Get Wisdom #30

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  When the Apostle Paul began teaching from the Revelation of the new creation, most people were in the dark about the new covenant, which includes both Gentile and those not of the Law. Even Peter had to come to an understanding about this. Peter was still insisting that the Gentiles be circumcised, until Paul revealed the Revelation he received from Jesus.

  Still today, we stand more on our traditions, rather than the scriptures. This comes from our not having skillful and Godly Wisdom from the Holy Spirit. You'll hear completely different things from different churches. A woman once asked me, "Pastor, how many times must I be baptized?" I startled her by asking her, "How many times do you have to bury a dead man?" Then I read Rom.6:3-4(Amp) to her, which says, "Are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? You were buried therefore with Him by the Baptism into death. So that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Glorious Power of the Father, so we too might habitually live and behave in newness of life." She then told me that she had been to three different churches and each one re-baptized her. One can get dishpan hands if staying too long in the water, without knowing why you were there. 

  We've been learning about the Power of the Blood. Gal.3:13(Amp) says that "We've been redeemed from the Curse of the Law, Jesus being made a curse for us, that the Blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentile." Col.1:13-14(Amp) tells us, "The Father has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the Kingdom of the Son of His Love In Whom we have our Redemption through His Blood which means the forgiveness of sin."

  1Peter1:18-19(Amp) says, "You must know and recognize that you were Redeemed, ransomed from the useless, fruitless way of living inherited by tradition from your forefathers, not with corruptible things such as silver and gold. But you were purchased (Redeemed) with the Precious Blood of Christ the Messiah, like that of a Sacrificial Lamb, without blemish or spot." 

  It is the Blood of Jesus Christ that has redeemed us and we need to understand that His Blood is for us to put faith in while we're still in these earthly bodies. We still sin and make mistakes, even after being born-again, but 1John1:7(Amp) says, "But if we really are walking in the Light as He is in the Light, we have true unbroken fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses, removes us from all sin and guilt, keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms or manifestations."

  The Blood of our Redeemer is a continual Life cleansing agent in our earthly lives. His Blood and faith in His Blood, will keep us from the Curse of the Law. The new birth gives us a pure, sinless and perfect creation through the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ. There's nothing wrong with your new creation Spirit, it's our flesh that is a problem. The Blood of Jesus, our Redeemer, will keep us continually clean and separate from the Curse, while we're here on earth.

  

  

  

Get Wisdom #29

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him (God) that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God." If you've received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then you have Wisdom. Paul prays for the Church in Col.1:9(Amp), saying, "For this reason (because of their love for God and for one another) 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,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."

  These scriptures (starting with the top one) make it clear that it's God will for us to understand and discern His Word, by and through the Word of the Holy Spirit. We already have Wisdom in Jesus, but we seemingly lack understanding, discernment, interpretation and comprehension. So many things in our Christian walk come by tradition, making God's Word of no effect. Jesus scolds the Pharisees about keeping the feast days and Holy days like the scripture says, but they stopped putting faith in what they were doing. They lost the Truth in the Word and commandments. Like those,we, the Gentile Church have made traditions more important than what God's Word says.

  God instructs Moses in Lev.16-17 how to make sin offerings for the people of Israel. They were to choose two goats and present them before the Lord. One goat carried the sins of the people and was cast out into the "land of forgetfulness and separation." Jesus was made to be sin with our sins and was in the belly of the earth for three days. Jesus' Body hung on the cross. Lev.17:11(Amp) says, "For the life (the soul) is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life which it represents."

  Jesus served communion at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called The Passover. The Spirit of Jesus became sin with our sins and was released into the Abyss. The Body of Jesus poured out His Blood for the Redemption of our souls, our flesh and blood bodies here on earth. We were born-again by His Spirit and we're redeemed and kept clean by His Blood, in this earth. The two goats from Leviticus, have become One Sacrifice through Jesus. The sin of Adam, which contaminated all of mankind, was taken by Jesus into the torment and paid for Adam's sin. The protection and deliverance of our yet carnal bodies, is redeemed by the Life of Jesus' Blood.

