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Pursuing Holiness- Part 15

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

As we walk in Holiness, we will serve and affect change!

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 3:

19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,

21 Whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His Holy prophets since the world began.

22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.

23 And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

24 Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.

25 You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

26 To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”

Joshua spoke by THE SPIRIT in Joshua chapter 22:

5   But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to Love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.“

What does a mature Son and Daughter of GOD do?  They serve in whatever capacity they have been given.  Jesus was the Chief Servant of The Holy One so we should follow in His Footsteps.  That is what this ministry is all about: to serve mankind and move people toward Holiness.  This is accomplished as we walk in Agape Love, faith, and hope.

What will happen as we mature in Holiness?  It should be no different for us as we see with the disciples on the Day of Pentecost.  They were empowered with boldness and began walking in the power and authority of the Name of Jesus.  We should pursue doing the same.

Do you want to change the course of the country you live in?  I am persuaded that the only way to avert destruction from the current path of nations is to embrace and walk in Holiness.  Consider Peter.  No one was interested in what he had to say prior to the Day of Pentecost.  However, on that day everything changed.  He preached to 3,000 and they repented and were added to the church.   

What happened next?  It is recorded by Luke who was moved by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 4:

1  Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

2 being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

4 However, many of those who heard The Word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

Quickly, two thousand more were added to the church.  This was not well accepted by the leaders of the day.  They were losing power over the people; The King of the Universe saw to that!  If you want to change your environment, walk in Holiness.

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Pursuing Holiness- Part 12

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

The Holy Spirit is the manifested Essence of Our Holiness here on earth!

Today is that Great Day of Pentecost that first occurred in 33 A.D.  This marks the day that the Ekklesia came into full manifestation with the arrival of The Holy Spirit.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2:

1  When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2 And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

3 Then there appeared to them divided Tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other Tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in Tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned!

The early church of believers was consummated on this day.  Jesus had prepared the disciples by instructing them for forty days prior to His ascension.  They were in total and complete unity. 

Upon the indwelling of The Holy Spirit, evidenced by speaking in Tongues, the disciples were now bold and assured in their faith.  This is evidenced when Peter stood up and spoke to the crowd who gathered to see what was happening.  They heard both the wind and those who were in one accord, speaking in other languages unknown to the disciples but were known to them.  They were amazed as they heard the wonderful Works of GOD in their own tongue.

12   So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”

13 Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”

Peter spoke his first message of boldness to the crowd:

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.

18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy.

19 I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.‘

Jesus sits at the Right Hand of GOD The Father, and as promised, He sent The Holy Spirit to lead, guide, comfort, and encourage the believers.  This includes you and me.

Peter transformed from a commercial fisherman to a fisher of men.  He fully embraced the teachings of Jesus… finally.  By the infilling of The Holy Spirit, he now had a supernatural boldness to confront the world and establish the Kingdom of GOD on earth.  We are called to do the same!

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Pursuing Holiness- Part 10

Friday, May 17th, 2024

Father’s Holiness was imparted not only to The Disciples at Pentecost, but HIS Holiness has been imparted to us as well when we receive the Baptism of The Holy Spirit!

Peter attested to this Truth when he recorded by The Holy Spirit in his 1st Epistle chapter 1:

13  So then, prepare your hearts and minds for action! Stay alert and fix your hope firmly on the marvelous grace that is coming to you. For when Jesus Christ is unveiled, a greater measure of grace will be released to you.

14 As God’s obedient children, never again shape your lives by the desires that you followed when you didn’t know better.

15 Instead, shape your lives to become like the Holy One Who called you.

16 For Scripture says: “You are to be Holy, because I am Holy.”

17 Since you call on HIM as Your Heavenly Father, the impartial Judge Who judges according to each one’s works, live each day with Holy awe and reverence throughout your time on earth.

True Holiness includes justice, mercy, Truth, and righteousness.  To be Holy is to be absolutely devoted to GOD in all that we do, demonstrating Who HE is to the world.  Holiness surrounds GOD’S Throne and we are seated with HIM in Heavenly places… we are set apart for GOD.

