Genesis 1:27-28,11 (Amplified) says, "So God created man in His Own Image (in the Image and Likeness of God He created him); male and female He created them. And God Blessed them and said to them; Be fruitful (multiply), and fill the earth, and subdue it, using all it's vast resources in the service of God and man; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth."
This is and was, God's Original Intent for His children, in Heaven and earth. In Verse 11, God spoke a Spiritual Law that is still very much in effect today. Thus, it tells us, "And God said, Let the earth put forth tender vegetation; plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind upon the earth. And it was so."
Acorns today, still always produce Oak trees and a kernel of corn will always produce corn. This Law of "seed in itself" and "after its kind," is still very much as true, as it was when God said it. When Adam transgressed in the Garden, God never deviated from His Original Intent for His children. In the Spirit realm, God's Word is the Seed that created all things. We're His Seed, by His Word and are restored back to His Original Intent, according to 1Peter 1:23 (Amplified) which says, "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." God's Word is the Seed, by which we were born or created, from the Original Intent.
John 1:1,14 (Amplified) says, "In the beginning (before all time), was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He (Christ, the Word or Seed), was present originally with God." Verse 14 continues saying, "And the Word (Seed, Christ), became flesh (human, incarnate), and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh), lived awhile among us." The Spirit of God and the "tent of flesh," is and was, God's Original Intent.
We're now living in a tent or house of flesh and have been restored to God's Original Intent. Paul was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write in 2Corinthians 5:16-17 (Amplified), "Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a purely human point of view (in terms of natural standards of value). No, even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a man, YET NOW we have such knowledge of Him that we know Him no longer in terms of the flesh Therefore if any person is ingrafted in Christ (the Messiah, Seed) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away. Behold! the fresh and new has come."
Remember that "Everything produces after kind, according to Genesis 1:11. One can't grow a Palm tree from an acorn, nor can one grow a rose, from the seed of an Iris. Everything produces after it's seed. We were born-again from the Very Seed of God and we're in His Likeness and Image again, according to His Original Intent from the beginning. We though, have done like Paul warned us not to do and have seen ourselves more after the flesh, than the Spirit. The seed of the flesh is still that of fallen man, but the Seed of God is the new creation man of the Spirit.
We're living in this tent or house of flesh, but our true identity now comes from the Incorruptible Seed or Word of God. The "real" you is like God and His Image and Likeness. A house might have termites, but that doesn't mean that the person living in that house, has termites as well. Remember what Paul said, "We no longer know and estimate even Jesus, after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
Most of us think about or "see" Jesus more after the four Gospels, more than His exalted place as Lord over all. The dominion mankind lost at the First Adam's fall, has been restored by the Last Adam, through the Seed of Promise, Who is Jesus Christ. Even the old body or house we live in, will come back into the Power of the Seed, Who created it from the beginning of God's Original Intent.
1Corinthians 15:53-54 (Amplified) tells us, "For this perishable part of us must put on the imperishable nature, and this mortal part of us, this nature that is capable of dying, must put on immortality, freedom from death. And when this perishable puts on the imperishable and this which that was capable of dying puts on freedom from death, then shall be fulfilled the scripture that says, Death is swallowed up (utterly vanquished) forever in and unto victory." This was and is, God's Original Intent.
We are God's children who have been born-again by the Incorruptible Seed and our natural, mortal bodies will be restored back to God's Original Intent, from the beginning before time. You are now like Him, by the Word or Seed of God. 1John 3:2 (Amplified) says, "Beloved, we are even here and now, God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be hereafter, but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall, as God's children resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He really is." Remember Paul's statement in 2Corinthians 5:18, where he said that, "We have such knowledge of Him that we know Him no longer as a Man, but as He really is." The Lord from the Kingdom, Who is clothed in Glory.
Just before ascending to the Father, Jesus prayed in John 17:21-22 (Amplified), "That they all may be one, just as You Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us; so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. I have given to them the Glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are One." This is God's Original Intent from the very first, until now. Psalm 8:4-6 (Amplified) says, "What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of earth born man that You care for him? Yet You have made him but a little lower than God, and You have crowned him with Glory and Honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet."
Through Jesus, God has restored us back to His Original Intent, like man was in the first place. we've been trained to look more at our house of flesh, instead of the new being that lives inside it. We're always reminded of our house needing maintenance, instead of the new creation man/woman who is crowned with the Glory and honor of Jesus Himself.
We hear many teachings about faith and what it can do in our lives. When you put faith in what Jesus has said and done for us, then all the rest is easy. We seldom or ever though, see ourselves like the Father sees us. We still struggle with the flesh and forget that we are not only human. We don't have a problem with faith, but "the lack thereof." Hebrews 4:1-2 (Amplified) says, "Therefore, while the Promise of entering His Rest still holds and is offered today, let us be afraid to distrust it, lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of reaching it. For indeed we have had the glad tidings (Gospel of God), proclaimed to us just as truly as they (the Israelites of old) did when the Good News of deliverance from bondage came to them; but the Message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith, with the leaning of the entire Personality of God in absolute trust and confidence in His Power and Wisdom and Goodness by those who heard it, neither were they united in faith with the ones, Joshua and Caleb who heard and did believe."
Some today, believe Joshua and Caleb were "fanatics," for what they believed, but they were the ones God exalted. God never intended His children to be mocked, starved, sick and bound to anyone, but He created man to live in the exalted state of Glory and honor, through Jesus. The mention of "rest," in Hebrews 4:8-9 (Amplified) wasn't referring to the Israelites entering into Canaan, because if Joshua had given the people rest, then God wouldn't speak about another day in Verse 9 saying, "So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the true people of God."
When will we move from the glory which was fading from Moses, to the Glory and honor that Jesus has given to us who believe? When will we mix faith with what we have heard, if we are hearing it? The rest that God is now speaking about, isn't for when we die and get to Heaven, but for while we are here on earth, if we have heard the Words of deliverance and son-ship. We need to learn by trusting in the Righteousness that He has imparted to us, in our new creation Seed that produced after it's kind.
We need to "see ourselves and Jesus by the Spirit and not by the flesh any longer," like Paul instructed in 2Corinthians 5:16. Righteousness simply means that through the new birth, we've been returned to God's Original Intent and we have the right to come into His Presence as the First and Last Adam did. We've been crowned with Glory and honor, like God's Intent was from the beginning.
When God decided to have a family, He never deviated from that Plan or commitment. Neither you or I, are an afterthought or mistakes. We've been born-again, into what was always the heart of our Loving Father. God sees you perfect by His Grace, faith and Love, because He sees you in your spirit and not your flesh. When we finally understand what really happened when we were born-again, we will see who we truly are in Christ.
We must get understanding and see more of Jesus, instead of the nature of fallen man, in ourselves. We're not fallen men, but we've been raised up together and seated together with Christ Jesus, in Heavenly places.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Lesson 5 THE YEAR OF UNDERSTANDING - Original Intent
Paul writes about a faith that grows and matures into sons of God in Romans 1:17 (Amplified) saying, "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."
