Archive for the ‘Love’ Category

The Essence Of Our Message

Saturday, January 28th, 2023

The essence of the Christian message is that GOD raised Jesus from the dead and He is alive today.

Christianity differs from religions from around the world in this one Truth.  All the prophets of the various religions are dead and in the grave!

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:

1  The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,

3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

The number forty is significant, for it speaks of transformation and completeness through testing.  Jesus was tempted 40 days.  The deluge during Noah’s day lasted 40 days and nights.  Moses met with God for 40 days on Sinai.  Israel wandered for 40 years, and Elijah fasted for 40 days.  Jesus spent 40 days appearing to His disciples to teach them that a day of completeness and transformation had arrived.  It took them 40 days to comprehend that Christ’s Kingdom was spiritual not political.

Jesus spent 40 days changing the mindsets of the disciples who were entrenched in past teachings… after He was raised from the dead, after they had seen all the miracles of His ministry!  They had been focused on the expected political changes rather than the spiritual transformation Jesus taught.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 13:

8  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Paul had firsthand experience with Jesus in His current spiritual state, what an excellent expert witness!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 20:

21 Jesus repeated his greeting, “Peace to you!” And He told them, “Just as the Father has sent Me, I’m now sending you.”

You also means us.

Mark recorded in his Gospel in chapter 16:

19  So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into Heaven, and sat down at the Right Hand of God.

20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the Word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

We are commissioned to do the same.

Paul preached these simple Truths when he spoke by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 15:

1  Dear friends, let me give you clearly the heart of the Gospel that I’ve preached to you-the Good News that you have heartily received and on which you stand.

2 For it is through the revelation of the Gospel that you are being saved, if you fasten your life firmly to the message I’ve taught you, unless you have believed in vain.

3 For I have shared with you what I have received and what is of utmost importance: The Messiah died for our sins, fulfilling the prophecies of the Scriptures.

4 He was buried in a tomb and was raised from the dead after three days, as foretold in the Scriptures.

5 Then He appeared to Peter the Rock and to the twelve apostles.

6 He also appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at the same time, most of whom are still alive as I write this, though a few have passed away.

7 Then He appeared to Jacob and to all the apostles.

8 Last of all he appeared in front of me, like one born prematurely, ripped from the womb.

9 Yes, I am the most insignificant of all the apostles, unworthy even to be called an apostle, because I hunted down believers and persecuted God’s church.

10 But God’s amazing grace has made me who I am! And His grace to me was not fruitless. In fact, I worked harder than all the rest, yet not in my own strength but God’s, for his empowering grace is poured out upon me.

11 So this is what we all have taught you, and whether it was through me or someone else, you have now believed the Gospel.

We are to teach reality, not opinions, theories, or religion.

Our Best Interest

Friday, January 27th, 2023

GOD’S Power in us is expressed as Love in action through us.

It is written by THE SPIRIT in Malachi chapter 3:

10  Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of Heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the LORD of hosts;

12 “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts.”

When FATHER said, “Bring all the tithes”, HE did not “Would you please…”.  HE did not beg us or plead with us.  After all, HE does not need our resources.  HE is creative and can manifest anything HE needs. 

This passage is really all about how much we Love and trust HIM.  It establishes true ownership in the most fundamental sense.  FATHER has given us the ability to choose thus HE leaves the decision to us.  Our decision reflects our current state of maturity and serves as a barometer of where we truly stand with HIM.

HE did the same thing in Deuteronomy chapter 28:

1  “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.

2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God

Everybody wants the blessings mentioned in verses 3 through 14.  However, FATHER further instructs us:

15   “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Has FATHER changed in HIS Divine Intent?  No.  Actually, HE had Jesus further disclose details of obedience when Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

9  “As the Father Loved Me, I also have Loved you; abide in My Love.

10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

12 This is My commandment, that you Love one another as I have Loved you.

13 Greater Love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My Name He may give you.

17 These things I command you, that you Love one another.

Did Jesus get these Words from Our Heavenly Father?  Totally.  FATHER only has our best interest at heart in all matters.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 6:

38   “Give generously and generous gifts will be given back to you, shaken down to make room for more. Abundant gifts will pour out upon you with such an overflowing measure that it will run over the top! Your measurement of generosity becomes the measurement of your return.”

My wife and I have lived by these Words and can testify to their validity.  Generosity brings forth favor, often from unexpected sources.

Become Active

Thursday, January 26th, 2023

Our best is GOD’S best on earth.  Love acts!

