When it comes to faith most people believe that God is able to do all things but very few believe that He is able to do all things through them,
The word of God proclaims that Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, and the question is are we as children of God able to come to the revelation of Now Faith.
Heb 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Man in his carnal state, in his unregenerate state has five natural senses which are sight, smell, taste, hearing and touching.
On the other hand the child of God who has been born again has six senses, the same five that the natural man has, plus he has been given one more by God and it is called the eye of faith and this eye gives him the ability to see things which are not seen.
The eye of faith does not see things as the natural eye see’s them nor does it respond to things that the natural eye responds to because the eye of faith see’s things and responds to things that are eternal instead of things that are temporal..
2 Cor 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
The trouble with many of God’s people is that even though they are born again and have six senses they operate for the most part with only five.
1 Cor 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
In order to receive the blessings of God, to grasp a hold of and to walk in these blessings they have to be seen in the sixth sense.
All of the promises of God are produced in two realms,
#1 in the invisible realm,
#2 the visible realm and in order for them to manifest themselves in the visible realm they have to be seen in the invisible realm.
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Listen to the words
Believe that you receive them (the invisible realm) and you shall have them (visible realm).
How is it that we are able to believe?
We believe because we are able to see it with the eye of faith.
When we look to the things which can not be seen with the eye of flesh we become convinced of what we see because they lay in the realm of the eternal and everything that is not resting in the realm of the eternal is going to pass away.
Now follow what I am saying,
You might look at yourself and see your sickness; you might look at yourself and see your hopelessness, you might even look at yourself and see nothing but your troubles and your heartache but if you will ask God according to His word and not according to your five senses asking according to faith in the sixth sense then you will begin to see your sickness, your hopelessness, your troubles and heartache’s as becoming transitional and passing away and instead of you seeing sickness you will begin to see your healing, instead of seeing hopelessness you will begin to see your deliverance, instead of seeing your situation and circumstance you will begin to you see how blessed that you really are,
And although nothing has changed in the physical, you will begin to perceive the spiritual and how that the eye of faith is declaring to you that what you believe for is done and finished.
The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded us to believe and we are to believe that we have received the things which we are praying for.
Mark 9:23
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
I need to proclaim it again,
All of God’s promises exist in two forms
The invisible and then afterwards the visible
You first must believe that you have been healed, you must first believe that you have been delivered and that you have been blessed in the invisible before it manifests itself in the visible.
2 Peter 1:3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Eph 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Believe that you are healed because the word of God proclaims that you are healed even though your physical body tells you that you are not healed, believe that you are delivered even though your five senses tell you that you are not delivered, believe that you have your miracle even though your miracle has not yet materialized,
I am not giving you the foolishness of name it and claim it, blab it and grab it I am showing you a principle of truth in the word of God,
Until you see it with your spiritual eye, until you see it with your sixth sense, your eye of faith, your natural eye is going to continually tell you that you have not received anything.
Rom 8:24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Hear the word of God because it is telling us that hope that is seen is not hope, so why do we continue to hope for it.
Do we as children of God really have understanding concerning hope?
Do we really understand how the word of God defines hope?
The dictionary explains the word of hope as something you can wish for or by chance it might happen in your life.
But that is not the definition according to the word of God.
The word hope in the bible is the second stage of faith, the first stage is to believe God, the first stage is to see it with your sixth sense and to believe your prayers as you pray in the eye of faith and then as hope kicks in you begin watching and expecting every day for the manifestation in the visible, you anxiously begin waiting for the manifestation of what you have already seen in the sixth sense.
This is the meaning of hope according to the word of God, the patient confident expectation of the manifestation of the word of God for which faith has believed for.
You believe that you have it, you see it and are convinced of that which you see in the spirit and then hope shifts into place and you confidently and patiently and expectantly wait for it to manifest itself in the natural or in the visible realm.
Look at Rom 8:24 AGAIN
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Now insert the word faith in place of the word hope.
For we are saved by FAITH: but FAITH that is seen is not FAITH: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet have FAITH for?
Listen to me,
Once you see it in the natural you do not have to believe for it anylonger, the only things that you have to believe for are the things that you do not see in the natural once they have manifested themselves in the visible you no longer have to hope for them.
Listen to the Apostle Paul,
but hope that is seen is not hope:
for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Rom 8: -25
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
If we will believe then we will begin to see the invisible and then the second part of faith which is hope will set in and we will begin to patiently wait for that which we see in the invisible to take place within the visible and what manifests itself within the visible realm you no longer have to hope for.
Listen to me,
Any blessing that is to be received by faith must be seen in the invisible realm before it can manifest itself in the visible realm, it must be seen in the spirit realm before it can be manifested in the natural realm.
Why?
Because the word of God proclaims that faith is the evidence of things not seen?
Heb 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Allow me to give you an illustration.
Perfume is non existent to our sense of hearing and if we try to hear perfume then we are going to miss out on the existence of perfume,
But just because you can not hear perfume does not mean that perfume does not exist and just as perfume is non existent to your hearing so faith is non existent to your five natural senses.
We do not doubt the existence of perfume just because we can not hear it and we do not doubt the existence of what we see just because we may not hear taste or feel it,
Then why should we doubt the existence of miracles, why should we doubt healing and deliverance simply because our five sense do not recognize there existence.
Listen to Paul in
2 Cor 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
In other words, the things which are not seen are the things that are for real.
They are eternal and will endure forever and the things that are temporal are the things that are not real and they will not endure for ever and are only present awaiting the arrival of things that are eternal which can only be acquired by faith.
The five natural senses belong to the natural man and the word of God tells us that the natural man can not discern nor know the things of God.
1 Cor 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
For the child of God to ask or to consult, to verify, to discuss or to check with your natural senses for evidence of your prayers been granted is as ridiculous as trying to see with your ears, in other words when the man of God lays hands on you and you believe in God, do not look to your natural eyes to see if you have been healed but look to the word of God and rejoice in that which is eternal and if you’re physical senses show you something that is contrary to the prayer of faith that you have been believing for then believe and have faith in God.
For the law of faith states that you have to believe and then you will receive and you will receive according to your faith.
It dose not matter if you feel worse after you have received prayer, it does not matter if things get worse after you have prayed and it
does not matter if all of hell assails itself after you have believed,
Believe because receiving always follows believing.
John 14:12-15
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Mark 16:17-18
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
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.
Hear the truth,
Symptoms mean absolutely nothing, the devil is good at symptoms and he is good at giving you an explanation through your natural senses.
Here is something that you need to understand, there are times when a instantaneous work will be done and there are times when it is a progressive work but no matter what it is still the work of faith
Mark 16:18
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.
That word recover is a progressive work and it is the same when Christ cursed the fig tree and the fig tree progressively died.
The tree did not instantaneously dry up, Christ spoke to the tree and the roots immediately heard the word and began the progressive work of dying.
The next day when the disciples passed by the tree was dead
Hear me,
If you will believe then faith is activated and speaks to hope and says patiently and expectantly with confidence I am waiting for it for it is on the way.
Hab 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come , it will not tarry.
Why is it on the way?
I Jn 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
RECEIVING FOLLOWS BELIEVING
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
THE WONDER OF THE BLOOD
As I prepare to write tonight I am reminded of how blessed that I am how wonderful He has been to me and I can only rejoice and be thankful because of His mercy that endures forever.
I have been sustained by His grace, I have been lifted up by His love, transformed by His power and He has given me the ability to know him, to know His statutes, His precepts and has allowed me to seek His face and to preach the unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ His Son.
I stand in awe of Him and thank Him for the opportunity to bring forth revelation concerning His word.
I wonder how many of Gods children really have understanding concerning the blood of Jesus because the word of God holds no power for the believer who has no understanding concerning the blood of the Son of God
Heb 9:19-20
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
In the Old Testament whenever the word of God was to be read the man of God would sprinkle the book and the people with the blood taken from the sacrifice.