Most of us don't understand the depth of the above scripture, which tells us that those of us who are born-again are already living by faith. Jesus came so that we who were unsaved and dead in trespass and sin, would have Life, according to John 10:10. If we received Jesus and Life through Him, by faith, then we are now living in faith. Romans 1:17 tells us that this faith, gave you Life and will also grow into mature faith, so we can mature from baby Christians into adult ones. 1Peter 2:2 (Amplified) says, "Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) pure unadulterated Spiritual mil of the Word, that by it you may be nurtured and grow into completed salvation."
The world and everything in it, is out to stop your growth in faith in Jesus and keep you a newborn baby Christian. Growing in faith, requires a stand against the world of darkness and satan's control in the lives of God's Own family. So many things that are to be received by faith, have fallen to unbelief in today's Church. Many say, "I don't think Christians need to know all that, to get to Heaven" or "Those things have passed away." These are just excuses though, for our not trusting God in His Promises.
We've all read the Promises of God for us, through Jesus in Isaiah 52,53 & 54. These scriptures speak about our deliverance from sin, sickness, disease and the restoration back to Righteousness with God. Many refuse to acknowledge healing and safety through Jesus, like these aren't important. If it meant enough to Jesus that He was willing to die and take our punishment for it, then it should be important enough to us that we're willing to fight for it. Anything important enough to die for, should be important enough to fight for, in our daily lives.
1Timothy 6:12 (Amplified) says, "Fight the Good fight of the faith; lay hold of the Eternal Life to which you were summoned and for which you confessed the Good confession of faith before many witnesses." The very faith that you used to receive salvation, is the same faith of God for healing, deliverance, peace with God and even righteousness, but you must fight the Good fight for the faith. If there was nothing to be gained by going from faith to faith, then the enemy wouldn't work so hard fighting against it. Remember, Ephesians 6:12 (Amplified) which says, "For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood (contending only with physical opponents), but against the despotisms, against the powers, against the master spirits who are the world rulers of the present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness, in the heavenly supernatural sphere."
It's only by fighting the Good fight of faith, that we can obtain the Promises of God for us, in Jesus. If faith worked to remove sin in our new lives, then why don't we fight the same Good fight for the rest of what Jesus died to give us? Jesus asked in Mark 2:9-10 (Amplified), "Which is easier? to say to the paralyzed man 'Your sins are forgiven and put away,' or to say, "Rise, take up your sleeping pad or mat and start walking about and keep walking?' But that you may know positively and beyond doubt that the Son of Man has the right and authority and power on earth to forgive sins-He said to the paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up and carry your sleeping pad or mat, and be going on home. And he arose at once and picked up the sleeping mat and went out before them all."
Today, we seem to believe that Jesus can forgive sin, but He can't heal. The people Jesus was standing before, believed He could heal, but that He couldn't forgive sin. Which was easier? Forgiving sin or healing the man? They both represented the same thing to Jesus. Forgiving sin broke the power that held the man in captivity. Sin and sickness both come from the same source, who is the ruler of darkness in this present age...the devil.
The Same Lamb Who died as our sin Offering, is the Same Lamb Who was accepted as our Sacrifice for healing. Jesus bore our infirmities and bore our disease and by His stripes we are made whole and healed, according to Isaiah 53:3-5. We seemingly believe that Jesus can forgive sin, but He no longer heals. The Same Jesus Who died on the cross, is the Same Jesus who bore the Curse of the Law, the healing of our body, soul, and spirit, our separation from God and our eternal punishment. If one part of the scripture is True, then all of it is True. Jesus cannot be divided into portions of doctrine. He is an All Encompassing, one time for all time, Offering to the Father.
When we reject part of Jesus' Sacrifice, we are dishonoring the Blood that bought and paid for our new birth and reinstated relationship with the Father. This is the Good fight of faith. Jesus gave "The Parable of the Sower," in Mark 4. He said that the "Seed" was God's Word, which was to be planted in men's hearts (their spirit man), which Jesus called "the soil." Mark 4:14,17 (Amplified) go on saying, "Satan comes at once and by force takes away the Message which is sown in them, When trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word." Notice that Jesus tells us in these scriptures that, the enemy came to steal, kill and destroy, by taking away the Word or Seed that was sown.
It's much easier to dig up an acorn, than it is to dig up an Oak Tree. It's easier to bring trouble and force upon the hearer to the Word, while it's still a Seed, than it is to allow the Seed to grow roots and strength, and then try taking it by force from the hearer. I've heard Christians say, "I tried that healing thing and it didn't work." We must learn to fight and contend for the faith and the Truth. The trials we've been attributing to "God is testing us," are the enemy's trying to take away the Seed that was sown in our hearts, by force. These trials come for the Word's sake.
One can't grow a harvest, without seed. The Seeds of healing will never produce your healing, if the enemy comes to take or dig up the Seed, before it takes root in your heart. We've misunderstood the True Heart of our Father, to where we don't trust Him with much else than going to Heaven when we die. The Truth is that the Father wants to be with us, while we're still living on this earth. No one in Heaven needs to see or experience God's healing and mercy, because they already in His Presence. It's here on earth, where God needs His people to believe and manifest His Presence.
Jesus said in His Parable of Mark 4:19 (Amplified), "The cares and the anxieties of the world chokes out the Word (or Seed) and it becomes fruitless." The enemy uses these distractions to stop the Seed of God's Word from producing the manifestation of God's Presence in this ungodly world. Satan will see to it that you don't have time to read God's Word or pray or go to Church or even give thought to God moving in your life. God instructed Adam, "Tend the garden," which is his heart or spirit. Proverbs 4:23 (Amplified) says, "Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the Springs of Life."
God said in Proverbs 4:20-22 (Amplified), "My son, attend to My Words; consent and submit to My sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart For they are Life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh."
Most of us don't understand the depth of the above scripture, which tells us that those of us who are born-again are already living by faith. Jesus came so that we who were unsaved and dead in trespass and sin, would have Life, according to John 10:10. If we received Jesus and Life through Him, by faith, then we are now living in faith. Romans 1:17 tells us that this faith, gave you Life and will also grow into mature faith, so we can mature from baby Christians into adult ones. 1Peter 2:2 (Amplified) says, "Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) pure unadulterated Spiritual mil of the Word, that by it you may be nurtured and grow into completed salvation."
The world and everything in it, is out to stop your growth in faith in Jesus and keep you a newborn baby Christian. Growing in faith, requires a stand against the world of darkness and satan's control in the lives of God's Own family. So many things that are to be received by faith, have fallen to unbelief in today's Church. Many say, "I don't think Christians need to know all that, to get to Heaven" or "Those things have passed away." These are just excuses though, for our not trusting God in His Promises.
We've all read the Promises of God for us, through Jesus in Isaiah 52,53 & 54. These scriptures speak about our deliverance from sin, sickness, disease and the restoration back to Righteousness with God. Many refuse to acknowledge healing and safety through Jesus, like these aren't important. If it meant enough to Jesus that He was willing to die and take our punishment for it, then it should be important enough to us that we're willing to fight for it. Anything important enough to die for, should be important enough to fight for, in our daily lives.
