Genesis 1:26,28 (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, over the birds of the air, and over the (tame) beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth." Verse 28 says, "And God Blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, using all its 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."
These two short Verses from God's Word, tell us that God created, gave His Blessing and authority over this planet, to just one man and his wife. God's Intent for mankind, was that they'd multiply and be fruitful and fill the earth. All of this was when there was just one man and his wife. God's Intention was for family and that He would provide everything man would ever need. 1Peter 3:18 (Amplified) tells us the full reason Jesus came to earth, saying, "For Christ the Messiah Himself, died for since once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous, the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty, that he might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the Spirit."
The most important thing in the Father's heart, was and is the return of His family to Himself. We've somehow missed how much the Father wishes to spend time with us in fellowship and relationship. We've gone through many rituals, rites and traditions, in order to approach the Father, but He mostly desires our love and fellowship with Him. I don't mean that we shouldn't be aware that He is the Almighty God, but that we shouldn't always stand on formality, instead of family.
My children never forget that I'm their father, but they also never forget that I'm their friend and companion. Above all, my children are never uneasy or afraid in my presence, no matter what goes on. They always have the liberty to come to me for any reason. If they need wisdom or understanding, then they can always feel welcome with me and expect to have what they expect from me. My house is always open and my time is always theirs, whenever they need me. God's House and His time are always open too. God gets the most pleasure from our simply spending time with Him.
I wonder how many of God's children feel truly comfortable and at ease in His Presence. How many of us simply want to spend time with Him, in conversation and fellowship? When we seek Him, everything He has is ours, without our having to earn it. It was for this purpose that God created it in the beginning. He wanted to see us learn, grow, and enjoy what He had provided for us. Nothing is being held back from us by Him, but our lack of knowing.
The Name of Jesus doesn't just give us authority over satan and disease, but it's our place of entrance and fellowship with the Father. By His Name, we have unreserved and unrestricted entry into the very Presence of the Almighty God. Our Heavenly Father has watched His children be deceived, killed, run over and lied to, for about as long as He intends to put up with. The time of His Presence and His Glory upon the earth on behalf of His family, is about here.
Many of God's children are afraid in His Presence and His Spirit. I've been in services where people become frightened and leave the meeting, when the Glory of God's Presence was made manifest. He is a Super-natural God and He has begotten a Super-natural people, who should recognize Him for Who He is. The miraculous things God did in the early Church days, are nearly completely lost to the modern day Church. Hebrews 13:8 (Amplified) tells us that, "Jesus Christ, the Same yesterday, today, and forever." If God ever did these things, then He still does. God hasn't changed, but we have. We've allowed ourselves to believe that God is the problem, instead of THE ANSWER.
We're not Old Testament servants, but are New Testament family. God doesn't deal with us like He did in the Old covenant, but as He children. He doesn't deal with our flesh, but with our spirit. When we only move by our senses, instead of our spirit, we're subject to the enemy's deception and devices. Satan is a master of dealing with mankind's emotions and feelings. This is why our Father must deal with us by His Word and His Spirit.
It's imperative that God's family learns to recognize His Voice and His leading. During His earthly ministry, Jesus tells us that He "Only did and said what He heard the Father say and do." Jesus said that, "The Words (Truths) I speak are not Mine, but the Fathers." Over the years, we've been trained to believe we can only trust the testimony and experience of others, instead of trusting in God's Word. When we trust more in others, we can't hear God's Voice any longer, but are lead mostly by the flesh. Adam never failed in his walk with God, until he yielded to the voice of his flesh.
Adam walked in perfect peace and provision for eons, by his spirit and union with his Father. Adam only failed when the master of deception was allowed to speak and Adam listened. Adam has complete authority, so he had no business even allowing satan into the Garden of Eden. When he yielded to his senses, Adam lost everything, including God's Own family, until Jesus. We've allowed the enemy to do the same thing, in our lives. Satan said to Adam and Eve, "Yea! did God say." This very question has placed today's Church in the same state.
The time is at hand when the Presence of the Lord is going to be revealed in power and Glory. It's going to be essential in these Last Days, for us to know and be led by God's Word and His Spirit. Many will be touched by His Spirit, but not all will be able to be used by His Spirit, only "those who have ears to hear." The world will say, "These things aren't so" and even many of God's Own children will doubt and turn away from this call, but those who know His Voice will do mighty things in His Name and Spirit.
Jesus spent three and one half years training men to follow His teaching. He sent them forth with the Same Spirit, to teach others and continue the work He started. In the first century after Jesus left, the Church walked in the power of His teaching. These things only stopped after the world and the senses took over the Gospel and shut down the Super-natural flow of the Holy Spirit. The time is at hand when the restoration of the Holy Spirit will bring the Church into the Glory of the Father and reveal Him to the whole world.
We must talk to and listen to the Spirit of the Lord, in these times. We can't get caught up in the world's idea of Who He is, but must know Him for ourselves. The enemy is content with entertainment, but God is only content when His family is restored with His Spirit. We're not servants to man's idea, but are those who hear His Voice to cast out devils, speak with new tongues, lay hands on the sick and preach and display the Gospel in Power.
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