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Walking in the Fear of THE LORD is essential to our maturity!

As you and I pursue entering in HIS Presence, our priorities become fully aligned with HIS.

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 33:

6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His Treasure.

When you come into HIS Presence, you will experience the Fear of THE LORD.  Within HIS Presence, there is no sickness or disease, nor are there any impurities that can survive.  Nothing can be hidden in HIS Presence.  FATHER wants to share HIS treasure with you and me.

Wisdom spoke in Proverbs chapter 2:

1 My son, if you receive My Words, And treasure My commands within you,

2 So that you incline your ear to Wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,

4 If you seek Her as silver, And search for Her as for hidden treasures;

5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.

Do you treasure HIS Commands?

Jesus spoke in John chapter 5:

31 “If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.

32 There is Another Who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.

33 You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the Truth.

34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.

35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.

36 But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish-the very works that I do-bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His Voice at any time, nor seen His Form.

38 But you do not have His Word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.

39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have Eternal Life; and these are they which testify of Me.

40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have Life.

Jesus told the Pharisees that all Scripture pointed to Him and FATHER testified of this Truth through the ministry of Jesus.  Will a partial search reveal the hidden Treasures of GOD?  How diligent are you in searching the Scriptures?  How many believers are guilty of Spiritual laziness?  If you have been Spiritually lazy, repent!

King David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 19:

7 The Law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;

9 The Fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are True and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is great reward.

How long will the Fear of THE LORD endure?  Forever!  The Fear of THE is the greatest Treasure we can seek out yet most believers seem to disregard this most precious Treasure.  I assure you that when you come into the Presence of GOD, you will experience the Fear of THE LORD and everything else you thought to be important will pale to being in HIS Presence.

In His last 40 days on earth, Jesus focused on teaching the disciples on the Kingdom of GOD!

Seeking first The Kingdom is our responsibility and has an immediate, practical application.  We are to bring forth Heaven to earth and Jesus has equipped us with The Holy Spirit and provided us with infallible proofs as our example to live by.

Luke wrote 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,

We are not to be satisfied with only concepts and principles.  Theory is insufficient to be life-changing whereas experience is the confirming proof needed to initiate a change in our mindset and walk in Christ.  My wife and I have both experienced supernatural healings in our lives.  You can’t convince us that Jesus doesn’t heal today… it’s too late to convince us otherwise. 

Many who have had no experience of this reality will elevate concept and opinion as though they are experts in the matter.  True Biblical education is experience oriented.  I have had the Baptism of The Holy Spirit for over 50 years and by HIS great grace and mercy, have operated in some of the Gifts of The Holy Spirit at certain times.  Those without such experience try to rationalize why the ministry of The Holy Spirit is no longer applicable or needed.  This goes against Jesus’ own Words.

Would you want to be taught what it meant to be born again by somebody who wasn’t born again?  Experience is simply a confirmation to The Word of God.  Such experience is a testimony of the power of GOD.  Experience creates the context.  This doesn’t mean all experiences are right, only those that conform to The Word of GOD.  Authentic Kingdom lifestyle is filled with experience.

Jesus taught we He did, and He did what He taught.  We are to do the same.

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 proved Himself to the 120 disciples when He appeared after His resurrection.  Empowered with the baptism of The Holy Spirit, they were willing to suffer unto to death, the mandate of spreading the Gospel.  Their fear of men departed.  What was Jesus’ priority in His final teaching?  Things pertaining to the Kingdom of GOD!  This was His highest priority.  This was the essence of what Jesus came to do, to reveal and manifest The Kingdom of GOD.

From day one, He assigned Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 1:

28Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Outside the boundaries of the garden were chaos and darkness. Adam was commanded to subdue the earth and have dominion over all the earth.  He was to do it as he grew in number and in capacity to rule.  He failed. 

FATHER’S desire was to rule the entire earth through people created in HIS Image that worshipped HIM by choice.  When Adam and Eve sinned, they gave up the authority to do that. Jesus, the second Adam, became a man, crucified and raised from the dead, to regain the authority and release the keys of authority to His brothers and sisters… we are included.  Jesus picked up where Adam left off.