  Paul wrote to Church about the Feast of the Unleavened Bread (which is called The Passover), saying in 1Cor.5:7(Amp), "Purge (clean out) the old leaven that you may be fresh (new) dough, still uncontaminated (as you are), for Christ, our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed." You might ask, "What does that have to do with us?" Paul answers that in 1Cor.11:27-30(Amp), saying, "For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord's death until He comes again, So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is unworthy of Him, will be guilty of (profaning and sinning against the Body and the Blood of the Lord). Let a man thoroughly examine himself, when he has done so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup; For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciate and recognizing with due appreciation that it is Christ's Body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgement) upon himself. This (careless and unworthy participation) is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death."

  Now, let's look again at what Paul said in 1Cor.5:8(Amp), where he says, "Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of vice and malice and wickedness, but with the Unleavened Bread of purity (nobility and honor) and sincerity and unadulterated Truth." If we received the bread and cup of communion while harboring unforgiveness, anger, hatred and contempt in our hearts against a brother/sister, then we must give it to God, ask forgiveness and put these things under the Blood, before we receive it. The Blood of our Passover Lamb will cleanse us from these things and bring healing. 

  1John1:7(Amp) says, "But if we really are living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light, we have (true unbroken) fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt, (keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations)."

  Let's put faith in His Redemption Blood for our flesh and blood bodies.

Get Wisdom #28

  Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  We read many things in God's Word, but lack the understanding,discernment, comprehension and interpretation of what it's saying to us.  During a conversation with a friend, he told me that he was going to preach this Sunday. I asked him what he was going to preach and he answered, "The Pearl of Great Price." I then asked, "Who is the Pearl of Great Price?"  He answered, "Jesus."

  I told him that Jesus was not the Pearl of Great Price, which left him astonished. We all know this Parable that Jesus told in Matt.13:45-46(Amp), where He says, "There was a rich man who saw a field. In this field he saw a pearl of great price and the rich man gave all that he had to purchase the field." The rich man was God, the field was this earth and the pearl He saw was you and me. The Price He paid to get us, was Jesus Christ His Son. We are the pearl of Great Price. "I'm going to preach this tomorrow," my friend said with excitement.ve 

  This simple revelation changed the way he saw the Word of God. This is what God was speaking about when He said, "With all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)." Many things we read about in God's Word, we receive in in our carnal minds and in the natural understanding. Jesus said in John6:63(Amp), "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." They must be discerned in the Spirit, in order to obtain the Life. This simple interpretation about the pearl of Great Price, changed how my friend looked at how much value God placed on him and us.

  This revealed to him just how much God values us and how important each of our lives are to Him. God paid for us with the death of His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus prayed just before entering into the Garden of Gethsemane in John17:23(Amp), saying, "I in them, and You and Me, in order that the world may know and definitely recognize that You sent Me, and that You have loved them as You have loved Me."

  Is your natural mind capable grasp the truth that God loves you as much as He loves Jesus? If God gave His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ to purchase you, then isn't His love for you as great? We sometimes see God's love as being the same emotional love we have for our children. God's Love isn't emotional, but is Spiritual and by that kind of Love, it never changes. Our emotional love can change, when our feelings change. I can go from love to anger in a moment of time. 

  If we based our relationships on God's kind of Love, then we wouldn't have divorce, homelessness, orphaned or aborted children and abuse.  We know God's Love never changes, according to 1John4:16(Amp) which says, "And we know (understand, recognize, are conscience of by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the Love God cherishes for us, God is Love, and he who dwells and continues in love, dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him."

  God's Love never changes because HE IS LOVE and we know God never changes. Whatever we have done, is destroyed and made new, by the power and proof of His Love, when He gave Jesus for us. Let's continue doing what the above scripture tells us and dwell and continue in His Love and His Love will make it all right again.

Get Wisdom #27

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  The Apostle Paul prayed in Col.1:9-11(Amp) that the Church "Might be filled with all the full (deep, clear) knowledge of His will in all Spiritual Wisdom (in the comprehensive insight into the ways and the purposes of God) and in understanding and discernment of Spiritual things."

  In Ex.12:23-4(Amp) Moses conveys the Word of the Lord to all the people, "For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel and the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your house to slay you. You shall observe this right for an ordinance to you and your sons forever."

  We don't sacrifice lambs like those under the Law, but we also don't neglect to observe what God said to do "forever." Most think of this as a Jewish custom, which was under the Law. In Matt.5:17(Amp), Jesus told the scribes, "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law of the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo, but to complete and fulfill them." 

  Jesus was fulfilling the Law by Himself becoming the Sacrifice Lamb and our Passover Lamb. He was and is our Lamb forever.  Luke22:1(Amp) tells us, "Now the festival of unleavened bread was drawing nigh, which is called Passover." Jesus was crucified on the feast of unleavened bread, which is called Passover.

