GRACE AND TRUTH CAME

GRACE AND TRUTH CAME

John 1:17 - For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Why did Jesus have to be born? God chose to make covenant with man.. Jesus came in the form of a man with a body of a man in order to have dominion and authority. Jesus Christ was a man anointed with Holy Ghost. This made it perfectly legal for Jesus to destroy the works of the devil.

 The seed Mary received was the Word, the incorruptible seed that took on flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus Christ is the living Word of God. His name is Emmanuel meaning, “God with us.”

God is not with us bu in us. (Col 1:27)  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Luke 2:11 “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Is. 9:6-7 For unto us a Child is born,  ( Son of God) Unto us a Son is given; (Son of Man) And the government will be upon His shoulder.(Body of Christ) And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice.

Grace and Truth came.

Jesus Christ formed a perfect union of being a Spirit-Man manifested in a natural / physical body, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”(John 1:14). He was the LAST Adam so that WE may become the Second Man - Christ manifest in His many-membered Body; “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.”(1 Corinthians 12:12). We are no longer IN Adam as Jesus Christ was the LAST Adam; our true identity is created IN Christ!

Grace and Truth came and was imparted to us.

CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS

There are those that "reject" Christmas and Easter due to their association with pagan festivals. Over the years I have vacillated between a whole bunch of different points of view about these matters.

Several years  ago, my heart has been more centered in Himself, Jesus the Christ, and as a result things have changed. For the more I focus on Him, the more I see Him revealed in ALL THINGS. Christmas for some is seen as the time of the pagan festival of the sun god instituted to get the pagans involved with Christian issues. But another way to look at it........JESUS...is the Lord God of the Sun....and the Son of God. Jesus fulfills the pagan celebration in Himself. Likewise...when Easter is celebrate...the Rites of Spring...new birth from winters death...the goddess of ISIS...Jesus fulfilled all the pagan natural heart was looking to in ISIS. Jesus is the fulfillment of NEW BIRTH, NEW LIFE....He is the fulfillment of all things. So often we get looking at the "thing" through the filter of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and miss Himself....This day...this season, this year...NOW is the time of Himself, Jesus..Yeshua, my Saviour...the Lord of all creation to be worshipped and celebrated, his forgiveness received and freely given!

That is what Christmas, Easter, Passover, and every other holiday and celebration ultimately points to....The Lord God, He is One and there is NONE OTHER>>>>