1Timothy 6:12 (Amplified) says, "Fight the Good fight of the faith; lay hold of the Eternal Life to which you were summoned and for which you confessed the Good confession of faith before many witnesses." The very faith that you used to receive salvation, is the same faith of God for healing, deliverance, peace with God and even righteousness, but you must fight the Good fight for the faith. If there was nothing to be gained by going from faith to faith, then the enemy wouldn't work so hard fighting against it. Remember, Ephesians 6:12 (Amplified) which says, "For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood (contending only with physical opponents), but against the despotisms, against the powers, against the master spirits who are the world rulers of the present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness, in the heavenly supernatural sphere."
It's only by fighting the Good fight of faith, that we can obtain the Promises of God for us, in Jesus. If faith worked to remove sin in our new lives, then why don't we fight the same Good fight for the rest of what Jesus died to give us? Jesus asked in Mark 2:9-10 (Amplified), "Which is easier? to say to the paralyzed man 'Your sins are forgiven and put away,' or to say, "Rise, take up your sleeping pad or mat and start walking about and keep walking?' But that you may know positively and beyond doubt that the Son of Man has the right and authority and power on earth to forgive sins-He said to the paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up and carry your sleeping pad or mat, and be going on home. And he arose at once and picked up the sleeping mat and went out before them all."
Today, we seem to believe that Jesus can forgive sin, but He can't heal. The people Jesus was standing before, believed He could heal, but that He couldn't forgive sin. Which was easier? Forgiving sin or healing the man? They both represented the same thing to Jesus. Forgiving sin broke the power that held the man in captivity. Sin and sickness both come from the same source, who is the ruler of darkness in this present age...the devil.
The Same Lamb Who died as our sin Offering, is the Same Lamb Who was accepted as our Sacrifice for healing. Jesus bore our infirmities and bore our disease and by His stripes we are made whole and healed, according to Isaiah 53:3-5. We seemingly believe that Jesus can forgive sin, but He no longer heals. The Same Jesus Who died on the cross, is the Same Jesus who bore the Curse of the Law, the healing of our body, soul, and spirit, our separation from God and our eternal punishment. If one part of the scripture is True, then all of it is True. Jesus cannot be divided into portions of doctrine. He is an All Encompassing, one time for all time, Offering to the Father.
When we reject part of Jesus' Sacrifice, we are dishonoring the Blood that bought and paid for our new birth and reinstated relationship with the Father. This is the Good fight of faith. Jesus gave "The Parable of the Sower," in Mark 4. He said that the "Seed" was God's Word, which was to be planted in men's hearts (their spirit man), which Jesus called "the soil." Mark 4:14,17 (Amplified) go on saying, "Satan comes at once and by force takes away the Message which is sown in them, When trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word." Notice that Jesus tells us in these scriptures that, the enemy came to steal, kill and destroy, by taking away the Word or Seed that was sown.
It's much easier to dig up an acorn, than it is to dig up an Oak Tree. It's easier to bring trouble and force upon the hearer to the Word, while it's still a Seed, than it is to allow the Seed to grow roots and strength, and then try taking it by force from the hearer. I've heard Christians say, "I tried that healing thing and it didn't work." We must learn to fight and contend for the faith and the Truth. The trials we've been attributing to "God is testing us," are the enemy's trying to take away the Seed that was sown in our hearts, by force. These trials come for the Word's sake.
One can't grow a harvest, without seed. The Seeds of healing will never produce your healing, if the enemy comes to take or dig up the Seed, before it takes root in your heart. We've misunderstood the True Heart of our Father, to where we don't trust Him with much else than going to Heaven when we die. The Truth is that the Father wants to be with us, while we're still living on this earth. No one in Heaven needs to see or experience God's healing and mercy, because they already in His Presence. It's here on earth, where God needs His people to believe and manifest His Presence.
Jesus said in His Parable of Mark 4:19 (Amplified), "The cares and the anxieties of the world chokes out the Word (or Seed) and it becomes fruitless." The enemy uses these distractions to stop the Seed of God's Word from producing the manifestation of God's Presence in this ungodly world. Satan will see to it that you don't have time to read God's Word or pray or go to Church or even give thought to God moving in your life. God instructed Adam, "Tend the garden," which is his heart or spirit. Proverbs 4:23 (Amplified) says, "Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the Springs of Life."
God said in Proverbs 4:20-22 (Amplified), "My son, attend to My Words; consent and submit to My sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart For they are Life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh."
Monday, August 26, 2019
Lesson 4 THE YEAR OF UNDERSTANDING - Original Intent
Proverbs 4:7 (Amplified) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, get Wisdom, skillful and Godly Wisdom! For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation)."
Mankind has had Wisdom in our midst for centuries, through God's Word. Proverbs 1:20-21 (Amplified) tells us that, "Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets: she cries at the head of the noisy intersections, in the chief gathering places, at the entrance of the city gates she speaks."
God has made Wisdom available to all men in abundance. We received Wisdom, when we received Jesus as our Lord and Savior. 1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) says, "But it is from Him (God) 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 for sin."
Jesus is the Wisdom of God and He is our Wisdom, so why aren't we walking in what Jesus made available to us? I truly believe it's because we lack understanding. Man has placed his own understanding into God's Wisdom for centuries and have
.fashioned religions. Wisdom and understanding were to reveal the Original intent God had for His children, to mankind. The Original Intent is found in chapters 1 & 2 of Genesis. Jesus is the Living Proof of what God's Original Intent was for all of His children.
Through Jesus, we witness what God's Intent and His purpose was when He created the First Adam and Eve. God gave birth to a being who was to rule with the Father, by and through his spirit, along with ruling the natural kingdom through his natural body. God and His children were to have unbroken fellowship and it was to be God and Sons ruling together. Man was made just like his Father and was to have complete dominion over the earth and everything in it.
We've somehow been deceived into thinking that God's family is much less than "family." The sense of unworthiness and condemnation has diminished the Perfect Work of Jesus, until it seems like Jesus wasn't really enough to bring us back to God's Original Intent for His children. God knows that your previous condition wasn't all your fault. You were born in sin. From the time of Adam, sin became your nature from birth. It wasn't just something you did, but was your spiritual nature from birth. This wasn't God's Intent for His family and there was nothing you could do about it, so God took it upon Himself to bring about restoration to His children.
It wasn't just that we were sinners, but sin was born in us from Adam, until now. By His Wisdom, God was "calling out in the streets" to turn us back to Him and bring us home to Him. We didn't know we were lost, because were born in the darkness and living in darkness. We believed that this was "just how things were" and there was "nothing we could do about it." Everyone around us was in the same boat. While some turned to the call of Wisdom and accepted Jesus, we still lacked understanding of what really took place in our lives.
When we encountered a Holy God, we still didn't see the Perfect salcation of what had taken place, when we were born-again. How could a Holy God ever see us as being pure and holy, after seeing who we once were. After seeing Him, we became more conscience of how far we had fallen and we couldn't imagine being right in God's eyes again. Once again-GET UNDERSTANDING! We've heard many things over the years, about the Potter and the vessels He makes from men. The Potter has the ability to put the vessels back on the wheel and remove all the cracks and blemishes it holds. He can make the vessel perfect once more.
