Yet unrevealed, but now will be revealed.
Micah 4:8 “Kingship will come to the daughter of Jerusalem.”
Except for Joshua, who was not a king as such, not a single king of the nation of Israel fulfilled the requirements of Kingship under the law. Deuteronomy 17:14-20 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” be sure to appoint over you the kings the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your own brothers. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not a brother Israelite. The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.” He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver or gold. When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites. It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law to the right and to the left.
Only Joshua is recorded as having obeyed the law of writing down a copy of the Law for himself in Joshua 8:32 There in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua copied on stones the law of Moses, which he had written.
Not one of the supposed Kings did that, and none of their reigns or dynasties lasted. Likewise, in the New Testament, the Law of God for us, “Listen to Him” —that is Jesus, was only recorded for us as having been chosen by a woman. Luke 10:39, 41-42 She [Martha] had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said… and Jesus said, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken away from her.”
Concerning the New Covenant, God said in Jeremiah 3:33 “This is the Covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time. I will put My law in their minds and write it on their hearts.”
Mary, a woman, was the first to demonstrate that the Law of God for the New Covenant— “Listen to Jesus” —was written on her heart, for she was not at the Mount of Transfiguration to hear the Law, but yet she lived the law….by sitting at the feet of Jesus…listening. She listened enough to Jesus and committed enough of Jesus words to be the only person at the dinner in Bethany in John 12 to prepare Jesus for His burial, as Jesus said – John 12:7, 8 “Leave her alone. It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of My burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have Me.”
It was a woman who realized that Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem would result in His death. She was the first to prophetically anoint him for His death. It is a woman with whom Jesus shares the glory of the preaching of His gospel with. This same woman—Mark 14:9 “I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will be told, in memory of her.”
It was women who formed most of the disciples that did watch the crucifixion. Mark 15:40, 41 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. In Galilee these women had followed Him and cared for His needs. Many other women who had come up with Him to Jerusalem were also there. John lists also in John 19:25 Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene were there as well. Except for John, who we know was there because of Jesus’ utterance from the cross; there was no other male disciple. John 19:26, 27 and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby…and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”
It is now established and well discussed it was women who went to the grave and women to first see Jesus risen from the dead, and the male disciples did not believe them. Mark 16:11 when they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen Him, they did not believe it. And it is to a woman that Jesus uttered two of His greatest revelations—to Martha in John 11:25, 26 “I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me will live even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” And to Mary Magdalene, who would witness the truth of John 11:25, 26 He said in John 20:17 “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
It was to a woman that Jesus even decreed the truth of God’s full generosity to us, making us co-heirs—equal with Jesus, because His Father is our Father, His God is now our God—
In both relationship of family status and in political status, Jesus made Mary Magdalene equal to Himself. God was also her Father, as He is His Father; and God was also her God as He is the God of Jesus—an equality that was always planned and placed there from the beginning when God first took Eve out of the side of Adam as his helper. “I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 And the word “helper” carries with it the translation of being his equal—which makes him complete...that is, without Eve Adam was incomplete. Now Jesus in his glorified state in John 20:17 had declared Mary Magdalene His equal in familial relationship and in socio-political relationship to God—they had the same Father and God—in that order. That is, daughtership is more important than servanthood—as surely as Sonship is more important than servanthood.
Although Jesus was introduced in Isaiah 42:1 as “Here is My servant, whom I uphold, my chosen One in whom I delight…”, Jesus was already the Son who became the servant—not the servant who became a son. And it was to Mary that this was first declared. She was first a daughter and then a servant of God. But the men did not believe her. If they did not believe her Gospel, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that He had said these things to her. What things?—the things of John 20:17; then by their unbelief, they never really took up sonship first. Indeed, the Church did not start with the male disciples understand-ing that they were now sons of God, because of what Jesus had done and declared, but they had still in their hearts that they were servants of God only. And the idea of daughtership for the women was still so foreign to them, that even the Apostle Paul who was the one who understood the revelation of Sonship and the concept of being co-heirs with Christ, still wrote concerning the women in 1 Timothy 2:11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. Now I agree with Paul here, for Mary sat in quietness and full submission listening to Jesus. But if you were to then go on with Paul, v 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, she must be silent; - then I depart from Paul and stand with Jesus—For Jesus gave the first post-Resurrection command to a woman, and the Gospel of His Resurrection to a woman. Indeed, He gave the revelation that He is the Resurrection, the cornerstone of our faith, for if there is no resurrection as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:13,14: If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is our faith.
Jesus gave this revelation to a woman, Martha, who did not believe it. But to a woman who believed it, Mary Magdalene, Jesus gave her equal status with Him; as a daughter as He is the Son and as the servant of God as He is—and by the will of God, who also gave Jesus Kingship over Israel through His natural birth line from David—gave Mary Magdalene the same spiritual and legal royalty—Kingship did come to the daughter of Jerusalem as it was written in Micah 4:8.
Just as not a single king of Israel held onto the commands of the law and write a copy of it, as was commanded in Deuteronomy 17, then neither did the Apostles and elders of Acts 15:6, who made up the Council of Jerusalem hold onto what should have been written in their hearts—the words of Jesus, in fulfillment of the Law of God to “Listen to Him”. If they did, then the Apostles present would have remembered the first great desertion of disciples in John 6, when Jesus said in John 6:53 “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life and I will raise Him up at the last day. For My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me and I in Him.” Which goes against what God said in Leviticus 17:14 “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood, any who eats it must be cut of…” That was when, as it is written in John 6:66 From this time many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him.
That was the teaching that caused the first great desertion, and as one of the eleven, how could you forget it? Especially when you were there at the supper where He declared: “Take and eat, this is My body…Drink from it, all of you, this is My blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:27-28; and then Judas deserted to betray Him.
How could you forget all that, centered around the teaching of drinking blood which caused the great desertion and the final betrayal, and still consent in full to the proposal of James the Younger in Acts 15:19-21 telling the Gentiles to abstain from blood?
The teaching of the blood caused the first great desertion; the first drinking of His blood caused the first great betrayal. I think the sight of Jesus declaring the cup of wine to be His blood and making the disciples to drink it was the last straw for Judas, who had it is his heart to betray Jesus anyway. It was like the straw that broke the back of the camel. It is one thing to teach and see your disciples desert in droves—now, to actually do it? Judas had his own agenda. Perhaps it was always to profit from the ministry as he was helping himself to the offerings anyway, so the bigger the following the better—and now this—actually saying the wine is His blood and making them drink it?! Judas was gone.
If they had it in their heart—would they not have remembered? Now they were approving a recommendation and sending a letter that contravenes the teaching of the Lord Himself—on the drinking of blood. Did they stop to even consider that they had deserted Him again - and betrayed Him again? The fact that that recommendation was left on the letter, meant the words of Jesus was not written on their hearts. And just like the Kings of Israel—the reign of the Apostles declined—and power was lost—Holy Spirit power, and they never did the things Jesus had done fully—much less the greater things.
Now, just as there have never been any female kings anointed in Israel—so there had never been any female Apostles recognized in the books of the Acts or the Epistles. Yet we know it was a woman who was personally given the Gospel of the Resurrection—although there is no record of her having been able to minister in power with signs and wonders. So when God said, “The Lord will create a new thing on earth, a woman will surround a man.” Jeremiah 31:22, the fullness of this new thing will be and is the revelation of female Apostles, with their own personal Gospel which they have received from the Lord and not from man, with a ministry of signs and wonders, done with great perseverance—women who walk like ones condemned to the arena, who seek to come last in the procession—just like Paul—true “Paul-line” disciples – “Paulines” if you wish. Women who are not only servants of the Lord—as Apostles, but women who are co-heirs of Christ—being of same Royal blood line of the Lion of Judah by faith— Women who are female Kings of the spiritual Kingdom of Heaven— Women who have written a copy of the words of the Lord down for themselves— Women upon whose hearts are written the words of Jesus and on whose mind is that constant Law of God— “Listen to Him.” Women like yourselves who have endeavoured to do so and will do even more.
Now, as part of the process of bringing due justice to Jesus and to His words and works—God has raised up men who not only believe the message of the first female Apostle, Mary Magdalene, but men who see and understand that it will be the female Apostles and Kings of the Lord Jesus who will do the greater things.
It would be pure justice to see female Apostles raised up to destroy the work of the prophetess Jezebel who taught the Church to eat the teachings and works sacrificed to idols and to commit adultery with idols. It would be pure justice to Jesus to see female Apostles raised up to destroy the prostitute Church which has so long trodden and oppressed women and denied their full rights as daughters of God, co-heirs of Christ.
It would be pure and righteous justice, that as it was a woman who prophetically prepared the body of Jesus for burial, that women prepare the body of Christ for the return of Christ.
It is pure and righteous justice that as it were women who saw Him crucified with only one male disciple with them, that it will be mainly women, who will be left alive at the Mount of Olives to rise to greet Him in the clouds above Jerusalem at his coming.
It is pure and righteous that it will be women, more than men, who will be the female Kings of the Earth—when He returns for His Millennial Reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. As Israel had only male kings during the first phase—so now at the restoration, with Christ as the King of Kings, then it is justice, pure and righteous, that female kings will reign with Him with some male kings—at least in equal portions.
I see the great and new thing the lord is doing— He is bring out of the side of the body of Christ that has been slumbering—a female—an Eve—a co-heir—whose God is the God of Jesus whose Father is the Father of Jesus—a daughter, no, not just a daughter—but daughters—a multitude of them who have the law of God written in their minds and the words of Jesus upon their hearts—without compromise—in full obedient, submissive meekness to God alone—preparing this earth for Christ’s return with power no man, except for Jesus, has ever displayed or shown.
For when the child is fully grown, she is ready to be crowned. So when the children become daughters, the female kings of the King of Kings are ready to take the throne, and dispose of the self-proclaimed queen of Heaven. And so “Kingship will come to the daughter of Jerusalem”.
AMEN HOLY SPIRIT. Fulfill it in our days with the daughters of the Heavenly Jerusalem.
28 August 2004
This is who I am
Follow Me Jesus said : Listen to Him the Father said : testify to His truth the Holy Spirit says by his power which clothes and adorns us and gives us what we need to testify to truths which are beyond our flesh –and beyond our creation and beyond our time – truths which have come from the Ancient of Days – truths which are never beyond being declared by us - or beyond our being witness to the miracle of each one of them as they are placed in our lives to give testimony of Jesus - so all may follow Jesus and listen to him and testify to our Lord who is the word of life and truth, for that is the role of all humanity – to be living testimonies to the truth and power and miracle of our Lord and God ~
And in every scripture, in every teaching, in every command in every touch in every look that the Lord gives – he is tells us; This is who I am – this is what I do – this is what I am saying and this is where I have come from, and this is where I am going – Follow me –listen to me – testify to me – and I will take you to be where I am so you can with me for always -
Take you to where I am in stature : to where I am in relationship : to where I am in Spirit : to where I am in Truth : and to where I am in Glory :
And to those who have expressed deep commitment and desire to never leave or deny him and then have denied him once – twice – three times – he gives a look in which everything of himself is held – a look which is made of what it takes to bring us back to dust and to make us a new creation in his Name at the utterance of one word – for when Peter denied Jesus if the Lord had not set a sign in place to bring back to Peter his words, the process would have continued ; if Jesus had not reminded Peter of his words for the Holy Spirit had not yet been given to remind us of the words of Jesus Christ - then Peter would not have looked at the Lord when the rooster crowed for it was then that his words came flooding back to him – for a look from the Lord as his words to him rang out in his ears and exploded into his heart brought him to his knees and he wept with bitterness of heart at what he had done and what he had said - for this is what the reminding of the Lord’s words does to us – for the Lord looks at us only from the perspective of Truth - only through the eyes of truth and out of a heart of truth and only reminds us of his words which are Truth - and his look rips right through us as it exposes the futility of falsehood and denial and brings us back to our senses and the need for constant repentance before him – as it brings us back to life - back to the word of God which is the only word which makes sense and gives life and releases God’s love into us which enables us to keep going –
For the Lord keeps us going and all of his words to us are so we can keep going – to keep going and to follow only Jesus and to never stop listening to Him – and it is not only hearing his words again and again but to know what it does to us when we see Jesus the Word and look into his eyes as we are reminded of what he spoke, as he lets us listen to hear how he spoke it - and how he felt when he spoke it and to know why we have to truly listen to hear the very all of which is being said in every word – and we are reminded of his words of truth in the midst of falsehood and deception and denial - denial that we know him, or have been with him, or are one of his disciples – or one of his listeners – or ones who would rather stand alone with the Lord and see from the perspective of Truth which is still pure and untouched – Truths which are now becoming unsealed – Truth now ready to come into this world and be seen in its full maturity of stature and power – to prefer this than to have the approval and be surrounded by all others who see Jesus from the perspective which is clouded by their own desires for him which come out of their own desires for themselves – seeing him from a perspective of limited Truth which gives him limited glory and which cuts off all of which has been left sealed by him - and which is now being unsealed and awaiting the one or ones to run with the revelations and not to stop unless the hand of the Lord takes them out of the way and shuts them down - or until Jesus returns in the flesh – to stay with Truth as spoken by God – unblemished and powerful – truth which is resurrected and in full glory - truth which bears the wounds of our iniquities and our sins – truths which are covered in the blood of Jesus and which are fully revealed and released by the hand and mouth of God and still untouched by the hands and mouth of men who will make it suit themselves, when God does not fit into his painted portrait that they have made of him, but he has gone out of the bounds of the lines that have been constructed for him to stay within - and so while persecution rages and the truth is flogged for our iniquities and crucified for our sins, many of his people warm themselves beside the fires made by the world – making themselves warm and comfortable while the garments of Truth – the garments of our Lord are covered in blood and have turned crimson for he presses the grapes alone as he fills the cup of his wrath –
For Jesus not only was betrayed but still is betrayed - still is persecuted – still is flogged – and the word of God is still held down and crucified - but the power of God to raise to life was exerted in Jesus Christ – and Jesus Christ is Risen –
He is Resurrection Glory - and the word of God which has already been raised in glory but which men still try to hold down with their own strength and with their own ignorance - will now rise itself in their presence and this time will reveal its power of resurrection truth in the sight of those who have denied it - because the call has gone out and the warnings have been given and repentance has been preached - and each time God has sent his word to give warning and to call into repentance he has been raising his word in resurrection power - for the power which was released in the tomb of JESUS and which was hidden from our eyes will now be seen – for Jesus has Risen by the resurrection power of God – and the way has been shown - the truth has been made manifest and life eternal has been given - and the power of God to resurrect and to bring all of which is his back unto him is in its full glory, as it raises itself for battle and victory -
And if we look up and out and down and all around we will see the signs of its coming – for it is already here – the power of God to raise the bar – the power of God to raise his word into its never before seen power of resurrection will be seen and displayed for it is what will prepare the way for the return of the full and powerful Resurrection Himself – in the fullness of the flesh – in fullness of its resurrected Glory ~
Power which has been betrayed and denied - and truth which has been betrayed and denied by ones who have ears but do not listen to hear - who have eyes but do not look to see – who have a mind but which is not the mind of Christ - who have a heart which does not respond in truth to the heart and calling of God - for the whole way we are made is so we can listen to hear God – so we can see to look at him – so we can speak so we can testify to him – so we think with the mind of Christ and so we can respond with a heart created anew out of the blood of Jesus Christ -
Denying of Jesus and the all of his words is turning away – is turning our back on his soon return and the preparations of which have to be made – turning our back on his harder teachings and his hardest of words – for to betray him now when his word is reaching the very climax of its revelation in this age – to betray him now when all of which he died for is reaching its peak – to betray him now when persecution and rejection and stoning and crucifixion is imminent to all those who are loyal and steadfast to him – is just like betraying him just before he went to the cross – for to betray him and deny him now is to betray and deny our Lord when God’s word of truth is now coming into its full exposure –to turn from him when he is in full flight and in coming in full power as his word and its greatest of truths are coming into their full glorified presence amongst us - as it opens wide its gates so the Lord off Glory can be revealed through his words which he has left till now to be opened into their full revelation of Truth - for now is the time not to fall into betrayal and denial as the glory of him stretches us, as resurrection and its power raises itself in us to its greater measure. And to deny what the Lord is setting into place and revealing through his word - denying what he is going to do for the Father’s glory - crucifies him all over again – and his Father and my Father and your Father will stand for none of it – You want to betray and flog and crucify his Son all over again – then you had better pray that Jesus looks your way and the Holy Spirit reminds you of his words which give eternal life and the opportunity for repentance – and pray that the Lord lets you look into his eyes which run to the depth of his soul so you may see from the perspective of pure untouched and powerful truth so you repent and come to your senses - for when Peter saw into his eyes it was before he was crucified and resurrected and glorified - but now when he looks at us it is from one who was dead, but is now alive forever – from one who was flogged and crucified and who is now resurrected and glorified forever – a look which has full resurrection power and full glorification power -
For the sin of rebelling against God which was common to all of humanity has paid for - and it was a high price of which it cost him – and it will be a high price of which it will cost us if we betray and deny him once we have met him and had fellowship with him and tasted of the goodness of him and then refused to listen to him and to obey his Father in Heaven –
For Jesus said ‘ Not all people who sound religious are really godly – they may refer to me as Lord, but they still won’t enter the Kingdom of Heaven – the decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven - on judgment day many will tell me Lord, Lord – we have prophesied in your name and cast our demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name - But I will reply ‘ I never knew you – Go away – the things you did were unauthorised –
And the price of hearing the words ‘I do not know you – go away’ is a price we have not even considered that we would have to pay if we prophesy and cast out demons and perform miracles in the Name of Jesus but have failed to listen and to obey his Father in Heaven - and what he will say are the same words we have said to him and to his Father and to the Holy Spirit, except we say – we do not want to know you so go away from us – and we say it out of the evil which is in our hearts but he says out of the truth which fills his heart - and whether our words were spoken out loud or whether they were said in our hearts he still hears them loud and clear –
But this is what the Lord Jesus Christ does to us - he brings opportunities that we may be brought into full repentance – opportunities to see from the perspective of truth in its most pure form – he gives us opportunities to again follow him and to again listen to him and to again testify and to stand in awe of God and his love –
To know the edge of his love – not that there is any end to it for God is without end but it has a definite edge to it just as his word, and just as his power, and just as his truth – just as his word is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword – for out of God who is love came his powerful indestructible word of truth and its double edge was sharpened on his love for truth justice and righteousness – for although his love is soft and enfolding as velvet and holds us securely and firmly with immeasurable depth of compassion and patience - it is as sharp and as powerful and as revealing as his word of truth ….for it is with love that his word is used in power - it is with love that it is piercing to the division of soul and of spirit - thoughts and intentions of the heart - it is with love his word blesses and destroys – for if there is no love in it there is no God in it- and there has to be God in it for there to be a love which will not bow to human compassion - a love which will not fall apart when tears full of self righteousness flow – a love which will not stumble when men are pleading for mercy while they are cursing God in their hearts – a love which will not cease to discipline and correct and strike – a love which brings plagues and famines and fire and tempest and devastating wrath to the earth - it is the love of God which towers above all other forms of emotion for it is God and it comes to us from God in all of the ways of which he expresses it - to bring all to its righteous conclusion and it is without limit and it knows no bounds - for his love transcends all else and never gives up and never loses faith - it bears all things - believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things and every circumstance – the love of God never fails and will last forever.