HIS Grace has imbedded Holiness into our lives, yet we are to make right choices and to yield to Christ and GOD’S Word as The Holy Spirit lives in us.  Holiness is not merely actions we perform, but what we absorb and manifest as we live our lives in GOD’S Presence.  Christ is our Holiness:

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 1:

30 For it is not from man that we draw our life but from God as we are being joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. And now He is our God-given Wisdom, our virtue, our Holiness, and our redemption.

And Paul also wrote in Ephesians chapter 2:

4  But God, Who is rich in mercy, because of His great Love with which He Loved us,

5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

We have become a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, FATHER planned in advance (Psalm 139:16) our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it.

As we comprehend this revelation, we will walk in Holiness with a Supernatural boldness like that of the Disciples on and after the Day of Pentecost!

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The works of the devil

Sunday, May 5th, 2024

The works of the devil are no longer hidden from our sight!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 10:

10  The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill (Gr. Thuo), and to destroy (Gr. Apollymi). I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.  NKJV

In other Words:

10 A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow!  TPT

The Greek word thuo means to sacrifice or slaughter.

The Greek word apollymi  means: to destroy; to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin; render useless; to kill; to declare that one must be put to death. To be ruined.

The devil employs actors in each generation willing to carry out his plan to steal, kill, and destroy.  This generation is no different.

In the financial arena, wealth of the populus is being stolen by the current financial structure.  They create money out of thin air then loan it to us with interest.  What a deal!  At the fundamental level, major banks act as agents to manipulate various financial markets for their own gain, at the expense of the public.

Politicians are paid off or threatened in some manner.  Big Tech companies are suppressing Truth by deplatforming Truth tellers.  Big Pharma is poisoning the masses in the quest for greater profits.

The world is being swallowed up by the darkness of moral relativism. Without the presence of absolutes, mankind is doomed to follow the same course as the pre-flood occupants of the planet that perished because they lost contact with the God that created them and wanted to guide them. In doing so, they chose death over life.

This is a pivotal year in history.  Will the true church rise up or will it be lukewarm?  The answer lies in pursuing the Spiritual Truth in all areas.

The following provides us with a perspective of what is at hand:

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Hyper-informed

Thursday, April 18th, 2024

One of the best sources of Truth in the current society is in my experience:

https://tuckercarlson.com

I don’t give much credence to the network news since their main source of revenue is the pharmaceutical industry. How many pharma commercials did you see 10 years ago? How many do you see during primetime now? Pharma is not the source of health, Jesus Christ Who went to the cross is! The father of lies is working overtime.

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A Letter To The American Church

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

Will the ecclesia become active in 2024? Eric provides compelling evidence of where our government stands!

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Getting To The Truth

Sunday, March 24th, 2024

I have been involved in Information Technology (IT) for 50+ years. I assure you that there is no such thing as a un-hackable system. There are levels of security and it appears that the voting machines were easily hacked because they did not adhere to Federal Information Processing Standards(FIPS) but instead they only supported one of the lowest levels of security: user id & password. No one in IT security would have allowed this to happen but they did! Incompetence is not an excuse. Why wasn’t the strictest security installed for a most critical aspect of a national security risk?

Walking in Truth supersedes all aspects of society: spiritual, economic, financial, health, social, and politics. It appears that all areas are under attack!

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The Truth Shall Make You Free

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

We need to fully embrace the Priesthood of Our Lord Jesus Christ for it is eternal!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:

31  Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.

32 And you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.”

The Words Jesus spoke are vital to our lives in the here and now.  Do we want to be free of sin consciousness, sickness, and disease, or are we willing to tolerate a lesser existence until our passing? 

If you aren’t free in any area of your life, whether it is financial, your physical body (i.e. healing), your emotions, if you are bound in any area, then you do not know and fully understand the Truth that Jesus is referring to in the above passage.  His Truth supersedes the lesser understanding people have embraced that has negatively impacted them in those areas.

We need to embrace ALL that Jesus teaches for that is the definition of a true, mature disciple.  Acknowledging the Truth is not the same as embracing the Truth!

If you have some need and you want it resolved, then you need a greater revelation of the Truth and fully embrace it.  I can personally attest to dealing with issues that required a greater commitment to the Truth than what I was consciously walking in at various times in the past.  I became “void” of HIS Word by not renewing my mind of HIS Truth in the area of healing and had to repent.  In response, I immersed myself in Scriptures on healing and was healed of a life-threatening disease.  It took commitment on my part.