We've been taught more from man's ideas, instead of by God. God meant it when saying, "I make all things new." We're not just forgiven, we are new creations in Christ Jesus and "old things are passed away and all things are made new and all things are of God," according to 2Corinthians 5:17-21 (Amplified). We continue seeing ourelves as "fallen," but God sees us lifted up and seated with Jesus. The Potter placed us back on the wheel and has perfected us, as though there was never a spot or wrinkle, in our new being. In Jesus, one can't tell there was ever a blemish in us.
We've heard sermons that have left us feeling like God only pitied us and that we're not worth His time. We were left feeling like we had to beg and cry, in order to gain God's attention. The truth is, we were always on God's mind. From the moment Adam transgressed in the Garden, the Plan of Redemption was already at work, on our behalf.
God's Original Intent was to have family and fellowship and joy at being able to teach and raise His children, just like any good father would do today. God's great delight was teaching His son Adam, to name all the beasts of the field and watch Adam do the things he was born to do. God was to walk with him in the Spirit and watch Adam grow into the man, God created him to be. When God made Eve, so she and Adam could produce God's Own offspring, who would bring Him joy and pleasure, as family.
Man was never created or formed, to be without God and His Holy Spirit, anymore than the Last Adam, Jesus was ever to be without them. When we see Jesus in His earthly walk, we can see how the First Adam was to have functioned on earth. The great difference being that Jesus spent His time healing and teaching about the Father, when the First Adam wouldn't have needed to do this. There wouldn't have been sickness or disease, if the children of the First Adam had known the Father firsthand.
The only thing God's children were to ever have known throughout their lives, was God's Presence and His Provision. God and His family were to walk and talk together, both in the Heavens and earth simultaneously. God could walk here on earth with Adam and Eve and they could walk with God in His place of Abode. They were one. Adam and Eve could see and be seen by angels. Adam and Eve could also see the Spirit realm.
Through his relationship with the Father, all things were perpetually open and available to him. God's Original Intent for mankind, didn't include suffering, death, sickness, hunger or any of the thing we suffer today. By Jesus, God has redeemed and restored us back to the Original Intent, but we've never understood this plan at all.
In Jesus, we're able to talk and walk and be in perfect fellowship with our Heavenly Father, just like Jesus did. Jesus bore the Curse and penalty for Adam's transgression, bringing us back to God, not just in Heaven, but also here on earth. We've become new creations, born-again and able to walk and live like Jesus did, like God intended from before the foundation of the world.
God dealt with man in the old covenant, differently than He does under the new covenant. Man wasn't born-again under the Law and the old covenant, because Jesus hadn't yet come, so he was still dead in his spirit and not alive unto God. John 10:10 tells us that, "Jesus came to give us Life." Every person hearing Jesus say this, was already alive, but Jesus was speaking about the deadness of their spirits that had died in Adam. God warned Adam that, "The day you eat of this tree, you shall surely die." Adam lived over 900 years after transgressing, in his flesh, but his spirit died that day. God's Word says, "The wages of sin is death." The wages of Adam's sin was death, death in his spirit and separation from God. We're now alive to God and He is alive to us. We need to return to His Original Intent for His family. \
Mankind has had Wisdom in our midst for centuries, through God's Word. Proverbs 1:20-21 (Amplified) tells us that, "Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets: she cries at the head of the noisy intersections, in the chief gathering places, at the entrance of the city gates she speaks."
God has made Wisdom available to all men in abundance. We received Wisdom, when we received Jesus as our Lord and Savior. 1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) says, "But it is from Him (God) 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 for sin."
Jesus is the Wisdom of God and He is our Wisdom, so why aren't we walking in what Jesus made available to us? I truly believe it's because we lack understanding. Man has placed his own understanding into God's Wisdom for centuries and have
.fashioned religions. Wisdom and understanding were to reveal the Original intent God had for His children, to mankind. The Original Intent is found in chapters 1 & 2 of Genesis. Jesus is the Living Proof of what God's Original Intent was for all of His children.
Through Jesus, we witness what God's Intent and His purpose was when He created the First Adam and Eve. God gave birth to a being who was to rule with the Father, by and through his spirit, along with ruling the natural kingdom through his natural body. God and His children were to have unbroken fellowship and it was to be God and Sons ruling together. Man was made just like his Father and was to have complete dominion over the earth and everything in it.
We've somehow been deceived into thinking that God's family is much less than "family." The sense of unworthiness and condemnation has diminished the Perfect Work of Jesus, until it seems like Jesus wasn't really enough to bring us back to God's Original Intent for His children. God knows that your previous condition wasn't all your fault. You were born in sin. From the time of Adam, sin became your nature from birth. It wasn't just something you did, but was your spiritual nature from birth. This wasn't God's Intent for His family and there was nothing you could do about it, so God took it upon Himself to bring about restoration to His children.
It wasn't just that we were sinners, but sin was born in us from Adam, until now. By His Wisdom, God was "calling out in the streets" to turn us back to Him and bring us home to Him. We didn't know we were lost, because were born in the darkness and living in darkness. We believed that this was "just how things were" and there was "nothing we could do about it." Everyone around us was in the same boat. While some turned to the call of Wisdom and accepted Jesus, we still lacked understanding of what really took place in our lives.
When we encountered a Holy God, we still didn't see the Perfect salcation of what had taken place, when we were born-again. How could a Holy God ever see us as being pure and holy, after seeing who we once were. After seeing Him, we became more conscience of how far we had fallen and we couldn't imagine being right in God's eyes again. Once again-GET UNDERSTANDING! We've heard many things over the years, about the Potter and the vessels He makes from men. The Potter has the ability to put the vessels back on the wheel and remove all the cracks and blemishes it holds. He can make the vessel perfect once more.
We've been taught more from man's ideas, instead of by God. God meant it when saying, "I make all things new." We're not just forgiven, we are new creations in Christ Jesus and "old things are passed away and all things are made new and all things are of God," according to 2Corinthians 5:17-21 (Amplified). We continue seeing ourelves as "fallen," but God sees us lifted up and seated with Jesus. The Potter placed us back on the wheel and has perfected us, as though there was never a spot or wrinkle, in our new being. In Jesus, one can't tell there was ever a blemish in us.
We've heard sermons that have left us feeling like God only pitied us and that we're not worth His time. We were left feeling like we had to beg and cry, in order to gain God's attention. The truth is, we were always on God's mind. From the moment Adam transgressed in the Garden, the Plan of Redemption was already at work, on our behalf.
God's Original Intent was to have family and fellowship and joy at being able to teach and raise His children, just like any good father would do today. God's great delight was teaching His son Adam, to name all the beasts of the field and watch Adam do the things he was born to do. God was to walk with him in the Spirit and watch Adam grow into the man, God created him to be. When God made Eve, so she and Adam could produce God's Own offspring, who would bring Him joy and pleasure, as family.
Man was never created or formed, to be without God and His Holy Spirit, anymore than the Last Adam, Jesus was ever to be without them. When we see Jesus in His earthly walk, we can see how the First Adam was to have functioned on earth. The great difference being that Jesus spent His time healing and teaching about the Father, when the First Adam wouldn't have needed to do this. There wouldn't have been sickness or disease, if the children of the First Adam had known the Father firsthand.