For our Lord and his life changing love comes into us from all directions - and in every way which will see us come to repentance, and be saved and delivered into the Kingdom of Heaven – for it pours into our life and exchanges the lie for the truth – he reverses the process of when we exchanged the truth for a lie - and then the word which has come through his love lays its imperishable foundation of Truth – the perfect cornerstone which will be what make us stand or fall and then it does not cease to work and to bring God’s plan into full fruition even if we turn and deny our Lord – for it will always be true to the one who sent it -
And when the Truth is being held up for betrayal and persecution and interrogation and floggings and crucifixion - then those who deny that they know who the truth is, so as to separate themselves from being betrayed and persecuted and flogged and crucified - will also separate themselves from the resurrection and the life and receive the same unspoken unwritten glance from the Lord of which there are no words that would be comprehendible to us that would express what the Lord feels at that moment – and what he writes on his heart at that moment – and what is surging through him and the self control he has to have at that moment - no words to express what is an emotion which could shatter us and bring us back to dust in a glance – a glance that could bring the earth to its knees and cause the heavens to hide its face – as the very depths of his soul is reflected in his eyes – as the very depth of his spirit is moved and so deeply troubled –
Three opportunities Peter was given to redeem himself and Peter is just an example of what is in the nature of all of us - three times to speak the truth at the most crucial time in his life – in the Lord’s life yes – but more so a crucial time in Peter’s life and his walk with the Lord and his fellowship with him in Spirit and in Truth and his coming ministry and his eternal life and his eternity –
Three opportunities given to him to testify that he was with Jesus, that he knew Jesus, that he followed him - and that the way he spoke and his accent if it linked him to the Lord then he was glad that he spoke differently and glad that difference put him as being one of them – as being one of the Lord’s - as being a follower worthy of persecution for the sake of the Name of Jesus – worthy of being set apart and witnessed and pointed out as being seen with Lord and as one who belonged to the Lord ….
For it is to rejoice at being different – to be glad to be named as one of them –
For the harder teachings of the Lord hold words and revelations which make others have to look from the perspective of Truth and power if they are ever going to see the truth of him in all of its glory – to see it and to listen to it as it was spoken and to accept it as the truth of God – truth which has gone unpractised and unheard and unlistened to – but when the Lord desires to be revealed at a greater level which demands our full attention and our full commitment and our full loyalty to only him - all he receives is rejection and a stoning of his word – but a boulder the size of a mountain - will not hide away the word of God or keep it from moving throughout the earth for the Lord is all present and all powerful – and all revealing and all of revelation – and always speaks the truth of where his word is going – it is just that there are not many listeners – not many who listen to hear what is really being said – for it makes us have to really see if we have truly died to the world and ourselves and are truly only living for Jesus and his word and his truths - and doing all for the return of Jesus – doing all for the Glory of God -
For it is to come into the garden where all is in its maturity and for God’s sake to see his Truth from his view – from the place of maturity – from the place of power - from the place of mature and powerful sons and daughters – to finally take the Lord’s words and let them take us to where he walked and to see what he saw and to hear what he heard and to listen to what he said : for he is allowing us to be there with him as we read and listen to the words he spoke and to take the walk with him for ourselves – to read the letters but to take the walk for ourselves and to listen to him for ourselves, and to come into his truths and revelations as those who were there with him in the flesh did - and those who witnessed and saw the revelation of him after his return to the Father – to walk in and to see from the pure and sole perspective of Truth without any hidden agenda for ourselves - And until we do we will go on and on - missing the point and not feeling the double edged sword pressing into our hearts so we see what it is pointing to and the direction it is going - for it is going headlong into warfare and into claiming all back for God – all of which is his and was stolen is now being retrieved and men will not stop God taking back that which is his, for his time has come – his time is here - and if we do not feel his word of truth and revelation and power - feel its presence and its sharpness making its fine cut into our hearts and into our minds as it reaches in to pierce our souls so we do respond to the Lord’s hearts cry to turn and repent : to respond to his souls declarations to move into the new and to come to know him as he is as the full dimensional person and Father and God and Son and Holy Spirit - and not as the one dimensional portrait he is painted to be - and to see his word not as typed and printed letters put onto a flat page that we have command over, and can shut when we think our word can do a better job or when we do not like what we are reading and what the Lord is saying - and think that what the Lord is talking is fantasy and that it does not relate to us and will never come to pass in the foreseeable future –
But to see it as flesh and blood and spirit and truth and power and life and that it gives its commands to us – that his word of truth rules over us and is superior to us and higher than us - for the paper it is written on cannot compare to the heart from which it came from, and on which it was first carved out and written in the script of which only God can understand – it is to place our attention purely and solely on him and to stop idolising what he has given, which is only given so as he who is Spirit and so much more than us – can finally be recognised and seen and listened to as we take our perceptions of him into the glorious full revelation and truth of him, and begin to read his heart for that is where his written word comes from, and where it is going to, and where it will take us if we follow and listen and testify and remain faithful until the very end -
His written word gives us his full counsel so we can then go directly into his heart and receive it straight from him to us – heart to heart – but he has to prepare our hearts to receive it by being ones who receive the one who he sent and listen to the one he sent - for the one he sent is His full counsel in the flesh and will take us into the Spirit of his full counsel - so we receive all of its fullness for the Lord does not wish to hide anything from us - but we have to be receptive to his voice and to know his hand on us and to be prepared to move with him -
For there is no relationship with his word – no fellowshipping with his Truth and his power and no relationship with him - until his people begin to open themselves to what is happening now and let him take them into his word and his strategies and warfare - into the seat of his righteous and just anger and wrath and to move in the power of him and move with him and not against him - until they take the all of him and the way he wants to move, and the way he wants to speak, and the way now he wants to act - for the way he is going to take his action is going to be so far removed from what they believe they know of him, that what they see coming from him they will not credit to him and what they hear being spoken from him now they will stone and crucify for they have come into his chambers even the best of them - but to whom does he really reveal himself – and who knows to whom he has really revealed himself - for the all of him is yet to come - the all of him is yet to be seen - seen in all of its maturity and power - and who is mature enough and with enough power to stand with him now and to listen to him now - for who has listened with maturity to hear the power in his words - and who has seen with maturity to really see the power in his truth -
For who wants to have his knowledge so as to really know only him –
And who want to have his understanding so as to really understand only him –
And who wants to have his power for the sole reason of revealing the knowledge and understanding and love of him in its fullness of total glory - so all the world will know that he is a God of Love – that he is a God of power - that he is a God who saves – a God who resurrects – a God who gives eternal life – a God who finds ways to bring us to repentance – a God who never gives up – and who keeps no record of wrongs – A God who always protects – and endures all circumstances – a God who is not being easily provoked – a God who we can come to in true repentance time and time again if our heart is true to him and is not rejoicing in evil but only rejoicing in the truth as we never lose faith and never lose hope and know that his love never fails and will last forever -
For many will be reunited with God - but reunion is an event but relationship is a process - a personal process which began when God came to the sixth day of creation and made a change in his language - from let there be light- let the waters be gathered – let the earth bring forth vegetation – always the language of let it be done – sovereign decrees which immediately brought things into existence by his order for them to come to be –
But never had he said ‘let us make’ anything - and so established a personal relationship – personal identification with man which was not with any other part of his creation not even the living creatures he made -
For the Father has never been without his Son and we were never meant to be without our Father or to be void of any personal fellowship with him; or any personal contact from him for he exists in the fullness of family- for the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ – is the Father from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name –a Father from whom all Fatherhood takes its title -
And that is why the Lord’s face is upon our face and his eyes sweep over our flesh and our soul is caressed with his word and we are filled and astounded and awakened and enlightened and amazed : for we who were dead are now alive again forever because of Jesus Christ – because the Lord meets us on the worst day of our life and turns it into the best day of our life - and I would say that it was the worse day of Peter’s life when he came to his senses and realised he denied the Lord three times and yet the Lord who bears all things and endures all things and is always hopeful and whose love never fails - made it the best day of his life for the Lord looked at him at his worse moment and gave him what he had – he gave him the truth and he reminded him of his words and set him free to start over as he brought his heart back to dust so as to begin anew -
For he is a God of relationships – because he is a God who changed his language when he came to form us and formed us in his image using his own personal way of speech as he conversed with the Son and the Holy Spirit – and placed in us the language of his persons - for he could process out of a word and make what came from his word mature and fully grown because he is the Ancient of Days and has the whole process held within him - the whole process of which can take days or years but the Lord can so manifest at whatever level he desires for his glory to be displayed - as Jesus so did with water to good wine – with the few loaves and fishes to bread and fish already baked and ready to eat - he takes the healing process and make it instant – a withered limb and bring it back into its mature state – creating out of he who has in him, all of which is from nothing up to and including all of which is in its full state of maturity and power – and he can produce it in a word because all is in his word – he is in his word as his word is in him - and his word stretches back into the Ancient of days who holds the smallest of seeds and gives it manifestation and tells it to multiply - and who also holds the fullness of maturity and can manifest it instantly if it serves his purpose –
He takes that which is still to be born and that which is fully matured and full of fruit and he can call on whatever state of existence which will display his glory and make himself more known to us – calling forth all at its due time – calling forth all to bring this age to a close ~ and calling forth all who will go into the new millennium and take on the stature of matured and powerful sons and daughters sent in the same way the Father sent Jesus – sent and given the power of the Holy Spirit - first to testify to Jesus and to give testimony of his word and the truth to the ends of the earths, giving declaration that whatever his word has declared it will come to pass - and then to bring that same power into the next age –
For it is the power of the Holy Spirit which keeps us from betraying our Lord and denying his Name ~ a power given us for the sole purpose of remaining true to Jesus and so remaining true to the Father who sent him ~ power for the sole purpose of bringing all truth into its rightful place - for it is the truth of God which lines the way for the return of he who is truth and word in its full manifestation - for there is no manifestation of God greater than Jesus Christ -
And the Lord will demonstrate his holy power before the eyes of all the nations and the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God ~
And our God whose word stands firm like a foundation stone and sealed with the inscription – ‘the Lord knows who are his and let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity - all those who claim they belong to the Lord turn away from all wickedness – for he saves from iniquity every one who calls upon the name of the Lord -
That is why in every scripture, in every teaching, in every command in every touch in every look that the Lord gives unto us – he is telling us;
This is who I am – this is what I do – this is what I am saying and this is where I have come from, and this is where I am going – Follow me –listen to me – testify to me – and I will take you to be where I am so you can with me for always -
For he is taking us into where there will be no sin to separate us again from him for all that could be done he has done - and it is for us to live in the truth that what is still to come is what we are to be earnestly waiting for – waiting for and watching for and preparing for - and there will be no denial or betrayal of the Lord if we are filled with his Holy Spirit and if we only seek and listen to Jesus always without any exceptions – and only and in full truth die to this world and to ourselves and live and breathe only for our Lord Jesus Christ and his soon return ~ and his coming eternity ~
AMEN
And in every scripture, in every teaching, in every command in every touch in every look that the Lord gives – he is tells us; This is who I am – this is what I do – this is what I am saying and this is where I have come from, and this is where I am going – Follow me –listen to me – testify to me – and I will take you to be where I am so you can with me for always -
Take you to where I am in stature : to where I am in relationship : to where I am in Spirit : to where I am in Truth : and to where I am in Glory :
And to those who have expressed deep commitment and desire to never leave or deny him and then have denied him once – twice – three times – he gives a look in which everything of himself is held – a look which is made of what it takes to bring us back to dust and to make us a new creation in his Name at the utterance of one word – for when Peter denied Jesus if the Lord had not set a sign in place to bring back to Peter his words, the process would have continued ; if Jesus had not reminded Peter of his words for the Holy Spirit had not yet been given to remind us of the words of Jesus Christ - then Peter would not have looked at the Lord when the rooster crowed for it was then that his words came flooding back to him – for a look from the Lord as his words to him rang out in his ears and exploded into his heart brought him to his knees and he wept with bitterness of heart at what he had done and what he had said - for this is what the reminding of the Lord’s words does to us – for the Lord looks at us only from the perspective of Truth - only through the eyes of truth and out of a heart of truth and only reminds us of his words which are Truth - and his look rips right through us as it exposes the futility of falsehood and denial and brings us back to our senses and the need for constant repentance before him – as it brings us back to life - back to the word of God which is the only word which makes sense and gives life and releases God’s love into us which enables us to keep going –
For the Lord keeps us going and all of his words to us are so we can keep going – to keep going and to follow only Jesus and to never stop listening to Him – and it is not only hearing his words again and again but to know what it does to us when we see Jesus the Word and look into his eyes as we are reminded of what he spoke, as he lets us listen to hear how he spoke it - and how he felt when he spoke it and to know why we have to truly listen to hear the very all of which is being said in every word – and we are reminded of his words of truth in the midst of falsehood and deception and denial - denial that we know him, or have been with him, or are one of his disciples – or one of his listeners – or ones who would rather stand alone with the Lord and see from the perspective of Truth which is still pure and untouched – Truths which are now becoming unsealed – Truth now ready to come into this world and be seen in its full maturity of stature and power – to prefer this than to have the approval and be surrounded by all others who see Jesus from the perspective which is clouded by their own desires for him which come out of their own desires for themselves – seeing him from a perspective of limited Truth which gives him limited glory and which cuts off all of which has been left sealed by him - and which is now being unsealed and awaiting the one or ones to run with the revelations and not to stop unless the hand of the Lord takes them out of the way and shuts them down - or until Jesus returns in the flesh – to stay with Truth as spoken by God – unblemished and powerful – truth which is resurrected and in full glory - truth which bears the wounds of our iniquities and our sins – truths which are covered in the blood of Jesus and which are fully revealed and released by the hand and mouth of God and still untouched by the hands and mouth of men who will make it suit themselves, when God does not fit into his painted portrait that they have made of him, but he has gone out of the bounds of the lines that have been constructed for him to stay within - and so while persecution rages and the truth is flogged for our iniquities and crucified for our sins, many of his people warm themselves beside the fires made by the world – making themselves warm and comfortable while the garments of Truth – the garments of our Lord are covered in blood and have turned crimson for he presses the grapes alone as he fills the cup of his wrath –
For Jesus not only was betrayed but still is betrayed - still is persecuted – still is flogged – and the word of God is still held down and crucified - but the power of God to raise to life was exerted in Jesus Christ – and Jesus Christ is Risen –
He is Resurrection Glory - and the word of God which has already been raised in glory but which men still try to hold down with their own strength and with their own ignorance - will now rise itself in their presence and this time will reveal its power of resurrection truth in the sight of those who have denied it - because the call has gone out and the warnings have been given and repentance has been preached - and each time God has sent his word to give warning and to call into repentance he has been raising his word in resurrection power - for the power which was released in the tomb of JESUS and which was hidden from our eyes will now be seen – for Jesus has Risen by the resurrection power of God – and the way has been shown - the truth has been made manifest and life eternal has been given - and the power of God to resurrect and to bring all of which is his back unto him is in its full glory, as it raises itself for battle and victory -
And if we look up and out and down and all around we will see the signs of its coming – for it is already here – the power of God to raise the bar – the power of God to raise his word into its never before seen power of resurrection will be seen and displayed for it is what will prepare the way for the return of the full and powerful Resurrection Himself – in the fullness of the flesh – in fullness of its resurrected Glory ~
Power which has been betrayed and denied - and truth which has been betrayed and denied by ones who have ears but do not listen to hear - who have eyes but do not look to see – who have a mind but which is not the mind of Christ - who have a heart which does not respond in truth to the heart and calling of God - for the whole way we are made is so we can listen to hear God – so we can see to look at him – so we can speak so we can testify to him – so we think with the mind of Christ and so we can respond with a heart created anew out of the blood of Jesus Christ -
Denying of Jesus and the all of his words is turning away – is turning our back on his soon return and the preparations of which have to be made – turning our back on his harder teachings and his hardest of words – for to betray him now when his word is reaching the very climax of its revelation in this age – to betray him now when all of which he died for is reaching its peak – to betray him now when persecution and rejection and stoning and crucifixion is imminent to all those who are loyal and steadfast to him – is just like betraying him just before he went to the cross – for to betray him and deny him now is to betray and deny our Lord when God’s word of truth is now coming into its full exposure –to turn from him when he is in full flight and in coming in full power as his word and its greatest of truths are coming into their full glorified presence amongst us - as it opens wide its gates so the Lord off Glory can be revealed through his words which he has left till now to be opened into their full revelation of Truth - for now is the time not to fall into betrayal and denial as the glory of him stretches us, as resurrection and its power raises itself in us to its greater measure. And to deny what the Lord is setting into place and revealing through his word - denying what he is going to do for the Father’s glory - crucifies him all over again – and his Father and my Father and your Father will stand for none of it – You want to betray and flog and crucify his Son all over again – then you had better pray that Jesus looks your way and the Holy Spirit reminds you of his words which give eternal life and the opportunity for repentance – and pray that the Lord lets you look into his eyes which run to the depth of his soul so you may see from the perspective of pure untouched and powerful truth so you repent and come to your senses - for when Peter saw into his eyes it was before he was crucified and resurrected and glorified - but now when he looks at us it is from one who was dead, but is now alive forever – from one who was flogged and crucified and who is now resurrected and glorified forever – a look which has full resurrection power and full glorification power -
For the sin of rebelling against God which was common to all of humanity has paid for - and it was a high price of which it cost him – and it will be a high price of which it will cost us if we betray and deny him once we have met him and had fellowship with him and tasted of the goodness of him and then refused to listen to him and to obey his Father in Heaven –
For Jesus said ‘ Not all people who sound religious are really godly – they may refer to me as Lord, but they still won’t enter the Kingdom of Heaven – the decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven - on judgment day many will tell me Lord, Lord – we have prophesied in your name and cast our demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name - But I will reply ‘ I never knew you – Go away – the things you did were unauthorised –
And the price of hearing the words ‘I do not know you – go away’ is a price we have not even considered that we would have to pay if we prophesy and cast out demons and perform miracles in the Name of Jesus but have failed to listen and to obey his Father in Heaven - and what he will say are the same words we have said to him and to his Father and to the Holy Spirit, except we say – we do not want to know you so go away from us – and we say it out of the evil which is in our hearts but he says out of the truth which fills his heart - and whether our words were spoken out loud or whether they were said in our hearts he still hears them loud and clear –
But this is what the Lord Jesus Christ does to us - he brings opportunities that we may be brought into full repentance – opportunities to see from the perspective of truth in its most pure form – he gives us opportunities to again follow him and to again listen to him and to again testify and to stand in awe of God and his love –
To know the edge of his love – not that there is any end to it for God is without end but it has a definite edge to it just as his word, and just as his power, and just as his truth – just as his word is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword – for out of God who is love came his powerful indestructible word of truth and its double edge was sharpened on his love for truth justice and righteousness – for although his love is soft and enfolding as velvet and holds us securely and firmly with immeasurable depth of compassion and patience - it is as sharp and as powerful and as revealing as his word of truth ….for it is with love that his word is used in power - it is with love that it is piercing to the division of soul and of spirit - thoughts and intentions of the heart - it is with love his word blesses and destroys – for if there is no love in it there is no God in it- and there has to be God in it for there to be a love which will not bow to human compassion - a love which will not fall apart when tears full of self righteousness flow – a love which will not stumble when men are pleading for mercy while they are cursing God in their hearts – a love which will not cease to discipline and correct and strike – a love which brings plagues and famines and fire and tempest and devastating wrath to the earth - it is the love of God which towers above all other forms of emotion for it is God and it comes to us from God in all of the ways of which he expresses it - to bring all to its righteous conclusion and it is without limit and it knows no bounds - for his love transcends all else and never gives up and never loses faith - it bears all things - believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things and every circumstance – the love of God never fails and will last forever.
