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."
Christians have been taught and many believe that, "Whatever happens, good or bad, it is always God's will." Starvation, war, child abuse, death and heartache are prevalent in today's world, so it's no wonder it's hard to accept and believe that the Blessing of Abraham has been made ours through Jesus, when we think these things are God's Plan and will for mankind. The people in Jesus' time had only heard preaching about the Curse and punishment, so they didn't know what to think of Him and we seem to be like them.
Jesus quoted Isaiah 61:1-2 in Luke 4:18-19 (Amplified), saying, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because he has anointed Me (the Anointed One, the Messiah) to preach the Good News (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed (who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed and broken down by calamity), To proclaim the accepted and acceptable Year of the Lord (the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound)" God made a time for the accepted and acceptable Year of the Lord in Leviticus 25:10-13, which is the Year of Jubilee, the time when all things are to be restored back to their rightful owner and all debt was cancelled. Verse 13 says, "In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his ancestral property."
As the Last Adam, Jesus redeemed us and all of our debt and the penalty from the first Adam's transgression. Jesus restored these things back to God's Original intent, as His family. Galatians 4:4-7 (Amplified) says, "But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to the regulations of the Law To purchase the freedom of (to ransom, to redeem, to atone for), those who were subject to the Law, that we might be adopted and have sonship conferred upon us and be recognized as God's Sons. And because you really are His sons, God has sent the Holy Spirit of His Son into our hearts crying Abba, Father, Father! Therefore you are no longer a slave (bond servant), but a son, and if a son, then if follows that you are an heir and by the aid of God through Jesus Christ."
Remember, Leviticus 25:13 says, "In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his ancestral property." This is the property God gave to the first Adam, which was our ancestral property. The Spiritual Blessing that was on Adam has been restored back to God's Own family, through Jesus, as our Jubilee.
There was no Curse, no sickness, no death and no person left out, in our ancestral property. This inheritance was for God's Own family to enjoy. This was the acceptable and the accepted will of God for His family. Jesus instructed us to pray in Matthew 6:8-13 (Amplified) saying, "Do not be like them (hypocrites) For your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 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 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 (So be it)."
How can anyone read Jesus' Prayer and then believe that God is the One Who brings us into temptations, trials and tests? Why would Jesus teach us to pray this way, if it was God Who was leading us into these tests? God's Word tells us that, "A house divided cannot stand." If God was testing us and Jesus was teaching us to pray against God's will, then that would be a house divided. Carnal knowledge and human understanding has led us into the enemy's trap and we don't know whether to resist or submit to these things. We don't know whether God is trying to test us or the enemy is trying to destroy us. The world is a dangerous place to walk in, when we don't know what God's will is.
Jesus knew God's will exactly and He never told anyone to "Keep your sickness, because it might be God's will for you." Jesus knew these things were the results of Adam's fall and the enemy and He set them all free. John 8:19 (Amplified) tells us, "And they said to Him [Jesus], Where is this Father of Yours? Jesus answered, You know My Father as little as you know Me. If you knew Me, you would know My Father also."
We confess that we "know the Father," but the way we know Him, isn't the way Jesus portrayed Him, in His ministry. Jesus never placed disease or allowed sickness to remain of any person. He was always the Healer and Deliverer. Don't confuse the old covenant, with the new covenant of Jubilee and restoration and son ship.
If you really want to know God as your Father, then watch Jesus. If Jesus didn't do it, then God doesn't do it. If Jesus does do it, then God does it too. Hebrews 1:3 (Amplified) says, "He (Jesus) is the Sole Expression of the Glory of God, the Light Being, the outraying or radiance of the Divine and He is the Perfect Imprint and Very Image of God's nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His Mighty Word of Power." In the Words of Jesus, "When you see Me, you have seen the Father. The Father and I are One."
We must not confuse the God of the Law and the Father of Grace. You're not under Law and you're not longer dead in trespass and sin. You have become a new creation child of God, an heir of God and fellow heir with Jesus Christ. Jesus is your Jubilee and Redeemer. Almighty God is now your Father and He is for you all the way. We can't become double-minded and blinded by the idea of man's religion. If God was your problem, then you don't have any answer. If you think that God allowed something to come upon you, in order to teach you something, then you must either enjoy it as His will or you must quickly learn what God wants you to learn, in order to get out of the problem. If you think it's God's will, then you must not complain.
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