We must change the way we think.  Renewing our minds to conform to The Word is the issue.  The adversary wants us to accept the narrative of the world.

Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 1:

2  Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

3 as His Divine power has given to us all things that pertain to Life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who called us by glory and virtue,

4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

“Through the knowledge of Him” is the key to understanding how we walk in Life and Godliness.

Hosea spoke by THE SPIRIT in Hosea chapter 4:

6   My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

This Truth still applies today.  Many have become forgetful hearers and have allowed themselves to walk in ignorance of the Truth that makes us free.

FATHER wants to bless you more than you want to be blessed!  HE wants you to be well more than you want to be well.  HE wants you to prosper more than you want to be prospered.  HE wants you to walk in Love, joy, and peace.  You don’t have to beg for these benefits, they have already been given for your benefit.  However, you cannot benefit from them if you don’t know how to receive them.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 7:

7  “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will Your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

If you don’t know what to ask for, can you expect to receive anything?  Why accept mediocrity when FATHER wants you to walk in the fullness of Life?  Jesus paid the price for such a relationship with Our Heavenly Father!

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Walking In The Benefits Of A Covenant

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

If you don’t know the Covenant you are under, how can you expect to walk in Its benefits?

A covenant is an agreement or promise, usually formal, between two or more people or groups to do or not do something specified.  Jesus and The Holy Spirit gave us in great detail, the benefits of the New Covenant.

Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 1:

2  Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

3 as His Divine power has given to us all things that pertain to Life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who called us by glory and virtue,

4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

How can you walk in agreement with FATHER and Jesus Christ if you don’t have true knowledge of them?  Our mindset cannot be changed without first having the knowledge of Who GOD is, Who Jesus is, and Who The Holy Spirit is.  If we don’t know the precious promises, how can we expect to embrace them on a personal level?  We must read and dwell on those precious promises in order to change our mindset resulting in a change of expectation concerning our individual circumstances.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

5  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be Spiritually minded is Life and peace.

We are either carnally minded or Spiritually minded so our mindset is the issue!

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give Life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.

We need to come to the realization that The Holy Spirit lives in us thus we are no longer a subject of the adversary.  We are meant to fully embrace The New Covenant made perfect and complete by Christ Himself.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 6:

63  It is the Spirit Who gives Life; the flesh profits nothing. The Words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life.

As we read and reread The Gospels, our minds become renewed and our relationship with Jesus deepens.  If is our individual decision to either pursue life or by default, to accept death.  If you don’t know the “terms” of a covenant, how can you expect to experience its benefits?

An excellent example of embracing the Truth once you have been exposed to it is recorded by Luke in Acts chapter 10 concerning the household of Cornelius:

1  There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.

3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

4 And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?” So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms (generosity) have come up for a memorial before God.

5 Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter.

Cornelius had two things going for him: prayer and generosity to the poor.  FATHER responded and prepared Peter to go and minister the baptism of The Holy Spirit to Cornelius and his household.

When Peter arrived, he began to preach The Word of Life:

34  Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.

35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.

36 The Word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ-He is Lord of all-

37 that Word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Peter first confirmed The Word Cornelius already knew.

44  While Peter was still speaking these Words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard The Word.

45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.

46 For they heard them speak with Tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,

47 “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.

Once you receive AND embrace The Word, then you will receive Its benefits!

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The Covenant Of A Loan

Sunday, March 10th, 2024

In a previous posting, I explained the process a bank goes through to make a loan. The most fundamental aspect within the loan is the covenant.

Within a loan agreement, there is a list of covenants. The most important covenant is that the borrower pay back the loan and interest in full. In essence, the borrower has satisfied the most fundamental requirement of the loan agreement. The lender will want to loan money to such a borrower again and again. This is how banks make money.

The following provides us with a perspective when such loan transactions are no longer reliable. Who better than a billionaire developer to state his position on such transactions (you can fast forward to the 7 minute mark if you wish):

Why would anyone in their right mind continue doing business where there is substantial risk to his or her future business?

A comment by a former banker:

I was a lender for 25 years. Never did we sue a loan applicant for misstating the value of an asset. If the value was important in the loan decision it fell upon the lender to confirm it through appraisal. Kevin is right. If we went after people for this half the country would be in jail.

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