WHOLENESS

WHOLENESS IN SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY

(Mar 5:24-34)  And Jesus went with him. And many people followed Him and thronged Him. And a certain woman who had had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered ( OF HER FEELINGS)  many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and had not been bettered any, but rather came to worse, having heard about Jesus, she came in the press behind and touched His garment. For she said, If I may but touch only His clothes, I will be cured. And instantly the fountain of her blood dried up. And she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And knowing instantly within Himself that power had gone out of Him, Jesus turned Himself around in the press and said, Who touched My clothes? And His disciples said to Him, You see the crowd pressing on You, and do You say, Who touched Me? And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before Him and told Him all the truth. And He said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be whole from your plague.(sourging or whipping)

Wholeness begins once a relationship with God is established (John 5:8,9)

You are whole in your spirit. We can be whole in life and it is God’s delight in helping us to become whole.

(1Th 5:23)  And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you, ( make you whole) and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"Before I formed You in the womb, I knew You" (Jeremiah 1:5)

"Certainly You made my mind and heart; You wove me together in my mother's womb." (Psalm 139:13)

How does that transformation take place to wholeness in your soul and body by knowing who you are, growing in the knowledge of your wholeness and completeness. Who are you? (mirror)

You are a jewel.

You Are God’s Precious Jewel

“‘They shall be Mine,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘On the day that I make them My jewels.’”Malachi 3:17

Jewels are precious things; the Hebrew word for jewels means a treasure. A treasure is made up of costly things: gold, and diamonds and rubies. To God, Christians are His jewels, His own special treasure!They are jewels for their sparkling quality.Their holiness shines and sparkles in God’s eyes! They “shine like stars in the universe.” (Phil 2:15)

The godly are jewels for their scarcity.The godly are jewels for their price.

God values the saints so highly that He parted with His best jewel to obtain them — Christ’s precious blood was shed to ransom these jewels! “With your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.”(Rev 5:9)

Christians are jewels for their beauty.Christians are jewels which adorn the world. Hypocrites dishonor true religion and give it a bad name but living a godly life honors the gospel. “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” (Matt 5:16)

God the Father has chosen these jewels, and has set them apart for Himself.

Christ has bought these jewels with His blood.The Holy Spirit has sanctified them.They were sin but He made them into His jewels! Thank God who has brought such a change in you! From lumps of dirt and sin — He has made you into His jewels!

INNER HEALING

Most of us sustain some type of hurts and wounds of varying nature and severity throughout our lives. Often times our issues in life come from these hurts and wounds that can be hidden in deep recesses of our soul. The key to victory over thoughts and behaviors that stem from these scars is understanding where they abide.

We are created as a "three part" being; "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) We are spirit, soul and body. Our soul is made up of our mind, will and emotions.

Obviously, physical abuse is borne in the body, but it is also borne in the soul. Many of our scars are emotional or mental in nature, what many call emotional "baggage" and this is also borne in the soul.

As we come to the knowledge of Christ, our spirit becomes one with His Spirit; "But the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him." (1 Corinthians 6:17 Amplified Bible) Our human spirit is joined in oneness to the Spirit of God.

We then have the opportunity to begin living a Life that originates and is directed by the Spirit... a Spirit that is perfect and complete, with no scars, because the Spirit of God has no hurts and wounds.

Unfortunately, things don't always work out quite so ideally. Once again, the key to victory is understanding where these wounds occur and reside. They reside in the soul, the mind, will and emotions. The book of Romans tells us that our old nature, our old self-oriented soulish identity, was nailed to the cross with Christ; "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." (Romans 6:6) This happened in order that the "body of sin" would be destroyed, so that we would no longer have to "serve sin."

I believe that this concept is easy enough to grasp as it applies to the sins that I have committed. However, we must understand that the "body of sin" includes not only my sins, but the sins that have been committed against me! How many of us carry the wounds and scars of sins committed against us and emotionally are slaves to those sins? Is there provision only for the "body of sin" that we have personally perpetrated? Is there no provision for those victimized by the sin of others? Certainly there is as much provision for the victim as for the perpetrator, as we have all been marred by sin one way or the other.

Jesus was crucified at a place called Golgotha, means skull, literally looks like a skull.

A crown of thorns (representing the curse) was placed on his head.