4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;

5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.“

6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Before His departure, he had prepared the disciples for the ministry of The Holy Spirit so they could proceed in power and authority from ON HIGH to establish the Kingdom of GOD on the earth.

The reality of the Presence of THE SPIRIT of GOD is a taste of eternity!

Seeking first The Kingdom is our responsibility and has an immediate, practical application.  We are to bring forth Heaven to earth and Jesus has equipped us with The Holy Spirit to accomplish such a command by living an ascended Life.

Living in that abiding Presence, abiding in Christ, is the taste of eternity.

Jesus spoke these Words in John chapter 15:

7 But if you live in Life-union with Me and if My Words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done.

8 When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are My mature disciples who glorify My Father!

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!

Jesus intends for us to bear much fruit as mature disciples.  Our fruit should glorify Our Heavenly Father and not ourselves.  As we mature, joy will fill our hearts to overflowing.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 2:

4 But God still Loved us with such great Love. He is so rich in compassion and mercy.

5 Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, He united us into the very Life of Christ and saved us by His wonderful grace!

6 He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with Him into the glorious perfection and authority of the Heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as One with Christ!

As we walk in this revelation of being co-seated with Christ, we will apply the power and authority granted to us by Him.  Learning to live in this reality conditions our heart more than you realize.  Our priorities totally shift away from anything the world has to offer.  In this reality, we begin to see and learn and understand that we couldn’t learn any other way.  We now see what we are supposed to release here on earth to benefit mankind.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 3:

12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you Heavenly things?

13 No one has ascended to Heaven but He who came down from Heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in Heaven.

You cannot ascend to Heaven except that Jesus first descended to earth.  He spoke and acted from Heaven’s perspective.  Jesus provided us an insight of how He lived and functioned in His earthly ministry.  He initiated bringing Heaven to earth as Our Example.  He has also enabled us to walk in the same revelation since we are co-seated with Christ.

Jesus was resurrected, ascended, and then glorified and seated at the Right Hand of THE FATHER.  Jesus implemented what is in The Heart of THE FATHER here on earth.  As well, we are to learn to implement HIS Heart, say what HE is saying and doing what HE is doing here on earth which will glorify HIM alone.  As we do, we actually implement or help to enforce HIS Will on earth.

Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 4:

35 On the same day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”

36 Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.

37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.

38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

40 But Jesus said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”

41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”

The disciples petitioned Jesus rather than acting in faith and dealing with the adversity themselves.

The renewed mind lives with a realization that sometimes GOD would rather do something through us than do things for us.  FATHER desires to release HIS will and purposes through you and me.  This is the ascended Life we are intended to walk in.

We are to bind and loose according to Heaven’s reality!

Seeking first The Kingdom is our responsibility and has an immediate, practical application.  Seeking first The Kingdom must have a measurable outcome.  Jesus illustrates what it is to seek first The Kingdom:

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 12:

28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

When Jesus was confronted with a man under the power of darkness, He came with the power of The Spirit of GOD and set him free.  People saw the tormented person, they saw his deliverance, and they saw the change in the countenance of the person. 

What they didn’t see is there was a superior Kingdom that came and collided with an inferior kingdom called the kingdom of darkness.  The Kingdom of the Superior brings forth desolation to the inferior kingdom, the kingdom of darkness.

GOD’S answer to torment is peace.  GOD’S answer to sickness is healing and joy.  GOD’S answer to sin and addiction is that HIS righteousness would become their nature.  These are measurable outcomes and values when we seek first The Kingdom of GOD.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16:

15 Jesus said to His disciples, “But who do you say that I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”

17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.

18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this Rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Jesus blessed Peter because Peter heard a revelation from GOD.  The Rock is the revelation that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in Heaven.”

As we access The Kingdom of Heaven, we understand what is to be bound and loosed on earth as it is in Heaven.  Keys are symbols of authority and ruling power.

Jesus revealed this Truth within the Lord’s Prayer when He spoke in Matthew chapter 6:

10 Manifest your Kingdom realm, and cause your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth, just as it (already) is in Heaven.

Everything that Jesus said and did was to reveal the reality of Heaven which is to shape this world according to Heaven’s reality.