For our Lord and his life changing love comes into us from all directions - and in every way which will see us come to repentance, and be saved and delivered into the Kingdom of Heaven – for it pours into our life and exchanges the lie for the truth – he reverses the process of when we exchanged the truth for a lie - and then the word which has come through his love lays its imperishable foundation of Truth – the perfect cornerstone which will be what make us stand or fall and then it does not cease to work and to bring God’s plan into full fruition even if we turn and deny our Lord – for it will always be true to the one who sent it -
And when the Truth is being held up for betrayal and persecution and interrogation and floggings and crucifixion - then those who deny that they know who the truth is, so as to separate themselves from being betrayed and persecuted and flogged and crucified - will also separate themselves from the resurrection and the life and receive the same unspoken unwritten glance from the Lord of which there are no words that would be comprehendible to us that would express what the Lord feels at that moment – and what he writes on his heart at that moment – and what is surging through him and the self control he has to have at that moment - no words to express what is an emotion which could shatter us and bring us back to dust in a glance – a glance that could bring the earth to its knees and cause the heavens to hide its face – as the very depths of his soul is reflected in his eyes – as the very depth of his spirit is moved and so deeply troubled –
Three opportunities Peter was given to redeem himself and Peter is just an example of what is in the nature of all of us - three times to speak the truth at the most crucial time in his life – in the Lord’s life yes – but more so a crucial time in Peter’s life and his walk with the Lord and his fellowship with him in Spirit and in Truth and his coming ministry and his eternal life and his eternity –
Three opportunities given to him to testify that he was with Jesus, that he knew Jesus, that he followed him - and that the way he spoke and his accent if it linked him to the Lord then he was glad that he spoke differently and glad that difference put him as being one of them – as being one of the Lord’s - as being a follower worthy of persecution for the sake of the Name of Jesus – worthy of being set apart and witnessed and pointed out as being seen with Lord and as one who belonged to the Lord ….
For it is to rejoice at being different – to be glad to be named as one of them –
For the harder teachings of the Lord hold words and revelations which make others have to look from the perspective of Truth and power if they are ever going to see the truth of him in all of its glory – to see it and to listen to it as it was spoken and to accept it as the truth of God – truth which has gone unpractised and unheard and unlistened to – but when the Lord desires to be revealed at a greater level which demands our full attention and our full commitment and our full loyalty to only him - all he receives is rejection and a stoning of his word – but a boulder the size of a mountain - will not hide away the word of God or keep it from moving throughout the earth for the Lord is all present and all powerful – and all revealing and all of revelation – and always speaks the truth of where his word is going – it is just that there are not many listeners – not many who listen to hear what is really being said – for it makes us have to really see if we have truly died to the world and ourselves and are truly only living for Jesus and his word and his truths - and doing all for the return of Jesus – doing all for the Glory of God -
For it is to come into the garden where all is in its maturity and for God’s sake to see his Truth from his view – from the place of maturity – from the place of power - from the place of mature and powerful sons and daughters – to finally take the Lord’s words and let them take us to where he walked and to see what he saw and to hear what he heard and to listen to what he said : for he is allowing us to be there with him as we read and listen to the words he spoke and to take the walk with him for ourselves – to read the letters but to take the walk for ourselves and to listen to him for ourselves, and to come into his truths and revelations as those who were there with him in the flesh did - and those who witnessed and saw the revelation of him after his return to the Father – to walk in and to see from the pure and sole perspective of Truth without any hidden agenda for ourselves - And until we do we will go on and on - missing the point and not feeling the double edged sword pressing into our hearts so we see what it is pointing to and the direction it is going - for it is going headlong into warfare and into claiming all back for God – all of which is his and was stolen is now being retrieved and men will not stop God taking back that which is his, for his time has come – his time is here - and if we do not feel his word of truth and revelation and power - feel its presence and its sharpness making its fine cut into our hearts and into our minds as it reaches in to pierce our souls so we do respond to the Lord’s hearts cry to turn and repent : to respond to his souls declarations to move into the new and to come to know him as he is as the full dimensional person and Father and God and Son and Holy Spirit - and not as the one dimensional portrait he is painted to be - and to see his word not as typed and printed letters put onto a flat page that we have command over, and can shut when we think our word can do a better job or when we do not like what we are reading and what the Lord is saying - and think that what the Lord is talking is fantasy and that it does not relate to us and will never come to pass in the foreseeable future –
But to see it as flesh and blood and spirit and truth and power and life and that it gives its commands to us – that his word of truth rules over us and is superior to us and higher than us - for the paper it is written on cannot compare to the heart from which it came from, and on which it was first carved out and written in the script of which only God can understand – it is to place our attention purely and solely on him and to stop idolising what he has given, which is only given so as he who is Spirit and so much more than us – can finally be recognised and seen and listened to as we take our perceptions of him into the glorious full revelation and truth of him, and begin to read his heart for that is where his written word comes from, and where it is going to, and where it will take us if we follow and listen and testify and remain faithful until the very end -
His written word gives us his full counsel so we can then go directly into his heart and receive it straight from him to us – heart to heart – but he has to prepare our hearts to receive it by being ones who receive the one who he sent and listen to the one he sent - for the one he sent is His full counsel in the flesh and will take us into the Spirit of his full counsel - so we receive all of its fullness for the Lord does not wish to hide anything from us - but we have to be receptive to his voice and to know his hand on us and to be prepared to move with him -
For there is no relationship with his word – no fellowshipping with his Truth and his power and no relationship with him - until his people begin to open themselves to what is happening now and let him take them into his word and his strategies and warfare - into the seat of his righteous and just anger and wrath and to move in the power of him and move with him and not against him - until they take the all of him and the way he wants to move, and the way he wants to speak, and the way now he wants to act - for the way he is going to take his action is going to be so far removed from what they believe they know of him, that what they see coming from him they will not credit to him and what they hear being spoken from him now they will stone and crucify for they have come into his chambers even the best of them - but to whom does he really reveal himself – and who knows to whom he has really revealed himself - for the all of him is yet to come - the all of him is yet to be seen - seen in all of its maturity and power - and who is mature enough and with enough power to stand with him now and to listen to him now - for who has listened with maturity to hear the power in his words - and who has seen with maturity to really see the power in his truth -
For who wants to have his knowledge so as to really know only him –
And who want to have his understanding so as to really understand only him –
And who wants to have his power for the sole reason of revealing the knowledge and understanding and love of him in its fullness of total glory - so all the world will know that he is a God of Love – that he is a God of power - that he is a God who saves – a God who resurrects – a God who gives eternal life – a God who finds ways to bring us to repentance – a God who never gives up – and who keeps no record of wrongs – A God who always protects – and endures all circumstances – a God who is not being easily provoked – a God who we can come to in true repentance time and time again if our heart is true to him and is not rejoicing in evil but only rejoicing in the truth as we never lose faith and never lose hope and know that his love never fails and will last forever -
For many will be reunited with God - but reunion is an event but relationship is a process - a personal process which began when God came to the sixth day of creation and made a change in his language - from let there be light- let the waters be gathered – let the earth bring forth vegetation – always the language of let it be done – sovereign decrees which immediately brought things into existence by his order for them to come to be –
But never had he said ‘let us make’ anything - and so established a personal relationship – personal identification with man which was not with any other part of his creation not even the living creatures he made -
For the Father has never been without his Son and we were never meant to be without our Father or to be void of any personal fellowship with him; or any personal contact from him for he exists in the fullness of family- for the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ – is the Father from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name –a Father from whom all Fatherhood takes its title -
And that is why the Lord’s face is upon our face and his eyes sweep over our flesh and our soul is caressed with his word and we are filled and astounded and awakened and enlightened and amazed : for we who were dead are now alive again forever because of Jesus Christ – because the Lord meets us on the worst day of our life and turns it into the best day of our life - and I would say that it was the worse day of Peter’s life when he came to his senses and realised he denied the Lord three times and yet the Lord who bears all things and endures all things and is always hopeful and whose love never fails - made it the best day of his life for the Lord looked at him at his worse moment and gave him what he had – he gave him the truth and he reminded him of his words and set him free to start over as he brought his heart back to dust so as to begin anew -
For he is a God of relationships – because he is a God who changed his language when he came to form us and formed us in his image using his own personal way of speech as he conversed with the Son and the Holy Spirit – and placed in us the language of his persons - for he could process out of a word and make what came from his word mature and fully grown because he is the Ancient of Days and has the whole process held within him - the whole process of which can take days or years but the Lord can so manifest at whatever level he desires for his glory to be displayed - as Jesus so did with water to good wine – with the few loaves and fishes to bread and fish already baked and ready to eat - he takes the healing process and make it instant – a withered limb and bring it back into its mature state – creating out of he who has in him, all of which is from nothing up to and including all of which is in its full state of maturity and power – and he can produce it in a word because all is in his word – he is in his word as his word is in him - and his word stretches back into the Ancient of days who holds the smallest of seeds and gives it manifestation and tells it to multiply - and who also holds the fullness of maturity and can manifest it instantly if it serves his purpose –
He takes that which is still to be born and that which is fully matured and full of fruit and he can call on whatever state of existence which will display his glory and make himself more known to us – calling forth all at its due time – calling forth all to bring this age to a close ~ and calling forth all who will go into the new millennium and take on the stature of matured and powerful sons and daughters sent in the same way the Father sent Jesus – sent and given the power of the Holy Spirit - first to testify to Jesus and to give testimony of his word and the truth to the ends of the earths, giving declaration that whatever his word has declared it will come to pass - and then to bring that same power into the next age –
For it is the power of the Holy Spirit which keeps us from betraying our Lord and denying his Name ~ a power given us for the sole purpose of remaining true to Jesus and so remaining true to the Father who sent him ~ power for the sole purpose of bringing all truth into its rightful place - for it is the truth of God which lines the way for the return of he who is truth and word in its full manifestation - for there is no manifestation of God greater than Jesus Christ -
And the Lord will demonstrate his holy power before the eyes of all the nations and the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God ~
And our God whose word stands firm like a foundation stone and sealed with the inscription – ‘the Lord knows who are his and let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity - all those who claim they belong to the Lord turn away from all wickedness – for he saves from iniquity every one who calls upon the name of the Lord -
That is why in every scripture, in every teaching, in every command in every touch in every look that the Lord gives unto us – he is telling us;
This is who I am – this is what I do – this is what I am saying and this is where I have come from, and this is where I am going – Follow me –listen to me – testify to me – and I will take you to be where I am so you can with me for always -
For he is taking us into where there will be no sin to separate us again from him for all that could be done he has done - and it is for us to live in the truth that what is still to come is what we are to be earnestly waiting for – waiting for and watching for and preparing for - and there will be no denial or betrayal of the Lord if we are filled with his Holy Spirit and if we only seek and listen to Jesus always without any exceptions – and only and in full truth die to this world and to ourselves and live and breathe only for our Lord Jesus Christ and his soon return ~ and his coming eternity ~
AMEN
25 August 2004
12th Fruit - Love
9th Fruit of the Holy Spirit
1 John 4:7-10 Dear Friends, Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and Only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loves us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
The Fruit of Love is what God is – not what He feels, but rather it is the substance and personage of all that He is.
Paul advises us that no amount of sacrifice we make or gifting that we display means anything if we have not love in 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13. His description of love is not a description of an emotion, or quality or a feeling. 1 Cor. 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Although Paul says love is, and calls it an “it”—you can take it one step up and call love…”He is” for God is love. God is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast and is not proud. He is not rude, not self-seeking, not easily angered, keeps no records of wrongs. God does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. He always protects and always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres. The proof of this in scripture is:
1. God is patient – 1 Peter 3:20 …when God waited patiently in the days of Noah for the ark to be completed,…. and He waited centuries for Israel, sending to them judges and prophets, delivering them from their trials as they repented—again and again. Even when He brought them back from Babylon, He still had to wait years for the temple to be completed. In fact Paul tells us in 1 Timothy 1:16 ....I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on Him and receive eternal life.
2 Peter 3:15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation. When you come to know God, and realise that God is patient—that is when you understand what Peter meant in 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
The patience of God is displayed best in His slowness to anger—which is what He showed Moses in Exodus 34:6 “ …the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness….” The slowness to anger of God, gives us the time to repent, so that His wrath may not have to be unleashed.
Once you understand that God is patient, than anything that displays impatience is not God. In fact, anything that pushes you to hurry, in order to extract vengeance, revenge or punishment upon anyone—anyone who is quick to judge and condemn—has not learned the patience of God. Jesus displayed this patience when the woman caught in adultery was brought to Him, and all He did was ask whoever was without sin to cast the first stone and began to write in the sand, waiting until all had left before He released the woman. You see, when God wants to deal with you, He waits until everyone has had their say, and has gone—and when He is alone with you, He will tell you what He really thinks of you. Now that is patience—waiting to have the last word!
The patience of God also allows Him to maximise His glory and your blessing—so be prepared, as in the case of John 11— Lazarus had to experience illness, death and burial before being raised because Jesus did not move until he had died. That is why, patient endurance is called for from the Saints; not because God is slow—but because God wants to have the last word that annihilates everything else ever said or done before.