 In 1Cor.5:8,7(Amp) Paul said, "Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven (not with leaven of vice, malice and wickedness), but with the unleavened (bread) of purity (nobility, honor) and sincerity of (unadulterated Truth)." In Verse7 Paul said, "Purge (clean out) the old leaven that you may be fresh (new) dough, still uncontaminated (as you are) (For Christ (our Passover Lamb), has been Sacrificed." 

  We read about why Moses is in the Hall of Faith in Heb.11:28(Amp), which says, "By faith (simple trust and confidence in God) [Moses] instituted and carried out the Passover and the sprinkling of blood (on the door posts) so that the destroyer of the firstborn (the angel) might not touch those (of the children of Israel) (Ex.12:21). Paul says that "Jesus Christ is our Passover Lamb" and that "By simple faith and trust and confidence in God and the Blood of our Passover Lamb, we will be protected from the destroyer," in 1Cor.5:7-8.

  We no longer sacrifice lambs, because Jesus has already fulfilled the Passover forever. We just need to have faith in His Blood for us. We must purse and clean out the old leaven, so we can be fresh (new) dough, still uncontaminated (as you are). For Christ (our Passover Lamb), has been sacrificed," in the above scriptures. Paul writes to the Church in Corinth about taking the bread and cup of communion with unforgiveness, anger and malice in our hearts. Paul tells them in 1Cor.11:30(Amp), "This is why some of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death." 

  We must put all those things, by faith and confidence, under the Blood of Jesus our Passover Lamb, so the destroyer will have to pass over us. The feast of Passover didn't end, IT IS FULFILLED. Remember, "The life is in the blood, for all your flesh," according to Lev.17:7(Amp).

Get Wisdom #26

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  We've observed and celebrated the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus over this past week. Jesus told His disciples at the Last Supper to, "Do this and remember what I'm about to say, while doing it." Most of us remember that Jesus has given Himself so we can be born-again. We remember that Jesus died and then rose again from the dead. 

  Like many from the Gentile Church though, we haven't truly remembered or understood the complete knowledge of what Jesus said and did. This was also the Feast of Passover. Many look at the Passover as an Old Testament festival, but Jesus said that He "came to fulfill the Law and the prophets," in Matt.5:17(Amp). The Old Testament saints observed the Passover, but is this still for us today in the New Testament?

  Jesus made it clear at the Last Supper, that the cup was in remembrance of what He was about to do, saying in Mark14:22(Amp), "He also took a cup (of the juice of grapes), and when He had given thanks, He gave (it) to them, and they all drank of it. And He said to them, This is My Blood (which ratifies) the new covenant, (the blood) which is being poured out for (on account of many)." 1Cor.11:25(Amp) tells us, "Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant (ratified and established) in My Blood. Do this, as often as you drink (it), to call Me (affectionately) to remembrance." 

  We read God's directive for the high priest (Aaron, Mose's nephew) in Lev.16-17, where He called for two separate goats or lambs on the great day where they gathered to honor God at the Passover Feast. One was to be presented before the Lord and the high priest would lay his hands on its head and place all the sins of Israel upon it. This lamb or goat was sent out of the camp into the wilderness. The other was slain, sacrificed, and its blood was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat for their redemption. In Lev.16:34(Amp), God says, "This shall be an EVERLASTING STATUTE FOR YOU, that atonement may be for the Israelites for all their sins once a year. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him." Many today still don't understand that Jesus died twice on Calvary's cross. Once was when His Body died and once was when His Spirit died. Once was for the Lamb when all the sins of the world were placed upon Him.

  The death of Jesus' Body and the shedding of His Blood were for our Redemption, while we're still living here in our flesh and blood bodies. Jesus' Spiritual death was when He "took the spiritual death that Adam passed onto our spirit men and women, when he transgressed in Eden. Adam's sin separated us spiritually from God. Gal.3:13(Amp) tells us that we've "Been redeemed from the Curse of the Law, in Jesus." This redemption was by His Blood.