LIFT UP OUR EYES-THANK THE LORD

"Therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is , the fruit of our lips GIVING THANKS to His name."      (Heb. 13:15) In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (1Thess. 5:18). Giving thanks always for all things (Eph. 5:20). Thanksgiving (eucharisteo, from which we get the word Eucharist) means to be aware of our blessings and be filled with gratitude. Thanksgiving opens the vaults of the treasures of the Kingdom. Opposite of Thanksgiving:  Ungratefulness, Complaining and Murmuring Examples: 1.   Hebrew children, "Nor let us . . . grumble, as [Israel] did, and were destroyed by the destroyer" (1 Cor. 10:9-10). 2.   Some of his disciples "Do not grumble among yourselves" (John 6:43) 3.   Judas Paul warned that, "in the last days . . . men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips" (2 Timothy 3:1-9). "Lifting up our eyes." "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable . . . is right, whatever is pure . . . lovely . . . of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things" (Phil. 4:8). Remember, Paul was writing to people in the ancient Roman world. It was full of evil, full of injustice, full of reasons to grumble and be upset; but instead, God calls His people to a higher realm, where we dwell on the things that are above. (John 11:41-43) At the tomb of His dear friend Lazarus, Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ME."  Imagine this kind of assurance! Jesus didn't need to beg or intercede. A command to the dead was all that was needed, "Lazarus, come forth." We SEE that the Father hears us BEFORE we pray (John 17:1-2). This is why we can be thankful. Thanksgiving is a holy declaration of what we SEE when we LIFT UP OUR EYES. Let's remember some of the incredible personal things that should stir a spirit of thanksgiving in our heart. Let the fruit of our lips give thanks as we confess our Thanksgiving blessings out loud together (using I, we, and/or you): The God of love has an unfolding plan of LOVE for me. I can live without fear  --being certain of this LOVE. I am a brand new creation in Christ. I am not who I used to be! Thank the Lord. I am destined to spend eternity with God. My eternity is NOW. I have already been delivered from all the powers of darkness. Christ died for a total forgiveness of my past and present sins.  I am pardoned from sins because of that inestimable gift of God. I am already a joint-heir with Christ. Jesus died to restore me to the dominion authority of the Garden. I am now seated in heavenly places with Christ. I am already co-crucified with Christ (Rom. 6:6, 11, Col. 3:1-4). We have already died. We don't need to die to our old man any longer. Wrongly emphasizing our personal sacrifice to need to continually die, denies the power of the resurrection. When Jesus died, we died. I am already co-buried with Christ (Col. 2:12, Rom. 6:3-4). I am already re co-resurrected with Christ (Col. 3:1, Rom. 6:9). My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The fullness of the Godhead bodily dwells with me. I am already co-seated in heavenly places with Christ (Eph. 2:5-6). I am already made alive together with Christ (Eph. 2:1-2, 1 Cor. 15:23). I am already partners with God for His plan concerning every living human being. I am already part of Christ's body today on earth. I am already a ROYAL PRIEST (1 Pet. 2:5).  I have the power to draw near God's presence and fellowship with Him there.  I have the ability to communicate to others the power of a life within the veil. I can access total salvation for my body, soul, and spirit.  I can become whole in this lifetime. Every day is holy, set apart, and designed for me. I can become God's honored representatives on earth. I am not of this world (James 4:4, 1 Jn. 2:15-18). I can overcome evil with good (Rom. 12:21). I was created for His glory (Is. 43:7). I have been given the power to manifest His breathtaking glory on earth. I can ask the Lord of the harvest for laborers and for rain on behalf of all humankind, that they be brought to repentance by the goodness and love of God. I can lift up my eyes to see the provision of God. For the Lord will hasten to perform His Word and reveal to His people the abundance of peace, truth, health, prosperity, deliverance, safety, and abundant life. I can put on His love and walk in absolute trust and confidence of His power, wisdom, and goodness. The Spirit of Death has no power over me. I am thankful that we don't need man's approval, distorted ambition, self-exaltation, or popularity.  I do not have to flinch in sacrifice, hesitate in adversity, negotiate with the enemy, or wallow in the maze of mediocrity. In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (1Thes. 5:18). Giving thanks always for all things (Eph. 5:20).

ALL AUTHORITY

All authority is God's and has been delegated to us.

(Mat 28:18-20)  And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to Me in Heaven and in earth. Therefore go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the world. Amen.

All the areas of life now under the authority of other gods shall be returned to the authority of Christ when, as mature sons of Father, we really believe the words of God. All religious and secular gods – every idol that man has set up will be destroyed. Even now things which have been set up by false gods and secular godless systems are beginning to crumble before our eyes.

All evil authority that the enemy has over life in this world was given over to him by mankind. Jesus has defeated the enemy destroying the enemy’s authority over this world. The ONLY authority that the enemy now has is the power relegated to him by man. The entire world waits for mankind to believe the provision of Spirit God in us to destroy the works of the enemy and release the kingdom works of God to rule and reign on earth.

False powerless religion has been used as a tool to deceive mankind into believing that the enemy is still so powerful that there is nothing we can do to stop his reign on earth. The enemy working through false doctrines and religious spirits has convinced many Christians that they do not have power and authority to stop the rule of the enemy. Our warfare now is a battle for faith – faith to believe what Christ Jesus has already done and faith to bring it to pass in the world.

Spiritually blinded Christians look longingly up into the sky waiting for that which is already available. Through Christ by the Holy Spirit, Father God is now available to abide within us.

Literally, Father God in Christ by the Holy Spirit abides in believers to destroy the kingdom of darkness and release the light of the kingdom from heaven on earth.

It is past time for God’s people to awaken to the authority of God that is in us to destroy the works of the enemy and to release the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.

From Genesis to Revelation the Bible speaks of the authority of God in Christ in His people – you and me.