When you learn to be patient, you have begun to learn love from God’ aspect—His love is not the breathless, hurried, can’t wait to get started, lusty, short-lived type—but the patient type that waits for the best result—the irrevocable and the irrefutable result. Patience is the best weapon against the enemy, because Revelations 12:12 (double ease) “….He (the devil) is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” The Devil cannot afford to sit and wait—but God can, and you can if you believe Jesus who said, “Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.” John 11:25
Get the three score and ten mentality out of your head which the world survives on—and that it is all over if you die—No, death is only a short intermission, and whatever you are planning to do for God or experience—you will do it all—you have eternity to experience everything you want to experience and know—so wait for your plans to be fulfilled later. Use the now for what it is given for; and that is: - “that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” John 17:3
When God is ready to act, He will act and suddenly it is there. Malachi 3:1 “See, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to His temple; the Messenger of the covenant whom you desire will come.”
Acts 2:2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
The patience of God—the love of God which is patient draws its strength from His persona—His True Form—He is the Good Father. So God’s patience is the patience of the good Father, waiting for His sons to grow up to take their place beside Him; even as He delights himself in watching them grow and helping them grow; moulding them, shaping them, and also giving them enough freedom to make their own mistakes. Except in Jesus, He has the one Son who listens to all He commands, and does all He says. Wow what a delight Jesus is!
2. God is Kind: The kindness of God has already been covered in the Fruit of Kindness.
3. God does not envy: An envious person looks at what does not belong to him and covets what he does not have. Jesus did not come to take back what did not belong to God in the first place—for all things belong to God and are made by God. However, His lack of envy is demonstrated in their inter-personal relationship with each other—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They do not compare with each other—in fact, they so defer to each other that it is difficult to see which one—the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit is responsible for doing the miracle or the speech or the creating. They do not compare one to another.
The jealousness of God where God decrees, “I am a jealous God” Exodus 20:5; 34:14, has no envy. His jealousy is the jealousy of One who is protective of all that belongs to Him. And His jealousy is based on that of the Father—jealous for the well-being of His children. If there were other gods equal to God, He would not be jealous for what they have or possess; except that God Himself says: “To whom will you compare Me? Or who is My equal?” Isaiah 40:25 “You are my witnesses. Is there any god besides Me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” Isaiah 44:8 Since no one is His equal, there is no one for Him to envy.
One thing you can learn—there is no one your equal because you are unique; and therefore in that uniqueness, there is no one to compare with and no one to envy.
4. God does not boast: If God were to boast, it would be meaningless for there is no one to compare Himself with, and since all things belong to Him and all things were made by Him, through Him and have their being in Him—what does it benefit God to boast? Nothing at all! So God merely states the truth. And since He is creator of all things that are seen and unseen, whether spiritual or material, he defined the perimeter of their existence. As such, boasting by God comes to nothing. However, what God waits for is people who appreciate His genius, and it is His humility that God does show so well—as it is written in Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
In not one scripture does it say God boasts, but Jesus Himself tells us that…”I am gentle and humble in heart.” Matthew 11:29 If God who made all things does not boast, what is there for us who made nothing, but are given the privilege to come to know the Maker and appreciate His brilliance? What is there for us to boast about? Nothing—except the Lord and what we know of Him.
Jeremiah 9:24 “Let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows Me…”; and the closest thing you will hear from God about boasting which is not boasting, but a statement of truth from a proud, loving Father is the verse from the Mount of Transfiguration: “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him.” Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35
5. And neither is He proud, but humble: The humility of God and His love lies in the fact that he remains invisible to all except those who seek Him and even then, you have to seek Him earnestly before you find Him.
Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.”
God’s lack of pride is shown in His desire to be praised and worshipped by those who would worship in spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.. John 4:23
Isaiah 29:13 “These people come near Me with their mouth and honour Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.” Proud people only seek the worship of mouths or rather they do not care who worships them or praises them—in fact, they would like people to idolize them – that is to worship them without knowing them.
6. God is not rude: This is perhaps the point I find missed by Christians more than any other. The politeness of God is that He waits (and just as well that He is patient). He waits patiently to be asked….without obtruding into your life. Jesus asks for a drink in John 4:7 from the Samaritan woman, and even though He knows she is not married and in fact has had 5 lovers, He still says, ”Go, call your husband and come back.” 4:16
He asks the sick: John 5:6 “Do you want to get well?” He asks the demons in Mark 5:9 “What is your name?” These are the hallmarks of a polite person.
7. God is not self-seeking: If God was self-seeking, then He would not have given the glory to Jesus and Jesus, who is God, would not have given the glory to us in 1 John 17:20-23 If God were self-seeking, He would not have released the Holy Spirit to us as the Spirit of Sonship, making us co-heirs with Christ Romans 8:17. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory. The word “co-heirs” means an equal share. God is seeking glory to share with Jesus, the Holy Spirit brings glory to God to share with Jesus and then they share it with us. Jesus knows the Father—and the reason He came was to make known to us the Father—that is, allowing us to share in His knowledge and relationship with the Father. It is like an only Son asking the Father to adopt other children, so that the Son could share the Father with others.
If God was self-seeking, He could have abandoned us and started all over again, and no one would be any the wiser. A Father that is self-seeking goes forth to make his own life and glory, with little fore-thought for the children. A father like God, has already planned the inheritance for his children before he starts his work and all that he does, and has the well-being of all his family at heart—to the highest degree, except not everyone can see it.
Jesus died to save all because the indecision of all gives God the greatest glory—that is why there are no “holy exclusives” as far as salvation is concerned. Every blade of grass is saved. How much more every living soul? However, whether every soul will develop into the fullness of Sonship—now that is your choice. Because God is the Good Father who is not self-seeking, none of us, His children are ever left to our own devices. And not only that—the greatest proof that God is not self-seeking is in the verse of John 15:7 “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish [will] and it will be given [done for] you.” Anyone who is almighty as God is and who still caters to another lesser person’s wish and will is not self-seeking.
8. God is not easily angered: “He is slow to anger and abounding in love”. Joel 2:13
9. God keeps no record of wrongs: Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more.” The sacrifice of Jesus that blots out all of our sins is what allows the new creation to be brought forth—If not, then we are just a redeemed old creation—a sinner forgiven—not a son, born again! We are not just forgiven, but born again in the Spirit. That is why Jesus said we must be born again—to be a new creature so that when God looks at us, there is no record of wrong doing—and since we who follow and listen to Jesus, practising His word—are all practising righteousness—there is no sin anymore, only continuous repentance as we perfect our practice of righteousness.
10. God does not rejoice in evil but delights in the truth: If God did delight in evil, He would have taken pleasure in the death of the wicked. Psalm 5:4 You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil. With you the wicked cannot dwell. Ezekiel 18:23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? In fact in the OKJ it says: “God repented of the evil He intended.” Jeremiah 18:8 KJV
11. God is the Father who always protects: Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.” And the prayer of Jesus was in John 17:11 “Holy Father, protect them by the power of Your Name—the Name You gave Me.” The protection of God is that of the good Father for His children—and as such, He is ever present with all His power at His disposal to protect those that belong to Him if only we believe it and even when we don’t believe it. Judgement Day will reveal to us how much God really has done to protect us—known to us and unknown to us. He protected Jesus as a baby and Jesus protected all the disciples.
12. God always trusts, always hopes: The love of God that trusts is that He trusts His own Son and He trusts Himself…He knows He is faithful to His own word and His Word is faithful. It is in that trust that He is able to love…love even rebels, and entrust to us who were formally His enemies, the Kingdom—even the keys. Matthew 16:19 “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” When a person trusts you, He gives you the keys to his house—yes, even His kingdom. The fact that God gives us the keys and the secrets of the knowledge of the Kingdom of Heaven in His parables shows His trust—and since his gifts are without repentance—God in fact is saying, “I always trust you.”
13. God always perseveres: - Never gives up in hope -Hoping that we would repent and turn around. That is why He does not quickly kill off the wicked, but lets them live in the hope they will repent. God’s hope is demonstrated in His patience and persistence, continuing to manifest His signs and wonders, which is also His perseverance. Matthew 5:45 “He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous...” God sustains the evil and the good, the righteous and the unrighteous in the hope that the evil would repent, and He leaves the good and righteous in their midst that they may have an example, like a light that would guide them out of the darkness. That is why Jesus is the Light of the World, but He also said in Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world.” It is the only “I am” of Jesus that Jesus said we also are – Why? That we might be examples to the evil and unrighteous, which is the hope of God that they repent—and He will persevere in this right up to Judgement Day, which is why He says in Zephaniah 3:9, “Then will I purify the lips of the peoples that all of them may call on the Name of the Lord.”
The fruit of God’s love is the manifold wisdom of God in all its different facets—and its complexity comes from this truth—God is the only Good Father with the personality and heart, not only of a Father, but the attachment of a Mother—God is not like a father who causes a mother to conceive and then does nothing more—But God has a mother’s love as well, for although we were made through Him, we also have our being in Him—that’s right.—in Him, like a baby in a mother’s womb. That is why God said to Israel – “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” Isaiah 49:15
The love of God is the combined love of Father and Mother for an only Son – not just Father! – And that is why as earthly fathers, we have much to learn.
The love of God is displayed as the perseverance of a parent who will not give up their child and will do everything possible to be with them—at all times—no matter how ignored or mal-treated they are, and since Jesus could not be with us all at the same time, He sent the Holy Spirit who has persevered with us for 2000 years.
To know the Love of God that Paul speaks of and prays for us in Philippians 1:9-11 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19—And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
This love is the Love of the Creator God which is both Father and Mother – and without this love, there is no power!
AMEN HOLY SPIRIT – THE FRUIT OF LOVE!
1 John 4:7-10 Dear Friends, Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and Only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loves us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
The Fruit of Love is what God is – not what He feels, but rather it is the substance and personage of all that He is.
Paul advises us that no amount of sacrifice we make or gifting that we display means anything if we have not love in 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13. His description of love is not a description of an emotion, or quality or a feeling. 1 Cor. 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Although Paul says love is, and calls it an “it”—you can take it one step up and call love…”He is” for God is love. God is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast and is not proud. He is not rude, not self-seeking, not easily angered, keeps no records of wrongs. God does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. He always protects and always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres. The proof of this in scripture is:
1. God is patient – 1 Peter 3:20 …when God waited patiently in the days of Noah for the ark to be completed,…. and He waited centuries for Israel, sending to them judges and prophets, delivering them from their trials as they repented—again and again. Even when He brought them back from Babylon, He still had to wait years for the temple to be completed. In fact Paul tells us in 1 Timothy 1:16 ....I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on Him and receive eternal life.
2 Peter 3:15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation. When you come to know God, and realise that God is patient—that is when you understand what Peter meant in 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
The patience of God is displayed best in His slowness to anger—which is what He showed Moses in Exodus 34:6 “ …the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness….” The slowness to anger of God, gives us the time to repent, so that His wrath may not have to be unleashed.
Once you understand that God is patient, than anything that displays impatience is not God. In fact, anything that pushes you to hurry, in order to extract vengeance, revenge or punishment upon anyone—anyone who is quick to judge and condemn—has not learned the patience of God. Jesus displayed this patience when the woman caught in adultery was brought to Him, and all He did was ask whoever was without sin to cast the first stone and began to write in the sand, waiting until all had left before He released the woman. You see, when God wants to deal with you, He waits until everyone has had their say, and has gone—and when He is alone with you, He will tell you what He really thinks of you. Now that is patience—waiting to have the last word!
The patience of God also allows Him to maximise His glory and your blessing—so be prepared, as in the case of John 11— Lazarus had to experience illness, death and burial before being raised because Jesus did not move until he had died. That is why, patient endurance is called for from the Saints; not because God is slow—but because God wants to have the last word that annihilates everything else ever said or done before.
When you learn to be patient, you have begun to learn love from God’ aspect—His love is not the breathless, hurried, can’t wait to get started, lusty, short-lived type—but the patient type that waits for the best result—the irrevocable and the irrefutable result. Patience is the best weapon against the enemy, because Revelations 12:12 (double ease) “….He (the devil) is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” The Devil cannot afford to sit and wait—but God can, and you can if you believe Jesus who said, “Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.” John 11:25
Get the three score and ten mentality out of your head which the world survives on—and that it is all over if you die—No, death is only a short intermission, and whatever you are planning to do for God or experience—you will do it all—you have eternity to experience everything you want to experience and know—so wait for your plans to be fulfilled later. Use the now for what it is given for; and that is: - “that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” John 17:3
When God is ready to act, He will act and suddenly it is there. Malachi 3:1 “See, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to His temple; the Messenger of the covenant whom you desire will come.”
Acts 2:2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
The patience of God—the love of God which is patient draws its strength from His persona—His True Form—He is the Good Father. So God’s patience is the patience of the good Father, waiting for His sons to grow up to take their place beside Him; even as He delights himself in watching them grow and helping them grow; moulding them, shaping them, and also giving them enough freedom to make their own mistakes. Except in Jesus, He has the one Son who listens to all He commands, and does all He says. Wow what a delight Jesus is!
2. God is Kind: The kindness of God has already been covered in the Fruit of Kindness.
3. God does not envy: An envious person looks at what does not belong to him and covets what he does not have. Jesus did not come to take back what did not belong to God in the first place—for all things belong to God and are made by God. However, His lack of envy is demonstrated in their inter-personal relationship with each other—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They do not compare with each other—in fact, they so defer to each other that it is difficult to see which one—the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit is responsible for doing the miracle or the speech or the creating. They do not compare one to another.
The jealousness of God where God decrees, “I am a jealous God” Exodus 20:5; 34:14, has no envy. His jealousy is the jealousy of One who is protective of all that belongs to Him. And His jealousy is based on that of the Father—jealous for the well-being of His children. If there were other gods equal to God, He would not be jealous for what they have or possess; except that God Himself says: “To whom will you compare Me? Or who is My equal?” Isaiah 40:25 “You are my witnesses. Is there any god besides Me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” Isaiah 44:8 Since no one is His equal, there is no one for Him to envy.
One thing you can learn—there is no one your equal because you are unique; and therefore in that uniqueness, there is no one to compare with and no one to envy.
4. God does not boast: If God were to boast, it would be meaningless for there is no one to compare Himself with, and since all things belong to Him and all things were made by Him, through Him and have their being in Him—what does it benefit God to boast? Nothing at all! So God merely states the truth. And since He is creator of all things that are seen and unseen, whether spiritual or material, he defined the perimeter of their existence. As such, boasting by God comes to nothing. However, what God waits for is people who appreciate His genius, and it is His humility that God does show so well—as it is written in Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
In not one scripture does it say God boasts, but Jesus Himself tells us that…”I am gentle and humble in heart.” Matthew 11:29 If God who made all things does not boast, what is there for us who made nothing, but are given the privilege to come to know the Maker and appreciate His brilliance? What is there for us to boast about? Nothing—except the Lord and what we know of Him.
Jeremiah 9:24 “Let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows Me…”; and the closest thing you will hear from God about boasting which is not boasting, but a statement of truth from a proud, loving Father is the verse from the Mount of Transfiguration: “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him.” Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35
5. And neither is He proud, but humble: The humility of God and His love lies in the fact that he remains invisible to all except those who seek Him and even then, you have to seek Him earnestly before you find Him.
Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.”
God’s lack of pride is shown in His desire to be praised and worshipped by those who would worship in spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.. John 4:23
Isaiah 29:13 “These people come near Me with their mouth and honour Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.” Proud people only seek the worship of mouths or rather they do not care who worships them or praises them—in fact, they would like people to idolize them – that is to worship them without knowing them.
6. God is not rude: This is perhaps the point I find missed by Christians more than any other. The politeness of God is that He waits (and just as well that He is patient). He waits patiently to be asked….without obtruding into your life. Jesus asks for a drink in John 4:7 from the Samaritan woman, and even though He knows she is not married and in fact has had 5 lovers, He still says, ”Go, call your husband and come back.” 4:16
He asks the sick: John 5:6 “Do you want to get well?” He asks the demons in Mark 5:9 “What is your name?” These are the hallmarks of a polite person.
7. God is not self-seeking: If God was self-seeking, then He would not have given the glory to Jesus and Jesus, who is God, would not have given the glory to us in 1 John 17:20-23 If God were self-seeking, He would not have released the Holy Spirit to us as the Spirit of Sonship, making us co-heirs with Christ Romans 8:17. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory. The word “co-heirs” means an equal share. God is seeking glory to share with Jesus, the Holy Spirit brings glory to God to share with Jesus and then they share it with us. Jesus knows the Father—and the reason He came was to make known to us the Father—that is, allowing us to share in His knowledge and relationship with the Father. It is like an only Son asking the Father to adopt other children, so that the Son could share the Father with others.
If God was self-seeking, He could have abandoned us and started all over again, and no one would be any the wiser. A Father that is self-seeking goes forth to make his own life and glory, with little fore-thought for the children. A father like God, has already planned the inheritance for his children before he starts his work and all that he does, and has the well-being of all his family at heart—to the highest degree, except not everyone can see it.
Jesus died to save all because the indecision of all gives God the greatest glory—that is why there are no “holy exclusives” as far as salvation is concerned. Every blade of grass is saved. How much more every living soul? However, whether every soul will develop into the fullness of Sonship—now that is your choice. Because God is the Good Father who is not self-seeking, none of us, His children are ever left to our own devices. And not only that—the greatest proof that God is not self-seeking is in the verse of John 15:7 “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish [will] and it will be given [done for] you.” Anyone who is almighty as God is and who still caters to another lesser person’s wish and will is not self-seeking.
