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You will never mature in the kingdom of God until you are willing to work in the kingdom of God.
God made Jesus the son so he could model the life we are now called to live. He gave us the Holy Spirit as the down payment of the covenant which he has given to us. He has called us to obey him.
Why do so many hide behind the rocks pointing at Goliath in fear. Where is David who will rise up from behind the rocks. God brought the victory through one who would believe and stand up and work in the kingdom of God. Great revival happened in Israel.
I do not come with human ability or wisdom, but I come in the demonstration of the spirit and power.
Matt 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
This is declaring to men who do not know that Jesus has come and that all authority is given in the name of Jesus. Be one who is willing to stand and declare the word of God. Do not keep silent; believe in the power and authority of the name of Jesus.
Lu 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Do not hold back to proclaim Jesus; preserving your life and reputation. We accommodate demon spirits which are set on keeping us from speaking to men who are on their way to hell.
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
The authority to cast out devils is given to us.
The greatest thing that we are afraid of is ourselves; we are afraid to be rejected or to fail. Unless you engage in the ministry of the gospel you will never mature.
If we will abandon ourselves and risk our lives we can set men free from all that holds them in bondage. The first thing he gives us power over is demon spirits.
Matt 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
Follow Jesus, and obey him. We follow the Lord and he is our shield, buckler and spear.
Mt 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
What area of influence have you refused to risk your life in.
Matt 16:24 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
It is a responsibility to disciple those who the Lord touches through your life.
Lu 9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
These works shall ye do and greater. The message is urgent; if you have an excuse now you will continue to have an excuse. Bring forth the fruit; whatever you ask the Father he will do it.
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Psalm 119:155 ¶ Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
God came to his family and demanded change. He declared that they were fashioned after their father the devil.
People are stuck in what they know and what they think such that they will not allow God to come and change them into a little child.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
The gospel says to man, to those of Israel first, everyone can come in to the place where all but the high priest were forbidden to go. John the Baptist spoke such a radical message that the scoundrels came to be baptized in water for repentance.
God demands change, but we have so many things that get in the way, the things of this world which we hold more important. It is a time of grace whereby anyone can come in and look into the peace and love of God, but so many also love to run after their sin.
By continual yieldedness to God he changes us and establishes all his ways in us.
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
This declares the change! Why are we not willing to do so?
Everyone born of God knows how to yield to the holy ghost. When temptation comes and would deceive them to draw them away into rebellion they do not know how to yield to God and resist the devil.
1Jo 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
1Jo 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
John declared, Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Get ready, the kingdom of God is at hand. Repentance isn’t the sorrow or the acts to make up for failure, but it brings a joyous obedience and relationship.
Jesus condemned sin in the flesh and said it does not belong in humanity. This is the gospel.
The hour is desperate, and the day is now. The realms of the satanic harden the heart.
The realms of God are a continual relationship and reward.
Many people have violated spiritual things such that their iniquity overwhelmed their conversion, because they were not willing to be converted and to be led in change every day.
2 Cor 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The world and the church are drunken on their sin, refusing to live in the change. Are you willing to hearken to his voice, repent; forsake you life and chose to follow Jesus. Walk in his footsteps. Peter was one of the first who understood the change of repentance. He said depart from me, I am a wicked man.
Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
He will show you love and mercy, but he demands change. You must leave you strife, hatred and divisions.
Eph 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
You must be willing to submit to change; to be made a disciple.
Preach repentance; declare change; declare conversion. They must be converted and become like a little child, forgiveness for all their sins and making it a miracle of conversion.
Conversion brings change of heart and change of mind, but will we believe that this conversion is in true righteousness and holiness.
Col 3:12 ¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Eph 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Rom 8:29 ¶ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Isa 58; God demanded a fast of those things which they could do. To refuse to find fault in others and to stop with the evil of tongue.
What God found was that there was not a heart in them to do it. So he gave us a new heart.