In Galatians chapter 1 is where Paul received his revelation:

11  Beloved ones, let me say emphatically that the Gospel entrusted to me was not given to me by any man.

12 No one taught me this revelation, for it was given to me directly by the unveiling of Jesus the Anointed One.

15 But then God called me by His grace; and in Love, He chose me from my birth to be His.

16 God’s grace unveiled his Son in me so that I would proclaim Him to the non-Jewish people of the world. After I had this encounter I kept it a secret for some time, sharing it with no one.

17 And I chose not to run to Jerusalem to try to impress those who had become apostles before me. Instead, I went away into the Arabian Desert for a season until I returned to Damascus, where I had first encountered Jesus.

The Gospel is a Gospel of redemption.

The Gospel is committed to our trust.

The Gospel of redemption is for all people, the whole world.

Paul had a revelation for action.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5:

19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

In other words, it was through the Anointed One that God was shepherding the world, not even keeping records of their transgressions, and He has entrusted to us the ministry of opening the door of reconciliation to God.

20 We are ambassadors of the Anointed One who carry the message of Christ to the world, as though God were tenderly pleading with them directly through our lips. So we tenderly plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Turn back to God and be reconciled to Him.”

Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 1:

9 God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about His Son.

And in 1st Timothy chapter 1:

11 that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God.

The world is out there and they need us.  There is an urgency for action.

And the Beloved disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st John chapter 2:

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

GOD’S Word is provable. GOD’S Love is irresistible, and we are to share HIS Love.  We are to fulfill the Will of GOD.  We need to make Christianity practical to the world and not use church speak that they don’t understand.

What is spiritual maturity?  It is the state of being fully developed where we not only hear Our Heavenly Father, but we respond to His Word and take the appropriate action.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 6:

38 For I have come down from Heaven, not to do My own Will, but the Will of Him Who sent Me.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

9   “I Love each of you with the same Love that the Father Loves me. You must continually let My Love nourish your hearts.

10 If you keep My commands, you will live in My Love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands, for I continually live nourished and empowered by His Love. 11 My purpose for telling you these things is so that the joy that I experience will fill your hearts with overflowing gladness!

12 “So this is My command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have Loved you. 13 For the greatest Love of all is a Love that sacrifices all. And this great Love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends.

14 “You show that you are My intimate friends when you obey all that I command you.

15 I have never called you ‘servants,’ because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you My most intimate friends, for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from My Father.

16 You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen and commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of My Father, for My sake, He will give it to you!

17 So this is My parting command: Love one another deeply!”

Jesus spoke in Acts chapter 1:

8 But I promise you this-the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with power. And you will be My messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces-even to the remotest places on earth!”

It is good to study to show yourself approved, but at some point, we are to become active in doing what we have been instructed to do.

It’s This Simple

Wednesday, January 25th, 2023

Your life will count when you stick to the simplicity of The Gospel when ministering to the lost.

What is the purpose of maturing the Sons and Daughters of GOD if it isn’t fulfilling the mandate given to us by Jesus Himself?

Jesus spoke only The Words He heard from FATHER which tells us every Word reflects FATHER’S Divine Intent for the world.  It is very simple, hear The Word and do It!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 1:

12   For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and Godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

13 For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end

Most of the lost have not heard the Good News in Its simplicity nor are they familiar with Scripture verses.  However, they do understand physical results such as miracles and related testimonies.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 11:

3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Keep it simple.  Every Word from Above has the power within Itself to make Itself come to pass.  You must speak a language that the lost understand, not “spiritual speak”.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2:

46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,

When the early church initially added new converts, the New Testament had not been written.  They heard Peter, Paul, and others testify of Jesus with signs and wonders following.  When the Supernatural power of GOD shows up with infallible proofs, there is no question of who is telling the Truth.

We are HIS Voice to the lost for the Gospel is committed to us.  The lost will not hear the Gospel from an angel.  The Gospel has power when It is spoken through a believer.

Forty days of fasting will not save the lost.  Church rituals and formulas will not change the hearts of the lost.  Will repetitive prayers change the hearts of the lost?  The center of our sharing should be The Gospel.  It works when you share Good News so why focus on the bad news being spewed out by the talking heads?

Jesus came to the earth to show us what to do and how to do it.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:

2  until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles (and us) whom He had chosen,

3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

Jesus came to show us GOD and He came to show us… US!  We are made in His Image in all areas and are able to walk in the same manner once restored and filled with The Holy Spirit.  It is not sacrilegious to view yourself in the same manner because Jesus said we were to do greater miracles than He did during His earthly ministry.