Why?
So that the children of God would have understanding concerning the word that was being brought to them and also for the sealing and the ratifying of the covenant that existed between them and Almighty God.
In the many years that I have been preaching one of the things that I hear most from people is that they do not understand the word of God and that they do not feel the power of the word in their lives
And if that is true in your life then what you need is teaching and instruction which will bring revelation concerning the blood of Jesus,
You need to be sprinkled with His blood and you need the book that you are reading to be sprinkled with that blood so that you can experience the word of God literally being opened up to you.
I am speaking symbolically now and not literally.
So in the Old Testament the priest took blood from calves and goats and sprinkled the book and the people so that they would have understanding and be sealed in the covenant that existed between them and God.
Since we no longer are under the covenant of the Old Testament but under the covenant of grace what is it that we must do.
We are to come to the knowledge of the blood of Christ so that the word of God becomes powerful and alive in our lives.
Col 1:10
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
The bible is a book about blood, from the first book Genesis to the last book Revelation the emphasis is about blood.
Gen 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Rev 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
You can go anywhere in the word of God and you are going to be confronted with this issue blood.
Why?
Because life is in the blood
Lev 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Lev 17:14
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
Just as light is the only thing that can conquer or overcome darkness so life is the only thing that can conquer or overcome death,
When God created Adam He formed him out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life or the spirit of life and man became a living soul.
Gen 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
When the Lord formed Adam out of the dust of the ground Adam already had blood and as he lay there on the ground created by God in the image of God everything was already in tact.
The only thing missing was life
Life did not begin to flow in Adam until God breathed into him His own life
Have understanding,
The chemical substance that we call blood is the agent that carries life within our bodies.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: Lev 17:11
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: Lev 17:14
If a person loses his blood he loses his life, no blood means no life because it is the blood that carries the life.
Life is a spiritual substance but it must have a physical carrier blood carries the life of God for He is life.
WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS
Isa 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
What does Emmanuel mean?
It means God with us
So the scripture is literally telling us that Mary who is a virgin is going to conceive and bring forth a son who is the Son of God
This is not a normal conception.
So what is a normal conception?
Allow me to teach you.
When a man and a woman come together as one the man releases a reproductive seed called spermatozoon and the woman releases a reproductive seed called a ovum, neither one of these seeds have blood but they do have blood cells and when the male seed and the woman seed come together in the fallopian tube conception takes place and life begins.
The blood cells in this new creation are from both the father and the mother and the blood type of this new creation is determined the moment of conception and the moment this blood type is determined the placenta in the woman then protects this new creation from any flow of blood from the mother into the fetus.
This is a normal conception and new life that is born.
But the conception of Jesus was not normal; He had a virgin for a Mother and God for His Father and the importance of the virgin birth is the issue concerning the blood.
The Word of God is very clear concerning the conception that took place inside of Mary who was a virgin.
The agent involved in the conception of the Son of God would not be Joseph who was called to be her husband, but the agent would be the Holy Ghost
Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Listen and learn,
God took his already existent Son, a Son that already existed and had forever existed and He planted Him in the womb of this virgin woman without the spermatozoon of a male counterpart and joined this holy thing as the word of God proclaims to the ovum of this virgin woman which had no blood.
The blood type of the Son of God was a separate and precious type as His blood did not possess any of the sin and fall of the first Adam,
Mary supplied none of her blood cells to this creation because of the lack of the male spermatozoon; all of the child’s blood came from His Father in heaven through a supernatural creative act of Almighty God,
As He was the spotless Lamb of God, as He was the Pascal Lamb who would be without the stain of sin in His life.
Now follow me,
The first Adam was created without sin and the life of God was in him and when Adam allowed sin to come into his life then his sin was passed on to every human being who would be born after him.
And how is that sin passed on, through his blood and no one would be able to escape it.
Listen to David in
Ps 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
This is what is so marvelous about redemption; Christ came to redeem fallen man, to purchase his freedom and to restore him to his original state,
As the first Adam brought about the fallen state of God’s
Creation so the last Adam would bring restoration and life out of the death of the first Adam.
How?
Through His blood and how are we redeemed through His blood?
1 Cor 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
The first Adam became a living soul, a living personality and the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
What is a quickening spirit?
A quickening spirit restores the dead to life.
There is life in the blood of Jesus and when it is properly applied His blood will conquer and overcome the death that works in you and I through sin.
And if that was the end to the story it would be wonderful and marvelous in our sight but there is more to the wonderment of the blood of Jesus
Have you ever considered the authority that was given to the first Adam?
For it is in the understanding of that authority that you begin to comprehend the work that Christ did on the cross to restore fallen man to his rightful place with the Father in heaven.
<strong>Gen 1:26-28
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing
Adam was created in the image and in the likeness of Almighty God and he was created without sin.
It was intended for the first Adam to have authority and to rule over all other things that God had created and God told him to have dominion and to subdue the earth.
Man was to rule under God, man was designed to be the physical carrier for the spirit of God upon the earth,
Adam was created with a free will and the reason that Adam was created with a free will was because God wanted his willing submission,
God wanted him to have a choice to love Him, to serve Him, to desire Him and to want Him, therefore God created him with the ability to choose.
The word of God tells us that Adam was to use all the vast resources of the earth in his service to God and to man in other words when God told Adam to have dominion over all the earth and to subdue it,
He was telling him to use all the resources that He had given him to serve Him and his fellow man.
He was never to use the resources of the earth to fulfill his own selfish need, the resources of the earth we’re to be used for the service unto the Lord,
He was to be led, guided, and controlled by the spirit of God for the service to God and for God.
Gen 2:15-17
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
If Adam would give God his best which was his free will then
God would give Adam his best even to the best of walking with him in the cool of the day.
God had entered into a covenant relationship with the man that He had created and in a covenant relationship both partners give the best that they have.
But Adam made a terrible mistake and the authority that he had been given by God was relinquished to Satan when he disobeyed the commandment of God
Gen 3:1-7
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.When
Adam disobeyed God he became a captive of Satan and he became a slave to Satan, when Adam chose to listen to Satan instead of listening to the one who had created him Adam surrendered the authority to Satan that God had given to him to rule the earth.
Rom 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Look at Luke 4:5-6
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
The devil is now speaking to the second Adam and he says,
All dominion and authority over the earth has been turned over, delivered unto me and it now belongs to me.
Listen to
2 Cor 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Now follow me,
Gen 3:8-15
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Before Adam sinned he was clothed with the glory of God and as soon as Adam and Eve sinned they realized that they we’re naked, they had lost their covering, the glory of God
As long as they obeyed God they we’re protected from the devil and what he wanted to do to them.
Do you remember Peter and the warning that the Lord gave him concerning what Satan wanted to do to him
Luke 22:31
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
As long as Peter obeyed the Lord Satan could not do anything but when Peter denied the Lord Satan sifted him
Now listen to the words of God concerning the beginning of the restoration of fallen man,
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Satan did not understand what God was saying when He uttered these words
It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise His heel
To bruise the head means to bruise authority.
The woman’s offspring, the Lord Jesus Christ will bruise the authority of Satan and He will take away the authority that was given to Satan by the first Adam and Satan will bruise his heel which means he will afflict his body on the cross and he will also afflict mankind.
When Jesus died on the cross he took away Satan’s authority which the first Adam had given to him and returned it to every person who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ and is found in Him.
Here is revelation
We need to understand that not only did Jesus die for us but He redeemed us which means he gave us back our authority that we lost through the first Adam.
THE WONDER OF HIS BLOOD
I have been sustained by His grace, I have been lifted up by His love, transformed by His power and He has given me the ability to know him, to know His statutes, His precepts and has allowed me to seek His face and to preach the unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ His Son.