The kingdom of God is radical change. Change is simple when you know what to do.
Be converted and become like a little child. None of us know anything like we ought to know. Live in the simple faithfulness and yieldedness of a child. As many as walk and are led by the spirit, these are the sons of God.
God demands you to be conformed into the image of Jesus. Forsake everything and follow me.
The first thing Jesus sees in Nathaniel is his character; behold one in whom is no guile; yet he needed to be converted.
Unless you are willing to be converted you will not go in; depart from me ye that work iniquity.
Go to the word of God and get your mind washed
God has judged and I will speak of his judgments. Every form of sin is worthy of death; they that sin shall die eternally. If you refrain from declaring that and you speak in his name than you are a deceiver. Stop your own way to make things right and preach the truth of change lest they have no hope of conversion.
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Living in a continual increase of the anointing.
If our gospel is hid, it is hid because the god of this world has blinded their eyes, but we have been given the power to call people out of their darkness and into the glory of the light of God.
Be filled with the spirit and let the rivers of living water flow out of your innermost being. The very proclamation of the gospel creates the miracle.
Matt 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
You must find the place of absolute certainty; standing with Jesus in his authority.
Jesus message and ministry; Mark 1:34; Luke 10.
Jesus was manifested to destroy the works of the devil.
Lu 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Forsake your own way and your own concept of things. God has judged, and I will speak those judgments in his name. He has called captives to be set free. He calls all who are near and all who are far away.
Jesus said to go make disciples of all nations. This is the power that Jesus gives.
Jesus is the model son, who shows us what it means to please the Father. Paul is the model Christian who demonstrates how to follow Jesus. Jesus Christ lives in you, living in the glorious liberty of Christ.
Stand in the simple grace of God’s love and in all authority tell the captives to be set free. Speak the word of God and let the power of the miracle of an encounter with God be seen. Be living word of God speakers; an oracle of God. Do not add to his word or take away from it.
If you are looking for the praises of men it is because you are unrighteous and iniquity is in you. We are just unprofitable servants, doing that which is my duty to do.
Come be like a little child, interacting with his Father. When you get there you can flow in the anointing. Recognize it is not you that speaks, but Christ who speaks in you.
There is a way to heaven, but it is narrow and few come in. God hates arrogance, but dwells with the humble heart. Believe that everywhere you go Jesus is with you.
Mark 16:14 ¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Do it God’s way. Believe God for anything beyond what we can think or ask. Just obey the word of the Lord; there is the miracle. God expects to be obeyed. Just love and obey him; obedience will go a long way.
Mark 16:19 ¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Preaching in the name of Jesus and doing what he did.
Luke 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
The message is repentance and remission of sins. We preach repentance in the name of Jesus. This will bring the miracle of the new birth.
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John 3:1 ¶ There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Nicodemus was a very “good” man. Jesus was dealing in John chapter 3 with a man who did what was right, and treated men right.
No matter who someone is, a person must be born from above. The righteousness of Nicodemus likely exceeded most people in the church. Mary and Elizabeth and Zacharias where dedicated to the law of God and his ways; Nicodemus was certainly similar. Regardless, everyone needs to be born of the spirit.
The reality is that every man has sinned and come short of the glory of God.
We have two responsibilities; to have a relationship with the Lord to where we live at the highest level of morality and ethics; yet we live totally dependent upon the Holy Ghost and the grace of the Lord Jesus.
Even with the righteousness that Nicodemus had; sin still had to be finished; he had to come and be born of God.
We need to shine as a light unto the world, to where we truly are the Holy Ones. We have a responsibility not only to tell them, but to show them. Moving into a place in our lives where there is enough anointing that people would sense it.
This is about an encounter with the almighty God; the privilege and opportunity to come and be mentored by the Holy Ghost.
We must be those so desperate, like a deer in the desert; then I will open up the rivers of heaven. We need to find some place in God where we are focused and completely desperate for the anointing of God. Jesus demands this passionate hunger for the righteousness of the kingdom.