  The Passover is still of the upmost importance to the believer today. Jesus is our Passover Lamb and we must understand the significance of His Blood in our lives today. Heb.9:12-14(Amp) tells us, "He (Jesus) went once for all into the Holy of Holies (of Heaven), not by the virtue of the blood of goats and calves (by which to make reconciliation between God and man) but by His Own Blood, having found and secured a (complete redemption) an everlasting release for us. For if the mere sprinkling of unholy and defied persons with the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a burn heifer is sufficient for the purification of the body, HOW MUCH MORE SURELY shall the Blood of Christ, Who by virtue of His Own Eternal Spirit, Divine Personality has offered Himself as an unblemished Sacrifice to God purify our consciences from dead works and lifeless observances to serve the everlasting God."

   Heb.10:19(Amp) says, "Therefore Brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the Holy of Holies by the Power and Virtue of the Blood of Jesus, We, as Christians, still sin in our natural flesh and blood bodies. The Spiritual death of Jesus was for our spirit man/woman, so we could be born-again. This is a complete Salvation for the spirit, soul and body. Let's put faith in Jesus Blood for ourselves and our families. Not just to be born-again, but to keep us continually clean and covered before God. The Curse of the Law was three-fold. It was poverty, sickness and death. These are all in the flesh, not the spirit. This is what the Blood was for. Bless you and remember the Passover.

Get Wisdom #25

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  As we observe the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ this Holy Week, we know that Wisdom is needed to discern, comprehend and understand what this means for our every day lives in Him. In Lev.16:5(Amp), God gave Moses instructions for his brother Aaron. Before entering into the Holy of Holies, Aaron was to "Take two male goats for a sin offering and one bull for a burnt offering. He was to present the bull for a sin offering for himself and he was to present the two goats before the Lord.  Aaron was to cast lots on the two goats, one for the Lord and one for removal. The one on which the Lord's lot fell, Aaron was to offer him for the sin offering. The one which the lot fell for removal was to be let go into the Wilderness. He was to kill the goat of the sin offering and brings its blood into the Holy of Holies and sprinkle it up on the Mercy Seat. He shall present the live goat. He shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over him all the sins, iniquities and transgressions and put them on the goat the (sin bearer) and sent him away into the wilderness. The bull and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement shall be carried forth without the cup. For on this day atonement shall be made for you, cleanse you from your sins, you shall be clean before the Lord."

  Lev.17:11,14(Amp) tells us, "For the life (soul) is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life which it represents." In our new covenant, what Life does the Blood of our Lamb Jesus represent and what is the Power of His Blood for our souls and flesh? Verse14 says, "As for the Life of all flesh, the Blood of it represents the Life of it." The Blood of Jesus represents the Life of Jesus and is Life unto our flesh and soul, by faith in His shed Blood. One goat was to be sent into the wilderness and is the Spirit of Jesus that was made to be sin with our sin. Two deaths were presented in His crucifixion. One was in His flesh, His Blood redeemed out flesh and blood bodies from the Curse of the Law. The other was His Spirit, which took our place, our sins, our iniquities and our trespasses into the pit of hell, so we could be born-again as sons and daughters of God.

  Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse of the Law and its condemnation, by Himself becoming a curse for us." Eph.1:7(Amp) says, "In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His Blood, the remission, forgiveness of our offenses (shortcomings, trespasses) in accordance with the riches and generosity of His Gracious favor." The Power of His Blood brings healing, deliverance and cleansing for our mortal bodies, here on earth.

  1Peter1:18-19(Amp) tells us, "You must know and recognize that your were redeemed, ransomed from the useless, fruitless way of living inherited by tradition from your forefathers, not with corruptible things such as silver and gold. But you were purchased with the Precious Blood of Christ (the Messiah), like that of a Sacrificial Lamb without blemish or spot."

  Have a Blessed Holy Week!   

  

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Get Wisdom #24

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him (God) that you have your life in Christ Jesus, (Whom God made our Wisdom from God)." If you have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then you have the Wisdom of God living in you. Now we must get understanding. Many times we've read the Word, without the understanding of it in our hearts. This understanding comes from meditating in the Word and allowing the Holy Spirit, Who is the Teacher, to reveal the discernment, comprehension and interpretation. Jeremiah1:12(Amp) says, "The said the Lord to me, You have seen well, For I Am alert and active, watching over My Word to perform it."

  We know that the power is in the blood. Jesus could have died on the cross like the two thieves, without the beating and torture and still have given Life to our new spirit. What was the reason for all Christ's suffering on the cross? Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse (doom) of the Law, and its condemnation, by Himself becoming a Curse for us, for it is written in the Scripture, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified)."