I stand in awe of Him and thank Him for the opportunity to bring forth revelation concerning His word.
I wonder how many of Gods children really have understanding concerning the blood of Jesus because the word of God holds no power for the believer who has no understanding concerning the blood of the Son of God
Heb 9:19-20
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
In the Old Testament whenever the word of God was to be read the man of God would sprinkle the book and the people with the blood taken from the sacrifice.
Why?
So that the children of God would have understanding concerning the word that was being brought to them and also for the sealing and the ratifying of the covenant that existed between them and Almighty God.
In the many years that I have been preaching one of the things that I hear most from people is that they do not understand the word of God and that they do not feel the power of the word in their lives
And if that is true in your life then what you need is teaching and instruction which will bring revelation concerning the blood of Jesus,
You need to be sprinkled with His blood and you need the book that you are reading to be sprinkled with that blood so that you can experience the word of God literally being opened up to you.
I am speaking symbolically now and not literally.
So in the Old Testament the priest took blood from calves and goats and sprinkled the book and the people so that they would have understanding and be sealed in the covenant that existed between them and God.
Since we no longer are under the covenant of the Old Testament but under the covenant of grace what is it that we must do.
We are to come to the knowledge of the blood of Christ so that the word of God becomes powerful and alive in our lives.
Col 1:10
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
The bible is a book about blood, from the first book Genesis to the last book Revelation the emphasis is about blood.
Gen 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Rev 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
You can go anywhere in the word of God and you are going to be confronted with this issue blood.
Why?
Because life is in the blood
Lev 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Lev 17:14
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
Just as light is the only thing that can conquer or overcome darkness so life is the only thing that can conquer or overcome death,
When God created Adam He formed him out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life or the spirit of life and man became a living soul.
Gen 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
When the Lord formed Adam out of the dust of the ground Adam already had blood and as he lay there on the ground created by God in the image of God everything was already in tact.
The only thing missing was life
Life did not begin to flow in Adam until God breathed into him His own life
Have understanding,
The chemical substance that we call blood is the agent that carries life within our bodies.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: Lev 17:11
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: Lev 17:14
If a person loses his blood he loses his life, no blood means no life because it is the blood that carries the life.
Life is a spiritual substance but it must have a physical carrier blood carries the life of God for He is life.
WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS
Isa 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
What does Emmanuel mean?
It means God with us
So the scripture is literally telling us that Mary who is a virgin is going to conceive and bring forth a son who is the Son of God
This is not a normal conception.
So what is a normal conception?
Allow me to teach you.
When a man and a woman come together as one the man releases a reproductive seed called spermatozoon and the woman releases a reproductive seed called a ovum, neither one of these seeds have blood but they do have blood cells and when the male seed and the woman seed come together in the fallopian tube conception takes place and life begins.
The blood cells in this new creation are from both the father and the mother and the blood type of this new creation is determined the moment of conception and the moment this blood type is determined the placenta in the woman then protects this new creation from any flow of blood from the mother into the fetus.
This is a normal conception and new life that is born.
But the conception of Jesus was not normal; He had a virgin for a Mother and God for His Father and the importance of the virgin birth is the issue concerning the blood.
The Word of God is very clear concerning the conception that took place inside of Mary who was a virgin.
The agent involved in the conception of the Son of God would not be Joseph who was called to be her husband, but the agent would be the Holy Ghost
Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Listen and learn,
God took his already existent Son, a Son that already existed and had forever existed and He planted Him in the womb of this virgin woman without the spermatozoon of a male counterpart and joined this holy thing as the word of God proclaims to the ovum of this virgin woman which had no blood.
The blood type of the Son of God was a separate and precious type as His blood did not possess any of the sin and fall of the first Adam,
Mary supplied none of her blood cells to this creation because of the lack of the male spermatozoon; all of the child’s blood came from His Father in heaven through a supernatural creative act of Almighty God,
As He was the spotless Lamb of God, as He was the Pascal Lamb who would be without the stain of sin in His life.
Now follow me,
The first Adam was created without sin and the life of God was in him and when Adam allowed sin to come into his life then his sin was passed on to every human being who would be born after him.
And how is that sin passed on, through his blood and no one would be able to escape it.
Listen to David in
Ps 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
This is what is so marvelous about redemption; Christ came to redeem fallen man, to purchase his freedom and to restore him to his original state,
As the first Adam brought about the fallen state of God’s
Creation so the last Adam would bring restoration and life out of the death of the first Adam.
How?
Through His blood and how are we redeemed through His blood?
1 Cor 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
The first Adam became a living soul, a living personality and the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
What is a quickening spirit?
A quickening spirit restores the dead to life.
There is life in the blood of Jesus and when it is properly applied His blood will conquer and overcome the death that works in you and I through sin.
And if that was the end to the story it would be wonderful and marvelous in our sight but there is more to the wonderment of the blood of Jesus
Have you ever considered the authority that was given to the first Adam?
For it is in the understanding of that authority that you begin to comprehend the work that Christ did on the cross to restore fallen man to his rightful place with the Father in heaven.
<strong>Gen 1:26-28
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing
Adam was created in the image and in the likeness of Almighty God and he was created without sin.
It was intended for the first Adam to have authority and to rule over all other things that God had created and God told him to have dominion and to subdue the earth.
Man was to rule under God, man was designed to be the physical carrier for the spirit of God upon the earth,
Adam was created with a free will and the reason that Adam was created with a free will was because God wanted his willing submission,
God wanted him to have a choice to love Him, to serve Him, to desire Him and to want Him, therefore God created him with the ability to choose.
The word of God tells us that Adam was to use all the vast resources of the earth in his service to God and to man in other words when God told Adam to have dominion over all the earth and to subdue it,
He was telling him to use all the resources that He had given him to serve Him and his fellow man.
He was never to use the resources of the earth to fulfill his own selfish need, the resources of the earth we’re to be used for the service unto the Lord,
He was to be led, guided, and controlled by the spirit of God for the service to God and for God.
Gen 2:15-17
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
If Adam would give God his best which was his free will then
God would give Adam his best even to the best of walking with him in the cool of the day.
God had entered into a covenant relationship with the man that He had created and in a covenant relationship both partners give the best that they have.
But Adam made a terrible mistake and the authority that he had been given by God was relinquished to Satan when he disobeyed the commandment of God
Gen 3:1-7
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.When
Adam disobeyed God he became a captive of Satan and he became a slave to Satan, when Adam chose to listen to Satan instead of listening to the one who had created him Adam surrendered the authority to Satan that God had given to him to rule the earth.
Rom 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Look at Luke 4:5-6
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
The devil is now speaking to the second Adam and he says,
All dominion and authority over the earth has been turned over, delivered unto me and it now belongs to me.
Listen to
2 Cor 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Now follow me,
Gen 3:8-15
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Before Adam sinned he was clothed with the glory of God and as soon as Adam and Eve sinned they realized that they we’re naked, they had lost their covering, the glory of God
As long as they obeyed God they we’re protected from the devil and what he wanted to do to them.
Do you remember Peter and the warning that the Lord gave him concerning what Satan wanted to do to him
Luke 22:31
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
As long as Peter obeyed the Lord Satan could not do anything but when Peter denied the Lord Satan sifted him
Now listen to the words of God concerning the beginning of the restoration of fallen man,
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Satan did not understand what God was saying when He uttered these words
It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise His heel
To bruise the head means to bruise authority.
The woman’s offspring, the Lord Jesus Christ will bruise the authority of Satan and He will take away the authority that was given to Satan by the first Adam and Satan will bruise his heel which means he will afflict his body on the cross and he will also afflict mankind.
When Jesus died on the cross he took away Satan’s authority which the first Adam had given to him and returned it to every person who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ and is found in Him.