What are you hungry and thirsty for. Do you have too many things on the list? Or is your eye single. Distractions will dilute your focus and cause unhappiness to come to you. There is a lot of reason for us to be compassionate to a lost and dying world and to be understanding and sympathy to their state; but there should also be the tension to desire to prove a Jesus different than the false representations so many have seen.
The longing doesn’t reach to something in your self, but a heart cry to God that he would move through you to touch a hurting and dying world.
Oh God, how can I be stirred with the compassion that compelled you to be crucified so you could show me your love.
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Heb 8:10* For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Heart; mind and inward parts are connected.
1 Jn 5:18 ¶ We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Baptized in the fire, power and flory of the almighty. Baptized in the Holy Spirit.
One man; Christ Jesus; has overthrown all the powers of darkness.
God has given us the power to conquer even as he conquered. This is the conquering power; even this faith.
1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
His word changes the way we think and we are now able to be renewed in the spirit of our mind.
Col 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
2 Pet 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
All truth is in him; outside of Jesus there is no truth.
All that God has said has become ours because we believe it and we yield. Sons of God!
Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit are equivalent to the Spirit of Holiness. We are born of the spirit by the holy ghost by the demand of Jesus Christ.
1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Men still are groping for confidence toward God and for a place a=of acceptance because they do not understand that the miracle work has been accomplished; a new creation raised up; Christ formed in you.
Where is Jesus? He is in me! Why do we wonder whether we should be made perfect by the flesh? He has given us a seal; the Holy Ghost. Hunger and thirst after Jesus and he will perfect you in this place of lowliness and humility.
The word of God brings life to you; he will fill those desperate for the kingdom of God; for the bread of life and the presence of the spirit.
Mt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Lu 12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
The Holy Ghost has come in power to reveal all that Jesus did; how he lived his life pleasing to the Father. We can live with a conscience void of offense because we do what is pleasing in his sight.
John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
It is an intimacy with the Father and this is what he demands; you are a new creation which belongs wholly unto me.
The Lord has given us an understanding so we might know him; Jesus in me the hope of glory.
I will take hold of what Father has freely given, not by my own strength but by the gift which he has given.
The weapons of my warfare are mighty through Jesus. They work in the realms of the spirit, where we have the mind of Christ. Come up to this higher realm of worship and praise where love and peace dominates your heart and mind.
The natural mind cannot be subject to the spirit of God. Faith comes to us in that realm where we are raptured in God. keep your heart here with all diligence so that what comes out of our heart is totally divine; it is a relationship.
Joh 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Here we can know the love of Christ which passes all understanding. believe the testimony of God about his son; when we were alienated God commended his love to us.
2 Cor 1:22; 5:5 Eph 1:13-14; 4:30.
There is no perfection outside the work of his grace; he will accomplish his work within us. Come into the rest; cease from your own labors.
1Jo 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
I will be the righteousness of God which has has made me; I will take ahold of what God has proclaimed.
Oh Lord, My righteousness!
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The Lord has worked this salvation to make you a new creation and to put his word and his spirit within us. So many run around looking for some inner sanctification when all the time God has already done that for us.
2 Cor 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
He washed us, renewed us a created us anew; but some disappointment or problem causes us to believe that we have to make this happen. He has already done it.
You are not made perfect by human ability; you learn to respond to the Holy Ghost who has come to lead us and to guide us in all the truth. As many who respond to the spirit, they are the sons of God.
Gal 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Ro 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Learn to run to Jesus, allow the supply that he brings to the relationship to touch you. Call upon him and you will be saved.
Zec 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Any good thing happening in my life is because of him. Live in the dependency like a branch in a vine. Just worship him in any situation, see the very life of Jesus consecrated so the power of death and Satan can no longer condemn you.