How can we loose something if we have no revelation of what is already loosed in Heaven?  When we bind something, we hold it to the restriction that has been granted to us to employ by Our Lord Jesus Christ.  We function in His Name, not ours.  We function with His Message, not ours.

Jesus illuminated this Truth when He spoke in Luke chapter 10:

1 After this, the Lord Jesus formed thirty-five teams among the other disciples. Each team was two disciples, seventy in all, and he commissioned them to go ahead of Him into every town He was about to visit.

8 “When you enter into a new town, and you have been welcomed by its people, follow these rules: Eat what is served you.

9 Heal the sick, and tell them all, ‘God’s Kingdom has arrived and is now within your reach!’

As a result:

17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.”

18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy (every power satan possesses), and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.”

We are to access Heaven and expect the revelation of what to bind and what to loose as we encounter those in need.  Is such access to this revelation available to us?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 2:

4 But God still Loved us with such great Love. He is so rich in compassion and mercy.

5 Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, He united us into the very Life of Christ and saved us by His wonderful grace!

6 He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with Him into the glorious perfection and authority of the Heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as One with Christ!

As we walk in this revelation of being co-seated with Christ, we will apply the power and authority granted to us by Him.

We are meant to walk in righteousness, peace, and joy!

Paul recorded by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 3:

16 But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see.

17 Now, the “Lord” I’m referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever He is Lord, there is freedom.

When we walk in this freedom, we are able to become all that we were designed to become!  The most liberating thing for you and me is to become all that GOD intended us to become.  When you become who you are designed to be, you never want to be anyone else.  You cease exalting anyone because of their talents and/or resources.  You are satisfied with who you are.

Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 14:

17 For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of rules about food and drink, but is in the realm of the Holy Spirit, filled with righteousness, peace, and joy.

18 Serving the Anointed One by walking in these Kingdom realities pleases God and earns the respect of others.

Two-thirds of the Kingdom are felt realities detected by our five physical senses: peace and joy.  Do not disregard the importance of your emotional experience.  We don’t follow our emotions, but they are designed to be able to perceive and recognize GOD. 

The Holy Spirit will manifest His anointing at times where you physically will perceive His Presence.  Occasionally, my wife smells roses at times when The Holy Spirit manifests.

There is a special emphasis on righteousness.  We are to walk and conduct ourselves in righteousness.  Grace empowers and enables us to live like Jesus.  Grace does not give us permission to violate what GOD requires of us.

The Kingdom of God is righteousness and peace and joy.  The Kingdom of GOD IS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT!  This is why saying what THE FATHER is saying is so critical because our words become Spirit, and that Spirit contains the reality of The Kingdom of GOD.

When Jesus spoke, He released the reality of The Kingdom in the midst of the people.  His Words contained the power and authority to bring forth results.  The Kingdom was now in their reach and available to them.  When we speak what The Holy Spirit has instructed, the same results are available to those who hear.  Heaven opens up on behalf of those in need.

When we speak The Words given to us by The Holy Spirit, it is not necessary to understand but simply be obedient to Him.  Some Truths were never meant to be comprehended, they are only meant to be admired and be in awe.

When we walk in righteousness, His nature infuses our nature and we become like Him.

Paul recorded by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 4:

6 Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell Him every detail of your life,

7 then God’s wonderful peace that transcends (goes beyond) human understanding, will guard your heart and mind through Jesus Christ.

8 Keep your thoughts continually fixed on all that is authentic and real, honorable and admirable, beautiful and respectful, pure and Holy, merciful and kind. And fasten your thoughts on every glorious work of God, praising Him always.

Don’t expect to fully understand what The Holy Spirit is saying, but rather place your trust fully in Him and be obedient to His Word without delay or challenge.  Obedience is not conditional else you are attempting to exalt yourself above the Mind of Christ.

Once again, the Kingdom of God is righteousness and peace and joy.

Righteousness is GOD’S answer to the sin problem, peace is GOD’S answer to the torment problem, and joy is HIS answer to the sickness problem.