Can we believe?  Here is who we are and what we will doing in and through Christ.

Romans 5:17b: those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:37: Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loves us.

Genesis 1:28: Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion”

Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me.

Colossians 1:9b-10a: being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might according to His glorious power...

Ephesians 1:22-23: And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body (that is us), the fullness of Him Who fills all in all.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

1John 3:8b: For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Colossians 2:15: Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them in it.

Ephesians 1:19, 3:20b, 6:10: and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, according to the power that works in us, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

Philippians 2:10: ... that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...

Colossians 2:9-10: For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, Who is the head of all principality and power.”

Hebrews 4:12a: For the word of God is living and powerful...

Luke 10:19a: Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy...

2 Corinthians 2:14a: Now thanks be to God Who always leads us in triumph in Christ...

Isaiah 55:11: So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Hebrews 4:16: Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Mark 16:17a: And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons...

TRUTH

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye CONTINUE IN MY WORD, then are ye MY DISCIPLES indeed; and ye shall know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall make you FREE. Here is a very well-known example of verses with the end result quoted without giving the CONDITION. In this case we all want to be free--end result, without consideration of the CONDITION of true freedom, which is being DISCIPLED BY JESUS AS WE CONTINUE IN HIS WORD! The word DISCIPLE in the setting is a learner of the ways of Jesus or becoming a pupil. It's not just the ability to quote the Words that He spoke; but rather HE, the LIVING WORD made flesh (JOHN 1:14), becomes us, the Word made flesh, disciplined to become a living representative of Him in our mode of life as examples to our community. CONTINUING IN HIS WORD. CONTINUE: MENO--to stay in a given place or state, to abide, dwell, endure, be present, remain. The relative noun of this verb MENO is MONE--an abiding place, a staying place, residence. When Jesus said in JOHN 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions, wonderful though it seems, He wasn't talking about stone and lime buildings over the hilltop. He was talking about you and me becoming Temples of the Living God, Temples of His Father, down here, right now! (1 CORINTHIANS 3:16) I would suggest this was the desire of God in the Garden of Eden. He wanted Adam to invite Him in because Adam was lonely. Because of failure on Adam's part to ask God to mansion in him, God in his great Love and Mercy gave him Woman, which only exacerbated the problem as they were still lonely. Otherwise they wouldn't have decided to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and by doing so give their allegiance to the serpent.------Wo/man will always be lonely until we ACKNOWLEDGE God, in Jesus, into our lives. KNOWING THE TRUTH. TRUTH: ALETHES--not concealed, revealed. This is the opposite of the verb LANTHANO, which means to lie hid, hidden, be ignorant, unawares. Paul said to the Corinthian Church that he would not have them to be ignorant. Many of us have not the TRUTH because we are not willing to be discipled of Jesus and are in bondage to men who do not desire us to be Free. They make disciples by insinuating that their ministry has the greatest or only revelation and that they are the interpreters of the Word for us. You can be assured that if the word brings you into religious bondage and fear, it is not of Jesus! SET FREE. FREE: ELEUTHEROO--not a slave, liberated to go at pleasure as a citizen (taking responsibility), exempt from (religious) obligation or liability. Hirelings place bondages of religious liability on their disciples, holding over them all manner of fearful consequences if they fail to continue in their word. Continuing in the Words of Jesus gives us the true glorious freedom of the Sons and Daughters of our Heavenly Father.

10 MINDSETS That Are Not True

10 mindsets that rule us from within that we must tear down to the ground:

1. I am separated from God.

 No, we are already one with Him

Is. 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

This is Old Covenant ;New Covenant says:

No Separation From God

Romans 8: 38-39:
"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." 


2. I am inherently bad.
No, No, God created you upright, just, good.The word says:

New Living Translation
But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path."



3. I can't trust what I feel deep inside me.

No, I hear His voice.


(John 10:27)  My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

4. This world is hopeless and beyond transformation.

No, The whole earth shall  be filled with the glory of God.


(Hab 2:14)  For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

5. I have to die to get to heaven. 

No, you are already there. Heaven is in your heart.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. (ESV)

6. There are people and groups in this world who are the enemies. 

 No, we are called to love not hate.