Col 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
God’s desire; Love me with ll your heart, soul and mind; he circumcised our heart so we can do it. The proof and the seal that we belong to God is the heart circumcision just like Abraham had the circumcision of the flesh.
2 Cor 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
The guarantee; the first installment of our covenant with him is the Holy Ghost who teaches us to walk in love for the Father with all our hearts, souls, mind and strength. Call upon the name of the Lord and he will deliver you.
Paul was worried over the Galatians; must Christ Jesus be formed in you again? Gal 4:19
Jer 3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
Only the spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come into the flesh is of God. What a glorious covenant. I am the temple of the living God and Jesus dwells here now; my gaurantee that all the Jesus has spoken is mine. My proof is the seal of the spirit.
2 Cor 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
I have been given the ability to confess this good confession and walk pleasing to the Father.
I will live in you Col 1:27;
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
I have the glory and the power of God living in me.
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
If you have fallen away and ceased to trust in God and in the Holy Ghost. So many are grieving the Holy Ghost by which we are sealed. Someone is going to have to believe; so many are fascinated by tokens instead of by his word.
Heb 8:10* For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11* And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Yield your members as weapons of righteousness by the Holy ghost; Romans 6.
His word will change you; his word is the power to change, his word will divide. The Holy Ghost is witnessing that you are bought with a price and you are not your own.
You do not belong to you.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Here we stand in this place where trust only in Jesus. Some people need to fall real hard so they can learn that they have been depending upon themselves.
Bow down and recognize who has created all things; take up relationship with the almighty God and deny yourself, take up your cross and follow him. Call upon him and he will answer you. He is actually pursuing you and me; he is calling us to glory and honor. Humility has to come before honor. Recognize you place as a servant and one who is in need. In that place he will honor you.
Come into a place where you call upon God; you yield to the Holy Spirit and let him rescue you. Put your trust in him and not upon you.
The prison doors have been opened, but so many turn back to the bondage that they have become so used to; but praise God the prison doors are still open. Why sit and dwell on what is wrong with you but worship Jesus; forget about everything but Jesus.
He is the lover of your soul; we have known and believed the love that God has for us.
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1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Everything works in a realm of trusting God. Everything we need in God is given to us when we yield to the Holy Ghost. Let the word of God abide in you so that you will have conquered the wicked one.
1 Jn 2:12 ¶ I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
God wants us to grow to where we can see and hear more in God.
2 Cor 5:1 ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
I know that my body is his temple and he has brought to me complete recreation and renewing. The Spirit of God comes on you and you are made a new creation.
Believe that you have been given the power to be a son of God and call upon him and he will teach you to receive it. Give yourself tothe things of the spirit and God will minister and entrance into the kingdom of his dear son.
2 Pet 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Recognize that when the scripture says to work out your own salvation it is to recognize that you need to cease from your own labours and enter into the rest where God works his will and his pleasure in us.
The just live by trusting God; that he will both do and will of his good pleasure and lead and guide you into all his truth;.
Col 1:12 ¶ Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Dare not speak your own words but the word of God, even as Polycarp wrote his epistle to the Philipians quoting scripture after scripture.
God gives us something for free that he demands we desire it with all your heart; because it is so sacred and so precious and sacred that you must come to understand how glorious it actually is.
1Co 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
He will perfect that which concerns us. he desires that we kiss him and hug him in loving relationship.
2 Cor 5:1 ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Matt 17 on the mount of transfiguration we see Jesus shining with glory and Moses in a heavenly body, though he had not yet been raised to immortality. Elijah was in his earthly corruptible body.
Ro 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed (Transfigured) by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
God wrote his ways in your mind and in your heart; this enables you to think differently about yourself.
God desires that we come to visions and revelations in God which flow from a relationship of spending time in the presence of Jesus and heaven becomes more real to you than earthly things.
2 Cor 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
There is a building of God for me in the heavenly realm and I am confident of it because I walk by faith; the supernatural working of God’s grace which brings revelation communion and supernatural ability.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Give all of you to God and he will give all of himself to you.