The only thing God's children were to ever have known throughout their lives, was God's Presence and His Provision. God and His family were to walk and talk together, both in the Heavens and earth simultaneously. God could walk here on earth with Adam and Eve and they could walk with God in His place of Abode. They were one. Adam and Eve could see and be seen by angels. Adam and Eve could also see the Spirit realm.
Through his relationship with the Father, all things were perpetually open and available to him. God's Original Intent for mankind, didn't include suffering, death, sickness, hunger or any of the thing we suffer today. By Jesus, God has redeemed and restored us back to the Original Intent, but we've never understood this plan at all.
In Jesus, we're able to talk and walk and be in perfect fellowship with our Heavenly Father, just like Jesus did. Jesus bore the Curse and penalty for Adam's transgression, bringing us back to God, not just in Heaven, but also here on earth. We've become new creations, born-again and able to walk and live like Jesus did, like God intended from before the foundation of the world.
God dealt with man in the old covenant, differently than He does under the new covenant. Man wasn't born-again under the Law and the old covenant, because Jesus hadn't yet come, so he was still dead in his spirit and not alive unto God. John 10:10 tells us that, "Jesus came to give us Life." Every person hearing Jesus say this, was already alive, but Jesus was speaking about the deadness of their spirits that had died in Adam. God warned Adam that, "The day you eat of this tree, you shall surely die." Adam lived over 900 years after transgressing, in his flesh, but his spirit died that day. God's Word says, "The wages of sin is death." The wages of Adam's sin was death, death in his spirit and separation from God. We're now alive to God and He is alive to us. We need to return to His Original Intent for His family. \
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Lesson 3 THE YEAR OF UNDERSTANDING
Proverbs 4:5-7 (Amplified) says, "Get skillful and Godly Wisdom, get understanding, discernment, comprehension, and interpretation; do not forget and do not turn back from the Words of My mouth, The beginning of Wisdom is, get Wisdom, skillful and Godly Wisdom! For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding, discernment, comprehension and interpretation."
The Hebrew word for "understanding," according to The Strong's Concordance #995, #998 is "Biyn, bene-to separate mentally or distinguish i.e. understand-attend-consider, be cunning, diligently direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, skill, skillful, teach, think, cause, make to, get, give, have, understanding, view, deal wisely." #998 adds, "Understanding, knowledge, meaning perfectly understanding, Wisdom."
Colossi ans 1:9 (Amplified) says, "For this reason we also from the day we heard of it, 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."
Isaiah 55:8-9 (Amplified) says, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 1:18 (Amplified) says, "Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool."
God has invited us here, to "Come and reason together with Him." He also tells us that His thoughts and His ways are "higher than our thoughts and ways." God's intent is that we, through understanding, will come up to His way of thinking and doing and have understanding of Spiritual things." Paul prayed in Colossi ans 1:9 (Amplified) that we would "Have and be filled with the full, deep, clear knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom."
1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) says, "But it is from Him, God, 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 Redemption, providing our Ransom from eternal penalty for sin."
Many in today's Church have no understanding of our being righteous in God's eyes. Even though God's Word plainly reveals Jesus as our Righteousness, we continue seeing ourselves as "None are righteous, no not one." We know that we're not sinners any longer, but we don't understand Righteousness. I'm not saying that Christian don't still sin, but we've been "made free from the Law of Sin and of Death, by the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus," according to Romans 8:2.
Sin had separated mankind from God, by Adam's transgression in the Garden of Eden. Spiritual and physical death were the result of that sin and came upon all mankind. Jesus paid for sin by His Blood Sacrifice, so that Life could now be administered back to our spirit. Through our new birth, we were made righteous, in our new creation being. So long as the sin remained, both Spiritual and physical death dominated us.
Many don't understand our right place with the Father now and almost stubbornly insist on having the Father deal with us, like He deals with those who weren't new creation people, which is by our flesh, "Not being sensitive enough in our spirit to receive correction by His Word, according to 2Timothy 3:16.
The new creation man/woman is created once again in his/her spirit and to walk, live, understand and be guided by and corrected by our born-again spirit, which is made in God's Image and Likeness once again, like Adam was before sin separated him from his Father. This sin has now been paid for and through Jesus, we've been restored back to our original state of being, which is a Living spirit." We live in a physical body, but our true identity is spirit, like our Father Who is a Spirit.
This is why understanding Spiritual things is so important for believers. Without understanding, we continue seeing our own reflection in the mirror, instead of seeing ourselves as through the perfect Law of Liberty in Christ Jesus. James 1:22-25 (Amplified) says, "But be doers of the Word, obey the Message, and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth. For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like. But he who looks carefully into the faultless Law, the Law of Liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets, but an active doer who obeys, he shall be Blessed in his doing, his life of obedience."
Paul writes in 2Corinthians 3:17-18 (Amplified), "Now the Lord is THE SPIRIT, and where the SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, there is Liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). And all of us, as with unveiled face, because we continue to behold in the Word of God, as in a mirror the Glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His Very Own Image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of Glory to another, for this comes from the Lord Who is the Spirit."
The Word of God is a mirror, that now reflects who we have become in Jesus and not who we were, when we were dead in trespass and sin. When we don't have understanding of Spiritual things, we will still see ourselves from the outside and as mere men and women of the flesh. In Jesus, this isn't true any longer. We are a spirit, a new creation person who is still clothed in a flesh and blood body, but the real us is the one reflected to us, by the Word of God as in a mirror, the faultless Law of Liberty. James says that we look into the mirror and forget what we look like. Understanding comes by the Spirit of God and His ways and His thoughts are higher than ours. We must think His way, about ourselves, because He paid an Awesome Price for us. See yourself as valued by Him and accept what He has done.
The Hebrew word for "understanding," according to The Strong's Concordance #995, #998 is "Biyn, bene-to separate mentally or distinguish i.e. understand-attend-consider, be cunning, diligently direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, skill, skillful, teach, think, cause, make to, get, give, have, understanding, view, deal wisely." #998 adds, "Understanding, knowledge, meaning perfectly understanding, Wisdom."
Colossi ans 1:9 (Amplified) says, "For this reason we also from the day we heard of it, 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."
Isaiah 55:8-9 (Amplified) says, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 1:18 (Amplified) says, "Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool."
God has invited us here, to "Come and reason together with Him." He also tells us that His thoughts and His ways are "higher than our thoughts and ways." God's intent is that we, through understanding, will come up to His way of thinking and doing and have understanding of Spiritual things." Paul prayed in Colossi ans 1:9 (Amplified) that we would "Have and be filled with the full, deep, clear knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom."
1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) says, "But it is from Him, God, 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 Redemption, providing our Ransom from eternal penalty for sin."
Many in today's Church have no understanding of our being righteous in God's eyes. Even though God's Word plainly reveals Jesus as our Righteousness, we continue seeing ourselves as "None are righteous, no not one." We know that we're not sinners any longer, but we don't understand Righteousness. I'm not saying that Christian don't still sin, but we've been "made free from the Law of Sin and of Death, by the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus," according to Romans 8:2.