Wisdom recorded in Proverbs chapter 17:

22 A joyful, cheerful heart brings healing to both body and soul. But the one whose heart is crushed struggles with sickness and depression.

All the Words of Jesus are from THE SPIRIT and contain Life!

The revelation of Scripture is to take us into an encounter with the Person that transforms us.  Jesus walked in power and authority, so should we.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 1:

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and Truth.

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.

The Word made flesh became the Word made Spirit.  When Jesus spoke, He was doing more than releasing ideas, concepts, and principles.  Whenever we speak His Words, we speak forth the Presence of The Holy Spirit to perform and become all that He said.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 1:

37 Not one promise from God is empty of power. Nothing is impossible with God!”

The word “nothing” is made up of two Greek words: no + rēma (Spoken) Word.

In essence, “No freshly spoken Word from GOD will ever come to you that does not contain Its own ability to perform Itself!”

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:

21 Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the Word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

The power and ability is in the Seed (The Word).  Your soil (heart) is important and when you abandon all forms of wicked conduct and everything morally impure, you prepare your heart to receive The Word and Its power.

When Jesus began His earthly ministry, He said in Matthew chapter 4:

17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand (it is in reach in the here and now).”

To repent means to change the way you think.  Jesus brought His Word with Him and if we don’t change our perception of reality, we can coexist with the superior reality called the Kingdom of GOD in our lifetime and never see It.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 4:

17 We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of Eternity. We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an Eternal, weighty glory far beyond all comparison,

18 because we don’t focus our attention on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but the unseen realm is Eternal.

Are you focused on the inferior or the Superior?  The world is unable to se the Superior and only when The Word is implanted in their hearts, will they be able to comprehend the Eternal.  This is why we are to go and preach The Word to all.

The temporal cannot hold the weightiness of faith.  Faith is a superior reality, and it is knowing on a different level.  Faith is not reckless and does not draw attention to itself, faith is superior to common knowledge. 

Faith comes from the heart, not the mind.

Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 10:

10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

Revelation knowledge of the renewed mind works in tandem and cooperates with faith.

And in Hebrews chapter 11:

3 Faith empowers us to see (understand) that the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s Words! He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen.

Faith brings forth an understanding of the Superior.  In the Kingdom, faith precedes understanding.  Without faith, it is impossible to please GOD!

This Truth was demonstrated by the centurion in Matthew chapter 8.  Jesus recognized the centurion’s great faith by the centurion’s understanding of authority and expectation of results.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 6:

33 But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

The Kingdom is a kingdom of protocols and priorities.  Sequence is important.  This Word King-dom refers to the realm of HIS dominion.

We are to seek the Kingdom and His righteous, not the “things” that result from such seeking.  I have seen many in the past, focus on the things rather than the Kingdom.  This is a clear sign of self-serving.  Jesus assured us not to worry about clothing, food, or drink.  Instead, seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.  It is FATHER’S good pleasure to be our Provider of the necessities of life.

Paul recorded by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 3:

16 But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see.

17 Now, the “Lord” I’m referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever He is Lord, there is freedom.

Wherever The Holy Spirit demonstrates the Lordship of Jesus Christ, freedom is the evidence.  Freedom isn’t the ability to do what I want; it is the ability to do what is right!  It is the enablement of GOD fir us to live as Jesus lives.

We are intended to Walk in the Power from Heaven!

The revelation of Scripture is to take us into an encounter with the Person that transforms us.  Jesus walked in power and authority, so should we.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 24:

49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father (the outpouring of THE SPIRIT) upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from On High.”

In other Words, “until you are clothed with the mighty power of Heaven.”

The real evidence of the baptism of The Holy Spirit is power.  Many people are satisfied with good Theology, and they stop short of a Divine encounter.

Power from Heaven has two basic functions.  Most obvious to us is miracles.  Impossibilities yield to people who walk in power.  The second purpose of power is endurance.  FATHER is looking for a people who will hold fast to what HE has said regardless of circumstances.  A baptism of fire will burn up doubt and unbelief.

It is the grace of GOD, it’s the empowering Presence of GOD, it is that fiery work of the Spirit of GOD upon us to bring a miracle and endure until it comes.