The provision is this- we were nailed to the cross with Christ, we died when He died! "For when a man dies, he is freed (loosed, delivered) from [the power of] sin [among men]." (Romans 6:7 Amplified Bible) We are delivered from the power of sin, and this applies just as much to the sins we were victimized by, as it applies to the sins we have committed.

The book of Romans goes on to tell us, "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:11) We must reckon ourselves dead to the entire "body of sin"... our sins, and the sins against us. We must see not only our sin, but also the victimizing sin of others laid upon Jesus Christ on the cross.

In an attempt to help us deal with the pain of being sinned against, there are those who would take us on a spiritual journey of sorts back to the origin of our pain, in order to try and bring healing. Remember, these wounds are borne in the soul, so this type of journey requires us to enter into that soulish realm and often times even re-live the painful event. My friend, by focusing our attention and energy there, we may actually empower the very thing we seek to be free from! Instead, we must reckon ourselves dead to that sin! Don't try to communicate with, resurrect and heal that which Father has declared as dead... this is the equivalent of spiritual necromancy (communicating with the dead).

You see, inner healing is not so much healing or patching up something old, as it is receiving something entirely new! Inner healing should be like going to the hospital for a precision replacement surgery with a speedy recovery. People who stay in the hospital for a long time usually die... if you stay in inner healing "mode" for too long, the result can be the same. My friend, focusing and constantly dwelling on your issues will never bring you healing! And focusing on your issues will certainly hinder an apostolic, set apart and "sent out on a mission" mentality.

Like a skilled surgeon, allow Christ to unveil the hurts, wounds and believed lies hidden in the deep recesses of our soul... let them be reckoned dead, the body of sin destroyed... and like a transplant, let Him give us something entirely new! "And I will give them one heart [a new heart] and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony [unnaturally hardened] heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh [sensitive and responsive to the touch of their God]" (Ezekiel 11:19 Amplified Bible)

EASTER/ RESURRECTION DAY (Everyday is Resurrection Day)

The word Easter appears once in the King James version of the Bible. Herod has put Peter 

in prison,  "intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people" (Acts 12:4). Yet in the 

original Greek text the word is not Easter, but Pesach, that is Passover. So why was the name changed?

"Asherah" the Greek form of this word from the Septuagint is "Astarte", who is the Babylonian goddess of the sea, sea being symbolic of people, and consort of the god El. She was the 

mother of several gods, including Baal, the Babylonian god of the sun. These deities were 

soon adopted by the Canaanites when they named these female deities the Ashereh or 

Asherim. During a celebration of this god, the children of the Canaanite parents would often 

go and hunt for eggs, which were symbolic of sex, fertility and new life. It was believed that 

these eggs came from rabbits, which in the pagan world were symbolic of lust, sexual prowess 

and reproduction. The Canaanites, however, were not the only ones who worshipped rabbits

 as deities. Decorating eggs came about to honor their pagan gods and were often presented 

as gifts to other families to bring them fertility and sexual success during the coming year.

Out of this practice came many other variations of these pagan festivals until the Roman 

Catholic Church adopted the Asherah worship and named it EASTER around 155 A.D. 

According to the CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, Easter was named after a pagan goddess of 

the Anglo-Saxons named Eostre, the goddess of the dawn.  A great controversy arose 

between the Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church in 325 A.D. on whether to 

celebrate Easter on Sundays or on whatever day the Jewish Passover fell upon. 

Unfortunately, the Greeks lost a lot of followers and the Catholics contended that keeping 

Easter on Sundays would stimulate the practices of both the Christian world and the pagan worshippers.  Hence, since the original practice of Asherah worship we now have in our time

the celebration of Easter, a world system holiday to the true festival of the Passover which 

was instituted in the Bible and completed in the New Testament when Christ died on the 

cross as our Passover Lamb. The true celebration should be the Resurrection and the Life 

John 3:36.

...For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. (I Cor 5:7)

I prefer to say Resurrection Day which for a believer is everyday. Resurrection is a person 

(Jesus Christ) and He lives in you.

(Rom 8:11)  But if the Spirit of the One who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the 

One who raised up Christ from the dead shall also make your mortal bodies alive by His 

Spirit who dwells in you.

*  WHY WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED ON A CROSS?