Sin had separated mankind from God, by Adam's transgression in the Garden of Eden. Spiritual and physical death were the result of that sin and came upon all mankind. Jesus paid for sin by His Blood Sacrifice, so that Life could now be administered back to our spirit. Through our new birth, we were made righteous, in our new creation being. So long as the sin remained, both Spiritual and physical death dominated us.
Many don't understand our right place with the Father now and almost stubbornly insist on having the Father deal with us, like He deals with those who weren't new creation people, which is by our flesh, "Not being sensitive enough in our spirit to receive correction by His Word, according to 2Timothy 3:16.
The new creation man/woman is created once again in his/her spirit and to walk, live, understand and be guided by and corrected by our born-again spirit, which is made in God's Image and Likeness once again, like Adam was before sin separated him from his Father. This sin has now been paid for and through Jesus, we've been restored back to our original state of being, which is a Living spirit." We live in a physical body, but our true identity is spirit, like our Father Who is a Spirit.
This is why understanding Spiritual things is so important for believers. Without understanding, we continue seeing our own reflection in the mirror, instead of seeing ourselves as through the perfect Law of Liberty in Christ Jesus. James 1:22-25 (Amplified) says, "But be doers of the Word, obey the Message, and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth. For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like. But he who looks carefully into the faultless Law, the Law of Liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets, but an active doer who obeys, he shall be Blessed in his doing, his life of obedience."
Paul writes in 2Corinthians 3:17-18 (Amplified), "Now the Lord is THE SPIRIT, and where the SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, there is Liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). And all of us, as with unveiled face, because we continue to behold in the Word of God, as in a mirror the Glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His Very Own Image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of Glory to another, for this comes from the Lord Who is the Spirit."
The Word of God is a mirror, that now reflects who we have become in Jesus and not who we were, when we were dead in trespass and sin. When we don't have understanding of Spiritual things, we will still see ourselves from the outside and as mere men and women of the flesh. In Jesus, this isn't true any longer. We are a spirit, a new creation person who is still clothed in a flesh and blood body, but the real us is the one reflected to us, by the Word of God as in a mirror, the faultless Law of Liberty. James says that we look into the mirror and forget what we look like. Understanding comes by the Spirit of God and His ways and His thoughts are higher than ours. We must think His way, about ourselves, because He paid an Awesome Price for us. See yourself as valued by Him and accept what He has done.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Lesson 2 THE YEAR OF UNDERSTANDING
Daniel 12:3-4,12 (Amplified) says, "And the teachers and those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness (to uprightness and right standing with God), shall give forth light like the stars forever and ever. But you, O Daniel, shut up the Words and seal the Book until the time of the End. Then many shall run to and fro and search anxiously through the Book and knowledge of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets shall be increased and become great."
The angel goes onto to say this about the End time people in Verse 12, saying, "Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be tried, smelted and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the teachers and those who are wise shall understand."
God's prophets have spoken about "the time of the End," from the very first. Everyone can see that Time approaching, but not many will acknowledge it's proximity. Just as sure as this earth and it's inhabitants were created, so shall be a time of making all things new and the Time of the End. We've struggled for centuries, with the scriptures concerning the End Time and have tried understanding it by our own understanding, to no avail. We've fostered many theories and given many sermons about this time, but most of it has been wrong.
The above Word given to Daniel, was that, "The teachers and those who are wise shall understand." In the day of the Church, we're hearing things that are far more revealing, than what we heard only 30-40 years ago. Some find it difficult to accept these teachings, because they're so more revealing than what we've heard before. The deeper understanding of what God is now doing, is hard for many to accept as "Truth."
You might be wondering about the Last Days, I've been referring to, so let's turn to Acts 2:16-17 (Amplified), where Peter began speaking to those around him on the Day of Pentecost, saying, "But instead, this is the beginning of what was spoken through the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the Last Days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, telling forth the Divine counsels and your young men shall see visions (Divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream Divinely suggested dreams." The beginning of the Last Days began two-thousand years ago, on the Day of Pentecost. We're now in the Last Minutes of these Last Days.
It's essential for the believer to have understanding of the scriptures, in this time. There are many things we've learned that aren't true. There are many things, that we refuse to believe are true, but they are indeed true. Some man-made doctrines are based on religious ideas and have nothing to do with what the Father says. I believe that "all that are wise enough" will realize we don't know it all and come into a place of understanding and faith, like we've never been before.
The Church has meant well, choosing to believe things we do, but there's so much more to what God's doing in these Last Days. We must allow Him to reveal it to us though. We must accept some things we previously rejected and reject some things we previously embraced. Most of the Church have, by faith, accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and this will never change. The Church might need to rethink some things more clearly.
People in the time of Jesus, were so sure of what they believed and refused to hear what Jesus was saying. My prayer for these Last Days is for God's people to become more wise in our understanding, than those in Jesus' time. Many are offended by teachings that aren't congruent with their church doctrine and won't listen to the Revelation of certain of God's Promises. Some have chosen to believe, but others believe "these things have passed away and aren't for today's Church." The time of miracles, healing and Revelation knowledge is at hand and those who are wise in God's Word will weigh and judge by His Spirit, to believe or reject. The angel told Daniel, "The teachers and those who are wise shall understand."
Sadly, many of God's children have spent very little time seeking God in His Word. We've allowed others to seek and we go by what they tell us God's Word says, instead of learning and seeking on our own. The time is now here that, "many shall run to and fro and search anxiously through the Book, and knowledge of God's purpose as revealed through His prophets shall be increased and become great," Daniel 12:4 (Amplified).
The Holy Spirit knows all things and is the One Who Jesus said would be "our Teacher, Comforter and Guide." It's imperative that every believer learns to hear the Voice of the Holy Spirit. These are great days of Revelation, but are also great days of deception. If we don't know God's Word or the Voice of His Spirit, then we're open to the world's idea of Truth.
Paul writes in 1Thessolonians 5:2-3, 4-5 (Amplified), "For you yourselves know perfectly well that the Day of the Return of the Lord will come as unexpectedly and suddenly as a thief in the night. When people are saying, all is well and secure, and, there is peace and safety, then in a moment, unforeseen destruction, ruin and death will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape."
If God says there will be an end, then there will be an end! Paul went on in Verses 4-5, saying, "But you are not in given up to the power of darkness, brethren, for that Day to overtake you by surprise like a thief. For you are all sons of Light and sons of the Day, we do not belong either to the night or darkness."
It should be evident to God's people, that we're already in this Last Time before Jesus returns for His people. Spend time in God's Word and in His Presence, to receive understanding and guidance in this Day and hour. God has a Plan and purpose for your life and it's time for us to discover what His individual Plan for our life is. We need to know God's Plan for our individual lives, not the pastor's life, but our life. You're a laborer in the field of harvest and that harvest is already white and ripe. God has someone in this field of harvest, who is waiting just for you to bring into His family.
The angel goes onto to say this about the End time people in Verse 12, saying, "Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be tried, smelted and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the teachers and those who are wise shall understand."
God's prophets have spoken about "the time of the End," from the very first. Everyone can see that Time approaching, but not many will acknowledge it's proximity. Just as sure as this earth and it's inhabitants were created, so shall be a time of making all things new and the Time of the End. We've struggled for centuries, with the scriptures concerning the End Time and have tried understanding it by our own understanding, to no avail. We've fostered many theories and given many sermons about this time, but most of it has been wrong.
