is from Him that you have your Life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine Plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as our Righteousness, thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God. And our Consecration, making us pure and holy, and our Redemption, providing our Ransom from eternal penalty from sin."
By this scripture, you can know if you are Spiritually minded or carnally minded. If your mind fights with the Truth of our being righteous, pure, holy and consecrated to God, then you're still walking as a mere carnal man/woman. Paul said that, "The carnal, natural mind with it's carnal thoughts and purposes is hostile to God and cannot and will not submit itself to God." Do you see yourself as a born-again child of God, who is made righteous and holy through Jesus, or do you still yourself as unrighteous and holy? If it's the latter, then you must submit yourself to the Truth and understanding.
1Corinthians 2;13 (Amplified) says, "And we are setting these Truths forth in Words not taught by human wisdom, but taught by the Holy Spirit, combining and interpreting Spiritual Truths with Spiritual language to those who possess the Holy Spirit." This is the Year of Understanding for God's people. The world, with it's teachings from a carnal mind, has held the Church in bondage for thousands of years, by not allowing us to understand Spiritual Truths. So long as we remained ignorant of the Truth about Spiritual things and walked in the carnal realm, we couldn't muster enough faith to receive all of God's Grace, Truth, favor and Spiritual Blessings, even though God has been trying to grant them to us. When we continue to see ourselves with carnal minds, as sinners and unrighteous, our faith cannot rise to the place of receiving.
The only thing holding back the signs of wonders of God in this Age, is the same things the held back those in the Wilderness with Moses. They didn't mix faith with what they heard, according to Hebrews 4:3 (Amplified), which says, "For we who have believed, adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, do enter that Rest in accordance with His declaration that those who did not believe should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My Rest; And this He said Although His works had been completed and prepared and waiting for all who would believe from the foundation of the world."
The people in the Wilderness weren't born-again and didn't have the Holy Spirit. We are born-again and born of His Spirit, so we should have more understanding of Spiritual things than they did. We need to "seek first God's Kingdom, His Righteousness, and His way of doing and being right. This is understanding through the Holy Spirit.
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