8. God is not easily angered: “He is slow to anger and abounding in love”. Joel 2:13
9. God keeps no record of wrongs: Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more.” The sacrifice of Jesus that blots out all of our sins is what allows the new creation to be brought forth—If not, then we are just a redeemed old creation—a sinner forgiven—not a son, born again! We are not just forgiven, but born again in the Spirit. That is why Jesus said we must be born again—to be a new creature so that when God looks at us, there is no record of wrong doing—and since we who follow and listen to Jesus, practising His word—are all practising righteousness—there is no sin anymore, only continuous repentance as we perfect our practice of righteousness.
10. God does not rejoice in evil but delights in the truth: If God did delight in evil, He would have taken pleasure in the death of the wicked. Psalm 5:4 You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil. With you the wicked cannot dwell. Ezekiel 18:23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? In fact in the OKJ it says: “God repented of the evil He intended.” Jeremiah 18:8 KJV
11. God is the Father who always protects: Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.” And the prayer of Jesus was in John 17:11 “Holy Father, protect them by the power of Your Name—the Name You gave Me.” The protection of God is that of the good Father for His children—and as such, He is ever present with all His power at His disposal to protect those that belong to Him if only we believe it and even when we don’t believe it. Judgement Day will reveal to us how much God really has done to protect us—known to us and unknown to us. He protected Jesus as a baby and Jesus protected all the disciples.
12. God always trusts, always hopes: The love of God that trusts is that He trusts His own Son and He trusts Himself…He knows He is faithful to His own word and His Word is faithful. It is in that trust that He is able to love…love even rebels, and entrust to us who were formally His enemies, the Kingdom—even the keys. Matthew 16:19 “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” When a person trusts you, He gives you the keys to his house—yes, even His kingdom. The fact that God gives us the keys and the secrets of the knowledge of the Kingdom of Heaven in His parables shows His trust—and since his gifts are without repentance—God in fact is saying, “I always trust you.”
13. God always perseveres: - Never gives up in hope -Hoping that we would repent and turn around. That is why He does not quickly kill off the wicked, but lets them live in the hope they will repent. God’s hope is demonstrated in His patience and persistence, continuing to manifest His signs and wonders, which is also His perseverance. Matthew 5:45 “He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous...” God sustains the evil and the good, the righteous and the unrighteous in the hope that the evil would repent, and He leaves the good and righteous in their midst that they may have an example, like a light that would guide them out of the darkness. That is why Jesus is the Light of the World, but He also said in Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world.” It is the only “I am” of Jesus that Jesus said we also are – Why? That we might be examples to the evil and unrighteous, which is the hope of God that they repent—and He will persevere in this right up to Judgement Day, which is why He says in Zephaniah 3:9, “Then will I purify the lips of the peoples that all of them may call on the Name of the Lord.”
The fruit of God’s love is the manifold wisdom of God in all its different facets—and its complexity comes from this truth—God is the only Good Father with the personality and heart, not only of a Father, but the attachment of a Mother—God is not like a father who causes a mother to conceive and then does nothing more—But God has a mother’s love as well, for although we were made through Him, we also have our being in Him—that’s right.—in Him, like a baby in a mother’s womb. That is why God said to Israel – “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” Isaiah 49:15
The love of God is the combined love of Father and Mother for an only Son – not just Father! – And that is why as earthly fathers, we have much to learn.
The love of God is displayed as the perseverance of a parent who will not give up their child and will do everything possible to be with them—at all times—no matter how ignored or mal-treated they are, and since Jesus could not be with us all at the same time, He sent the Holy Spirit who has persevered with us for 2000 years.
To know the Love of God that Paul speaks of and prays for us in Philippians 1:9-11 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19—And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
This love is the Love of the Creator God which is both Father and Mother – and without this love, there is no power!
AMEN HOLY SPIRIT – THE FRUIT OF LOVE!
21 August 2004
For This We Have Been Spared
Jesus Christ is returning in the flesh – Jesus Christ who is God is almost at our door and the truth and power of his imminent arrival will part the very air space which conceals his presence until the perfect moment arrives – the perfect moment of which has been already set aside by the Father for his Son to be seen again and for his glorified flesh to have its presence on this earth amongst those are waiting earnestly for him –
For the truth of his soon coming and the glory of which surrounds his arrival gives brightness to the revelation of him for we will see him as he is as the power of resurrection and life is revealed to all who are upon this earth - and it can already be seen and heard and felt in his word which is releasing and revealing the fullness of resurrection glory and power as its holy and manifold contents responds to the nearness of God and his soon to be released command -
For his word is the all of him and hears the all of him and will speak and reveal the all of God at his command - for each time he moves and releases his word it gives out God’s interpretation as it gives interpretation to God and his Son and his Spirit and he so declares it and makes it known to those who are listening – to those who are waiting on him – to those who do not speak on their own but only what they hear their Lord speak – for what their Lord speaks is what they live to hear and what they live to obey – for to those who live for his manifold presence he gives full interpretation of all his word - of all his heart - of all his soul and all of which is of his complete vision – to them he gives the full volume of himself – the full counsel of himself and of his language and of the tongue of the Holy Spirit who speaks the word of the kingdom into ears which are responding to the kingdom of word and its secrets : so they can likewise respond to him and speak in the way of he whose language is perfect and complete – in the full way of how and what he speaks, as he gives utterance of the yet unknown to those who can hear past their own vain imaginations to hear the true imaginings and reality of God – for this is truly the bond – the interaction and the closeness of which has been set aside for those who are looking and listening to Jesus and the signs of his coming with an intense desire to be awake and ready when he returns to us - for he left us with insight so as we would keep on looking at the signs and be fully awake and dressed and ready for service as we are carefully and with great precision and with accuracy which only comes from the hand of God, grown into his likeness – and into his life with his Father - of whom all directives comes from - for then the Father brings us closer and treats us in the manner of sons and daughters - and gives us of what is his and waits to see if we treat it as a son or daughter who is bearing the eternal fruits of God - to see if we are bearing fruits which last – for we have as our standard Jesus Christ – the tree of life and all of its fruits are our standard - for there is only one Son to set the standard for what his Father wants - and he met all the standards required and the more and all the qualities required and the more and was all of which was pleasing to His Father – and he has given us all of which is his to come and eat of and to come and drink of – for the Father sent to us what was impossible for us and waited to see if we would push through the barrier of impossibility that keeps us where we are and cling to Jesus and desire to be eating and drinking of him so as to be just like him – and desire to be no more as we were - but to ask, seek and knock with a desire which comes from an undivided and seriously repentant heart which only desires to be with our Father in the manner of a son just like Jesus and in the manner of a daughter in the sameness of the greatness of Jesus -
For God could have kept it as an impossibility for us and as not beneficial to him - but he made it possible by his Word – his Word which rose in resurrection glory and triumph as it moved into its full awaited stature as the more of the Son of God took revelation and form – rising to speak that of which is still to be spoken – that of which is still to come – and to speak words which will never pass away or become non existent ~
For Jesus is eternal life and he gave of himself – he gave of his life - so every eye would see and every ear would hear what God has planned for those who love him - and that does not start in eternity but now – for those who love him will obey him and begin their eternal life now - for through life eternal he has permitted us to come to know him - for he works all things out for the good of those who love him –and it is good for us to know him and to love him –and to know that he works all things out for the good of Jesus – and for the good of the Holy Spirit and those who are in Christ and those who are full of his Holy Spirit -
For the Son and the Spirit are the ones who are the workings of the plan of God and who work out his plan and give it its manifestation through the power of word – But he challenged us with his excellence by sending forth that which was perfect and made his perfection known to us – made his power and word known to us, so we may choose to turn and be healed and to come into the likeness of the one through whom all was revealed and all was given -
For when we challenge excellence by using the ways and insight of God we fulfil the roles we were destined to fulfil - for they are roles which have come from him – roles which can only come from his power of perfection which can take eternal life and eternity and us and bring it all together without one thing being out of order nor one thing being missing – and it is that he is calling us into roles and tasks which have been perfectly carved out of himself for us - roles which have come from every part of him and which will go unfulfilled if we do not take up the challenge and excel and bring into them the excellence of our Lord - for that it how he trained us and by which we can perfectly fulfil the role he has chosen for us - and for which we have been spared and given life for -
For when we rise in he who is the Resurrection and the Life to seek out his excellence and bring ourselves into where it dwells within him - we seek into the place of where what we have been spared for – what we have been saved for – what we have been given the knowledge of God Almighty for - waits for resurrection and life and to bring full glory to God – by us having no resistance to rising to the challenges the Lord puts before us – having no resistance to drawing close to his perfection and his excellence and his truth and his power as we listen to Jesus as he speaks it into existence in us, as we see into his perfection and how he fulfilled his destiny – as he continues without ceasing to rise us to greater heights of elevation as we seek perfection in the roles he has given us and come into its state of existence and exist in it as we exist in him - for then we are fulfilling the roles we were destined to fulfil and perform - as our attitudes change, as our eternal life deepens and accelerates - so what the Lord has bestowed on us and given into our care and safe keeping is truly brought into its fulfilment as we come more into knowing the Lord and how fulfilment of his word is brought about – how the fulfilment of our roles in Christ are accomplished – for even all of which goes into our approaching what has to be done, is a part of fulfilling our Lord’s word and will – for our manner and attitude will determine how we carry out his word and how his word will manifests in us and through us –– For our role has always been for us to know and live and speak and obey God’s word with the attitude of Christ and in the manner of His Son – and has always been to begin and live our eternal life now and without Jesus coming full of grace and truth and full of faithfulness and unfailing love there would be no glorious roles of son or daughter ship to fulfil and to bring into full blossom, as eternal life takes us deep into the heart and soul of our Lord and God.
For without eternal life we cannot come into knowing God and Jesus - for knowing God and Jesus is eternal life and the greatest of life of the eternities that could be given to us – that could have been given to us through the eternal resurrection and life of Jesus Christ our Lord – Jesus Christ the Son of Man and Jesus Christ the Son of God.
And it is only through our living eternal life now – living resurrection now, with any thoughts of dying and death having no hold over us for they only now relate to dying to ourselves and to this world so we can live fully and wholly for Jesus and his words – for it is when we are living our eternal life that the Holy Spirit can powerfully remind us and guide us into all truth – guide us into all the word of God and so into the God of all word – and into all of the words spoken by Jesus and for the power of them to come into their revelation within us - for all truth is eternal and all truth is life and all truth is powerful - and whether we are destined to be a son or a daughter it all has to begin with the living of our eternal life now for that is where the power of God is – and to live it to the exclusion of all else ; for it already includes all else which is a part of God and his word of truth – for that is the structure of his word and his desire – all structured in the likeness and perfection of God as it draws us into its eternal framework and make up as we abide in it - and then it can take us into where there is no end to the knowing of God or Jesus Christ - for it is the power of eternal life in us which holds in us, all of the word of God to transform us and make us a new creation which never dies but lives because JESUS lives - and which makes all of God’s word come into its endless formation as it gives form to he who is endless and formless - which gives him revelation and which gives his words a clarity - an astounding clearness which will send his people rushing to find cover and to hide their ears from what they are hearing – for we can not even stand up under the truth if we have not already a heart which truly desires the God of all truth to take his reign in us now – to begin his millennial reign in us and to fill us with the truths of which will set us free to be with him in the millennium – the truths of which will bring us into his state of existence - and for him to have ones who can hold the full truth of God and to scatter when he says to scatter and to stay when he says stay – and to stay awake when he says do not slumber –
It is to have the perfection of Jesus in us living and active – for he is God’s perfection and from his perfection came living word which is breath giving as well as breath taking -
For his word is the road into his heart and the doorway into his desires – his desires as a Creator for the work of his hands - his desires as a Father for his Son - his desires as a Son for his Father – his desires as a Saviour for his creation – as a Lord for his disciples – as a King for his Queen – as a bridegroom for his bride –– his desires as a Holy Spirit for full Revelation and full Truth and full Power – and his desires as a God for total glory -
For out of the flawlessness of God comes his perfect desires which seek perfect fulfilment – and out of his word which is without flaw comes the flawless language of the Father in which he allows us to hear the voice of his beloved Son - and through the flawless and fluent language of The Son who has been trained and prepared by a good Father we are permitted to hear the voice of the Father himself – and out of the Father comes the perfection of the language which in its silence gives powerful voice to the Father and the Son who are one – the flawless silent language of the Holy Spirit who does not speak on his own while he is on this earth - but speaks what he hears and speaks in the language of God the Father and the language of God the Son but through their words can his power be heard and felt and known and acknowledged – for the words given him to speak are the perfect words for his power to surge forward unrelenting for they work as one – word and power make for a powerful combination - for it is the powerful word of God which gets things done – which brings all into its final performance and greatest accomplishment and feats of mastery and victory which can only come from the hand of God and the very words which come from his mouth and the very power which comes from his holy arm …..
And Jesus our Lord and our King displays and teaches us the art and grace – the perfection and the power and the word of eternal living and how to live in the ways of God – as his teachings unfold to us in full power and bring us into living in the perfection of the eternal – and brings us into it now - and all of his qualities which are his truths made manifest are universal for they are what made the universes and all of which is seen and unseen – for it is out of God’s Christ that we are receiving of what is flawless, and if we want to receive what is flawless then his word to us is to be taken in with a heart and with an attitude that we are truly eating in perfection and drinking in what it is that God is made up of – when we eat and drink of Jesus we are eating and drinking in the universes – the eternal – the perfect – the flawless – the power source of the universe – the truths which can never be destroyed - we are eating and drinking word which is yet to come into manifestation – we are eating and drinking in what God spoke to his Son when word first came forth and what the Holy Spirit felt and heard and saw when the formation of all things was made out of what only God alone existed in – we are eating and drinking in what only God alone knows and feels and thinks and speaks and it comes to us in no other way for that is how all of which is infinite comes into those who were born to be of the infinite but are still of the flesh – who are still of the flesh of which God’s word was made in the form of – so when it entered into us we could be changed into its nature and when our mortal flesh was discarded we were of the eternal because of the infinity of word we hold in us and by which we are sustained …and the more word the more of its eternal qualities we are – the more of its revelations we are – the more we change and the more we grow and are of the mind of Christ – and the more of the Holy Spirit we are – and as God’s power goes out into the four corners of the earth and heavens - so it given in us for the power of God dwells in us and comes from the four corners of the heavens and earth when Jesus speaks : and so it is for us – so it happens for us when Jesus in us - when us in his likeness and sameness speak his word without limit and in full volume and in the full language of the Spirit of Power – for it is Jesus Christ – God’s word of power who is living and active in men and women who abide in him – it is Jesus Christ who was dead but is now alive forever who is the revelation and the declaration of word perfect - and the only one who can command such power to be released at his word - and he is the one of whom we are be raised to be in the sameness of category as – never will we be more than him or more splendorous than him or be greater than him - for to be just like him is an honour bestowed on us of which the many cast aside and deny the fullness of the gift the Father has given us –
For it is Jesus who leads us into where relationship with God is of a splendour of which he desires to share with us - and for that we have to come up to and into where he is for where he is - is without compare – for it is Jesus who reconciled the world back to God so we may experience and live this splendour – this splendour which is without compare for all of the eternities –
And he is the one who reconciles all the aspects of sons and all the aspect of daughters and makes the Father’s relationship with his sons and daughters complete as he prepares us to move into our destined roles -
For there is nothing which is not held in Jesus Christ – no word or no works for he is the complete works of God and the complete word of God – and the complete stature and formula of perfect fellowship with God whether it be a son or a daughter - for all is given its revelation through and in Jesus Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit - the powerful Spirit of God who brings the all of God into us and makes us one with him in Spirit and in Truth – one with him in relationship and in manner for he speaks what he hears from the Son and the Father and when he speaks it he gives it its manifestation and reveals through us what it is that word is saying - for when word speaks he will give form in us in accordance to how we respond to God’s word and by what we have in our hearts - for that is where it goes to first, for the truth can only manifest in us what is held in our hearts – and the Holy Spirit the Spirit of Truth will manifest the truths of God in accordance to Gods word and to how we have drawn it into us and responded to it – and the motives behind the way we use it - …
And there is no son or daughter who does not have to rise and challenge God’s excellence but not with the way we do challenge - but with the ways of God - with his heart and his mind and with his insight and with his word and his attitude so as we see how far still we are below what is the greatness of what he has given us to fulfil for his glory - not to challenge so as to bring down and to discredit - but to challenge ourselves to seek what is of the excellence and perfection of God and to see the role for which we have been spared and to see it through him.