  Lev.17:14(Amp) says, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it, represents the Life of it." All the sacrifices God required from the Old Testament people were to give and sustain life in their flesh, by the Life of the blood of goats and lambs. The life of our flesh today isn't from goats and lambs, but is by the very Life Blood of Jesus our Sacrifice Lamb. Eph.1:7(Amp) says, "In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His Blood, the forgiveness of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses) In accordance with the riches and generosity of His Gracious favor." 

  Even after being born-again, we sin or miss God in our natural man/woman and in our flesh. Did our God make provision for our flesh or just our spirit? He did both, because we weren't yet made perfect in the flesh. 1John1:7(Amp) tells us, "But if we (really) are living and walking in the Light, As He Himself is in the Light, we have true unbroken fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son, cleanses (removed) from us, all sin and guilt, (keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations)."

  Gaining understanding of the Power of His Blood, is to be able to walk in what it says in Heb.10:1-5(Amp), "For since the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the Good things to come, instead of fully expressing those things, it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach its altars. For if it were otherwise, would these sacrifices not have stopped being offered? Since the worshipers had once for all be cleanse; they would no longer have any guilt or consciousness of sin. But as it is, these sacrifices annually bring a fresh remembrance of sins to be atoned for. Because the blood of goats and bulls is powerless to take sins away. Hence, when He (Christ) entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, But instead You have made ready for Me a body for Me to offer." Heb.1:19(Amp) says, "Therefore Brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the Holy of Holies by the Power and Virtue in the Blood of Jesus."

  We must learn to have faith in His Blood, for the redemption of our flesh and our souls, to keep us clean and walk in our Redemption. Jesus is our Wisdom and He is the Word made flesh.  

Get Wisdom #23

      Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

,  God's Word is Wisdom. We though, lack discernment, comprehension, understanding and interpretation of His Word. We've developed a carnal understanding, but have forgotten that Jesus said, "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," in John6:63(Amp). 

  God's children been led more by the flesh than the spirit throughout the years. Jesus said in the above scripture that "His Words are Spirit and Life." We've seen Christians subject themselves to the very things the world is subject to. Many say, "God must have done this to teach me something" or "God did this to me, because I've done something wrong." Jesus said though, "My Words are Spirit and Life."

  We've believed more of what we've learned from the flesh, rather than believe what the Spirit says. Jesus tells His disciples in John15:1-3(Amp), "I Am the True Vine and My Father is the Vine Dresser. Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit (that stops bearing) He cuts away (trims off, takes away) and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. You are cleansed and pruned already because of the Word which I have given you (the teachings I have discussed with you)."

  Many of us have had fruit trees in our yards, through the years. They had what we called, "suckers," which are the branches growing at the lower part of the tree trunk. They didn't produce fruit, but they pulled the sap or life, from the tree, causing the tree to stop producing fruit like it should. We cut or pruned these suckers every spring, so the good branches could get more life and bear better fruit. Notice how Jesus did this by His Words and His teachings.

  We had suckers too, when we first came to the Lord. The old habits of this world and the things of this world, kept God from getting the best fruit that we could have produced. These things are pruned away, as we learn from the Holy Spirit and are able to produce at the Kingdom level. God never does this by placing trials, sickness and disease. He does this by His Word and His Spirit. 

  God's Word is Spirit and Life and God directs us to Get Wisdom (which is His Word), along with understanding, comprehension, discernment and interpretation. This doesn't come through the carnal mind, but through our spirit. The Holy Spirit tells us in Heb.4:12(Amp), "For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of Power (making it active, operative, energizing and effective); it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and the (immortal spirit) and the joints and marrow (of the deepest parts of our nature) exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart."

  This is what Jesus was speaking about, with His disciples. His Word is Spirit and Life, that sifts and judges the very depths of our flesh and souls. His Word is sharper than a two-edged sword and prunes of all the things in our lives so we can bear better fruit. After the Last Supper, their lives were pruned from the old things and habits, so they could bear fruits to God's Own Praise and Glory.

  We come into the new birth with a lot of old habits from the world. Religion tried to prune these things from us, using rules and regulations. This didn't work under The Law and it won't work now. It takes more than rules to change the old man/woman. It requires the Word of God in our hearts, in order to change. We've been taught that all the bad things which comes up on us, are "God teaching you." The sad truth is, we got ourselves into this mess, because we didn't allow the Spirit and God's Word to prune away the things of the flesh (the suckers), which drained the flesh.