Here is revelation
We need to understand that not only did Jesus die for us but He redeemed us which means he gave us back our authority that we lost through the first Adam.
THE WONDER OF HIS BLOOD
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
THE KINGS POSITION
Phil 4:6-7
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
I believe with all of my heart that every insight and every revelation brought by the Holy Spirit is a journey that is meant to bring change and the ability to reach greater heights in the Lord Jesus Christ.
I also believe that the journey is meant to influence us so that we may become all that we are meant to become in Him through the Kings position.
1 Pet 5:6-7
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
We are in difficult times, we are in trials and tribulations but yet these things are a part of living in this world.
Hear the words of the Lord Jesus Christ as He gives us instruction concerning these difficult times.
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
2 Tim 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Acts 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Even though we shall have trials and tribulations and difficult times and though all of hell will assail itself against us and we are caught in the middle of our flesh and the world wants to see us fail and fall short of His glory,
We still are in the Kings position and we still have the upper hand.
The Lord wants every one of his children to know that He has provided a way for us to enjoy and to live in abundance and peace in the midst of these hard and trying times.
Hear the word of the Lord
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Why is it that we as children of the Most High God deal and live with restlessness when He has told us that He has given us His peace?
Why do we have fears and apprehensions that we live with all of our lives when He has told us not to be afraid, when He has told us not to worry and let not our hearts be troubled?
Why do we live in the place of negativity that has been birthed and spawned by these same fears and apprehensions when He has given us His peace which is not of this world?
And why is it that we continue to live and to be affected by these same standards that are of this world when He has given us His peace which is not of this world which can take us to a new level where His peace and His joy can abound in our lives.
Why do we continually stay in this place of bondage when there is a better place we can arise to?
I believe that we stay in this place of bondage for two reasons
#1 because we have no deep set desire to rise from the ashes of that bondage and
#2 we have not been taught how we can get out of that bondage.
1 Pet 5:6-7
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Let me make a statement that is reality and yet very few of Gods children find this truth that makes them free,
The peace of God is supposed to be a normal condition for you and me as children of God and yet there are very few of God’s people who are living and enjoying the peace of Christ as a daily part of there lives.
The word of God tells us that we are to be careful or anxious for nothing
Is that really what He says and is that really what He means
Luke 12:29
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Matt 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Luke 10:41
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha; thou art careful and troubled about many things:
How many of us are playing the role of Martha as we follow after Christ
Martha thou art anxious and troubled and worrisome about many things.
Now notice what the word of God tells us in
Phil 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
The book of Philippians is telling us to be anxious for nothing; be troubled about nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving.
Why have we as children of God been instructed to be free from anxiety and worry?
Because of the effects that anxiety and worry have upon our life.
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Anxiety will choke out the word of God and make it unfruitful.
We as children of God place very little emphasis on the reality of truth and that is for the most part we respond and react to situations and circumstances just like the unbeliever does, we experience life just like the unbeliever does, walking along in worry and confusion instead of enjoying life in the abundance of joy and peace that Christ has given to us.
Look at this scripture once again,
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The statement that Christ makes in this scripture is worded as though He has willed to us His peace,
This is very important; the reason that the scripture has been worded this way is for the purpose of showing us that it is abnormal for the child of God to live in anything other than the peace of Christ
Do you have understanding?
That means that turmoil, anxiety, worry and frustration is abnormal and is in total conflict with the word of God.
So then if this is abnormal behavior for the child of God what then is normal behavior?
First of all,
If we are going to live free from worry frustration anxiety and turmoil then we must believe that we are protected and secure from the powers of darkness and anything that would want to come against us to destroy us.
Let me show you the protection,
Ps 91:1-16
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.The Lord wants to bless us and He wants to bless us abundantly
John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Now if He desires to bless us and give us life abundantly then He is constantly looking for ways to stretch us and to enlarge us so that we can be more open to receiving the blessings that He wants to bestow on us.
2 Chr 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
Eph 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Just because we are protected and just because He wants to bless us exceedingly abundantly above that we ask or think, we still are not quarantined a trouble free life, we still are not guaranteed the sun with out the storms.
We as children of God are told to expect tribulation, to expect persecution, expect valleys and the burdens and the cares of the brethren, we are told that sorrow and weeping will endure for a season but to be of good cheer because our Lord and Savior has overcome the world.
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Now let me to show you something
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
When did the Lord leave us these verses of scripture,
Just before He departed from this world to go be with his Father?
And this is in essence what he said
Do not let your hearts be troubled, do not let your hearts be agitated, do not let your hearts be distressed
You believe in God, then believe in, adhere to and trust and rely on me as well
Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed, stop allowing fear, intimidation and your thoughts to be unsettled.
Rom 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Now listen to
Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
If the kingdom of God is within us and the kingdom is righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Ghost,
Then when were we made righteous
When did we enter into right standing with God?
It was when we accepted Christ into our hearts, when we became born again.
Now follow me,
In that righteousness came the fruit of the Holy Spirit
Love peace joy longsuffering, gentleness goodness faith meekness and temperance
Peace and joy are part of the fruit of the Holy Ghost
If you are born again through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ then the kingdom of God is just waiting to be released within you.
And how is the kingdom of God released in you.
BY BELIEVING
Now watch this,
Rom 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Now the author of the book of Hebrews tells us that those who truly believe may enter into the blessed Sabbath rest of the Lord
Heb 4:9-11
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
In the Sabbath rest of the Lord we are told that we can cease from weariness and the pain of human labors,
Now let us take a another step
To enter into the Sabbath rest of the Lord it takes believing and what else?
Mark 10:15
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Believing and childlike faith
What is childlike faith?
What are the characteristics of child like faith?
A child does not try to figure things out; they do not need specifics of exactly how they are going to be delivered or how that deliverance will come
Childlike faith does not need details of how they will be taken care.
They simply believe there parents when those same parents tell them that they will take care of them and there problems.
What takes place in the life of a child when he starts to grow up and he begins to doubt and to have reservations concerning his parents taking care of him?
He or she loses the joy of being in that family and it is the same within the spiritual family of God, when children of God begin to doubt and to disbelieve that the God of heaven is going to take care of them through His Son who redeemed and saved them, when there joy is replaced by doubt and unbelief they lose the joy of being part of the family.
Let me show you something,
Luke 10:20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
The Lord tells us not to rejoice because we have power over demons, not to rejoice because we have power over circumstances and situations in life but we are to rejoice because our names are written in the Lambs book of life
Hab 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The joy of our salvation comes from the greatest gift of all,
God’s love expressed to us through the giving of His most blessed Son the Lord Jesus Christ.
As believers,
Our joy and our peace are not based in doing and achieving
Our joy and our peace are based on our believing.
Ps 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
We experience peace and joy in our lives by being in His presence and receiving from Him and acting in response to His direction.
Joy and peace come from believing, knowing, trusting and relying on the Lord with simple childlike faith.
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
I believe with all of my heart that every insight and every revelation brought by the Holy Spirit is a journey that is meant to bring change and the ability to reach greater heights in the Lord Jesus Christ.
I also believe that the journey is meant to influence us so that we may become all that we are meant to become in Him through the Kings position.
1 Pet 5:6-7
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
We are in difficult times, we are in trials and tribulations but yet these things are a part of living in this world.
Hear the words of the Lord Jesus Christ as He gives us instruction concerning these difficult times.
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
2 Tim 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Acts 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Even though we shall have trials and tribulations and difficult times and though all of hell will assail itself against us and we are caught in the middle of our flesh and the world wants to see us fail and fall short of His glory,
We still are in the Kings position and we still have the upper hand.
The Lord wants every one of his children to know that He has provided a way for us to enjoy and to live in abundance and peace in the midst of these hard and trying times.
Hear the word of the Lord
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Why is it that we as children of the Most High God deal and live with restlessness when He has told us that He has given us His peace?