(John 13:34)  I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. As I have loved you, you should also love one another.

7. There is no possibility or basis for uniting people together as one. 

No, we are eternally One with God.

(1Co 6:17)  But he being joined to the Lord is one spirit.

8. Whatever I do ultimately makes little difference. 

No, I carry out the purposes of God.

(Rom 12:2)  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.

9. One day the answer and solution will fall down out of the sky.

No, all answers are within me.

(2Pe 1:3-4)  according as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue,through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

10. I lack the capability and power to birth a new reality

No, I can do all things and all things have been given to me.

(Php 4:13)  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

All that He has is mine.

(Luke 15:31)  And he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.

DESIGN

DESIGN

I my lifetime I've thought a lot about the question, “Who Am I?” and this subject of DESIGN. I have often thought, “God, why did you make me like this?” For so long I have wanted to be like so many other people. I wanted to fit in.

I sensed the Lord say to me one day, “You are growing in self awareness”.

As my soul was in the process of healing and restoring; it still is;I am seeing more clearly how and why God made me. There are so many levels to a human being. It is so true that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. I have thought of at least 12 levels.

1.    We were thought of and designed before the foundation of the world.

Jeremiah 1:4-5 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, [5] “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

2.    We were seen and formed uniquely in our mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13-16 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. [14] I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  [15] My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, [16] your eyes saw my unformed body.

3.    Our parents were assigned to us

4.    Our gender was established

5.    Our race and nationality was set-Acts 17:26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.

6.    Our time in history is set-Acts 13:36 “For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.

7.    Our destiny set-Psalm 139:16 All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

8.    Our brothers and sisters

9.    Our birth order

10.  Our temperament/personality

There are many assessments to help us understand the way God made us and to understand  each other; to find out our God-given design, talents, gifts, etc.

Personality Tests

http://similarminds.com/personality_tests.html

Online DISC Demo

https://www.talentsmart.com/idisc

Understanding your MBTI (Myers-Briggs)

http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html

Motivational Gifts, Don and Katie Fortune https://www.discoveryourgifts.org/?getpage=detail&ItemID=82&ItemCatID=3

Ministry Gifts

Talents

11. Our gifts, callings, talents all set before the foundations of the earth --GOD GIVEN DESIGN

What about you? Do you know who you are and who you aren’t?  Do you know who you are in Christ and who He is in you?

FATHER'S LOVE LETTER TO YOU

Father’s Love Letter…

My Child, You may not know me or even know me fully but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me.John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus.John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. Luke 15:7

I have always been Father, and will always be Father.Ephesians 3:14-15

When these words of Mine touch your heart, then you realize that it is Me who is comforting you, then you know that I am growing You… to become My Son!

John 1:12,13 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of Elohim, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of Elohim. The parable in Luke 15 quoted hereafter, is really YOUR path, YOUR life.

You do not choose Me, nor is it your will to follow Me. Therefore I am not waiting for you. I am your Father and that is why you ARE My child. In your ‘humanity’ you ‘think’ that you are independent, that you have a free will, but it is Me who wills for you and always has done. You do not know that, because I veil Myself and your flesh cannot see Me, your mind cannot understand Me. I talk to you and your flesh thinks that I am outside of you while I am really YOU. This is, and always has been, the purpose of our plan to make first You and then the rest of creation subject to MY Glory…

Do you remember?

The pathway, the only pathway, is that you My Child come to see for what you are: ’My Child’. Your flesh never had a will and now your flesh experiences this. Your flesh mind says ‘I’ believe in the sovereignty of Him. Be aware though that, for as long as you say these lovely words, I have not finished My work, in making you My full Son. Your flesh is then not fully made subject to me, because of the two words you use: I and Him.

Your perception of ‘I’ is an illusion caused by My separation, the blindness I have put over you. There are no two’s, there is no other, I am the ONE.