  Heb.12:5-8(Amp) says, "And have you completely forgotten the Divine Word of appeal and encouragement in which you are reasoned with and addressed as sons? My Son, do not think lightly or scorn to submit to the correction and disciple of the Lord, nor lose courage and give up and faint when you are reproved or corrected by Him For the Lord corrects and disciples everyone whom He love, and He punishes and scourges ever son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes. You must submit to and endure correction for disciple; God is dealing with you as sons and daughters. For what son is there whom his father does not train and correct and disciple?"

  The above scripture tells us that God not only will, but does correct, disciple and train up His children. Now, let's see how He does it, like Jesus said, " Now you are pruned and clean by the Words and teachings I have given you." 2Tim.3:16-17(Amp) says, "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 disciple 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 completely and proficient and well-fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work."

  God uses His Word and Spirit to prune away the old things of the flesh. He doesn't use sickness, disease or things of the Law. In order to be made complete, proficient and well-fitted to every good work, is to submit to Him (His Word) as it reveals things in our carnal bodies and allow His Word to prune them away by His two-edged sword (His Word). Remember, Heb.12:7 says, "You must submit to and endure correction for discipline." We must obey what God's Word says, letting it prune and cleanse us so we can bear fruit.

  Jesus is the Vine and we are the branches. If we abide (live) in Him and submit to His Word, then He, by His Word, will prune away all those little habits or sucker branches. which causes us to bring forth more and better fruit.

  

  

  

Get Wisdom #22

  Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  Prov.2:7-8(Amp) says, "He (God) hides away sound and Godly Wisdom, and stores it up 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 way of His saints." When God "hides away sound and Godly Wisdom," He doesn't hide it from His people, but for His people. He doesn't show His Wisdom to the enemy, so they won't know in advance what He was doing. He shows it to His people to walk in. 1Cor.2:7-8(Amp) tells us, "But rather what we are setting forth is a Wisdom of God once hidden from the human understanding and now revealed to us by God-that Wisdom God devised a d decreed before the ages for our glorification to lift us into the Glory of His Presence. None of the rulers of this age (or world) perceived and recognized and understood this, for if they had, they would never have crucified the Lord of Glory."

  One of the primary ways to get Wisdom, is by God's Word. We still need understanding, discernment and interpretation while reading the Word. 1Cor.14:2,4(Amp) tells us another way to receive Godly Wisdom. Thus, it says, "For one who speaks in an unknown tongues, speaks not to men but unto God, for no one understands or catches his meaning because in the Holy Spirit, he utters secret Truths and hidden things  not obvious to the understanding." 

  Revelation knowledge is opened up to the believer when we pray or speak in tongues. The believer isn't speaking to the people in prophecy. Verse4 says, "He who speaks in a strange tongues, edifies and improves himself, but he who prophesies interpreting the Divine will and purpose and teaching with inspiration, edifies and improves the Church and promotes growth in Christian Wisdom, piety, holiness and happiness." 

  We have a personal language for our edification and there's a Heavenly language given to edify the Church. We cannot mix up these two languages. One is for our personal use and one is for the Church and comes with interpretation. Paul goes on to explain the difference, telling us that this Wisdom was hidden away is for every individual in the Body of Christ to reveal God's Wisdom in our daily lives. Satan has fought against the speaking of tongues, because he has no control of what we're praying or receiving from the Father. The enemy has no defense against nor can he stop us from getting Wisdom. JudeVerse20(Amp) tells us, "But you, beloved, build yourselves up, founded on your most holy faith. Make progress rise like an edifice higher and higher, praying in the Holy Spirit."

  Again, Paul tells us in 1Cor.14:4(Amp), "He who speaks in a strange tongue tongues, edifies and improves himself." When we speak and pray in tongues, we're speaking to the Father Himself, and we're speaking mysteries. These aren't mysteries to God, but to us. The Holy Spirit reveals hidden Wisdom to and for us. This is God's giving us understanding, discernment and interpretation, so we can walk in His Word. 

Get Wisdom #21

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) tells us, "But it is from Him 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)." 

  The Word of God (Jesus) is Wisdom to all who will seek and strive to understand. The thing about wisdom is that we must desire it and seek it out through the Holy Spirit. Prov.2:7-10(Amp) says, "He hides away sound and Godly Wisdom and stores it up for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him. That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints. Then you will understand righteousness, justice and fair dealing (in every area and relation), yes, you will understand every good path. For skillful and Godly Wisdom shall enter into your heart and knowledge shall be pleasant unto you."