A CROSS MEANS-- Death to self, self-denial

KEY SCRIPTURES: Deut. 21:22-23; Matt. 16:24; 27:22-26; Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20; 3:13-14; 
5:24; 6:14.

FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION: Jesus was crucified on a tree- the tree of the knowledge 
of good and evil. (self) He carried the cross piece through the streets. A cross was an upright wooden stake or post on which Jesus was executed, displayed as a criminal and enemy of the state. "Cross" is from the Greek "stauros" (Strong's #4716) which means "a stake or post 
(as set upright), (specifically) a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ." The verb "stauroo" means "to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness; metaphorically, the putting off of the flesh with its passions and lusts."

FULFILLED IN CHRIST: Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross/tree at Calvary for the sin 
of the world (Matt. 27:22-26; Jn. 1:29). He died not for us, but AS US. His cross was carried 
by Simon of Cyrene (Matt. 27:32; Mk. 15:21; Lk. 23:26). Jesus said to his disciples, "If any 
man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" 
(Matt. 10:38; 16:24; Lk. 14:27). Jesus, making peace by His blood, reconciled both Jew and 
Greek unto God in one Body by the cross (Eph. 2:11-16; Col. 1:20). There were three men crucified: the Man on the middle cross was God in the flesh; the thief on the right who 
repented and was remembered (put back together) was Adam in the flesh (Lk. 23:42); 
the thief on the right who returned to be crucified was satan in the flesh (see Lk. 4:3, 9, 13;
23:39; Col. 2:15). Satan is not the thief of John 10:10 anymore. Jesus' death on the cross overcame the old man and the devil (Eph. 4:22-27; Heb. 2;14-18; 1 Jn. 3:8). Jesus the Savior
who was crucified has become both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36).
Good Friday should actually be "Good Wednesday". Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, which was Nisan 14 (Jewish Calendar). The day after Jesus died was a High Sabbath (not a weekly 
Saturday Sabbath). He died at 3:00pm in the afternoon, the same time as the temple sacrifice. They took him from the cross and put him in the tomb. Christian calendars differ from 
Jewish calendars. Jewish days begin at sunset at 6pm. "DAWN" is considered sunset. Nisan 
14 (Wednesday) at 6pm begins the next day - that's when they put Him in the tomb. This day 
is the High Sabbath/Unleavened Bread Feast. 72 hours later as they made the First Fruit 
harvest offering, waving sheaves, Jesus comes forth fulfilling the sign of Jonah (3 days in the belly of the whale). At Firstfruits (dusk) at the close of the Sabbath (Saturday) is when he
 arose.  When he appeared to Mary it was actually evening, not morning. When Jesus arose, people were then at the Temple Mount singing songs of David offering wave offerings - barley 
sheaves. Jesus fulfilled the Firstfruits Celebration and became the first for us coming forth 
from the dead (through Christ) and walking in newness of life. Jesus fulfilled Passover 
(New Birth of Believer), Unleavened Bread (Put off old), and First Fruits (Put on the New).

APPLIED TO THE CHRISTIAN: Paul declared, "I am (have been) crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh

I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me" (Gal. 2:20).

The preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God (1 Cor. 1:17-18). The apostle wrote to the Galatians, "But God 

forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Gal. 6:14). Our old man has been crucified with 

Him; we have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 5:24).

CHANGE

Changes in Everything

Let's not keep going round and round on the endless ferris wheel ride  and going around the mountain another time. It really is a New Day! And EVERYTHING has changed.

Most of us know that Church is different. What worked before, just isn't as effective as it was.

For sure, we know that believers are earnestly looking for "MORE." They want to see the real deal and gather with real people. They want to experience God at church, in their lives, and at work. People are tired of the "hype." They are more than tired of the false pretenses and clichés.

Hebrews 9:10 says, "They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings-external regulations applying until the time of the NEW ORDER."

MESSAGE BIBLE says, "Under this system, the gifts and sacrifices can't really get to the heart of the matter, can't assuage the conscience of the people, but are limited to matters of ritual and behavior. It's essentially a temporary arrangement until a complete overhaul could be made."

TIME OF THE NEW ORDER. = diorthosis NT:1223 dia: reformation: NT:1357 diorthosis (dee-or'-tho-sis); from a compound of NT:1223 and a derivative of NT:3717, meaning to straighten thoroughly; rectification, i.e. (specially) the Messianic restauration.