See it through him and his perfection and to see it from the cross of Christ – and then to come into what he has prepared for us to step into with a renewed attitude so as to challenge ourselves and the way we were ready to come and enter into our roles and to carry them out – to challenge what we were ready and satisfied to bring into that which was made out of what God alone existed in – what we were willing to bring into his glory and to see how much glory or how little glory we were going to bring into our roles and to see what really is the standard we have settled for – when we set it against the standard which has already been set for us by our Lord Jesus – the standard of glory which has already been given to the Father by him, that is the standard of which we have to attain to and the standard by which we have to give multiplication to – for the Father may have given us the standard and the perfection of Jesus Christ to attain to, but he gave it to us because it is possible for God to bring us into what is such an impossibility for us to accomplish without him and that glorifies him – but he wants us to be drawn to what seems impossible and to seek out the ways of the Perfect One and reach for what is impossible for us, and then pursue it with the Lord – pursue it with his word - pursue it with what he placed in his word for us to seek out and use – what he so wisely placed in his word and kept from those who are wise in their own eyes - kept from those who are righteous in their own eyes- kept from those who do not pursue the excellence and perfection and power of God for God’s sake, but for their own sake and for their own interests and for their own glory and for their own ends -
But when we pursue all of the Lord with the Lord, what is always possible for God but what may not have been beneficial to him - may now become to him not only possible but also beneficial - changed for the good of God through our desire to glorify him and by our loyalty to his purposes and our perseverance to rise to his standard which he has given us, no matter what it is - to follow he who is perfection and total excellence and to desire what makes him who he is – but to desire it and pursue it with him and not to move into a desiring and a pursuing which is sets us apart from him - it is drawing closer to the Lord with the Lord – coming into the likeness and sameness of the Lord with the Lord and doing all things not only through him but with him – as he teaches us how to step into our roles of which the Father has chosen for us out of his wise knowing and his eternal understanding of eternal life and eternity - and to know what he has chosen for us is, when pursued and when we bring into it all of which will glorify God - is increased and enlarged - for when we bring into it all of God’s glory and all of his word and all of his excellence and all of his power and all of his Spirit and all of his Son - then we have increased our roles making them of which can embrace the wholeness of the one of whom we are filled with and who has consumed us with his word making Jesus more and making us less as the word of God to us has not returned to him void – but has been brought into the role he has presented and perfected and carved out for us to fulfil – which he has carved out of himself and perfectly placed into eternity for its glorified and eternal fulfilment – for we have brought the all of Jesus and his teachings and his resurrection and his life and his words and his healings and his miracles and his glory and his power and his cross and his return - for all of him in us, is what will give fulfilment to the roles of which he has given us to bring into their glory –
It is when we bring all of him - and bring all of his glory into our purposed and destined roles - when we bring all of which his word is into what he has prepared for us to fulfil - and then fulfil it with all of which we have sought after and pursued - as we sought out and ate of his exceedingly good word - for then it will be with the presence and the likeness and the stature of word, and the knowing and the understanding and the joy of the Lord – that we can truly give our roles the majesty and dignity they were created to reveal about our Lord and created to display about his power- and created only for us to bring into their fulfilment for bringing into fulfilment and fulfilling the word of God in all truth and in all power is a part of being just like Jesus – is part of fulfilling our roles of sons and our roles as daughters - and if we do not do as he does, and be as he is, then we are not in his likeness and are not of his sameness - and are not of sonship and not of daughtership -
For to have increase in our relationship, we are to be fulfilling his word - for to fellowship with God in the sameness as Jesus is the role we want to be fulfilling and the fulfilment of - for the eternities – a continuous role of which there is no sliding into – only growing into - for the way our destined roles and calling were created and given their formation within the kingdom could only be eternally filled by ones who have come into their roles with the Lord - and as the Lord gives us expansion with his word so can our destined roles take expansion as he fills us with his word - for then we fill our destiny with his word and the glory it exudes and what has been carved out for us by God is increased to fit us – now expanded to hold the all of us for we are so filled with the all of Christ – with all of the Father and his Son and his Spirit – for then the role of a son or the role of a daughter and what they both eternally include - are expanded and given of their increase so as to embrace all of us and what we have brought into it – for then sonship is us – daughter ship is us - for we have drawn it so into ourselves and relished the greatness of the gift given us through Christ that with the fullness of Jesus in us we become so like him that we become sonship and the truth of it - and we become daughtership and the truth of it – and so much so that we have a oneness with it which has come from our oneness and likeness and sameness with Jesus :
For the Lord has taken of his word of sonship and daughtership and given it to us who are repentant rebels and sinners - and out of the greatness of his heart and soul he gave those words to us to fulfil - and we must rise to the challenge for the choice is still ours – we must rise to everlasting glory by revealing that what he spoke out for us now is us – that we are now the word he as spoken so our Lord waits no longer for us to come into being the fulfilment of the word of sonship or daughtership - but we are, and the word can now be spoken out of us in all truth and in all revelation to bring glory to God who takes what is not and makes it what it is – who takes us, who were not the truth of sons and daughters and made us the truth of Sonship and the truth of the revelation of Daughtership.
For the Father moves his Spirit into a new dimension as the Spirit of Sonship now embraces Daughtership as the Holy Spirit goes forth and seals God’s word within us - as the daughters come into and take up the roles for which they were saved for – the roles of which the Father saved for them – as they remained and abided in Jesus and his word - and even though the role women played when Jesus walked the earth has been held and covered by the Father - it will be now that it will be declared from the rooftops as the Holy Spirit gives manifestation and revelation to God’s daughters – for what the Lord has chosen to conceal – the word of it will now fill the universes and heavens above - and the earth and under the earth below - as it is his word and his power which produces for the Father not only more sons like Jesus ; but now all of the daughters who are hidden in Christ - and so as his word manifests in us and the power of the Lord gives fulfilment to what can never pass away - the dimension of the Spirit of power and truth and the dimensions of the daughters of God will increase as the roles which have been saved for them to fulfil - now begin their fulfilment as we live our eternal life now and move with it as it extends into eternity - by the will of the Father and by our choice to continue to abide only in Jesus –
For only abiding in Jesus can the increase come for us and for God –
For then the role we have been saved for, is not for only us to fill - but now we become the fulfilment of the role and the truth of it and the manifestation of it – for God’s glory – for his glory has determined that there will be sons and daughters of the first resurrection for him to receive more glory – and more honour and more praise - for all of which we are to fulfil for him and perform and create and speak- is always to bring him more glory – to increase his glory and the glory of his Name – to exalt him in the highest - to reveal the Holy Father of all glory – to reveal the Holy Son who is exalted above all others and all else – to reveal the Holy Spirit who manifested the Son of Man and the Son of God – who manifests Sonship and who is now giving manifestation to the daughters of God - to daughter ship – for the whole purpose is to be lifting our Lord and our God higher and higher as we exalt the one who saved us and made us worthy and made us of his righteousness – who carved out of himself for us roles for which he spared us so we could fulfil – roles of which he saved just for us to fulfil – just for those of whom abided in and listened to his Son ; those who believed in him and repented of their evil ways and exchanged them for the ways of God – and when we exchange our ways for the ways of God and then allow him to have his way in us – then his way for us is for us to come and be his son and for us to come and be his daughter and for him to be God the Father – for him to be our Father and our God –
And for those who earnestly seek and are eagerly awaiting him he will not cease to encourage us and inspire us to seek the more and to challenge his excellence within ourselves, and not to be afraid of what we will find and where it may take us – for when we seek out God earnestly we may just find what we were not expecting - but what he was hoping and expecting us to find for it is then that we are moved into a different place and a different aspect of our roles within him - for he seeks out ways to bring us to the next level and for us to know all of which is there for us to draw into ourselves and to make it a part of us if we dare – if we do not doubt – if we do not stop loving him - if we do not stop doing everything with him – and if we never cease to see the Lord in all and everything - and if we do not see him in all and everything of which we are doing and saying and involved in - then we know we have departed from his presence and his word and it now has become I and not we - and then it is truly a lonely road we have chosen – a loneliness which is not the same as an aloneness with the Lord or a lonely road we may travel when we stand true to the word of truth and will not veer from it to the right or to the left to tread in the ways of men – for when we set ourselves apart from the Lord it is a lonely dark road we travel along for we may not even realise that the light we have in us is really darkness - for the true light has gone on ahead of us and we are just basking in the glow of its brightness.
But abiding in our Lord and his word and his love and his glory and his power and his discipline is the straight and narrow road of which may have nothing about it to attract us – nothing in its appearance to draw us to it – but when we step onto it the power and the glory and the everlasting word of our Lord transforms it into a road of pure gold like transparent glass and the glory of the Lord gives it light and the Lamb it its lamp and it shines under our feet like a brilliant jewel that it is - for it leads us to where God will wipe every tear from our eyes – where there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain for the old order of things have passed away - but God’s word will never pass away and what he is giving us right now to come into and to fulfil and to bring into it all of which Jesus alone has given us - is what will make it of the eternal and what will make it shine with the glory of God forever and ever – just as we now – right now in this perishing world – just as we light up when our Father and when our Lord comes near us - when our Father and our Lord Jesus come near to us to bring us into their glory and into their victory - and into their oneness -
He saved us with his powerful arm and his word of Truth and with that same powerful arm and with that same Word of Truth he will declare victory!!!
And every eye will see and every ear will hear what God has indeed planned for those who love him!!
AMEN HOLY FATHER – HOLY SON - AND HOLY SPIRIT
For the truth of his soon coming and the glory of which surrounds his arrival gives brightness to the revelation of him for we will see him as he is as the power of resurrection and life is revealed to all who are upon this earth - and it can already be seen and heard and felt in his word which is releasing and revealing the fullness of resurrection glory and power as its holy and manifold contents responds to the nearness of God and his soon to be released command -
For his word is the all of him and hears the all of him and will speak and reveal the all of God at his command - for each time he moves and releases his word it gives out God’s interpretation as it gives interpretation to God and his Son and his Spirit and he so declares it and makes it known to those who are listening – to those who are waiting on him – to those who do not speak on their own but only what they hear their Lord speak – for what their Lord speaks is what they live to hear and what they live to obey – for to those who live for his manifold presence he gives full interpretation of all his word - of all his heart - of all his soul and all of which is of his complete vision – to them he gives the full volume of himself – the full counsel of himself and of his language and of the tongue of the Holy Spirit who speaks the word of the kingdom into ears which are responding to the kingdom of word and its secrets : so they can likewise respond to him and speak in the way of he whose language is perfect and complete – in the full way of how and what he speaks, as he gives utterance of the yet unknown to those who can hear past their own vain imaginations to hear the true imaginings and reality of God – for this is truly the bond – the interaction and the closeness of which has been set aside for those who are looking and listening to Jesus and the signs of his coming with an intense desire to be awake and ready when he returns to us - for he left us with insight so as we would keep on looking at the signs and be fully awake and dressed and ready for service as we are carefully and with great precision and with accuracy which only comes from the hand of God, grown into his likeness – and into his life with his Father - of whom all directives comes from - for then the Father brings us closer and treats us in the manner of sons and daughters - and gives us of what is his and waits to see if we treat it as a son or daughter who is bearing the eternal fruits of God - to see if we are bearing fruits which last – for we have as our standard Jesus Christ – the tree of life and all of its fruits are our standard - for there is only one Son to set the standard for what his Father wants - and he met all the standards required and the more and all the qualities required and the more and was all of which was pleasing to His Father – and he has given us all of which is his to come and eat of and to come and drink of – for the Father sent to us what was impossible for us and waited to see if we would push through the barrier of impossibility that keeps us where we are and cling to Jesus and desire to be eating and drinking of him so as to be just like him – and desire to be no more as we were - but to ask, seek and knock with a desire which comes from an undivided and seriously repentant heart which only desires to be with our Father in the manner of a son just like Jesus and in the manner of a daughter in the sameness of the greatness of Jesus -
For God could have kept it as an impossibility for us and as not beneficial to him - but he made it possible by his Word – his Word which rose in resurrection glory and triumph as it moved into its full awaited stature as the more of the Son of God took revelation and form – rising to speak that of which is still to be spoken – that of which is still to come – and to speak words which will never pass away or become non existent ~
For Jesus is eternal life and he gave of himself – he gave of his life - so every eye would see and every ear would hear what God has planned for those who love him - and that does not start in eternity but now – for those who love him will obey him and begin their eternal life now - for through life eternal he has permitted us to come to know him - for he works all things out for the good of those who love him –and it is good for us to know him and to love him –and to know that he works all things out for the good of Jesus – and for the good of the Holy Spirit and those who are in Christ and those who are full of his Holy Spirit -
For the Son and the Spirit are the ones who are the workings of the plan of God and who work out his plan and give it its manifestation through the power of word – But he challenged us with his excellence by sending forth that which was perfect and made his perfection known to us – made his power and word known to us, so we may choose to turn and be healed and to come into the likeness of the one through whom all was revealed and all was given -
For when we challenge excellence by using the ways and insight of God we fulfil the roles we were destined to fulfil - for they are roles which have come from him – roles which can only come from his power of perfection which can take eternal life and eternity and us and bring it all together without one thing being out of order nor one thing being missing – and it is that he is calling us into roles and tasks which have been perfectly carved out of himself for us - roles which have come from every part of him and which will go unfulfilled if we do not take up the challenge and excel and bring into them the excellence of our Lord - for that it how he trained us and by which we can perfectly fulfil the role he has chosen for us - and for which we have been spared and given life for -
For when we rise in he who is the Resurrection and the Life to seek out his excellence and bring ourselves into where it dwells within him - we seek into the place of where what we have been spared for – what we have been saved for – what we have been given the knowledge of God Almighty for - waits for resurrection and life and to bring full glory to God – by us having no resistance to rising to the challenges the Lord puts before us – having no resistance to drawing close to his perfection and his excellence and his truth and his power as we listen to Jesus as he speaks it into existence in us, as we see into his perfection and how he fulfilled his destiny – as he continues without ceasing to rise us to greater heights of elevation as we seek perfection in the roles he has given us and come into its state of existence and exist in it as we exist in him - for then we are fulfilling the roles we were destined to fulfil and perform - as our attitudes change, as our eternal life deepens and accelerates - so what the Lord has bestowed on us and given into our care and safe keeping is truly brought into its fulfilment as we come more into knowing the Lord and how fulfilment of his word is brought about – how the fulfilment of our roles in Christ are accomplished – for even all of which goes into our approaching what has to be done, is a part of fulfilling our Lord’s word and will – for our manner and attitude will determine how we carry out his word and how his word will manifests in us and through us –– For our role has always been for us to know and live and speak and obey God’s word with the attitude of Christ and in the manner of His Son – and has always been to begin and live our eternal life now and without Jesus coming full of grace and truth and full of faithfulness and unfailing love there would be no glorious roles of son or daughter ship to fulfil and to bring into full blossom, as eternal life takes us deep into the heart and soul of our Lord and God.
For without eternal life we cannot come into knowing God and Jesus - for knowing God and Jesus is eternal life and the greatest of life of the eternities that could be given to us – that could have been given to us through the eternal resurrection and life of Jesus Christ our Lord – Jesus Christ the Son of Man and Jesus Christ the Son of God.
And it is only through our living eternal life now – living resurrection now, with any thoughts of dying and death having no hold over us for they only now relate to dying to ourselves and to this world so we can live fully and wholly for Jesus and his words – for it is when we are living our eternal life that the Holy Spirit can powerfully remind us and guide us into all truth – guide us into all the word of God and so into the God of all word – and into all of the words spoken by Jesus and for the power of them to come into their revelation within us - for all truth is eternal and all truth is life and all truth is powerful - and whether we are destined to be a son or a daughter it all has to begin with the living of our eternal life now for that is where the power of God is – and to live it to the exclusion of all else ; for it already includes all else which is a part of God and his word of truth – for that is the structure of his word and his desire – all structured in the likeness and perfection of God as it draws us into its eternal framework and make up as we abide in it - and then it can take us into where there is no end to the knowing of God or Jesus Christ - for it is the power of eternal life in us which holds in us, all of the word of God to transform us and make us a new creation which never dies but lives because JESUS lives - and which makes all of God’s word come into its endless formation as it gives form to he who is endless and formless - which gives him revelation and which gives his words a clarity - an astounding clearness which will send his people rushing to find cover and to hide their ears from what they are hearing – for we can not even stand up under the truth if we have not already a heart which truly desires the God of all truth to take his reign in us now – to begin his millennial reign in us and to fill us with the truths of which will set us free to be with him in the millennium – the truths of which will bring us into his state of existence - and for him to have ones who can hold the full truth of God and to scatter when he says to scatter and to stay when he says stay – and to stay awake when he says do not slumber –
It is to have the perfection of Jesus in us living and active – for he is God’s perfection and from his perfection came living word which is breath giving as well as breath taking -
For his word is the road into his heart and the doorway into his desires – his desires as a Creator for the work of his hands - his desires as a Father for his Son - his desires as a Son for his Father – his desires as a Saviour for his creation – as a Lord for his disciples – as a King for his Queen – as a bridegroom for his bride –– his desires as a Holy Spirit for full Revelation and full Truth and full Power – and his desires as a God for total glory -
For out of the flawlessness of God comes his perfect desires which seek perfect fulfilment – and out of his word which is without flaw comes the flawless language of the Father in which he allows us to hear the voice of his beloved Son - and through the flawless and fluent language of The Son who has been trained and prepared by a good Father we are permitted to hear the voice of the Father himself – and out of the Father comes the perfection of the language which in its silence gives powerful voice to the Father and the Son who are one – the flawless silent language of the Holy Spirit who does not speak on his own while he is on this earth - but speaks what he hears and speaks in the language of God the Father and the language of God the Son but through their words can his power be heard and felt and known and acknowledged – for the words given him to speak are the perfect words for his power to surge forward unrelenting for they work as one – word and power make for a powerful combination - for it is the powerful word of God which gets things done – which brings all into its final performance and greatest accomplishment and feats of mastery and victory which can only come from the hand of God and the very words which come from his mouth and the very power which comes from his holy arm …..