Why do we have fears and apprehensions that we live with all of our lives when He has told us not to be afraid, when He has told us not to worry and let not our hearts be troubled?
Why do we live in the place of negativity that has been birthed and spawned by these same fears and apprehensions when He has given us His peace which is not of this world?
And why is it that we continue to live and to be affected by these same standards that are of this world when He has given us His peace which is not of this world which can take us to a new level where His peace and His joy can abound in our lives.
Why do we continually stay in this place of bondage when there is a better place we can arise to?
I believe that we stay in this place of bondage for two reasons
#1 because we have no deep set desire to rise from the ashes of that bondage and
#2 we have not been taught how we can get out of that bondage.
1 Pet 5:6-7
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Let me make a statement that is reality and yet very few of Gods children find this truth that makes them free,
The peace of God is supposed to be a normal condition for you and me as children of God and yet there are very few of God’s people who are living and enjoying the peace of Christ as a daily part of there lives.
The word of God tells us that we are to be careful or anxious for nothing
Is that really what He says and is that really what He means
Luke 12:29
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Matt 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Luke 10:41
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha; thou art careful and troubled about many things:
How many of us are playing the role of Martha as we follow after Christ
Martha thou art anxious and troubled and worrisome about many things.
Now notice what the word of God tells us in
Phil 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
The book of Philippians is telling us to be anxious for nothing; be troubled about nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving.
Why have we as children of God been instructed to be free from anxiety and worry?
Because of the effects that anxiety and worry have upon our life.
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Anxiety will choke out the word of God and make it unfruitful.
We as children of God place very little emphasis on the reality of truth and that is for the most part we respond and react to situations and circumstances just like the unbeliever does, we experience life just like the unbeliever does, walking along in worry and confusion instead of enjoying life in the abundance of joy and peace that Christ has given to us.
Look at this scripture once again,
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The statement that Christ makes in this scripture is worded as though He has willed to us His peace,
This is very important; the reason that the scripture has been worded this way is for the purpose of showing us that it is abnormal for the child of God to live in anything other than the peace of Christ
Do you have understanding?
That means that turmoil, anxiety, worry and frustration is abnormal and is in total conflict with the word of God.
So then if this is abnormal behavior for the child of God what then is normal behavior?
First of all,
If we are going to live free from worry frustration anxiety and turmoil then we must believe that we are protected and secure from the powers of darkness and anything that would want to come against us to destroy us.
Let me show you the protection,
Ps 91:1-16
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.The Lord wants to bless us and He wants to bless us abundantly
John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Now if He desires to bless us and give us life abundantly then He is constantly looking for ways to stretch us and to enlarge us so that we can be more open to receiving the blessings that He wants to bestow on us.
2 Chr 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
Eph 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Just because we are protected and just because He wants to bless us exceedingly abundantly above that we ask or think, we still are not quarantined a trouble free life, we still are not guaranteed the sun with out the storms.
We as children of God are told to expect tribulation, to expect persecution, expect valleys and the burdens and the cares of the brethren, we are told that sorrow and weeping will endure for a season but to be of good cheer because our Lord and Savior has overcome the world.
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Now let me to show you something
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
When did the Lord leave us these verses of scripture,
Just before He departed from this world to go be with his Father?
And this is in essence what he said
Do not let your hearts be troubled, do not let your hearts be agitated, do not let your hearts be distressed
You believe in God, then believe in, adhere to and trust and rely on me as well
Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed, stop allowing fear, intimidation and your thoughts to be unsettled.
Rom 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Now listen to
Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
If the kingdom of God is within us and the kingdom is righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Ghost,
Then when were we made righteous
When did we enter into right standing with God?
It was when we accepted Christ into our hearts, when we became born again.
Now follow me,
In that righteousness came the fruit of the Holy Spirit
Love peace joy longsuffering, gentleness goodness faith meekness and temperance
Peace and joy are part of the fruit of the Holy Ghost
If you are born again through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ then the kingdom of God is just waiting to be released within you.
And how is the kingdom of God released in you.
BY BELIEVING
Now watch this,
Rom 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Now the author of the book of Hebrews tells us that those who truly believe may enter into the blessed Sabbath rest of the Lord
Heb 4:9-11
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
In the Sabbath rest of the Lord we are told that we can cease from weariness and the pain of human labors,
Now let us take a another step
To enter into the Sabbath rest of the Lord it takes believing and what else?
Mark 10:15
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Believing and childlike faith
What is childlike faith?
What are the characteristics of child like faith?
A child does not try to figure things out; they do not need specifics of exactly how they are going to be delivered or how that deliverance will come
Childlike faith does not need details of how they will be taken care.
They simply believe there parents when those same parents tell them that they will take care of them and there problems.
What takes place in the life of a child when he starts to grow up and he begins to doubt and to have reservations concerning his parents taking care of him?
He or she loses the joy of being in that family and it is the same within the spiritual family of God, when children of God begin to doubt and to disbelieve that the God of heaven is going to take care of them through His Son who redeemed and saved them, when there joy is replaced by doubt and unbelief they lose the joy of being part of the family.
Let me show you something,
Luke 10:20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
The Lord tells us not to rejoice because we have power over demons, not to rejoice because we have power over circumstances and situations in life but we are to rejoice because our names are written in the Lambs book of life
Hab 3:18
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The joy of our salvation comes from the greatest gift of all,
God’s love expressed to us through the giving of His most blessed Son the Lord Jesus Christ.
As believers,
Our joy and our peace are not based in doing and achieving
Our joy and our peace are based on our believing.
Ps 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
We experience peace and joy in our lives by being in His presence and receiving from Him and acting in response to His direction.
Joy and peace come from believing, knowing, trusting and relying on the Lord with simple childlike faith.
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
WINNING THE BATTLE OVER YOUR EMOTIONS
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Allow me to ask you a question,
Why do people leave a church?
Why do people leave a marriage?
Why do people abandon babies?
Why do people have road rage and anger problems?
Why do people give up and call it quits?
There is only one answer and that is because of emotions.
One more question
Why would you or I ever consider counseling?
The only reason that we would ever consider counseling would be because we feel that things are out of control and what is out of control when things are out of control, our emotions.
So let’s deal with the reality of our emotions for a moment,
Every single one of us has emotions and the emotions that we have are directly tied to our five senses.
The good news is this,
When God created us he created us with emotions and emotions have a purpose in our lives and I am constantly amazed as I speak to people because the best and the worst that people speak about concerning there life is directly tied to there emotions.
Every individual has and is tied to emotional experiences that completely dominate there lives whether they be positive or whether they be negative and these emotional experiences have a direct effect as to the quality of life that each individual is living.
I believe that the key to successful living in the Lord Jesus Christ is winning the battle over those emotions.
Emotions are a fact of life that we can not live without but we as children of God need to learn how to direct and how to win the battle over these emotions,
In the world that we live in today every thing and I mean every thing is tied to and linked to our emotions, we have elevated our emotions to a place of importance above morality, above accountability, above responsibility, above integrity, above truthfulness and honesty.
Forty years ago when a woman became pregnant it did not matter what feelings she felt, she became a mother in spite of her feelings and the man married the woman in spite of his feelings,
All feelings were put aside to do the right thing
Abortion was not an issue and an orphanage was not an issue
Forty years ago when a young man reached the age of 13 he worked at a job to help the family make ends meet, it did not matter how much school work that he had, it did not matter how tired that he was or how far he had to walk home from school, his feelings were shelved to help in whatever manner he could.
Our emotions are involved with saving the whales and killing our children, our emotions are involved with doing what feels good and then they are involved with not paying the consequences for our actions that feel good
And we now are at the place in our society where our emotions dictate to us instead of us dictating to our emotions
Instead of people having there emotions under control for the most part peoples emotions are out of control
Let me give you truth that will make you free,
The temptation that you are dealing with is limited to what you think
You are not what you eat you are what you think
If you do not think about the temptation you will not be tempted by it because you will never be tempted beyond what you are thinking and emotions are controlled by what you think as well.