We have received an anointing that we might know him and live in oneness and relationship with him; John 17:21-23.
Paul had seen the glory of the heavenly body and he groaned to be clothed upon, not disembodied, but clothed upon with the glorious tabernacle waiting for us in heaven.
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Self Denial has been lost as a message in the church today. We must step out of an earthly and natural realm and step into a heavenly realm where we walk in the light of his glory and truth to touch people and set them free.
Luke 12:13 ¶ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Where are the dreams and visions today? The visions like Peter had when the sheet was let down.
Many of us are staying on, but how many are going on into the fulness of the ministry of the maturity of Christ. The word of God calls us to imitate Christ Jesus. Jesus went about setting people free from their captivity. We are called to step into this realm of his glory where I am a branch inside of a vine. We must understand how sacred the realm is.
The meeting in heaven absolutely transcends that which is earthly and I am not of the world even as he is not of this world.
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Col 1:12 ¶ Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
What gets in the way? Covetousness which is idolatry.
We are not waiting for a day for Jesus’ name to be above all other names, but somehow we do not go on.
Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Covetousness and the kingdom of God are opposed to each other.
The parable which follows is about a certain rich man; who hoarded the blessing of God to himself instead of going after the kingdom of God.
Luke 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 ¶ And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Even now the riches of his glory can be so manifested in our lives. The Lord has baptized us with an unrestrained provision of his strength and power and if we will occupy this place of love he will come and visit us. Everything in your life should be about advancing the kingdom of God.
We live in perilous times; scoffers deceiving and being deceived. The words of Jesus are the only place of safety.
Glory is given that we may be one; even as the Father was in Jesus and Jesus in the Father. (John 17)
We are here to cause the desert to become a fruitful plain. how do you measure the blessing of God; by that which we see with the eye, or what eye cannot see, ear cannot hear nor heart understand except by the spirit.
Beware of Covetousness, it will turn your heart from God.
The fulness of the measure of the ministry of Jesus is all we desire; the fruit that God desires. The Lord said he will pour out his spirit upon all flesh. Prophecy is so important in both testaments. The school of the prophets was born in the wilderness when the spirit came upon seventy others beside Moses.
What happens when the vine brings forth the fruit which the Father desires?
All that matters to me is your kingdom. See if there is anything in me which holds me back, please remove it.
Where is your treasure? Blessed is the man who puts his trust in the Lord and makes him the sole object of his trust. Cursed is the man who trusts in the arm of flesh.
The presence of the living God and the abundance of his life makes my heart glad. Do not seek what the nations seek after, but seek the kingdom and his righteousness.
Deut 21 and 28 describe the kingdom. because Israel would not bring forth the fruit of it it was removed from them and we were grafted in. Will we bring forth the fruit of it?
Covetousness is Idolatry, having another god beside the Lord.
Where is the fear of the Lord? It is only there when we are aware of his presence. The Lord has opened the door so that anyone can come and see a glimpse of his glory. Who will remain as Joshua did; never leaving the door of the tabernacle.
I cannot pursue the spiritual if I am drunk on the earthly. Isaiah said that your silver is dross and your wine is polluted. The silver represents the word of God. There is no leaven in the things of God.
Say no to self interest and self promotion. The greatest sin in the church is pride of life. The is where strife and division comes from. it will all be completely stopped with self denial. Love those around you more than you love yourself.
God is looking for yielded vessels which he can fill completely with himself.
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We live now in the reign of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately few are willing to receive it. He has been given a name that is above every name in this world and in the world to come.
God has given us an opportunity to see things that are not of this world. Come into this place of letting Jesus be your master and king of kings and you will have the experience of knowing that you are not alone; all of heaven is with you. We are seated now in heavenly places; Eph 2:6.
Right now Jesus is ruling and reigning and we have an authority and anointing to represent him as the sons of God; too many though are set upon covetousness and idolatry.