The above Word given to Daniel, was that, "The teachers and those who are wise shall understand." In the day of the Church, we're hearing things that are far more revealing, than what we heard only 30-40 years ago. Some find it difficult to accept these teachings, because they're so more revealing than what we've heard before. The deeper understanding of what God is now doing, is hard for many to accept as "Truth."
You might be wondering about the Last Days, I've been referring to, so let's turn to Acts 2:16-17 (Amplified), where Peter began speaking to those around him on the Day of Pentecost, saying, "But instead, this is the beginning of what was spoken through the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the Last Days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, telling forth the Divine counsels and your young men shall see visions (Divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream Divinely suggested dreams." The beginning of the Last Days began two-thousand years ago, on the Day of Pentecost. We're now in the Last Minutes of these Last Days.
It's essential for the believer to have understanding of the scriptures, in this time. There are many things we've learned that aren't true. There are many things, that we refuse to believe are true, but they are indeed true. Some man-made doctrines are based on religious ideas and have nothing to do with what the Father says. I believe that "all that are wise enough" will realize we don't know it all and come into a place of understanding and faith, like we've never been before.
The Church has meant well, choosing to believe things we do, but there's so much more to what God's doing in these Last Days. We must allow Him to reveal it to us though. We must accept some things we previously rejected and reject some things we previously embraced. Most of the Church have, by faith, accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and this will never change. The Church might need to rethink some things more clearly.
People in the time of Jesus, were so sure of what they believed and refused to hear what Jesus was saying. My prayer for these Last Days is for God's people to become more wise in our understanding, than those in Jesus' time. Many are offended by teachings that aren't congruent with their church doctrine and won't listen to the Revelation of certain of God's Promises. Some have chosen to believe, but others believe "these things have passed away and aren't for today's Church." The time of miracles, healing and Revelation knowledge is at hand and those who are wise in God's Word will weigh and judge by His Spirit, to believe or reject. The angel told Daniel, "The teachers and those who are wise shall understand."
Sadly, many of God's children have spent very little time seeking God in His Word. We've allowed others to seek and we go by what they tell us God's Word says, instead of learning and seeking on our own. The time is now here that, "many shall run to and fro and search anxiously through the Book, and knowledge of God's purpose as revealed through His prophets shall be increased and become great," Daniel 12:4 (Amplified).
The Holy Spirit knows all things and is the One Who Jesus said would be "our Teacher, Comforter and Guide." It's imperative that every believer learns to hear the Voice of the Holy Spirit. These are great days of Revelation, but are also great days of deception. If we don't know God's Word or the Voice of His Spirit, then we're open to the world's idea of Truth.
Paul writes in 1Thessolonians 5:2-3, 4-5 (Amplified), "For you yourselves know perfectly well that the Day of the Return of the Lord will come as unexpectedly and suddenly as a thief in the night. When people are saying, all is well and secure, and, there is peace and safety, then in a moment, unforeseen destruction, ruin and death will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape."
If God says there will be an end, then there will be an end! Paul went on in Verses 4-5, saying, "But you are not in given up to the power of darkness, brethren, for that Day to overtake you by surprise like a thief. For you are all sons of Light and sons of the Day, we do not belong either to the night or darkness."
It should be evident to God's people, that we're already in this Last Time before Jesus returns for His people. Spend time in God's Word and in His Presence, to receive understanding and guidance in this Day and hour. God has a Plan and purpose for your life and it's time for us to discover what His individual Plan for our life is. We need to know God's Plan for our individual lives, not the pastor's life, but our life. You're a laborer in the field of harvest and that harvest is already white and ripe. God has someone in this field of harvest, who is waiting just for you to bring into His family.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Lesson 1 THE YEAR OF UNDERSTANDING
Proverbs 4:7 (Amplified) tells us, "The beginning of Wisdom is, get Wisdom, skillful Godly Wisdom! For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation)."
Proverbs 2:7-8 (Amplified) says, "God hides away sound and Godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him). He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity that He may guard the paths of justice; Yes, He preserves the ways of His saints."
Proverbs 29:18 (Amplified) says, "Where there is no vision (no redemptive Revelation of God), the people perish; but he who keeps the Law of God, which includes that of man, Blessed (happy, fortunate and enviable) is he."
So much has been lost to us, over the many years since Jesus walked this earth, that we've settled into a place of not knowing the vision and Revelation that our redemption in Jesus holds. God's Word tells us that "His people perish, because of this." We've been lost in darkness, where our identity in Jesus is concerned. The Revelation of righteousness has been obscured from us and have struggled under the burden of man's ideas of redemption, losing sight of who we actually are in Christ Jesus.
The enemy has been given an upper hand over our Spiritual and natural lives. We've accepted the fact that when bad things happen in our lives, then "It must be God's will," because we've never made a stand at the vision of our redemption. We've put off our redemption and place with the Lord, for until we leave this planet in physical death.
The Church has lacked the Revelation of righteousness, even though "The Son has made us free." We've read the Word of God, but haven't had Revelation of it in our spirit, so we've been held in bondage by the enemy. Our carnal minds have held us in the same place we were in, before Jesus set us free. Our sense of unworthiness and condemnation has ruled over our acknowledgment of salvation and redemption, in our lives. We continue to feel like we must do works, in order to make us worthy for God to work in our lives. We've lost the Revelation of Grace and have limited it to being only for being saved and going to Heaven when we die.
Without Revelation, Grace has become only a religious word, instead of a Truth in our daily lives. Many Christians struggle with the Truth, that God sees them as being made new and without sin, in Christ. We try making up for who we used to be, instead of accepting who God has made us to be in Christ Jesus. We read the Words, but fail to see the Truth of what God really said.
We believe that God deals with those of us who are alive in spirit and the new covenant, like He dealt with those in the old covenant. We've failed to see that God deals with, corrects and directs us by His Word and His Spirit. We still see Him as dealing with us from the flesh, instead of in the spirit. We've yielded ourselves to accepting directions from the outside, instead of our born-again spirit man.
The old covenant people were under the Law and received righteousness by works of the Law. They weren't born-again and were still dead in their spirits. God couldn't lead and direct them from the inside, new creation being. He could only deal with them by their flesh and the Law. That's why Proverbs 29:18 (Amplified) says, "Where there is no vision (no redemptive Revelation of God), the people perish." Those who have accepted fleshly ways of correction, have ignored the prompting of God's Word and the Holy Spirit, which is and was, given to us to follow our Lord.
2Timothy 3:16 (Amplified) tells us how the Word is to guide, correct, discipline and bring us into the place of maturity in Jesus, saying, "Every scripture is God-breathed (given by His Inspiration) and is profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience and for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose and action) So that the man of God may be complete and be proficient, well-fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Proverbs 25:28 (Amplified) is God's Wisdom to us and says, "He who has no rule over his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down and without walls." When we expect to be corrected by our outer man, instead of from within our new creation man, we become defenseless against the enemy. God could have simply left us like the old covenant people were, covered by the blood of goats and bulls, but He didn't and now, because of Jesus, we are no longer subject to the things of the old man, but of the new man.