One of the major problems that I have with physiology and psychiatry is that they do not make you accountable and responsible for your thinking, they do not teach you how to control your emotions instead they give you drugs and anti depressants to get you through but your condition never changes and they just keep you holding on as your emotions go on a roller coaster ride.
I wonder how many of you have understanding that God has made you accountable and responsible for your emotions.
Deut 28:47-48
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
Hear the word of God,
Because you do not have joy when you served me, because you do not have gladness, because you did not rejoice concerning all the blessings and abundance that I have given you, I am going to bring you into bondage to be punished for your negative thinking.
There it is
Negative thinking brings forth bondage
God brought forth judgment on his people because they had negative thinking and negative emotions.
Most churches do not want to hear this in fact most of Gods people do not want to hear this and yet this is the truth of Gods word that brings the captive to revelation and makes them free.
YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR EMOTIONS
Turn once again to our opening scripture
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Here we find the Lord speaking to His disciples concerning the things that are going to be taking place in a few short days and He is telling them that He is going to be given into the hands of those who desire to destroy him and He will be crucified, scourged, beaten and tortured.
And then He makes this incredible statement
Do not let your hearts be troubled
Why would He tell them not to let their hearts be troubled if it was not possible for them to come to that place of peace and rest?
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Jesus told His disciples, you are going to see and hear things in the next couple of days that are going to rip your heart out, things that are going to overwhelm you and frighten you but
Let not your heart be troubled.
Be in peace.
So let’s have understanding,
He is telling them not to be troubled in the midst of tremendous trouble because they can have perfect peace.
Isa 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
What is perfect peace?
It is the place where your emotions are at perfect rest because your mind is stayed on Him instead of on your troubles.
It is not a place where you are emotionless or hardened to the place where no emotion comes through
It is a place where your emotions are at perfect rest and in that perfect rest your emotions are producing fruit that are positive and productive.
Look at this scripture and understand the implications
Deut 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
You chose
The Lord has set before us this day life and death, blessing and cursing,
Heaven and earth have recorded it and then the word of God tells you to chose life that you and your seed may live.
What are emotions?
Emotions are the spice of life and the Lord has given us emotions for the purpose of those emotions having a positive effect on us and not a negative effect.
What is the purpose of negative emotions?
The purpose is to rob you of your peace.
The word of God is very clear in outlining to us that the reason that our emotions get out of control is because our emotions are not in control,
Paul and Silas in Macedonia is a very clear indication of what I am speaking about
Paul receives a vision from the Lord and in that vision Paul sees some one telling him to come to Macedonia because they need his help
Paul obeys
When they reach Macedonia, they are beaten with rods, placed in stocks and bonds and cast into the deepest part of the prison.
This is a place where emotions are going to bring forth life or they are going to bring forth death and Duet 30:19 proclaims that you chose the one that will be manifested,
Heaven and earth have recorded it
You choose
What will it be life or death?
The word of the Lord proclaims it
Let not your heart be troubled
Let not your emotions get out of control
So what did Paul and Silas do
They chose life, they sang praises, and they sang hymns and they exalted the Lord and the prison became a place of life in the midst of death.
What is it that is going to keep Paul and Silas from singing and praising the Lord in the worst of conditions?
Emotions
You see I believe that emotions are one of the major things in the body of Christ that keep us from going through and going over and I also believe that emotions are at the top of the list in the four area’s that Satan has access to you and I
What are those four areas?
# 1thoughts
# 2responses
# 3actions and
# 4 emotions
Thoughts plant a seed but they do not immediately motivate us like emotions do,
Emotions spur our actions, emotions spur our responses and emotions even accelerate our thoughts and I do not believe that the church has effectively dealt with this issue in depth so that the child of God is able to walk in victory,
One of the reasons that the child of God is not able to walk in victory over their emotions is because they have not been brought to the place of accountability concerning their emotions and victory only comes by becoming responsible for your emotions.
The word of God is very clear
We are responsible
James 1:13-14
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God
For God can not be tempted with evil and God tempts no man
But every man, every woman, every single person who has ever been tempted was tempted because of there own lust and in that lust they are enticed.
The word lust means any overwhelming desire
Most people want to take that word lust and use in an immoral issue, they want to use in a sexual connotation but the true meaning of lust is an overwhelming desire.
I wonder how many of you have revelation that the spirit lusts as well
Gal 5:16-17
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
What this is speaking about is a strong emotional desire, the flesh has a strong emotional desire to fight against the spirit and the spirit has a strong emotional desire that fights against the flesh.
And some one might ask that if emotions are such trouble why do we have them,
The reason that you have emotions is because God has emotions
The scripture tells us that God is a jealous God
Exod 34:14
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Jealousy is an emotion.
The word of God tells us that God is love and certainly love is more than emotions but it certainly involves emotions
God has emotions and God created us in his image and likeness and that is why that we have emotions
James 1:13-14 again
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
What this scripture is saying is that temptations come through your emotions and the reason that most people do not feel responsible for there actions is because they do not feel responsible for there emotions.
Most people feel that their emotions are the cause of a chemical reaction or imbalance and because it is a chemical reaction they need a chemical to control the chemical reaction, so they take medication, they go to therapy, they go to a psychiatrist or a Christian counselor, they go every where but where they need to go and that is to themselves to bring there emotions under control through the word of God
Hear the scripture,
You are drawn away because of your own lust or desires
Now look at,
James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Have understanding because this is what the scripture is revealing to you,
Sin is conceived in your emotions.
What a radical truth and here is truth concerning that which is radical?
If you can stop the conception of sin, then you can stop the action of sin and if you can stop the action of sin then you can limit the devil being able to use you and you will begin winning the battle over your emotions and walking in victory.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Allow me to ask you a question,
Why do people leave a church?
Why do people leave a marriage?
Why do people abandon babies?
Why do people have road rage and anger problems?
Why do people give up and call it quits?
There is only one answer and that is because of emotions.
One more question
Why would you or I ever consider counseling?
The only reason that we would ever consider counseling would be because we feel that things are out of control and what is out of control when things are out of control, our emotions.
So let’s deal with the reality of our emotions for a moment,
Every single one of us has emotions and the emotions that we have are directly tied to our five senses.
The good news is this,
When God created us he created us with emotions and emotions have a purpose in our lives and I am constantly amazed as I speak to people because the best and the worst that people speak about concerning there life is directly tied to there emotions.
Every individual has and is tied to emotional experiences that completely dominate there lives whether they be positive or whether they be negative and these emotional experiences have a direct effect as to the quality of life that each individual is living.
I believe that the key to successful living in the Lord Jesus Christ is winning the battle over those emotions.
Emotions are a fact of life that we can not live without but we as children of God need to learn how to direct and how to win the battle over these emotions,
In the world that we live in today every thing and I mean every thing is tied to and linked to our emotions, we have elevated our emotions to a place of importance above morality, above accountability, above responsibility, above integrity, above truthfulness and honesty.
Forty years ago when a woman became pregnant it did not matter what feelings she felt, she became a mother in spite of her feelings and the man married the woman in spite of his feelings,
All feelings were put aside to do the right thing
Abortion was not an issue and an orphanage was not an issue
Forty years ago when a young man reached the age of 13 he worked at a job to help the family make ends meet, it did not matter how much school work that he had, it did not matter how tired that he was or how far he had to walk home from school, his feelings were shelved to help in whatever manner he could.