You don’t need or seek out some evangelist’s anointing, the anointing of The Holy Spirit is more than enough.  Don’t denigrate the Blood of Jesus by thinking some person’s anointing is needed by you.  You don’t need second-hand anointing.  Be what you believe!

Stick to the simplicity of the Message of Christ, believe and expect signs following as you minister to the lost.  FATHER has a passion to give life to the dying!  Let us have that same passion.

Christianity is GOD’S Love in action, it’s that simple!

Focus On The Unconverted

Tuesday, January 24th, 2023

We need to be concerned and have a heart for the unconverted.  Jesus instructed us to win souls to Christ and establish the Kingdom in them.

Jesus had a heart and focus for the unconverted.  Paul had a heart for the unconverted.  We should too.  We are to be known as soul-winners.

We need to become magnets for unconverted people who want to be saved.  They should see that we have something they don’t have.  As a result, we are to give them The Good News in a language they will understand.  Talk the language of the people.

The Gospel is simple and meant to be understood by all.  We are saved to become savers; we are healed to become healers: we are lifted up to become lifters; blessed to become blessers.

These writings are intended to mature us to where we can and will represent Jesus to all of mankind.  Are you happy?  You should be.  Do you encourage people?  You should.  People want to have a connection with GOD because we are all wired that way.  When they see us walking in a fulfilled state, they will be drawn to us.

We should not add to their problems, we are to be problem solvers.

You and I have the same anointing that Jesus had when He walked the earth.  Why else would He state in John chapter 14:

12  “I tell you this timeless Truth: The person who follows Me in faith, believing in Me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do-even greater miracles than these because I go to be with My Father!

13 For I will do whatever you ask Me to do when you ask Me in My Name. And that is how the Son will show what the Father is really like and bring glory to Him.

14 Ask Me anything in My Name, and I will do it for you!”

Do you really believe these Words?  I do and I am expecting to do greater miracles with the sole purpose of bring glory to FATHER.

You don’t have to pray for Jesus’ anointing, nor do you have to beg for it.  If you are following Him in faith, you’ve already got it!

We need to find ourselves in the Scriptures.  Many of the past writings were to show us who we are in Christ.  Ephesians chapter 1 provides us much of what has already been deposited in us.

Jesus spoke to Paul and is speaking to us in Acts chapter 26:

15   “I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting.

16 Get up and stand to your feet, for I have appeared to you to reveal your destiny and to commission you as My assistant. You will be a witness to what you have seen and to the things I will reveal whenever I appear to you.

17 I will rescue you from the persecution of your own people and from the hostility of the other nations that I will send you to.

18 And you will open their eyes to their true condition, so that they may turn from darkness to the Light and from the power of Satan to the power of God. By placing their faith in me they will receive the total forgiveness of sins and be made Holy, taking hold of the inheritance that I give to My children!’

These Words of Jesus apply to you and me.  We don’t need to seek some man’s anointing when we have the anointing of Jesus Who freely gave to all who truly believe in Him.  Has Jesus appeared to you in Scripture yet?  Has His Love embraced you yet?

We have been commissioned by Jesus to destroy the works of the devil… now is the time!

Paul responded to Jesus:

19  “So you see, King Agrippa, I have not been disobedient to what was revealed to me from Heaven.

20 For it was in Damascus that I first declared the Truth. And then I went to Jerusalem and throughout our nation, and even to other nations, telling people everywhere that they must repent and turn to God and demonstrate it with a changed life.

22-23   “But in spite of all this, I have experienced the supernatural help of God up to this very moment. So I’m standing here saying the same thing that I’ve shared with everyone, from the least to the greatest. For I teach nothing but what Moses and the prophets have said was destined to happen: that our Messiah had to suffer and die and be the first to rise from the dead, to release the bright light of Truth both to our people and to the non-Jewish nations.”

Start simple, focus on ministering to one soul.

Truth: Part 2

Monday, January 23rd, 2023

Once I know the Truth, the devil is no longer an issue unless I give him authority by my words, thoughts, and/or actions.

Knowledge of Truth is the only sure foundation for faith.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 1:

13 And because of Him (Jesus Christ), when you who are not Jews heard the revelation of Truth, you believed in the wonderful news of salvation. Now we have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit.

And,

18  I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of His calling-that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that He finds in us, His Holy ones!

The Holy Spirit is far superior to anything that the adversary attempts to derail us from who we are in Christ.  The Holy Spirit resides in us thus all Truth resides in us and is meant to lead us through all challenges we encounter.  The Voice of Truth in us must be given free reign as we are confronted with the deceptions by the adversary and his vessels.