Covetousness is idolatry. Ask the Lord to show you where you are resisting him or turning away from what he has called us to do.
Luke 12:13 ¶ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
You will never make a covetous man satisfied with judgment. jesus told us to take no thought for these things. He than speaks a parable on what happens when you set your heart on selfish interests.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Instead of looking to the needs of the kingdom or the poor and the widows and the orphans, he looks to horde riches to himself. Wealth shall demand you to be its slave; there will be no time for God or trust in Father because you will be a slave to your bills and your need to be dependable according to this earth.
Seek first the kingdom of God; sell all you have and give it to the poor and you will have treasures in heaven. The Lord has a heart toward the poor; look up everywhere the Bible mentions the poor and look at what God has demanded. The widow with two mites saw the temple of God as more important than her own sustenance. jesus said; look at what this woman did.
Giving is a sweet smell in the nostrils of God; see Cornelious.
The Lord wants us to responsible to the kingdom not to the riches of this life. Covetousness brings the wealth which is only accompanied by sorrow; yet the Lord will make you rich so you might be a blessing and he adds no sorrow with it. Stop laying up for yourself treasures in this earth.
Because Solomon asked for something which was set upon representing the kingdom on this earth he was made full of great riches like never before.
Examine yourself in the light of this parable; what are you going to do with the blessing of God? You have an opportunity to sow into the kingdom of god; to give to the poor and to evangelize your community.
One evidence of covetousness is a sorrowful; a sinful and an angry heart. No generosity but always reaching and grabbing stuff for yourself.
If you want to be his disciple you must deny yourself. Honesty and truth in the inward parts is loved by God.
Prov 3:13 ¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Wisdom is more precious than anything; more than all the riches of this world.
First and foremost I want to step into eternity with fine white robes and a crown of righteousness and in that place of knowing and understanding God.
When you read “Vanity” in the scripture; it is the same as giving yourself to idols; man turning to his own ways. The riches, the reputation of men and the legacy of this life.
What about riches in heaven; the riches of the inheritance of Christ Jesus. You cannot serve God and Mammon. The Lord said; give me your life and I will give you my life. Give me yours and mine is already poured out for you ready to be given to you.
The focus of faith on one thing can bring greater breakthroughs in the heavenlies. First off the extension of the kingdom.
Luke 6 context; lend and have no hope of return; give and it shall be given to you; Paul’s concern in his collections were for the poor in Jerusalem and for those in full time ministry.
Psalm 119 and 2 Cor 9 Paul equates giving to the poor with righteousness. The first thing they need is the liberation of the kingdom of God.
Let us turn to a complete reliance on God; put your trust in him and receive the provision of the Lord.
Let your eye of affection be turned wholly toward the Lord and be filled with his light. You must function and flow in a greater realm of the anointing.
What does it mean to be rich toward God? To have an anointing in your life operating in you. The riches of his Joy and Love and Peace. Those things which are eternal. Your life is much more than food and raiment. Sell what you have and give to the poor and come follow me.
Isaac could sow in famine and reap a hundredfold because he had a relationship with God.
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Following Jesus. Everywhere he went he did that which pleases the Father, He walked in holiness and righteousness and spoke no guile. He said that the Holy Ghost was upon him to preach the gospel and the religious wanted to kill him.
Are you following Jesus?
many name the name of Jesus, but they do not depart from iniquity. Strife and the pride of life is just as bad as adultery and murder. the church is a stronghold for the pride of life and the arrogance of men. They do not honor the Holy Ghost or his apostles and prophets.
Just as Jesus honored the ministry of John, submitting himself to be baptized by John.
Those that do not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh are not of God.
If Jesus Christ does not exist in you than you are apostate; so said Paul.
2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Jesus was manifested to be the son of God by the spirit of holiness and the power of God.
Ro 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
It is the Holy Spirit given to us to give us the power of obedience.