Our emotions are involved with saving the whales and killing our children, our emotions are involved with doing what feels good and then they are involved with not paying the consequences for our actions that feel good
And we now are at the place in our society where our emotions dictate to us instead of us dictating to our emotions
Instead of people having there emotions under control for the most part peoples emotions are out of control
Let me give you truth that will make you free,
The temptation that you are dealing with is limited to what you think
You are not what you eat you are what you think
If you do not think about the temptation you will not be tempted by it because you will never be tempted beyond what you are thinking and emotions are controlled by what you think as well.
One of the major problems that I have with physiology and psychiatry is that they do not make you accountable and responsible for your thinking, they do not teach you how to control your emotions instead they give you drugs and anti depressants to get you through but your condition never changes and they just keep you holding on as your emotions go on a roller coaster ride.
I wonder how many of you have understanding that God has made you accountable and responsible for your emotions.
Deut 28:47-48
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
Hear the word of God,
Because you do not have joy when you served me, because you do not have gladness, because you did not rejoice concerning all the blessings and abundance that I have given you, I am going to bring you into bondage to be punished for your negative thinking.
There it is
Negative thinking brings forth bondage
God brought forth judgment on his people because they had negative thinking and negative emotions.
Most churches do not want to hear this in fact most of Gods people do not want to hear this and yet this is the truth of Gods word that brings the captive to revelation and makes them free.
YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR EMOTIONS
Turn once again to our opening scripture
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Here we find the Lord speaking to His disciples concerning the things that are going to be taking place in a few short days and He is telling them that He is going to be given into the hands of those who desire to destroy him and He will be crucified, scourged, beaten and tortured.
And then He makes this incredible statement
Do not let your hearts be troubled
Why would He tell them not to let their hearts be troubled if it was not possible for them to come to that place of peace and rest?
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Jesus told His disciples, you are going to see and hear things in the next couple of days that are going to rip your heart out, things that are going to overwhelm you and frighten you but
Let not your heart be troubled.
Be in peace.
So let’s have understanding,
He is telling them not to be troubled in the midst of tremendous trouble because they can have perfect peace.
Isa 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
What is perfect peace?
It is the place where your emotions are at perfect rest because your mind is stayed on Him instead of on your troubles.
It is not a place where you are emotionless or hardened to the place where no emotion comes through
It is a place where your emotions are at perfect rest and in that perfect rest your emotions are producing fruit that are positive and productive.
Look at this scripture and understand the implications
Deut 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
You chose
The Lord has set before us this day life and death, blessing and cursing,
Heaven and earth have recorded it and then the word of God tells you to chose life that you and your seed may live.
What are emotions?
Emotions are the spice of life and the Lord has given us emotions for the purpose of those emotions having a positive effect on us and not a negative effect.
What is the purpose of negative emotions?
The purpose is to rob you of your peace.
The word of God is very clear in outlining to us that the reason that our emotions get out of control is because our emotions are not in control,
Paul and Silas in Macedonia is a very clear indication of what I am speaking about
Paul receives a vision from the Lord and in that vision Paul sees some one telling him to come to Macedonia because they need his help
Paul obeys
When they reach Macedonia, they are beaten with rods, placed in stocks and bonds and cast into the deepest part of the prison.
This is a place where emotions are going to bring forth life or they are going to bring forth death and Duet 30:19 proclaims that you chose the one that will be manifested,
Heaven and earth have recorded it
You choose
What will it be life or death?
The word of the Lord proclaims it
Let not your heart be troubled
Let not your emotions get out of control
So what did Paul and Silas do
They chose life, they sang praises, and they sang hymns and they exalted the Lord and the prison became a place of life in the midst of death.
What is it that is going to keep Paul and Silas from singing and praising the Lord in the worst of conditions?
Emotions
You see I believe that emotions are one of the major things in the body of Christ that keep us from going through and going over and I also believe that emotions are at the top of the list in the four area’s that Satan has access to you and I
What are those four areas?
# 1thoughts
# 2responses
# 3actions and
# 4 emotions
Thoughts plant a seed but they do not immediately motivate us like emotions do,
Emotions spur our actions, emotions spur our responses and emotions even accelerate our thoughts and I do not believe that the church has effectively dealt with this issue in depth so that the child of God is able to walk in victory,
One of the reasons that the child of God is not able to walk in victory over their emotions is because they have not been brought to the place of accountability concerning their emotions and victory only comes by becoming responsible for your emotions.
The word of God is very clear
We are responsible
James 1:13-14
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God
For God can not be tempted with evil and God tempts no man
But every man, every woman, every single person who has ever been tempted was tempted because of there own lust and in that lust they are enticed.
The word lust means any overwhelming desire
Most people want to take that word lust and use in an immoral issue, they want to use in a sexual connotation but the true meaning of lust is an overwhelming desire.
I wonder how many of you have revelation that the spirit lusts as well
Gal 5:16-17
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
What this is speaking about is a strong emotional desire, the flesh has a strong emotional desire to fight against the spirit and the spirit has a strong emotional desire that fights against the flesh.
And some one might ask that if emotions are such trouble why do we have them,
The reason that you have emotions is because God has emotions
The scripture tells us that God is a jealous God
Exod 34:14
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Jealousy is an emotion.
The word of God tells us that God is love and certainly love is more than emotions but it certainly involves emotions
God has emotions and God created us in his image and likeness and that is why that we have emotions
James 1:13-14 again
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
What this scripture is saying is that temptations come through your emotions and the reason that most people do not feel responsible for there actions is because they do not feel responsible for there emotions.
Most people feel that their emotions are the cause of a chemical reaction or imbalance and because it is a chemical reaction they need a chemical to control the chemical reaction, so they take medication, they go to therapy, they go to a psychiatrist or a Christian counselor, they go every where but where they need to go and that is to themselves to bring there emotions under control through the word of God
Hear the scripture,
You are drawn away because of your own lust or desires
Now look at,
James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Have understanding because this is what the scripture is revealing to you,
Sin is conceived in your emotions.
What a radical truth and here is truth concerning that which is radical?
If you can stop the conception of sin, then you can stop the action of sin and if you can stop the action of sin then you can limit the devil being able to use you and you will begin winning the battle over your emotions and walking in victory.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
FILLED WITH HIS FULLNESS
Eph 3:19
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
What an awesome promise, to be filled with the fullness of God and to know the love of Christ and to be filled to the breadth length depth and height of that love.
This is the place that the Holy Ghost desires to take every child of God to, the place of being filled with His fullness
Eph 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Here is truth,
If your foundation is secure it is not a hard thing to build the rest of the building, if the foundation is secure then the entire structure will be secure, if the foundation is secure then you can build upwards without fear of being top heavy and being unstable.
The trade buildings in New York City towered 1100 feet into the air, those buildings we’re not top heavy, they we’re not in danger of falling and the major reason that there was no danger was because the foundation was secure.
The foundation went down 10 stories into the ground which was a hundred feet, the foundation was secure.
If your foundation is not secure it is going to be very difficult for you to rise to great heights spiritually.
Unless you have real spiritual power working within you, unless you have resurrection and delivering power working within you it is going to be very difficult to rise to the place of being filled with his fullness.
Eph 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
In order for Him to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think it is according to the power that works within us and the power inside of us is not going to work effectively if the foundation is not secure and anchored in solid ground
Luke 6:47-49
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Now I need to stop right there and show you what this scripture is really saying.
James 1:23-24
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
So what the word of God is referring to are men and women who are not only hearers but doerers of the word.
And when we are speaking of those who are doerers of the word we are speaking about people who are solid and their foundations are secure and built upon the rock and because there foundation is built upon the rock they themselves are unmovable concerning the things of God
Now turn to Luke 6:47 again,
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
This is what he is like,
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
I need to say it again
If you and I are to rise spiritually to great heights in the presence of the Lord then the foundation that we are to build upon must be secure and founded on the rock.
Let me ask you a question and answer it honestly and with truthfulness.
