Genesis 1:26-27 (Amplified) says, "God said, Let Us (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), make mankind in Our Image (after Our Likeness), and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the (tame) beasts, and over all of the earth; and over everything that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in His Own Image, in the Image and Likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them."
The main reason for teaching God's people the Word, is so they might know Him in a personal way, like Adam and Jesus did. The only way to know Him, is by His Word and His Spirit. The carnal mind cannot know Him, because God is Spirit. Paul writes about the carnal mind in Romans 8:7 (Amplified), saying, "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 Law; indeed it cannot."
Jesus says in John 4:24 (Amplified), "God is a Spirit (a Spiritual Being), and those that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth (reality)." Jesus goes on in John 6:63 (Amplified), saying, "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life-Giver); the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it). The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life." Mankind has struggled for millennia, about, "Is this God's will?" and "Does God still do these things today?"
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." Verse 14 says, "And the Word (Christ), became flesh (human, incarnate), and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile among us), and we actually saw His Glory, His honor, His majesty, such Glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of Grace, favor, loving kindness and Truth."
Knowing Jesus, is knowing the Father. John 8:9 (Amplified) says, "Then 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." To know Jesus, is to know the Father. If you wish to know whether God still heals today, then watch Jesus in His ministry. If you want to know anything about God's Promises to the Church, then watch Jesus. If you want to anything about the Father, then watch Jesus, because He said, "If you knew Me, you would know My Father also."
Hebrews 13:8 (Amplified) tells us, "Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is always the same, yesterday, today, yes and forever to the ages." If Jesus did something during His earthly ministry, then He still does it today. It was God's will when Jesus did it and it's still God's will today. Are we listening to God's Word and His Spirit to receive Revelation or are we listening to the carnal minds of men, which tell us, "God doesn't do these things any longer?" Romans 8:7 (Amplified) says, "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 Law, indeed it cannot."
Our carnal, natural minds cannot understand a God Who can speak the universe into existence. Our carnal minds cannot understand a God Who created human beings, so how can we expect our carnal minds understand a God Who can heal those human beings? We can intellectually read God's Word and still not understand what we've read, because the Words are Spiritually discerned. 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." This understanding comes only in your spirit. Jesus said, "If you knew Me, you would know the Father."
If we watch Jesus during His earthly ministry, then we could answer many questions that have plagues mankind for two thousand years. If we watch Jesus, then we will know God's will. If Jesus did it, then the Father does it, because He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Jesus said in John 10:30 (Amplified), "I and the Father are One." You can only truly know God, by your spirit.
When God made mankind, He intended to have fellowship with them and share His Great Heart of Love, with them. Adam walked in this fellowship, until his carnal mind rebelled against the knowledge of God, that was in his spirit. It was the natural, carnal mind of Adam, that turned against his spirit. Adam listened to his wife and saw the fall or change that happened to her. Adam tried to trade the place God had given him, in order to redeem Eve on his own.
The Glory and honor God crowned Adam and Eve with, began to fade from Eve, so Adam tried restoring her back by himself. This was futile then and is still futile today. When we try relying on our own efforts to "fix things," instead of relying on God's Word, we're exchanging the Glory and honor of God for reasonings, in the natural, carnal minds of fallen men.
Romans 10:17 (Amplified) says, "So faith comes by hearing what is told, and what is heard comes by the preaching of the Message that came from the lips of Christ the Messiah Himself." Did you ever hear Jesus say, "God doesn't heal any longer?" When did you ever hear Jesus say, "God only did these things for the Apostles?" Many of the things we're taught today, never came out of Jesus' mouth, but out of the natural, carnal minds of men.
"Faith comes by hearing," so we need to heed what Jesus said. In Mark 4:24 (Amplified), Jesus said, "Be careful what you are hearing. The measure of thought and study you give to the Truth you hear, will be the measure of virtue and knowledge that comes back to you, and more besides will be given to you who hear."
Faith comes by hearing and faith in God's Word, comes by hearing God's Word (Truth). Faith in Buddha comes by hearing words about Buddha. Faith in communism, comes by hearing words about communism. Jesus admonished, "Be careful what you are hearing." Even satan knows the Spiritual Law of hearing and believing. If something false is said often enough, then it will cause you to put faith in something that is false. That's why Jesus said in the above scripture, "The amount of thought and study you give to the Truth you hear, will be what He will measure back to you, not what is not Truth." God will never measure anything to us, except Truth. Everything else comes from the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment