God tells us in Proverbs 4:7 (Amplified), "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."
So many things that skillful and Godly Wisdom have delivered to us have been lost, because of the lack of understanding. Understanding Wisdom comes from Revelation knowledge and Spiritual discernment. The Word of God is Wisdom and God has made Jesus to be our Wisdom, according to 1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified), which 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 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."
Included in our salvation through Jesus, we also received our Wisdom, our Consecration, our Righteousness, and our Redemption. Most of the Truth of this has been lost to the Church, because of a lack of understanding the Truth of God's Word. We still struggle believing we've been made righteous through Jesus' Righteousness and we have little faith that we've been consecrated and are pure and holy in God's eyes. Some believe it's blasphemous to think this way. Proverbs 4:7 tells us that understanding it "discernment, comprehensive insight and interpretation. These are Spiritual terms for understanding and come from Revelation by the Holy Spirit. We can read this scripture and understand it by our educated minds, but this doesn't bring understanding from the Holy Spirit.
Jesus gave "The Parable of the Sower," in Mark 4 and said, "They have ears, but don't hear and have eyes, but don't see." They could hear what Jesus was saying, but had no understanding of the Spiritual application of what He said. Today's Church has lost so much, because we don't understand by Wisdom. If we preach beyond going to Heaven when we die, then we're still met with the same lack of understanding, that those who heard Jesus preach had.
1Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) tells us that, "Salvation" is the "Revelation manifested by God's Divine Plan, where Jesus "made us right with God and gave us the right to come before God and in His Presence, because Jesus became our Righteousness." It also tells us that, "Jesus was our Consecration and made us pure and holy" and that "Jesus was our Redemption, redeeming us from the Curse that came on us by Adam's transgression." We've been brought back into God's family and His Blessing, through the Seed of Abraham, Who is Jesus Christ. The benefits of God's Grace are lost to the Church, without Spiritual insight or Revelation knowledge and understanding.
The Church has failed to accept and believe the fullness of what Jesus completed at Calvary, because the enemy has clouded our true identity in Christ Jesus. Every believer in the Body of Christ, has received son-ship rights, being heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus. Jesus didn't go to Calvary's cross for Himself. Jesus always has been the Word of God, the Son of God, the Righteousness of God, pure and holy before God, separated from the Curse, superior over satan and never under satan's authority. Jesus did everything He did, in order to bring us back into the Position He has with the Father, including the filling of the Holy Spirit and having God's Love abounding in our our hearts.
Jesus did all of this for us and not Himself. When we deny what Jesus did and fail to partake in it, then we're denying God's Love that brought Jesus to the cross for us. God's Grace and mercy has made made them available to us. None of the benefits Jesus brought to us, can be brought into our lives, without God's Grace, according to Psalm 103:1-5 (Amplified) which says, "Bless (Affectionately, gratefully), praise the Lord, O my soul; and all that is deepest within me, Bless His Holy Name. Bless (Affectionately, gratefully), praise the Lord O my soul and forget no one of His Benefits, (do not forget) Who forgives everyone of all your iniquities, Who heals each one of all your diseases, Who Redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with Loving Kindness and tender mercy Who satisfies your mouth, your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation with Good so that your youth renewed is like the eagle, strong, overcoming and soaring."
We're instructed first of all to "Forget not one of all His Benefits." We weren't supposed to get caught up in the world's ideas or carnal teachings that say, "God doesn't do these things anymore" or that believing these things is, "Taking advantage of our relationship with God." God has given these Benefits by His Grace and His Love, so we can enjoy them and be thankful to Him. We receive these Blessings and Gifts by faith in God's Word and His covenant.
Who forgives every one of my iniquities? Who heals each one of my diseases and redeems my life from the pit and corruption? Who beautifies, dignifies and crowns me with Loving Kindness and tender mercy? Who satisfies my mouth, my necessities and desires at my personal age and situation with Good, so that my mouth is renewed like the eagle, staying strong, overcoming and soaring? All these Benefits are God's Promise and come to us in Jesus. God's Promises and Blessings include more than these.
We don't confess that Jesus was made our Righteousness, our Consecration, our Sanctification and our Redemption and that we're pure and holy in God's eyes, in conversation with others. We're to know and see ourselves the way God sees us. We're not to forget any of His Benefits. Christians have been taught for so long that, "None are righteous," causing us to see ourselves after the world and the ideas of carnal men/women, instead of how God's Word portrays us. We're not supposed to go around saying, "I'm righteous, pure, holy and sanctified to others, but we're not to go around saying, "I'm an unworthy, unrighteous old sinner." Jesus never made it a point to tell others Who He was, unless it was to declare His ministry to them. Paul never beat his chest, telling everyone about his own righteousness. Neither did he refer to himself in the past tense, unless he was placed in a position by them to do so. Even then, Paul said, "It was speaking like a fool, to refer to his own righteousness" and that, "By the Grace of God I am what I am and I magnify my office." Paul writes in 1Corinthians 4:3-4 (Amplified), "But as for me personally, it matters very little to me that I should be put on trial by you on this point, or that you or any other human tribunal should investigate and question and cross question me, I do not even put myself on trial and judge myself. I am not conscious of anything against myself. I am not conscious of anything against myself, and I feel blameless: but I am not vindicated and acquitted before God on that account. It is the Lord Himself Who examines and judges me."
It's paramount that we know who we are in Jesus, so that we can have confidence in our prayers being heard and so we can receive what the Father desires for us. Anyone would know that if you're not right with God, then there are very little chances of our prayers being answered. 1John 3:20-21 (Amplified) says, "Whenever our hearts in tormenting self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemns us, For we are in God's hands. For He is Above and Greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows, perceives and understands everything, nothing is hidden from Him. And beloved, if our consciences (our hearts) do not accuse us (if they do not make us feel guilty and condemn us), we have confidence, complete assurance and boldness before God. Because of this we receive from Him whatever we ask."
When we know, understand, perceive, discern, and interpret God's Wisdom and apply it, then we can overcome our past and live in the "Now Faith that is the substance of things hoped for," in Hebrews 1:1. It's difficult to have faith that God's hears and answers our prayers, when the enemy constantly reminds us about our failures and things we did before receiving Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We must understand who we are in Christ Jesus, so that we came come boldly before God's Throne of Gracce.
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