The righteousness of Christ has been transferred to you and me. Our past sins and lawlessness have been fully expunged and removed thus allowing us to live in total peace. Our life records have been totally cleansed of wrongdoing and we no longer need to concern ourselves with our past. Let us bury the past and never dig it up again! Oh what a blessing it is to walk in the righteousness of Christ!
There are those who wish to live in the past because they have no purpose today. We, on the other hand, have FATHER’S purpose before us and look forward to what the day brings. We can embrace each task and look to be a blessing in all we set our hand to do.
Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 5:
1 Therefore, since we have been justified [that is, acquitted of sin, declared blameless before God] by faith, [let us grasp the fact that] we have peace with God [and the joy of reconciliation with Him] through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed). AMPL
I write these words to you daily with great joy and trust they are having a positive impact on your life. I know that these words promote peace in my life and I believe that they have the same impact on you.
I used to be enamored with prophecies as though their fulfillment would bring forth a major change on the earth and its effect on me. Little did I know that the revelation of Agape Love was what I was really seeking in my life. Its impact on my life has fulfilled that deep-seated need and now I walk in complete peace knowing that FATHER has my best interest at heart in my daily walk.
Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 Corinthians chapter 13:
1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
An angel is a messenger of FATHER who is meant to convey The Word to a specific targeted audience. Prophets speak forth an expectation of hope or warnings to people. Many of us grew up in the “faith” movement in the 1970’s yet Love was not at the forefront of their teaching. Many were taught to sacrifice themselves or their possessions for the Gospel’s sake yet the revelation of Love was missing from such teaching. Their sacrifices were to no avail thus it profited them nothing.
These three simple verses summarize a warning we should heed. There are many prophecies and “prophetic” works which stir up the brethren as though their result will bring forth ultimate peace on earth yet the revelation of Love is missing in their words and acts. FATHER isn’t waiting on certain men’s prophetic works to act. HE is not subject to words created by man. It is just the opposite, man is subject to FATHER’S Divine Intent and there is no real battle dependent on what man thinks is needed to convince FATHER to act.
FATHER has a Love plan and as we discover and embrace that plan, we are bringing Heaven to earth. As we walk in Agape Love, our words and acts will remain beyond prophecies and any other teachings:
8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
Men seek out knowledge and prophecies at the expense of pursuing the revelation of Love. Am I against gaining knowledge? No, I have sought out knowledge myself yet it did not change me. Am I against prophecies and prophetic works? No, I have done more than my share of “prophetic “ works and acts here in the U.S. and in Europe yet those trips did not change me and increase peace in my life. I was seeing in the mirror dimly:
11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
I was missing the point expressed in the above verses. FATHER allowed me to experience the “childish” things so that I could relate to the above passage and share the reality of seeing in a mirror dimly. Out of Love, I continue to stress the importance of correcting our walk so that we can and will become mature Sons and Daughters of Our Heavenly Father. HE has a Love plan which exceeds any other plan men may preach or prophesy. When we fully embrace HIS Love plan, we will walk in complete peace no matter what is prophesied and comes to pass. Instead of seeking the “partial”, let us seek the “perfect”.