False teachers will attempt to subvert us from the True Gospel, and they only want us to yield to their narrative which ultimately results in slavery and/or submission of some kind.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 2:

5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the Truth of the Gospel might continue with you.

Men fabricate lies and FATHER speaks pure Truth.  Lies are ultimately meant to kill, steal, and/or destroy but Truth promotes Life and peace.  This is why Truth is the first requirement of putting on the whole armor of God.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Thessalonians chapter 2:

13 This is why we continually thank God for your lives, because you received our message wholeheartedly. You embraced it not as the fabrication of men but as the Word of God. And the Word continues to be an energizing Force in you who believe.

The Word will energize you if you let It.  We must guard our hearts with Truth and protect it from false teachers who twist, redefine, deemphasize, or omit various aspects of FATHER’S Divine Intent in The Word.  Be not ignorant.

Paul warned us as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Timothy chapter 6:

3  But if anyone spreads false teaching that does not agree with the healthy instruction of our Lord Jesus, teaching others that Holy awe of God is not important, then they prove they know nothing at all! It’s obvious they don’t value or hold dear the healing Words of our Lord Jesus Christ.

4 They are covered with the clouds of conceit. They are loaded with controversy, and they love to argue their opinions and split hairs. The fruit of their ministry is contention, competition, and evil suspicions.

5 They add misery to many lives by corrupting their minds and cheating them of the Truth. They equate the worship of God with making great sums of money.

Peter also emphasized this as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 2:

1  In the past there arose false prophets among God’s people, just as there will continue to be false teachers who will secretly infiltrate in your midst to divide you, bringing with them their destructive heresies. They will even deny the Master, who paid the price for them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Many will follow immoral lifestyles. Because of these corrupt false teachers, the way of Truth will be slandered.

3 They are only out for themselves, ready to exploit you for their own gain through their cunning arguments. Their condemnation has been a long time coming. But their destruction does not slumber or sit idly by, for it is sure to come.

Truth protects us from the cunning devices of the adversary.  Since The Word contains The Truth, we must not be ignorant and allow ourselves to be deceived.  This is the reason The Holy Spirit has me include appropriate Scriptures to insure we understand what Truth is, and what It isn’t!  Truth will uncover lies every time.

Truth

Sunday, January 22nd, 2023

Live by the Truth and your life will improve dramatically.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 6:

10  Now my beloved ones, I have saved these most important Truths for last: Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you. 11 Put on GOD’S complete set of armor provided for us, so that you will be protected as you fight against the evil strategies of the accuser!

14  Put on Truth as a belt to strengthen you to stand in triumph. Put on Holiness as the protective armor that covers your heart.

The devil uses many evil strategies that are all based on his one means of keeping us from our relationship with Our Heavenly Father, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit- deception.

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 12:

9  So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

And Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 11:

3   But now I’m afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s clever lies, your thoughts may be corrupted and you may lose your single-hearted devotion and pure Love for Christ.  TPT

In other Words:

3  But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  NKJV

The original sin was accomplished through the deception of Eve when she failed to see the Truth of FATHER’S Words.

It is written by THE SPIRIT in Genesis chapter 3:

1  Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

The devil has only one weapon which is deception yet he has many strategies attached to it.  Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by the accuser’s deceptive practice of twisting Scripture to be used for his own self-serving reasons.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

13  But when the Truth-giving Spirit comes, He will unveil the reality of every Truth within you. He won’t speak His own message, but only what He hears from the Father, and He will reveal prophetically to you what is to come.

In the end, the Truth will prevail, and you don’t want to be on the wrong side of the reality which comes to light.  This is why it is imperative to be led by The Holy Spirit in all matters.

Jesus also spoke in John chapter 14:

John 10:4 NKJV

And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

6  Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with Me. To know Me is to know My Father too.

7 And from now on you will realize that you have seen Him and experienced Him.”

There is no other way to complete Truth than through Jesus Christ!  Further, Jesus sent The Holy Spirit to live within each of us to give us unfettered access to complete Truth from FATHER.  It is vital that you and I navigate through this world being led by Truth rather than being subjected to the evil strategies of the accuser.

Are You Doing Nothing?

Saturday, January 21st, 2023

What is the motivation behind your actions?  It is time that we grow up and quit doing “nothing”!

In the past, some preachers have preached faith, condemned hope, and ignored Love.  They focused only on faith because it was self-serving without Love.  Hope begins the journey of faith with Love as the foundation.  Hope gives you the picture for faith to see but Love is the foundation of what hope should produce.  You cannot have hope without knowing what the promises of GOD are.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 13:

1  Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not Love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not Love, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not Love, it profits me nothing.