Jesus introduced this NEW ORDER.

The task now is to get to where the cloud has already moved...

Principles of Reformation
Matt. 16:27
Ep. 2:20
1 Cor. 12:28
Ep. 4:11-13

We've learned from the mistakes of even our recent past. Inaccurate emphasis and imbalances. The "me" selfish mentality. Searching for the Spiritual without applying it to the temporal. Controlling and haughty leaders.

Gal. 2: 19 "What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn't work. So I quit being a "law man" so that I could be "God's man." Christ's life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The LIFE YOU SEE ME LIVING IS NOT MINE, but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not going to go back on that." (MSG).

Believers must move past what has been previously defined as "revival."  You carry revival within you.

WHO WE ARE, WHO YOU ARE

WHO WE ARE,WHO YOU ARE

What Jesus of Nazareth was to the Father, we are to Him. He was the visible manifestation of the invisible God, the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Colossians 2:9). 

We are His ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20) and representatives on earth, and His Body (1 Corinthians 12:27), the fullness of Him that fills all in all (Ephesians 1:23). He was the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matthew 16:16). 

We are the Lord's Christ (little Christ) (Revelation 11:15), and as Overcomers we are His sons (Revelation 21:7). He came to do the will of His Father, and to manifest the life of God. 

We are come to do His will, and manifest the life of Christ (Galatians 2:20). In His deity, He is equal with God. In His HUMANITY, we are brought to equality with him, called "his brethren," (Romans 8:29, Hebrews 2:11), and made joint-heirs of all that he receives by inheritance (Romans 8:17). 

Who Are You? Accept Your True Identity.

Become who you already are.

Right confession = speaking only what God says

Whatever you fix your eyes upon (behold) grows within you.
Whatever grows within you, you become.

I am joined to Christ.  Christ is formed within me, and I am clothed with Christ.  I am saturated with Christ, through and through.  On whatever level of myself I look, I see Jesus.

Christ in me the hope of glory.
Crucified with Christ, His Life living in and through me AND AS ME.

What Have You Put Out in The Atmosphere?

"What Have You Put Out in The Atmosphere?"

Everything in the universe begins with and revolves around two things: words and thoughts. These two elements are divine gifts created by God and given to man. They form the creative substance that molds and shapes the destiny of humanity. Each of us becomes the person we are, chooses the direction we take, and accomplishes everything we do based on these two primary elements.

Just as in every seed, there is life-giving power that resides in every spoken word. This principle illustrates how the spiritual law of incubation and manifestation works. Everything you see in the natural began as a spiritual seed—that is, as a thought.

We are told in 2 Peter 1:3-4 that God, in His infinite wisdom, has already given us all things pertaining to life (the Wycliffe version says, "all things of His God-like virtue") that we might partake of His divine nature. Included in this celestial equipping are divine thoughts and inspired words.

As a spiritual being created in the image of God (see Genesis 1:26) your spiritual genes hold the creative power to frame your personal world by the thoughts and words you think and speak, which are divine tools given for your creative use. All you are, experience, and ultimately achieve can be traced back to how you have made use of these two simple, yet vastly powerful, tools—your words and thoughts.

What Occupies Your Mind Determines What Eventually Fills Your Mouth

The power of the spoken word is one of life's greatest mysteries. All that you will ever be or accomplish hinges on how you choose to govern what comes out of your mouth. By what you allow to occupy your mind and mouth, you can either bless your life to great heights of success or send it orbiting into realms of failure, sadness, and discontentment.

This is why Proverbs tells us, "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7), and urges, "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life" (Proverbs 4:23). Jesus followed suit by declaring, "For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart" (Matthew 12:34-35).

What occupies your mind determines what eventually fills your mouth; your outer world showcases all that has dominated—and at times subjugated—your inner world. Because the law of cause and effect is continually at work, there is always an inner cause for every outer effect. Your outer world is a direct result of your inner world.

Every circumstance in life is a result of a choice—and every choice is the result of a thought. All those things that fill your mind hold the keys to your reality. Your thoughts provide the fuel for your words, and your words provide the fuel for your world.