  Wisdom has already been made available to anyone who will spend time to seek it out. Prov.3:14-16(Amp) says, "For the gaining of it, (wisdom) is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it is better than fine gold. Skillful and Godly Wisdom is more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her. Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor."

  Too many get born-again and stop there. We've been invited into God's Presence, belonging there as sons and daughters of God. God's Wisdom will bring understanding and discernment about all that Jesus has done for us, when He went to the cross. The "mysteries" of God have been revealed to us and for us, as we seek Wisdom like seeking silver and gold. Prov.1:7(Amp) says, "The reverant and worshipful  fear of the Lord is the beginning and principal and CHOICE PART of knowledge (its starting point and its essence) but fools despise skillful and Godly instruction and discipline." I emphasized the words "CHOICE PART," because in some way or another we haven't made the choice to seek God's Wisdom for themselves. We've been satisfied to get saved, live right and go to Heaven when we leave this earth. This is all good, but let's remember that "fools despise skillful and Godly instructions and discipline."

  We've put off learning the Word for ourselves, relying instead on someone else to seek out Wisdom for us. So many things the Father has for us, have been hidden away and stored up for the righteous. We've been made the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ, according to Rom.3:22(Amp) which says, "Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Christ Jesus (the Messiah) and it is meant for all who believe, for there is no distinction."

  Many stop at Rom.3:10,21-26(Amp), but we should read further because Verse21 tells us that we "Have been made righteous in our Lord Jesus, by faith in what He has done." Prov.4:7(Amp) tells us that "With all you have gotten, get understanding." So many of God's children haven't sought Wisdom, and don't know everything Jesus' Sacrifice has done for us. God says in Hosea4:6(Amp), "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, because you have rejected knowledge." God didn't say that knowledge wasn't available to them, but that they rejected it. We've become used to the pastor seeking Wisdom for us, but this doesn't replace our seeking out God's Wisdom and plans for ourselves.

Get Wisdom #20

   Prov.4:7(Amp) 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)."

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God." If you've received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then you have the Wisdom of God already in you. So, it's not lack of Wisdom, but a lack of discernment, comprehension and/or interpretation. Too many of God's Blessings and Promises aren't operating in the lives of His children, because we lack these things. In Mark4:24(Amp) Jesus says, "Be careful what you are hearing, the measure of thought and study you give to the Truth you hear, will be the measure of it (virtue and knowledge) that comes back to you-and more besides will be given to you who hear."

  We hear so many things from so many devices in this 21st century. Our cell phones and even smart toasters, have more computer power than all of NASA computers in 1969. I can request my TV remote to change the channel or find a certain show. We have so many preachers on these devices, but are they all preaching Wisdom. If they're preaching The Bible, is it from man's perspective or from the Wisdom of God? We're not always hearing God's Wisdom and Truth, so we need discernment, comprehension and interpretation when listening to some.

  Jesus was giving "The Parable of the Sower," when He taught that Words are seeds. He said that "If we have ears to hear, then we need to be hearing the seeds of the Kingdom of Heaven. Words are all seeds, but all seeds are not of the Kingdom, so what hear is the seed that produces in our lives. Too many have had seeds sown into their hearts that aren't from the Kingdom, because they weren't careful about what they heard. God's Word is Wisdom, but we can receive distorted information. We must study God's Word for ourselves, so we won't be deceived.

  We don't need to turn the channel to hear negativity nearly 24 hrs. daily. These things are not Godly Wisdom. Many have heard the lie that there are more than two sexes so many times, that they've become brainwashed to it. In John8:44(Amp), Jesus tells us that, "The devil is the father of lies and there is no truth in him." We hear about plane crashes so many times, but never hear about the 2.4 million people who travel safely by plane. Fear is placed in the people's hearts from the coverage of plane crashes and their not being compared to the good news. 

  2Tim.2:15-16(Amp) tells us,"Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing (rightly handling and skillfully teaching) the Word of Truth. But avoid all empty (vain,useless,idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness."

  There will always be those who tell you, "God doesn't do that any longer" or other such untrue things. Be careful what you are hearing. God Wisdom, skillful and Godly Wisdom, and with all you have gotten, get discernment, comprehension and interpretation.

Get Wisdom #19

   Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom). For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing; and with all your getting, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)."