Can the need to focus on Love be made any clearer?  If you have faith without Love, you are nothing!  If you feed the poor without Love, you gain nothing.  The source of your intent is the deciding factor.

Each of us must assess our intent in all areas of life to see if Love is the motivation behind our actions.  This is exactly why FATHER directed me to focus on Love back in 2005 rather than other less important areas of life.

If you want to reach full maturity as a Son or Daughter of Our Heavenly Father, you too must have a solid foundation of Love.  Jesus made that Truth abundantly clear when He spoke in John chapter 15:

5  “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

9 “As the Father Loved Me, I also have Loved you; abide in My love.

10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My Love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His Love.

Jesus had already revealed in John chapter 5:

19   Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

These writings are intended to change your mindset to line up with The Word rather than religious teachings of the past.  Love is the Key to our future success as mature Sons and Daughters.

“It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.”  Mark Twain

The hardest thing for Christians to do is to think a thought that hasn’t been thought for them.  Mature Sons and Daughters will not be moved by man’s agenda and motivation for their hope arises out of Love rather than nothingness.

Good News: Part 2

Friday, January 20th, 2023

The hurting world wants Good News and we are to be the messengers of that Good News!

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:

1  The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,

3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

What brings out GOD’S best in a person today?  Discover that HIS plan depends on you and me!  Jesus needed physical bodies to spread the Gospel and that is what the Book of Acts is all about. 

Jesus did not go to the uttermost parts of the earth in His physical body, the believers did.  Angels will not do what we are called to do.  GOD does not fulfill HIS plan with substitute workers, HE uses each of us with our unique callings and are committed to HIS work.

FATHER sent us Jesus to show us how to spread the Good News and without us the Kingdom will not expand any further.  FATHER trusts us to follow the mandate Jesus gave us.

If FATHER dispatched angels to do our work, how long would it have taken to spread The Kingdom?  He restricted Himself to operating through us because HE gave us the resources we need to complete the mandate.  Our only problem is that we did not have the revelation of this Truth in the past.  Theses Truths are no longer suppressed by those who want to retain control through manipulation.  The adversary used those who are guided by self-interest to suppress the Truth but only for short periods of time. 

Truth breaks forth as the morning sun and we are now able to see what resources are available to us.

The Holy Spirit was only upon Jesus until He returned to Heaven and sent The Holy Spirit to be in each of us who accepted Him.  This empowerment is what allows us to fulfill the mandate Jesus gave us.  The purpose of The Holy Spirit is to glorify Jesus through us as we go about spreading the Good News with infallible proofs.

The problem in the past is that we did not value what Scripture revealed to the point of seeking the Heavenly Treasures out so that we could properly walk in them.  In my immature state, I focused on what I could do through my own faculties rather than what Jesus could do through me.

FATHER’S great mercy, grace, and patience has prevailed in us while we have followed the path toward Spiritual maturity… as slow as it may have been for some of us.

Spread The Good News

Thursday, January 19th, 2023

The hurting world wants Good News and we are to be the messengers of that Good News!

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:

1  The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,

3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

Jesus gave the apostles His commandments AND He gave us the same commandments.  An apostle is one who is “sent”.  You and I have been sent as well thus we meet the definition of an apostle.  GOD’S Will is my command, is it yours too?

Our words, our deeds, and our actions are seeds and meant to show the world Jesus Christ through us.  What seed are you sewing on a daily basis?

Jesus presented the disciples with infallible proofs of His resurrection thus He is alive today and living in those who abide in His Love.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 16 before His death and resurrection:

12  “There is so much more I would like to say to you, but it’s more than you can grasp at this moment.

13 But when the Truth-giving Spirit comes, He will unveil the reality of every Truth within you. He won’t speak His own message, but only what He hears from the Father, and He will reveal prophetically to you what is to come.

14 He will glorify Me on the earth, for He will receive from Me what is Mine and reveal it to you.

15 Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to Me-that’s why I say that the Divine Encourager will receive what is Mine and reveal it to you.

16 Soon you won’t see Me any longer, but then, after a little while, you will see Me in a new way.”

Jesus stated that the purpose of The Holy Spirit is to glorify Him and reveal mysteries that will reinforce our mandate as sent ones.

The focus of The Holy Spirit is to glorify Jesus, not you or me.  The church has not made this Truth primary to the preaching I have heard in the past.  The gifts of THE SPIRIT are meant to glorify Jesus, not exalt those who operate in such gifts.  I don’t earn a gift, I simply accept it and use it as directed by The Holy Spirit.

Everything we do should point to the Good News of Jesus Christ and glorify Him ONLY!