It is paramount that you become the master of your thoughts. The greatest man has become so by the scrupulous attention he gives to controlling what goes into his mind and what comes out of his mouth.

So, "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things" (Philippians 4:6-8).

Old Covenant New Covenant, New Testament

Old Covenant/New Covenant

There has been some discussion of late about Old Covenant/New Covenant. Are we supposed to keep all the commands of the Old Covenant etc?

We must understand that in the Old Testament God allowed it to be written from 2 perspectives:

1. He allowed His Will to be written down.

2. He also allowed some to record their own heart’s desires.

Let me give you some examples.

Here are some requests to the Lord by the writer of Psalms.

1. (Psa 119:133)  Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

2.(Psa 119:134)  Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.

3.(Psa 119:135)  Make your face to shine upon your servant; and teach me your statutes.

New Covenant/Finished Work says:

1. (Psa 37:23)  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.

2.(Col 1:13)  Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

3. (2Ti 2:15)  Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Thus, the NEW “TESTAMENT” in His BETTER BLOOD—the DEATH of the TESTATOR, is solely dependent upon HIM and His FINISHED work.  The LAMB “was SLAIN” (Rev. 13:8) and DIED in the “MEETING” (see my book Chosen for Greatness) BEFORE the foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8)!  BEFORE the “BEGINNING” began (Jn. 1:1), the FATHER DECREED (“Thou art My SON” – Psa. 2:7; AND “Thou art a PRIEST” – Psa. 110:4); and the SON AGREED (“LO, I come” – Psa. 40:6-8 with Heb. 10:5-10).  Within the Godhead, GOD essentially made this intertheistic, “EVERLASTING COVENANT” with HIMSELF (Heb. 13:20)—we are but the benefactors.  

New Creation, New Covenant, Behold All things Become New

It's gone, the Covenant that was established on 10 Commandments, many LAWS and whose benefits depended on the works of man. But a new one has come established on the Works of Jesus and His indestructible Life,

You are free from Works, Christ has purchased your full freedom AND YOU WILL NEVER BE CONDEMNED Again!

This is a new year. I am a new creation! His mercies are new every morning. Behold all things have become new.

Grace Rules

Grace was not an addition to LAW in order to make it less burdensome! It was God's intent all the way. for the law in fact lead us here. The system of the Law was totally replaced! It's Grace and Grace alone.

Faith is The Response of Your Heart to God's Truth!

Taking God's Opinions about you as totally true.

So When I say: All things work together for My good, or I am Healed; I'm not praying, or being some what 'spiritual', or talking to God.  That's just declaring what is.

Heb. 6:17- God willing more abundantly to show us(heirs) the immutability of His counsel, confirmed a promise by an oath; so that by two immutable things it became impossible for Jehovah to lie... 

He came sin.. that you  and I might become the righteousness of God.

He Became a curse... Now you are the blessing.

He became poor that you might be rich

He became.......... this...... that you might become....... that

Jesus took our imperfections and blotted them away...Now we are COMPLETE in Him.... without imperfections!

Believe!

He became the false you so you could become the real you.

We are perfect and complete in him.

This is the season of forgiveness, giving, loving one another,prayer and happiness. Psalm 91 vs 16 and He  is rewarding us with long life.

Christ has finished all the works available in order to please God. All that remains is therefore.......................................... REST. I've found out that Rest is hard work for most people.

I  cease from my own works and enter into the rest of God.

I don't believe in impossibilities;  it may seem hard, uneasy for others, but for me it turns around... For all things are POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVES.

When things Go bad,.. It's not because I didn't pray, fast, or sin, or God is angry or even because I believe in God... No!... I don't believe in MYSELF, what power and authority is given me.

The New Creation is not an association of people who shout the blood of Jesus or go to church, but God living on earth in His fullness visibly!

Christ in us the hope of glory!

I am  God’s expression. I am not serving God

I give expression to Him!

God is not lacking servants

So don't occupy where you don't fit!

If you were working to get to Heaven, just stop and be happy for you have arrived

The Terminus of Life Is NOT Heaven...

But IMMORTALITY

You arrived in heaven when You were born from above.

(Fallen)Man Lived over 5,000 years outside his true habitation!... 

I am in Christ... and in Him I have my being!-

What do you think is life expectancy for the New Creature? FOREVER!!