Do you really understand the depths from which you have been saved, do you really understand and have clarity concerning the sacrifice that was made so that you might be free from the bondages of Satan, do you really have understanding concerning the pit from which you we’re dug.
Except we understand the spiritual principles, except we understand the will of God concerning us, except we understand the mind of Christ concerning us we will never be able to stand when the winds begin to blow in our lives, we will never be able to stand when the trials and the tribulations come in our lives, we will never be able to stand when Satan comes in as an angel of light, we will never be able to stand unless we are fixed, secure and our foundation is solid in the word of God.
If we are going to go through with God into the fullness of Pentecost there are four things that must be present in our lives
#1 FIRST WE MUST BE GROUNDED AND SETTLED IN HIS LOVE.
Eph 3:17-19
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of
#2 WE MUST HAVE A CLEAR AND REAL REVELATION OF WHAT LOVE REALLY IS.
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
#3 WE MUST HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The second thing that we need to understand concerning the word is that love must express and manifest itself through the word,
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son is an example of love expressing itself through the word,
Love must manifest itself through the word and it must express itself through the word within us.
#4 THE FOURTH THING THAT WE MUST REALIZE IS THAT WE MUST CLEARLY UNDERSTAND OUR OWN GROUND.
Why? Because it is our own ground that needs to be looked after the most.
Matt 13:8
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Mark 4:20
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
Luke 8:15
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
The Lord is speaking about good ground that yields forth a harvest from the seed that is sown and some bore fruit thirtyfold, some bore fruit sixtyfold and some bore fruit a hundredfold.
Here is a tremendous principal
Even in the good ground there are portions of thirty, sixty and one hundredfold but there are no limitations to the abundance of the harvest when the ground becomes good ground in the hands of the Lord.
So what is it that we are to understand concerning our own ground?
We must understand that the word of God can not come forth in all its power and all its purpose until the ground is right.
The ground has to be good ground, it has to be fertile ground and it has to be ready to receive the seed.
Jer 4:3
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Hear the word of the Lord,
Break up your fallow ground, get the ground ready to be plowed, break up the clods, break up the soil and get it ready to receive the seed
What is the ground?
It is the heart!
But this is what happens a great part of the time
The seed is sown but the ground is not ready to receive the seed, the ground is not broken up and it has not been cleared of the thorns.
The scripture is very clear when it tells us not to plant or sow amongst thorns
Why?
Luke 8:14
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Mark 4:18-19
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Here me because I want you to see what the primary purpose of the mind of the spirit is,
When the love of God is in its perfect progress and is doing its divine work within the scriptures of God then all other things work in harmony with each other.
Rom 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Prophetic utterances mean absolutely nothing unless they are covered in divine love.
The gifts of the spirit are brassy and clash unless they are covered in divine love.
1 Cor 13:1-8
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
How was the Lord Jesus Christ able to accomplish all that He accomplished in just the short amount of time that He was on this earth?
How?
He was full of the love of the Father, He came into the perfect will and purpose of the father, He was the good ground of the Father and love working in that good ground brought forth much fruit
Why?
Because love never fails
FILLED WITH HIS FULLNESS
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
What an awesome promise, to be filled with the fullness of God and to know the love of Christ and to be filled to the breadth length depth and height of that love.
This is the place that the Holy Ghost desires to take every child of God to, the place of being filled with His fullness
Eph 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Here is truth,
If your foundation is secure it is not a hard thing to build the rest of the building, if the foundation is secure then the entire structure will be secure, if the foundation is secure then you can build upwards without fear of being top heavy and being unstable.
The trade buildings in New York City towered 1100 feet into the air, those buildings we’re not top heavy, they we’re not in danger of falling and the major reason that there was no danger was because the foundation was secure.
The foundation went down 10 stories into the ground which was a hundred feet, the foundation was secure.
If your foundation is not secure it is going to be very difficult for you to rise to great heights spiritually.
Unless you have real spiritual power working within you, unless you have resurrection and delivering power working within you it is going to be very difficult to rise to the place of being filled with his fullness.
Eph 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
In order for Him to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think it is according to the power that works within us and the power inside of us is not going to work effectively if the foundation is not secure and anchored in solid ground
Luke 6:47-49
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Now I need to stop right there and show you what this scripture is really saying.
James 1:23-24
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
So what the word of God is referring to are men and women who are not only hearers but doerers of the word.
And when we are speaking of those who are doerers of the word we are speaking about people who are solid and their foundations are secure and built upon the rock and because there foundation is built upon the rock they themselves are unmovable concerning the things of God
Now turn to Luke 6:47 again,
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
This is what he is like,
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
I need to say it again
If you and I are to rise spiritually to great heights in the presence of the Lord then the foundation that we are to build upon must be secure and founded on the rock.
Let me ask you a question and answer it honestly and with truthfulness.
Do you really understand the depths from which you have been saved, do you really understand and have clarity concerning the sacrifice that was made so that you might be free from the bondages of Satan, do you really have understanding concerning the pit from which you we’re dug.
Except we understand the spiritual principles, except we understand the will of God concerning us, except we understand the mind of Christ concerning us we will never be able to stand when the winds begin to blow in our lives, we will never be able to stand when the trials and the tribulations come in our lives, we will never be able to stand when Satan comes in as an angel of light, we will never be able to stand unless we are fixed, secure and our foundation is solid in the word of God.
If we are going to go through with God into the fullness of Pentecost there are four things that must be present in our lives
#1 FIRST WE MUST BE GROUNDED AND SETTLED IN HIS LOVE.
Eph 3:17-19
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of
#2 WE MUST HAVE A CLEAR AND REAL REVELATION OF WHAT LOVE REALLY IS.
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
#3 WE MUST HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The second thing that we need to understand concerning the word is that love must express and manifest itself through the word,
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son is an example of love expressing itself through the word,
Love must manifest itself through the word and it must express itself through the word within us.
#4 THE FOURTH THING THAT WE MUST REALIZE IS THAT WE MUST CLEARLY UNDERSTAND OUR OWN GROUND.
Why? Because it is our own ground that needs to be looked after the most.
Matt 13:8
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Mark 4:20
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
Luke 8:15
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
The Lord is speaking about good ground that yields forth a harvest from the seed that is sown and some bore fruit thirtyfold, some bore fruit sixtyfold and some bore fruit a hundredfold.
Here is a tremendous principal
Even in the good ground there are portions of thirty, sixty and one hundredfold but there are no limitations to the abundance of the harvest when the ground becomes good ground in the hands of the Lord.
So what is it that we are to understand concerning our own ground?
We must understand that the word of God can not come forth in all its power and all its purpose until the ground is right.
The ground has to be good ground, it has to be fertile ground and it has to be ready to receive the seed.
Jer 4:3
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Hear the word of the Lord,
Break up your fallow ground, get the ground ready to be plowed, break up the clods, break up the soil and get it ready to receive the seed
What is the ground?
It is the heart!
But this is what happens a great part of the time
The seed is sown but the ground is not ready to receive the seed, the ground is not broken up and it has not been cleared of the thorns.
The scripture is very clear when it tells us not to plant or sow amongst thorns
Why?
Luke 8:14
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Mark 4:18-19
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Here me because I want you to see what the primary purpose of the mind of the spirit is,
When the love of God is in its perfect progress and is doing its divine work within the scriptures of God then all other things work in harmony with each other.
Rom 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Prophetic utterances mean absolutely nothing unless they are covered in divine love.
The gifts of the spirit are brassy and clash unless they are covered in divine love.
1 Cor 13:1-8
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
How was the Lord Jesus Christ able to accomplish all that He accomplished in just the short amount of time that He was on this earth?
How?
He was full of the love of the Father, He came into the perfect will and purpose of the father, He was the good ground of the Father and love working in that good ground brought forth much fruit
Why?
Because love never fails
FILLED WITH HIS FULLNESS
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