Who are we? What are we? What is our real identity and what is our role in today's world? As new creations in Christ Jesus, are we Super-natural or simply saved and still only flesh and blood beings? Are we Super-natural and powerful? Or, are we simply just "old sinners saved by Grace?" Do we all have the Super-natural power and authority, that God's Word says we have or is it limited to only "certain" people?
Dear Father, Who are we?
Many in today's Church believe we're only human and limited, unless God should intervene in some mysterious way and by some arbitrary act of His will, does something miraculous. The difference between most Christians and the world, is that we live a more moral life. I know many people in the world though, who live a more moral life than those who are born-again. Who are we really? Is what God says about us, more true than what the religious leaders have said about us? Or, are we still like the world, but moral and going to Heaven when we die?
Are the Super-natural things God's Word says, still relevant today or did they pass away with the Apostles, like some believe? Are we Super-natural in every realm, but still in a natural body? Many Christians believe that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the speaking of tongues have ceased and aren't available any longer. The casting out of demons is looked upon as being foolishness, in many Church circles today. Healing by the laying on of hands, is all but dismissed in most of church doctrines. Many Christians don't believe that God still speaks to us, so they don't try to hear from Him at all.
It's "blasphemous," to think of yourself as being righteous through the Righteousness of Christ Jesus. Many Christians cannot see themselves as being sinless, in God's eyes. If you consider yourself holy, then some denominations will not include you. Many Christians don't expect God to answer their prayers, until they go to Heaven.
Can we really "Come boldly before God's Throne of Grace" or are we still in the Outer Court with the veil separating us from God? Can we really believe that Jesus bore our sickness and disease and that "By His stripes we are healed?" Or does God allow or even place sickness upon us, in order to teach us something? How much of God's Word do we dare put our trust in? How much of what God's Word says, is for us today? Do we really have authority over satan and spirit beings, or do they even exist today?
Who are we now that we're born-again and made new creations in Christ Jesus? Do we really have the right to come into the Very Presence of God, beyond the veil and face to face with Him? Or, are we still like those under the Law, who must remain outside His Presence? Do angels really encamp about us, to keep us? Or, is that a fantasy? Are we truly "Redeemed from the Curse of the Law?" Or, is it still lying in wait for us, when we fail?
Is the Father truly pleased with His new creation family? Is He still angry over our past or has He truly chosen to "remember not" our former lives? Is Jesus really the First Born of many brethren or are we something different than He is and from a different seed than Him? What's the truth about the family of God? Are we only "family," when we get home or are we His family now, while we're here on earth? Jesus said in John 14:12 that we can "Do the things He did and even greater things than these." Were these just words or Parables? Or can we speak to a mountain and have it move?
Who are we now that we've been born-again? God's Word tells us that we're under a new covenant by the Blood of Jesus, but we continue teaching the Law, as though nothing has changed. We keep trying to make restitution for our past lives, even after God says in His Word that, "Your sins and iniquities I remember no more." Are we truly Super-natural beings or are we still in our weakness and frailty? Who are we?
We've misunderstood the natural and Super-natural things, resulting in our not belonging to either. We repeat Jesus' Words from John 17, where He says, "You are in this world, but not of this world." Many still don't know what God's will is for His Church or the world. We say we know about God's Love, but we have a hard time believing in His Love when things go wrong.
Who is bringing death, sickness, disease and hard times on us and what are we to do about it? Can we even do anything about it? Do we roll over or stand up? If we stand up, then do we really have the authority to do so or are we only fooling ourselves? Do we still walk and live by our emotions, or do we walk by faith and not be moved by what we feel? Is is true that we should watch our words or is this something religion invented?
Who are we? Are we just another religion or is this reality and we actually are the children of the Almighty God, who were made in His Image and Likeness? Was it God's Intention all along, that this planet and everyone on it, be in such a mess? Is this the life that Jesus came to give us or the life we've chosen to believe? Does God really Love us, like He Loves Jesus? Jesus prayed in John 17:23 (Amplified), "I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and definitely recognize that You sent Me, and that You have Loved them even as You have Loved Me." Do we believe that God's Love for us is this great?
Is God's Love for us based on our behavior or is it a Father's Love, that Sacrifice His Son for us? These aren't things we need to do, but they are things we need to know. We can't be double-minded, like James writes about in James 1:8,7 (Amplified), saying, "For being as he is, a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), he is unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything he thinks, feels, decides." Is God our problem or is He our Answer? Who are we? Does our being double-minded, result in our not getting results from the Truth of God's Word? James writes in Verse 7, "For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything he asks for from the Lord."
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