And Jesus our Lord and our King displays and teaches us the art and grace – the perfection and the power and the word of eternal living and how to live in the ways of God – as his teachings unfold to us in full power and bring us into living in the perfection of the eternal – and brings us into it now - and all of his qualities which are his truths made manifest are universal for they are what made the universes and all of which is seen and unseen – for it is out of God’s Christ that we are receiving of what is flawless, and if we want to receive what is flawless then his word to us is to be taken in with a heart and with an attitude that we are truly eating in perfection and drinking in what it is that God is made up of – when we eat and drink of Jesus we are eating and drinking in the universes – the eternal – the perfect – the flawless – the power source of the universe – the truths which can never be destroyed - we are eating and drinking word which is yet to come into manifestation – we are eating and drinking in what God spoke to his Son when word first came forth and what the Holy Spirit felt and heard and saw when the formation of all things was made out of what only God alone existed in – we are eating and drinking in what only God alone knows and feels and thinks and speaks and it comes to us in no other way for that is how all of which is infinite comes into those who were born to be of the infinite but are still of the flesh – who are still of the flesh of which God’s word was made in the form of – so when it entered into us we could be changed into its nature and when our mortal flesh was discarded we were of the eternal because of the infinity of word we hold in us and by which we are sustained …and the more word the more of its eternal qualities we are – the more of its revelations we are – the more we change and the more we grow and are of the mind of Christ – and the more of the Holy Spirit we are – and as God’s power goes out into the four corners of the earth and heavens - so it given in us for the power of God dwells in us and comes from the four corners of the heavens and earth when Jesus speaks : and so it is for us – so it happens for us when Jesus in us - when us in his likeness and sameness speak his word without limit and in full volume and in the full language of the Spirit of Power – for it is Jesus Christ – God’s word of power who is living and active in men and women who abide in him – it is Jesus Christ who was dead but is now alive forever who is the revelation and the declaration of word perfect - and the only one who can command such power to be released at his word - and he is the one of whom we are be raised to be in the sameness of category as – never will we be more than him or more splendorous than him or be greater than him - for to be just like him is an honour bestowed on us of which the many cast aside and deny the fullness of the gift the Father has given us –
For it is Jesus who leads us into where relationship with God is of a splendour of which he desires to share with us - and for that we have to come up to and into where he is for where he is - is without compare – for it is Jesus who reconciled the world back to God so we may experience and live this splendour – this splendour which is without compare for all of the eternities –
And he is the one who reconciles all the aspects of sons and all the aspect of daughters and makes the Father’s relationship with his sons and daughters complete as he prepares us to move into our destined roles -
For there is nothing which is not held in Jesus Christ – no word or no works for he is the complete works of God and the complete word of God – and the complete stature and formula of perfect fellowship with God whether it be a son or a daughter - for all is given its revelation through and in Jesus Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit - the powerful Spirit of God who brings the all of God into us and makes us one with him in Spirit and in Truth – one with him in relationship and in manner for he speaks what he hears from the Son and the Father and when he speaks it he gives it its manifestation and reveals through us what it is that word is saying - for when word speaks he will give form in us in accordance to how we respond to God’s word and by what we have in our hearts - for that is where it goes to first, for the truth can only manifest in us what is held in our hearts – and the Holy Spirit the Spirit of Truth will manifest the truths of God in accordance to Gods word and to how we have drawn it into us and responded to it – and the motives behind the way we use it - …
And there is no son or daughter who does not have to rise and challenge God’s excellence but not with the way we do challenge - but with the ways of God - with his heart and his mind and with his insight and with his word and his attitude so as we see how far still we are below what is the greatness of what he has given us to fulfil for his glory - not to challenge so as to bring down and to discredit - but to challenge ourselves to seek what is of the excellence and perfection of God and to see the role for which we have been spared and to see it through him.
See it through him and his perfection and to see it from the cross of Christ – and then to come into what he has prepared for us to step into with a renewed attitude so as to challenge ourselves and the way we were ready to come and enter into our roles and to carry them out – to challenge what we were ready and satisfied to bring into that which was made out of what God alone existed in – what we were willing to bring into his glory and to see how much glory or how little glory we were going to bring into our roles and to see what really is the standard we have settled for – when we set it against the standard which has already been set for us by our Lord Jesus – the standard of glory which has already been given to the Father by him, that is the standard of which we have to attain to and the standard by which we have to give multiplication to – for the Father may have given us the standard and the perfection of Jesus Christ to attain to, but he gave it to us because it is possible for God to bring us into what is such an impossibility for us to accomplish without him and that glorifies him – but he wants us to be drawn to what seems impossible and to seek out the ways of the Perfect One and reach for what is impossible for us, and then pursue it with the Lord – pursue it with his word - pursue it with what he placed in his word for us to seek out and use – what he so wisely placed in his word and kept from those who are wise in their own eyes - kept from those who are righteous in their own eyes- kept from those who do not pursue the excellence and perfection and power of God for God’s sake, but for their own sake and for their own interests and for their own glory and for their own ends -
But when we pursue all of the Lord with the Lord, what is always possible for God but what may not have been beneficial to him - may now become to him not only possible but also beneficial - changed for the good of God through our desire to glorify him and by our loyalty to his purposes and our perseverance to rise to his standard which he has given us, no matter what it is - to follow he who is perfection and total excellence and to desire what makes him who he is – but to desire it and pursue it with him and not to move into a desiring and a pursuing which is sets us apart from him - it is drawing closer to the Lord with the Lord – coming into the likeness and sameness of the Lord with the Lord and doing all things not only through him but with him – as he teaches us how to step into our roles of which the Father has chosen for us out of his wise knowing and his eternal understanding of eternal life and eternity - and to know what he has chosen for us is, when pursued and when we bring into it all of which will glorify God - is increased and enlarged - for when we bring into it all of God’s glory and all of his word and all of his excellence and all of his power and all of his Spirit and all of his Son - then we have increased our roles making them of which can embrace the wholeness of the one of whom we are filled with and who has consumed us with his word making Jesus more and making us less as the word of God to us has not returned to him void – but has been brought into the role he has presented and perfected and carved out for us to fulfil – which he has carved out of himself and perfectly placed into eternity for its glorified and eternal fulfilment – for we have brought the all of Jesus and his teachings and his resurrection and his life and his words and his healings and his miracles and his glory and his power and his cross and his return - for all of him in us, is what will give fulfilment to the roles of which he has given us to bring into their glory –
It is when we bring all of him - and bring all of his glory into our purposed and destined roles - when we bring all of which his word is into what he has prepared for us to fulfil - and then fulfil it with all of which we have sought after and pursued - as we sought out and ate of his exceedingly good word - for then it will be with the presence and the likeness and the stature of word, and the knowing and the understanding and the joy of the Lord – that we can truly give our roles the majesty and dignity they were created to reveal about our Lord and created to display about his power- and created only for us to bring into their fulfilment for bringing into fulfilment and fulfilling the word of God in all truth and in all power is a part of being just like Jesus – is part of fulfilling our roles of sons and our roles as daughters - and if we do not do as he does, and be as he is, then we are not in his likeness and are not of his sameness - and are not of sonship and not of daughtership -
For to have increase in our relationship, we are to be fulfilling his word - for to fellowship with God in the sameness as Jesus is the role we want to be fulfilling and the fulfilment of - for the eternities – a continuous role of which there is no sliding into – only growing into - for the way our destined roles and calling were created and given their formation within the kingdom could only be eternally filled by ones who have come into their roles with the Lord - and as the Lord gives us expansion with his word so can our destined roles take expansion as he fills us with his word - for then we fill our destiny with his word and the glory it exudes and what has been carved out for us by God is increased to fit us – now expanded to hold the all of us for we are so filled with the all of Christ – with all of the Father and his Son and his Spirit – for then the role of a son or the role of a daughter and what they both eternally include - are expanded and given of their increase so as to embrace all of us and what we have brought into it – for then sonship is us – daughter ship is us - for we have drawn it so into ourselves and relished the greatness of the gift given us through Christ that with the fullness of Jesus in us we become so like him that we become sonship and the truth of it - and we become daughtership and the truth of it – and so much so that we have a oneness with it which has come from our oneness and likeness and sameness with Jesus :
For the Lord has taken of his word of sonship and daughtership and given it to us who are repentant rebels and sinners - and out of the greatness of his heart and soul he gave those words to us to fulfil - and we must rise to the challenge for the choice is still ours – we must rise to everlasting glory by revealing that what he spoke out for us now is us – that we are now the word he as spoken so our Lord waits no longer for us to come into being the fulfilment of the word of sonship or daughtership - but we are, and the word can now be spoken out of us in all truth and in all revelation to bring glory to God who takes what is not and makes it what it is – who takes us, who were not the truth of sons and daughters and made us the truth of Sonship and the truth of the revelation of Daughtership.
For the Father moves his Spirit into a new dimension as the Spirit of Sonship now embraces Daughtership as the Holy Spirit goes forth and seals God’s word within us - as the daughters come into and take up the roles for which they were saved for – the roles of which the Father saved for them – as they remained and abided in Jesus and his word - and even though the role women played when Jesus walked the earth has been held and covered by the Father - it will be now that it will be declared from the rooftops as the Holy Spirit gives manifestation and revelation to God’s daughters – for what the Lord has chosen to conceal – the word of it will now fill the universes and heavens above - and the earth and under the earth below - as it is his word and his power which produces for the Father not only more sons like Jesus ; but now all of the daughters who are hidden in Christ - and so as his word manifests in us and the power of the Lord gives fulfilment to what can never pass away - the dimension of the Spirit of power and truth and the dimensions of the daughters of God will increase as the roles which have been saved for them to fulfil - now begin their fulfilment as we live our eternal life now and move with it as it extends into eternity - by the will of the Father and by our choice to continue to abide only in Jesus –
For only abiding in Jesus can the increase come for us and for God –
For then the role we have been saved for, is not for only us to fill - but now we become the fulfilment of the role and the truth of it and the manifestation of it – for God’s glory – for his glory has determined that there will be sons and daughters of the first resurrection for him to receive more glory – and more honour and more praise - for all of which we are to fulfil for him and perform and create and speak- is always to bring him more glory – to increase his glory and the glory of his Name – to exalt him in the highest - to reveal the Holy Father of all glory – to reveal the Holy Son who is exalted above all others and all else – to reveal the Holy Spirit who manifested the Son of Man and the Son of God – who manifests Sonship and who is now giving manifestation to the daughters of God - to daughter ship – for the whole purpose is to be lifting our Lord and our God higher and higher as we exalt the one who saved us and made us worthy and made us of his righteousness – who carved out of himself for us roles for which he spared us so we could fulfil – roles of which he saved just for us to fulfil – just for those of whom abided in and listened to his Son ; those who believed in him and repented of their evil ways and exchanged them for the ways of God – and when we exchange our ways for the ways of God and then allow him to have his way in us – then his way for us is for us to come and be his son and for us to come and be his daughter and for him to be God the Father – for him to be our Father and our God –
And for those who earnestly seek and are eagerly awaiting him he will not cease to encourage us and inspire us to seek the more and to challenge his excellence within ourselves, and not to be afraid of what we will find and where it may take us – for when we seek out God earnestly we may just find what we were not expecting - but what he was hoping and expecting us to find for it is then that we are moved into a different place and a different aspect of our roles within him - for he seeks out ways to bring us to the next level and for us to know all of which is there for us to draw into ourselves and to make it a part of us if we dare – if we do not doubt – if we do not stop loving him - if we do not stop doing everything with him – and if we never cease to see the Lord in all and everything - and if we do not see him in all and everything of which we are doing and saying and involved in - then we know we have departed from his presence and his word and it now has become I and not we - and then it is truly a lonely road we have chosen – a loneliness which is not the same as an aloneness with the Lord or a lonely road we may travel when we stand true to the word of truth and will not veer from it to the right or to the left to tread in the ways of men – for when we set ourselves apart from the Lord it is a lonely dark road we travel along for we may not even realise that the light we have in us is really darkness - for the true light has gone on ahead of us and we are just basking in the glow of its brightness.
But abiding in our Lord and his word and his love and his glory and his power and his discipline is the straight and narrow road of which may have nothing about it to attract us – nothing in its appearance to draw us to it – but when we step onto it the power and the glory and the everlasting word of our Lord transforms it into a road of pure gold like transparent glass and the glory of the Lord gives it light and the Lamb it its lamp and it shines under our feet like a brilliant jewel that it is - for it leads us to where God will wipe every tear from our eyes – where there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain for the old order of things have passed away - but God’s word will never pass away and what he is giving us right now to come into and to fulfil and to bring into it all of which Jesus alone has given us - is what will make it of the eternal and what will make it shine with the glory of God forever and ever – just as we now – right now in this perishing world – just as we light up when our Father and when our Lord comes near us - when our Father and our Lord Jesus come near to us to bring us into their glory and into their victory - and into their oneness -
He saved us with his powerful arm and his word of Truth and with that same powerful arm and with that same Word of Truth he will declare victory!!!
And every eye will see and every ear will hear what God has indeed planned for those who love him!!
AMEN HOLY FATHER – HOLY SON - AND HOLY SPIRIT
11th Fruit - The Joy of God
8th Fruit of the Holy Spirit
The joy of God that is the Fruit of the Father and of the Lord, the Spirit, and is not the rejoicing joy of the shallow who receive good news and do not endure through troubles and bad news. There is a joy that you can experience in the Lord that is fruitless and useless. —It is the joy of those who receive the good news of the kingdom and do not sink roots into Jesus the Rock, and so wither at the sign of persecution.
Matthew 13:20 “The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.”
The failure to develop roots is the failure to develop a relationship with the Lord and refusal to dig deeper into the things of God…. Remember, when the Gospel is just preached, often it is a message of repentance, believe and be saved, so that you can be blessed—as Peter the Apostle preached it in Acts 3:19,20 Repent then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord and that He may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus.
Unfortunately many will repent and receive their salvation with joy, but when the persecution comes with receiving Jesus—they will either fall away or back away. I have observed that there are also those who will not sink roots into Jesus, but maintain a superficial relationship with Him, so that the initial joy of salvation remains. They will not venture out to have their faith tested. Why do you have your faith tested? To see if what you believe in is true and see if you would stick at believing even when nothing seems to be happening. This is a joy that I pray you would have experienced—but it is not the joy that I would advise you to live on, for it is a joy that gives no strength, like a plant which has no roots, has no strength to survive—so this joy has no strength which allows you to endure and embrace the troubles and persecutions that must come with your walk with Jesus.—Yes, persecutions must come if you are truly following Jesus and holding onto His teachings. Why? Not because I said so, or because the devil hates you—No—because Jesus said so! Mark 13:13, Matthew 10:22 “All men will hate you because of Me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.” [Luke 21:17-19]
To stand firm to the end you better have deep roots; and the way to have deep roots and to stand firm to the end is to not only hear the word of the Lord—but to put it into practice—Practice, practice, practice!
Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who build his house on the rock.” You will not be swept away. I don’t care what you practice or how you practice----just as long as it is the Word of the Lord. You can practice fasting in secret or walking on water in secret—you may use a bucket full of water or a bath tub or a swimming pool—as long as you are practicing His Words that you have heard. And after you have practiced, practice some more and hear some more until you have practiced doing all that He has done and are now seeking to do even greater things because He said, “I tell you the truth, if anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing, He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” John 14:12
So the joy of God, the joy of the Lord—that is the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) - and God is Spirit—is not the fruitless initial joy of receiving the good news—but it is the enduring joy that comes from a deeply rooted commitment to the Word of God, that is tested with patience and endurance, which results in the salvation of souls. 1 Peter 1:8,9 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
The joy of the Lord comes only to those whose goal of their faith is deeply committed to the salvation of their souls only. Now, the quality of your joy will depend on the goal of your faith. If the goal of your faith is on temporal things like believing for a job, house or car—then that joy will come and go, or wear out like a car wears out or a job is lost.
However, if the goal of your faith is the salvation of your soul—and there is no higher or greater calling or salvation than to be called for participation in the First Resurrection—then you will experience this inexpressible joy that Peter speaks of. It is inexpressible to you, because it is not your joy—No, it is the joy of the Father and the Holy Spirit, for when you take up the highest possible calling of the Lord for your faith goal [as some preachers say] to be part of the First Resurrection—you have undertaken a task to bring glory to Jesus Christ at its maximum level—to follow Jesus and to hold onto His teachings and His teachings alone, even if it costs you your life.
You have chosen to sink roots and endure the troubles and persecutions—the troubles that Jesus said would come if you followed Him. Remember there are those who believe in Jesus and who know Jesus—but they do not follow Jesus or hold onto His teachings, like the demons who used to scream at Him: “I know who you are – the Holy One of God” Mark 1:24. If you believe in Jesus and even say you know He is the Son of God or the Holy One of God—you are only keeping company with demons.—Unless you follow Him and hold onto His teachings, you are not disciples and you may not be in fellowship with Him.
So, do not be surprised that many, who confess to be Christians, because they believe in Jesus or because they know He is the Holy One of God, are riddled with demonic problems. You will find that these have never been taught to listen to Jesus, to follow Jesus and to put His words into practice…. But they have been taught to listen to men and women, to follow men and women and to put their words into practice—and there is very little joy in their lives—certainly not joy that goes against circumstances and endures troubles and persecutions.