  We've been learning about the Power of the Blood of Jesus, concerning our health and healing. Lev.17:14(Amp) tells us that, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it." God says in Prov.4:20-22, "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."

  How does God's Word bring health and healing to all our flesh? Jesus is God's Word. At the Last Supper, Jesus said, "This cup is the cup of My Blood, shed for the remission of sin, every time you drink of it, do it in remembrance of Me," in Mark14:24(Amp). Rom.3:23(Amp) says, "Since all have sinned and fallen short of the honor and Glory of God which God bestows and receives. All are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His Grace (His unmerited favor and mercy) Through the REDEMPTION which is (provided) in Christ Jesus Whom God put forward before the eyes of all as a MERCY SEAT and propitiation by His Blood (the cleansing and Life-giving Sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation to be received through faith. This was to show God's Righteousness, because in His Divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment."

  Ex.12:23(Amp) says, "For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians, and when He sees the Blood upon the lintel and the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your home to slay you." This was a Type of the Blood of our Passover Lamb, Jesus that sustains Life and protection from the destroyer. How much more cleansing and healing and protection is in the Blood of Jesus, instead of a lamb or goat?

  1John1:7-9(Amp) says, "But if we really are living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light, we have (true unbroken) fellowship with one another and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son, cleanses (removes us from all sin  and guilt), keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and its manifestations. If we freely admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His Own Nature and Promises) and will forgive our sins (dismiss our lawlessness) and continuously cleanse us from all unrighteousness (everything that is not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought and action)."

  John was speaking about our flesh and blood bodies being cleansed by Jesus' Blood and Grace. If sin is present, it will promote disease and sickness in our mortal bodies. If we understand that the life of all flesh is in the blood, then we can by faith, allow the Blood of Jesus to bring health and healing to our flesh. Jesus was speaking to His followers at the Last Supper. They were old covenant Jews and they understood the blood of the sacrifice lamb. We've missed what Jesus was saying and haven't put faith in the Blood of our Sacrifice Lamb for life and healing in our flesh. 

  We were born again by Jesus' Resurrection from His Spirit and we're healed and kept whole in our natural bodies by the Life of His Blood. 1Cor.11:29-30(Amp) says, "Anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation that it is Christ's Body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgement) upon himself. Thus careless and unworthy participation is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death." The life of our flesh is in the Blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

  

  

Get Wisdom #18

  Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is; Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom) For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the principal thing. And with all our have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)."

  1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him (God) that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God." Wisdom is certainly the principal thing and Jesus is our Wisdom. Jesus is also the Word made flesh. Too many read God's Word and still lack understanding, discernment, and interpretation. 

  Lev.17:14(Amp) says, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the Life of it." We read about the Last Supper in Luke22:19-20(Amp) which says, "Then He took a loaf of bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is My Body which is given for you; do this is in remembrance of Me. And in this manner, He took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New Testament (covenant) ratified in My Blood which is shed, poured out for you."

  We have wisdom, but do we have understanding and discernment about what Jesus was saying? In the old covenant, the body and blood of animals was offered up to God in exchange for the life and place of man. The life of the flesh was in tact, because the life in the flesh of the animal. The Lamb was offered and its blood was not contaminated by sin, so the life of man was extended b the life that was in the flesh. The lamb was slain in place of man and God accepted this sinless life, instead of man's sin filled life. 

  "The healing is by the blood and the blood is in the life of all flesh," according to Lev.16-17. The blood was for man's healing. Man could live because of the lamb, when the Law demanded the life of the man. Jesus became the Lamb of God for the sins of man and His Blood was shed for the healing and life of our flesh. We read in the same scripture that there were two lambs or two goats offered. They laid their hands on the head of one, laying the sins of the people upon it and banishing it to the wilderness. The other was killed and its blood was used on the altar for the life of the people. So, one animal was for sin and the other was for the life of the people's flesh. 

  We're born again of the Spirit of God and we've been made alive unto Him, by the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We're still in the flesh and blood world while on this side of total resurrection. God's Spirit gave us new Life in our spirit and His Blood gives us life in our flesh and blood bodies, until we go to be with Him. Gen.6:3(Amp) says, "Then the Lord said, My Spirit shall not forever dwell and strive with man, for he is also flesh; but his days shall yet be 120 years." God extended the life of our flesh by the life in the innocent blood of the sacrifice. Go read 1Cor.11 and see what communion now is to the believer, according to what Jesus said at the Last Supper.