After the resurrection of Christ, the Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 20:

19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

This was prior to the Day of Pentecost so the disciples were “born again” by receiving The Holy Spirit in preparation for Pentecost.  This was the beginning of the ekklesia.  The Spirit of GOD was now in them, but they still needed the Baptism of Fire.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:

2 Just before He ascended into Heaven, Jesus left instructions through the Holy Spirit for the apostles he had chosen.

3 After the sufferings of His cross, Jesus appeared alive many times to these same apostles over a forty-day period, proving to them with many convincing signs that he had been resurrected. During these encounters, He taught them the Truths of God’s Kingdom.

4 Jesus instructed them, “Don’t leave Jerusalem, but wait here until you receive the Gift I told you about, the Gift the Father has promised.

5 For John baptized you in water, but in a few days from now you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit!”

The Baptism of Fire is not a one-time experience.  When you are on fire, you are contagious.  Fire creates an appetite for the impossible!  If the appetite for the impossible is not there, you need to get a fresh baptism.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 5:

17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the Will of the Lord is.

18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation (rebellion); but be filled (continually) with the Holy Spirit,

We are commanded to be full!  There is a difference in the Fire of GOD that these disciples walked in after the Day of Pentecost and what many of us have experienced… that includes me.  I am thankful but I also hunger for more.  I trust that you also hunger for more.  Thankfulness with hunger causes us to become complacent.

What happens when you are freshly baptized with fire?

Luke also recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 4:

13 Now when the Pharisees saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.”

18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”

21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done.

22 For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

The baptism of Fire brings forth a boldness that otherwise you would not have.  You are no longer concerned about men’s threats or attempts to silence you.  You will be obedient to The Holy Spirit and endure to the end.

Walking in Life requires a renewed mind!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 11:

3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

In other Words, faith empowers us to see that the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s Words! He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen.

We understand because we believe!  Faith gives us access to a level of understanding you can’t get through human reasoning.  Reasoning apart from The Word is carnal.

The renewed mind is the target of The Lord in your life every single day of your life.  HE constantly repositions us for thinking not just creatively but thinking like Christ.  The renewed mind is able to create a context for faith.  Faith will often demonstrate itself in Kingdom understanding.

Faith doesn’t come from the mind thus faith is not an intellectual matter.  It is not the product of self-discipline. 

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 10:

10 The heart that believes in HIM receives the gift of the righteousness of God—and then the mouth confesses, resulting in salvation.

Faith comes from surrender to The Word, not striving.  It is the product of yielding to the Spirit of GOD and the Word of GOD.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 8:

21 But Jesus answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the Word of God and do (obey and put It into practice) it.”

As we obey HIM, the encounters HE takes us into allow us to think and see differently.  We need to never forget these events because recounting them will keep our faith level up.  We must not be forgetful hearers of The Word.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:

22 Don’t just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to It, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life!

23 If you listen to the Word and don’t live out the message you hear, you become like the person who looks in the mirror of the Word to discover the reflection of his face in the beginning.

24 You perceive how God sees you in the mirror of the Word, but then you go out and forget your Divine Origin.

25 But those who set their gaze deeply into the perfecting Law of liberty are fascinated by and respond to the Truth they hear and are strengthened by it—they experience God’s blessing in all that they do!

There are enemies to our renewed mind.  Their goal is to disengage us from the renewed mind.  The enemy wants us to think logically and reasonably apart from The Word.  Those who succumb to such misdirection, are actually hostile toward GOD and the Ways of GOD.

The mindset of the flesh is not neutral, it is hostile towards GOD.

Paul expresses this Truth as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

7 In fact, the mind-set focused on the flesh fights God’s plan and refuses to submit to his direction, because it cannot!

8 For no matter how hard they try, God finds no pleasure with those who are controlled by the flesh.

9 But when the Spirit of Christ empowers your life, you are not dominated by the flesh but by the Spirit. And if you are not joined to the Spirit of the Anointed One, you are not of Him.

The mindset of THE SPIRIT is Life and peace.

Paul continues:

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors-not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

A person with a renewed mind will be led by The Holy Spirit and will be known as a son of GOD.