No, the joy of God is the joy of a Father who has a wise son who is a righteous man. For it says in Proverbs 10:1; 15:20 a wise son brings joy to his father - and Proverbs 23:24 The father of a righteous man has great joy. Indeed the plead of the Father is Proverbs 27:11 “Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart….” And he who is wise wins souls. [ Proverbs 11:30 He who wins souls is wise.]
Jesus is the wise and righteous Son because He laid down His life to save the souls- all living souls – for God, to redeem them from the power of sin by using His blood to sign the New Covenant for the forgiveness of sins by faith. Thus the joy of the Lord – the joy of God the Father – is the joy of a Father who has a wise and righteous Son – a son who wins souls. Unless you begin to imitate Jesus as a soul winner by preaching the Gospel - whether in the flesh or in the spirit - whether in visions or in dreams, you cannot experience the joy that Jesus has brought to the Father. Too often you are lulled into inactivity, sit and listen, put your money with a great evangelist, and he will preach the Gospel. Yes, you may share in the reward, but you have denied yourself the experience of a direct, unshared reward—that which Jesus experienced. “All that belongs to the Father is Mine.” John 16:15
It is when you have experienced that direct reward from the Father, that you can also say, “All that belongs to the Father in mine.” And it is when you can truly say that, that you are a co-heir of Christ, and Sonship blossoms in you.
And when the Father begins to share His joy with you – the joy of a Father who has a wise and righteous Son—He will give you children, children who may be natural born to you in marriage, or children born by the will of God—that is children, people who become children of God, because you shared the Gospel of Jesus with them. Children who grow up before your eyes, whether in the flesh or spirit, who are wise and righteous, and then you experience this joy—the joy of God the Father—the joy of One who knows the end from the beginning—the Joy that sits right next to the Peace of God—the joy that comes from knowing everything has been worked out for good for those who love God.
It is through your children, the children that you will bear for God, whether natural or spiritual, that you will be filled with joy, a joy that will only come to its fullness of fruit—when you see them growing up winning souls and developing righteousness. This is the joy that Jesus tasted as the Son who brought the Father joy—for God the Father has given unto Jesus the privilege of also fathering children through His Gospel. John 13:33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer…” Jesus came to address His disciples as His children, and when they came back in Luke 10:17, the seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your Name.” It is written at that moment – Luke 10:21 At that time, Jesus, full of joy through the holy Spirit said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure.”
When Jesus gave out what He had received from the Father to raise up disciples that could be like Him, He received the full measure of joy—the joy of the Father through the Holy Spirit. It is this joy, the Joy of God the Father seeing His children raised up and returning to Him which Jesus had—who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross Hebrews 12:2
This is the joy that does not wither when hard times come—the joy of the disciples of Luke 10:21 does not endure unto the cross—it is the joy of the Father—the prospect of raising up wise and righteous sons just like Jesus that endures—and this joy comes through the Holy Spirit.
This joy does not come through success, or through people, or through anything or anyone else except through the Holy Spirit—and if our people are not taught to fellowship with the Holy Spirit; where will they get this measure or type of joy? -- They cannot. This is why – where Christians are not taught to grow up and become wise and righteous sons like Jesus, where Christians are not taught to be fathers like God is a Father and where Christians are not taught to fellowship with the Holy Spirit – the full joy of God is not manifested, and their relationship with the word of God is shallow and seeks to compromise, in order to avoid troubles and persecutions.
However, it is in the midst of the persecutions, that the 100-fold is experienced. Mark 10:29,30 “I tell you the truth, no one who has left home or brothers, or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for Me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields- and with them persecutions)—and in the age to come, eternal life. [“ that they may know You, the Only true God and Jesus Chris whom You have sent” John 17:3] --The 100-fold not only in temporal things, but the 100-fold of joy in its full measure. Jesus prayed in John 17:13 “I am coming to You now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of My joy within them.” The “My joy” of Jesus is the Father’s joy, for all which belongs to the Father belongs to Jesus.
But what of the joy of the Holy Spirit?—We have spoken of the joy of the Father and of the Lord, but what of the Holy Spirit? If you ignore the joy of the Holy Spirit which you will already have, if you were not shown or taught or you have willfully ignored to fellowship with the Holy Spirit—you will have no strength—no strength to endure, to persevere and overcome. Again, that is why so many of our brothers are weak—weak in endurance, commitment, perseverance, and in their ability to overcome.
When Nehemiah said in Nehemiah 8:10 “for the joy of the lord is your strength”; most people see it as receiving joy from God, but if you read what Nehemiah said, bringing joy to the Lord would be their strength, because they were listening and understanding the Book of the Law that was being read. And as Paul has written – the spirit is the Lord!
So for us, the joy of the Holy Spirit is our strength—that is it brings joy to the Holy Spirit, and is what will give us the strength to do the work required.—The strength to endure and overcome—and what will bring joy to the Holy Spirit in these last days as He prepares for His departure is for Him to see a group of people, His Elect, whom He can entrust this world to watch over until Jesus returns—a group that has allowed Him to complete His destiny and calling. As Jesus was sent by God to save the world—so the Father sent the Holy Spirit to empower us to raise us up as sons also—that is why He was sent as the Spirit of Sonship.—Sons who understand the Father and who experiences the Father’s joy of seeing His children raised up—wise and righteous.—Sons just like Jesus, who not only knows how to be a wise and righteous Son, but also a righteous Father to those given to Him by the Father. [You cannot do that unless you have practiced the words of Jesus]
And there is the joy of the Holy Spirit, the joy that comes as a relief of a work finished, completed so that He may go back to the Father with a good report. We can bring and are bringing joy to the Holy Spirit as we continue to agree with Him, work with Him and fellowship with Him. The joy He gets now is the joy of a person near the completion of a long task.
However, you and I stand in a very unique place, time and position—whereby—not only can we bring joy to the Holy Spirit—for like the Jews of Nehemiah’s days, we are listening to the Word and understanding and practicing the words of the Word, who fulfilled the Law. We are in a position to increase and multiply the joy of the Holy Spirit. He was sent as the Spirit of Sonship to raise up sons of God just like Jesus. And as it is written, the first man Adam became a living being, the last Adam, a life giving Spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:45-49
And as Eve was taken from the side of the Adam as his equal and helper—so now, the extra, over and above, pressed down, flowing over joy that we men can give the Holy Spirit, is to see taken out of the side of the Body of Christ, as it was taken out of the side of the body of Adam, the daughters of God – a helper and an equal – a co-heir – a female, a daughter of God in the fullness of the stature of God – for Christ did say: “Give and it will be given to you. A good measure pressed down, shaken together, [OKJ] shall men give unto your bosom [heart] and into your lap [NIV] Luke 6:38
THE JOY OF GOD -- AMEN HOLY SPIRIT
The joy of God that is the Fruit of the Father and of the Lord, the Spirit, and is not the rejoicing joy of the shallow who receive good news and do not endure through troubles and bad news. There is a joy that you can experience in the Lord that is fruitless and useless. —It is the joy of those who receive the good news of the kingdom and do not sink roots into Jesus the Rock, and so wither at the sign of persecution.
Matthew 13:20 “The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.”
The failure to develop roots is the failure to develop a relationship with the Lord and refusal to dig deeper into the things of God…. Remember, when the Gospel is just preached, often it is a message of repentance, believe and be saved, so that you can be blessed—as Peter the Apostle preached it in Acts 3:19,20 Repent then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord and that He may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus.
Unfortunately many will repent and receive their salvation with joy, but when the persecution comes with receiving Jesus—they will either fall away or back away. I have observed that there are also those who will not sink roots into Jesus, but maintain a superficial relationship with Him, so that the initial joy of salvation remains. They will not venture out to have their faith tested. Why do you have your faith tested? To see if what you believe in is true and see if you would stick at believing even when nothing seems to be happening. This is a joy that I pray you would have experienced—but it is not the joy that I would advise you to live on, for it is a joy that gives no strength, like a plant which has no roots, has no strength to survive—so this joy has no strength which allows you to endure and embrace the troubles and persecutions that must come with your walk with Jesus.—Yes, persecutions must come if you are truly following Jesus and holding onto His teachings. Why? Not because I said so, or because the devil hates you—No—because Jesus said so! Mark 13:13, Matthew 10:22 “All men will hate you because of Me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.” [Luke 21:17-19]
To stand firm to the end you better have deep roots; and the way to have deep roots and to stand firm to the end is to not only hear the word of the Lord—but to put it into practice—Practice, practice, practice!
Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who build his house on the rock.” You will not be swept away. I don’t care what you practice or how you practice----just as long as it is the Word of the Lord. You can practice fasting in secret or walking on water in secret—you may use a bucket full of water or a bath tub or a swimming pool—as long as you are practicing His Words that you have heard. And after you have practiced, practice some more and hear some more until you have practiced doing all that He has done and are now seeking to do even greater things because He said, “I tell you the truth, if anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing, He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” John 14:12
So the joy of God, the joy of the Lord—that is the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) - and God is Spirit—is not the fruitless initial joy of receiving the good news—but it is the enduring joy that comes from a deeply rooted commitment to the Word of God, that is tested with patience and endurance, which results in the salvation of souls. 1 Peter 1:8,9 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
The joy of the Lord comes only to those whose goal of their faith is deeply committed to the salvation of their souls only. Now, the quality of your joy will depend on the goal of your faith. If the goal of your faith is on temporal things like believing for a job, house or car—then that joy will come and go, or wear out like a car wears out or a job is lost.
However, if the goal of your faith is the salvation of your soul—and there is no higher or greater calling or salvation than to be called for participation in the First Resurrection—then you will experience this inexpressible joy that Peter speaks of. It is inexpressible to you, because it is not your joy—No, it is the joy of the Father and the Holy Spirit, for when you take up the highest possible calling of the Lord for your faith goal [as some preachers say] to be part of the First Resurrection—you have undertaken a task to bring glory to Jesus Christ at its maximum level—to follow Jesus and to hold onto His teachings and His teachings alone, even if it costs you your life.
You have chosen to sink roots and endure the troubles and persecutions—the troubles that Jesus said would come if you followed Him. Remember there are those who believe in Jesus and who know Jesus—but they do not follow Jesus or hold onto His teachings, like the demons who used to scream at Him: “I know who you are – the Holy One of God” Mark 1:24. If you believe in Jesus and even say you know He is the Son of God or the Holy One of God—you are only keeping company with demons.—Unless you follow Him and hold onto His teachings, you are not disciples and you may not be in fellowship with Him.
So, do not be surprised that many, who confess to be Christians, because they believe in Jesus or because they know He is the Holy One of God, are riddled with demonic problems. You will find that these have never been taught to listen to Jesus, to follow Jesus and to put His words into practice…. But they have been taught to listen to men and women, to follow men and women and to put their words into practice—and there is very little joy in their lives—certainly not joy that goes against circumstances and endures troubles and persecutions.
No, the joy of God is the joy of a Father who has a wise son who is a righteous man. For it says in Proverbs 10:1; 15:20 a wise son brings joy to his father - and Proverbs 23:24 The father of a righteous man has great joy. Indeed the plead of the Father is Proverbs 27:11 “Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart….” And he who is wise wins souls. [ Proverbs 11:30 He who wins souls is wise.]
Jesus is the wise and righteous Son because He laid down His life to save the souls- all living souls – for God, to redeem them from the power of sin by using His blood to sign the New Covenant for the forgiveness of sins by faith. Thus the joy of the Lord – the joy of God the Father – is the joy of a Father who has a wise and righteous Son – a son who wins souls. Unless you begin to imitate Jesus as a soul winner by preaching the Gospel - whether in the flesh or in the spirit - whether in visions or in dreams, you cannot experience the joy that Jesus has brought to the Father. Too often you are lulled into inactivity, sit and listen, put your money with a great evangelist, and he will preach the Gospel. Yes, you may share in the reward, but you have denied yourself the experience of a direct, unshared reward—that which Jesus experienced. “All that belongs to the Father is Mine.” John 16:15
It is when you have experienced that direct reward from the Father, that you can also say, “All that belongs to the Father in mine.” And it is when you can truly say that, that you are a co-heir of Christ, and Sonship blossoms in you.
And when the Father begins to share His joy with you – the joy of a Father who has a wise and righteous Son—He will give you children, children who may be natural born to you in marriage, or children born by the will of God—that is children, people who become children of God, because you shared the Gospel of Jesus with them. Children who grow up before your eyes, whether in the flesh or spirit, who are wise and righteous, and then you experience this joy—the joy of God the Father—the joy of One who knows the end from the beginning—the Joy that sits right next to the Peace of God—the joy that comes from knowing everything has been worked out for good for those who love God.
It is through your children, the children that you will bear for God, whether natural or spiritual, that you will be filled with joy, a joy that will only come to its fullness of fruit—when you see them growing up winning souls and developing righteousness. This is the joy that Jesus tasted as the Son who brought the Father joy—for God the Father has given unto Jesus the privilege of also fathering children through His Gospel. John 13:33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer…” Jesus came to address His disciples as His children, and when they came back in Luke 10:17, the seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your Name.” It is written at that moment – Luke 10:21 At that time, Jesus, full of joy through the holy Spirit said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure.”
When Jesus gave out what He had received from the Father to raise up disciples that could be like Him, He received the full measure of joy—the joy of the Father through the Holy Spirit. It is this joy, the Joy of God the Father seeing His children raised up and returning to Him which Jesus had—who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross Hebrews 12:2
This is the joy that does not wither when hard times come—the joy of the disciples of Luke 10:21 does not endure unto the cross—it is the joy of the Father—the prospect of raising up wise and righteous sons just like Jesus that endures—and this joy comes through the Holy Spirit.
This joy does not come through success, or through people, or through anything or anyone else except through the Holy Spirit—and if our people are not taught to fellowship with the Holy Spirit; where will they get this measure or type of joy? -- They cannot. This is why – where Christians are not taught to grow up and become wise and righteous sons like Jesus, where Christians are not taught to be fathers like God is a Father and where Christians are not taught to fellowship with the Holy Spirit – the full joy of God is not manifested, and their relationship with the word of God is shallow and seeks to compromise, in order to avoid troubles and persecutions.
However, it is in the midst of the persecutions, that the 100-fold is experienced. Mark 10:29,30 “I tell you the truth, no one who has left home or brothers, or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for Me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields- and with them persecutions)—and in the age to come, eternal life. [“ that they may know You, the Only true God and Jesus Chris whom You have sent” John 17:3] --The 100-fold not only in temporal things, but the 100-fold of joy in its full measure. Jesus prayed in John 17:13 “I am coming to You now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of My joy within them.” The “My joy” of Jesus is the Father’s joy, for all which belongs to the Father belongs to Jesus.
But what of the joy of the Holy Spirit?—We have spoken of the joy of the Father and of the Lord, but what of the Holy Spirit? If you ignore the joy of the Holy Spirit which you will already have, if you were not shown or taught or you have willfully ignored to fellowship with the Holy Spirit—you will have no strength—no strength to endure, to persevere and overcome. Again, that is why so many of our brothers are weak—weak in endurance, commitment, perseverance, and in their ability to overcome.
When Nehemiah said in Nehemiah 8:10 “for the joy of the lord is your strength”; most people see it as receiving joy from God, but if you read what Nehemiah said, bringing joy to the Lord would be their strength, because they were listening and understanding the Book of the Law that was being read. And as Paul has written – the spirit is the Lord!
So for us, the joy of the Holy Spirit is our strength—that is it brings joy to the Holy Spirit, and is what will give us the strength to do the work required.—The strength to endure and overcome—and what will bring joy to the Holy Spirit in these last days as He prepares for His departure is for Him to see a group of people, His Elect, whom He can entrust this world to watch over until Jesus returns—a group that has allowed Him to complete His destiny and calling. As Jesus was sent by God to save the world—so the Father sent the Holy Spirit to empower us to raise us up as sons also—that is why He was sent as the Spirit of Sonship.—Sons who understand the Father and who experiences the Father’s joy of seeing His children raised up—wise and righteous.—Sons just like Jesus, who not only knows how to be a wise and righteous Son, but also a righteous Father to those given to Him by the Father. [You cannot do that unless you have practiced the words of Jesus]
And there is the joy of the Holy Spirit, the joy that comes as a relief of a work finished, completed so that He may go back to the Father with a good report. We can bring and are bringing joy to the Holy Spirit as we continue to agree with Him, work with Him and fellowship with Him. The joy He gets now is the joy of a person near the completion of a long task.
However, you and I stand in a very unique place, time and position—whereby—not only can we bring joy to the Holy Spirit—for like the Jews of Nehemiah’s days, we are listening to the Word and understanding and practicing the words of the Word, who fulfilled the Law. We are in a position to increase and multiply the joy of the Holy Spirit. He was sent as the Spirit of Sonship to raise up sons of God just like Jesus. And as it is written, the first man Adam became a living being, the last Adam, a life giving Spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:45-49
And as Eve was taken from the side of the Adam as his equal and helper—so now, the extra, over and above, pressed down, flowing over joy that we men can give the Holy Spirit, is to see taken out of the side of the Body of Christ, as it was taken out of the side of the body of Adam, the daughters of God – a helper and an equal – a co-heir – a female, a daughter of God in the fullness of the stature of God – for Christ did say: “Give and it will be given to you. A good measure pressed down, shaken together, [OKJ] shall men give unto your bosom [heart] and into your lap [NIV] Luke 6:38
THE JOY OF GOD -- AMEN HOLY SPIRIT
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