When I have made you see that fully, that I am the Sovereign in you then you have grown up from My child to be My Son. Then you know that ‘I’, as Yahshua, My first Son, am fully You. And wonder of wonders then I, as You, as the Glorified FLESH BORN Father, will free your brother Esau as he is the elder son in the parable following. Because it is Me the Father, through YOU Israel, as the younger son who I have given the birthright, that I give everything I have to My eldest son Esau, who indeed never received a blessing from Me until now.

Luke 15:31 “And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.”

Please read this parable and recognize your Life Story and savour how I made you lose Me by giving you the perception of ‘living in your own rights’ symbolized by ‘living the inheritance of the son in the parable’ and how I found you as I write:

Luke 15:24,32 “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found”.

Luke 15:11-32 11. .And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12. And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet 23. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.29. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30. But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine (ALL I HAVE IS YOURS!). 32. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.Almighty God  YaHWaH (“My breath is your breath”)

1. The verses 20-22 picture in detail the uniting of the Father with the son where He ‘saw’ the son and shared therefore in his vision. He had ‘compassion’ and by that made the desire of the son’s Love for Him full, which is the meaning of the word compassion. He fell on his ‘neck’ and as the neck pictures the unity of the head with the body, the neck here in this context represents; ‘the Father united with the son’. He ‘kissed’ him and as lips form words, ‘kissing’ symbolizes agreement in the spoken word, the ‘united word’ of the Father and the son. All These steps here fore mentioned in this parable represented the work of the Father, because He did all that. This brought the son to the awareness of his flesh ‘unworthiness’, whereupon the Son at last received the ‘Robe’ of His Sovereignty, the ‘Ring’ of His Authority and walked as The Son in the ‘Shoes’ of His Responsibility.

2. Esau and his descendants have been the perfect tools of Father throughout history until now. They have and still do the perfect will of the Sovereign Farther, be it good or evil. Esau never transgressed the commandments given to the people of Israel at Mt.Sinai, because Father never entered into such a covenant with them.

3. The verses 28-31 are the antipodes of Genesis 28:31-41. In Genesis it is described how Esau lost the Blessings and in The Parable of the Prodigal son it is described how he will receive them in manifold. Do not confuse the Blessings with the Birthright of Jacob/Israel, because the Birthright was Jacob’s. While, “all that I have”, belongs to the Son/Father, because the Birthright has been fulfilled in the Son, now the unity of the Father/Son can give “all that I have” to Esau. 

CHRIST IN US AND THROUGH US

At the center of my Being is a limitless, deathless, ageless spirit, THE Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, perfect in beauty, perfect in function. My spirit shall become manifest in my soul and body and in my affairs. ~ When I am faced with apparent confusion or failure, given a minute or two, I will surrender, give over each problem and every worry to that which has the perfect solution and in which there is absolute clarity...The CHRIST in me...

Colossians 1:27 KJV:

To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

We must remember that there were three types of people that were anointed in the Old Testament; Prophets (1kg.19; 2kg.2), Priests (Ex. 40) and Kings (1 Sam. 16).

Jesus is a Prophet (Acts 3:18-23), Priest (Heb.7:26) and King (Rev.19:16). All three offices meet in Him. So the Anointed One (the Christ) is a Prophet, Priest and King.

If Christ is in you, then the “Christ” within you (the Anointed One, the New Nature) is a Prophet, Priest and King.

There is an Anointed One (Christ) in the believer that is prophetic (declaring God unto men), priestly (bringing men unto God), and kingly (ruling by the power of God’s name).

WE WILL SHARE CHRIST WITHIN US TO THE WORLD

Since we are all saved, we have Christ living within us. Let's allow him to minister to us, through us, and to and through others. 1 Peter 4:10 says,"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms". We want to be good stewards of God's grace so let's be willing to share Christ within us  to the world.

Father, In Jesus name, I am cleansed by the Blood of Jesus and therefore I am righteous before You and the Holy Spirit dwells within me. He is in my thought patterns because I present my whole body as a living sacrifice, alive, holy and acceptable to God. I bring every thought of my mind and my soul into captivity to the mind of Christ. I will be bold to speak those things which You wish to have me say and I will not doubt or question. I am a believer in You Lord Jesus. I have prayed in faith and now I will expect to GIVE OUT EVERYDAY!!

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)