God doesn't have to deal with our flesh any longer, but through our born-again spirit. Proverbs 20:27 (Amplified) says, "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." 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."
The Father's entire Plan has never changed from the Book of Genesis, where He brought forth children in His Own Image and Likeness. It took Jesus and His Sacrifice on Calvary, to redeem and restore His children back to and eternal spirit, in His Likeness. God doesn't have to speak to us, like He did to those in the old covenant. He speaks to us by His Word and His Spirit, according to Hebrews 1:1-2 (Amplified) which 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 the prophets. But, in the Last of these Days He has spoken unto us in the Person of a Son, Whom He appointed Heir and Lawful Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space and the ages of time. He made (produced, built, operated and arranged them in order)."
The old covenant prophets brought forth a Word from God, that was actually meant in it's fullness for us, in this new creation. Some of them did walk in the fullness, but most didn't. Only the fullness of the new man could see into the Revelation of the Coming Redeemer and Savior. The old covenant prophets and people couldn't understand the Spiritual application, like we can today. In these Last Days before the Coming of our Lord, the Holy Spirit is bringing the lost Revelation back to those who will yield their spirits to God's Word.
Daniel 12:3-4 (Amplified) says, "And the teachers and to those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness (to uprightness and right standing with God), shall give forth light like the stars forever and ever. But you, O Daniel, shut up the Words and seal the Book until the time of the End. Then many shall run to and fro and search anxiously through the Book, and knowledge of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets shall be increased and become great."
This is the greatest time for the Kingdom of God and His people on earth, as the Holy Spirit brings into light, the understanding and the Revelation of Truth to God's children. The very Greatness of God is about to be shown to the whole world, like never before. Ephesians 3:10-11 (Amplified) says,
"The purpose is, that through the Church the complicated, many-sided Wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities, principalities and powers in the Heavenly sphere. This is in accordance with the terms of the Eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in the Person of Christ Jesus our Lord."
Proverbs 2:7-8 (Amplified) says, "God hides away sound and Godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him). He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity that He may guard the paths of justice; Yes, He preserves the ways of His saints."
Proverbs 29:18 (Amplified) says, "Where there is no vision (no redemptive Revelation of God), the people perish; but he who keeps the Law of God, which includes that of man, Blessed (happy, fortunate and enviable) is he."
So much has been lost to us, over the many years since Jesus walked this earth, that we've settled into a place of not knowing the vision and Revelation that our redemption in Jesus holds. God's Word tells us that "His people perish, because of this." We've been lost in darkness, where our identity in Jesus is concerned. The Revelation of righteousness has been obscured from us and have struggled under the burden of man's ideas of redemption, losing sight of who we actually are in Christ Jesus.
The enemy has been given an upper hand over our Spiritual and natural lives. We've accepted the fact that when bad things happen in our lives, then "It must be God's will," because we've never made a stand at the vision of our redemption. We've put off our redemption and place with the Lord, for until we leave this planet in physical death.
The Church has lacked the Revelation of righteousness, even though "The Son has made us free." We've read the Word of God, but haven't had Revelation of it in our spirit, so we've been held in bondage by the enemy. Our carnal minds have held us in the same place we were in, before Jesus set us free. Our sense of unworthiness and condemnation has ruled over our acknowledgment of salvation and redemption, in our lives. We continue to feel like we must do works, in order to make us worthy for God to work in our lives. We've lost the Revelation of Grace and have limited it to being only for being saved and going to Heaven when we die.
Without Revelation, Grace has become only a religious word, instead of a Truth in our daily lives. Many Christians struggle with the Truth, that God sees them as being made new and without sin, in Christ. We try making up for who we used to be, instead of accepting who God has made us to be in Christ Jesus. We read the Words, but fail to see the Truth of what God really said.
We believe that God deals with those of us who are alive in spirit and the new covenant, like He dealt with those in the old covenant. We've failed to see that God deals with, corrects and directs us by His Word and His Spirit. We still see Him as dealing with us from the flesh, instead of in the spirit. We've yielded ourselves to accepting directions from the outside, instead of our born-again spirit man.
The old covenant people were under the Law and received righteousness by works of the Law. They weren't born-again and were still dead in their spirits. God couldn't lead and direct them from the inside, new creation being. He could only deal with them by their flesh and the Law. That's why Proverbs 29:18 (Amplified) says, "Where there is no vision (no redemptive Revelation of God), the people perish." Those who have accepted fleshly ways of correction, have ignored the prompting of God's Word and the Holy Spirit, which is and was, given to us to follow our Lord.
2Timothy 3:16 (Amplified) tells us how the Word is to guide, correct, discipline and bring us into the place of maturity in Jesus, saying, "Every scripture is God-breathed (given by His Inspiration) and is profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience and for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose and action) So that the man of God may be complete and be proficient, well-fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Proverbs 25:28 (Amplified) is God's Wisdom to us and says, "He who has no rule over his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down and without walls." When we expect to be corrected by our outer man, instead of from within our new creation man, we become defenseless against the enemy. God could have simply left us like the old covenant people were, covered by the blood of goats and bulls, but He didn't and now, because of Jesus, we are no longer subject to the things of the old man, but of the new man.
God doesn't have to deal with our flesh any longer, but through our born-again spirit. Proverbs 20:27 (Amplified) says, "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." 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."
The Father's entire Plan has never changed from the Book of Genesis, where He brought forth children in His Own Image and Likeness. It took Jesus and His Sacrifice on Calvary, to redeem and restore His children back to and eternal spirit, in His Likeness. God doesn't have to speak to us, like He did to those in the old covenant. He speaks to us by His Word and His Spirit, according to Hebrews 1:1-2 (Amplified) which 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 the prophets. But, in the Last of these Days He has spoken unto us in the Person of a Son, Whom He appointed Heir and Lawful Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space and the ages of time. He made (produced, built, operated and arranged them in order)."
The old covenant prophets brought forth a Word from God, that was actually meant in it's fullness for us, in this new creation. Some of them did walk in the fullness, but most didn't. Only the fullness of the new man could see into the Revelation of the Coming Redeemer and Savior. The old covenant prophets and people couldn't understand the Spiritual application, like we can today. In these Last Days before the Coming of our Lord, the Holy Spirit is bringing the lost Revelation back to those who will yield their spirits to God's Word.
Daniel 12:3-4 (Amplified) says, "And the teachers and to those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness (to uprightness and right standing with God), shall give forth light like the stars forever and ever. But you, O Daniel, shut up the Words and seal the Book until the time of the End. Then many shall run to and fro and search anxiously through the Book, and knowledge of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets shall be increased and become great."
This is the greatest time for the Kingdom of God and His people on earth, as the Holy Spirit brings into light, the understanding and the Revelation of Truth to God's children. The very Greatness of God is about to be shown to the whole world, like never before. Ephesians 3:10-11 (Amplified) says,
"The purpose is, that through the Church the complicated, many-sided Wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities, principalities and powers in the Heavenly sphere. This is in accordance with the terms of the Eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in the Person of Christ Jesus our Lord."
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