Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Kingdom of God Is Present Truth

John 16:19-22
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
v20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
v21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
v22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

There are a few revealings in this passage of scripture concerning the coming of God’s Kingdom. Take a look at verse 19.  Here Jesus is saying to them that He was about to go to the cross and would die, but would rise again without sin and reveal himself to them.  Then their sorrow concerning all His suffering and dying would be turned to joy, for they would see Him, Jesus, in His Glory and Victory for Himself and for us all: our full Salvation and Liberty and the New Order of HIS Government and Kingdom reigning over all nations.

He was also giving them the example of “birthing” and the “pain of childbirth”, yet we can see, by the Spirit of Truth, that He is speaking of the “birthing” of the Kingdom of God and the New Priesthood and ruler as King being birthed and established in heaven and earth under a new law: the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. 

GRACE through FAITH established.  His works are now sufficient enough for all to benefit of.   No more the working of the flesh to satisfy God: it never could please God.  It was ONLY the working of the Spirit of Christ Jesus in His flesh, that conquered the flesh and moved it out of the way, so that now we all can reap of HIS VICTORY over All carnal workings, and rejoice in the establishment of His Kingdom of Righteousness, Peace, and Joy flowing through His Holy Spirit in His Holy Body that is now established and still increasing in Heaven and in all the Earth. One Government over all. One Head and Lord.

So, we know that the birthing that Jesus was speaking of was the unfolding of God’s wisdom and blessing for the benefit of the world.  His Kingdom is now come and established with better promises and blood covenant, and His government through His Son as Savior, King, Priest and Lord is actively reigning over all.

In Matthew 19:28 Jesus tells them “in” the “regeneration” the Son of man will sit in the throne of his glory and that they, the twelve apostles/disciples, will also sit with him on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes.  The word “regeneration” is rebirth. 

Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  And in Luke 22:29-30 speaks of this also. 

So the Kingdom of God HAS come forth and IS established, yet ever increasing as the Lord is redeeming more and more of His souls.

The Kingdom of God did not and does not come forth by observation... The kingdom of God is In His Holy Spirit and within His Elect that have received Him.  So wherever the Holy Spirit is there is the Kingdom of God. And, yes, if you have received the Holy Spirit then, yes, the Kingdom of God is in you...so that wherever the Lord has you go in the earth, there He is.  Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 

In Christ Jesus, heaven and earth are brought together, no more wall of separation.  His will now is done in His kingdom that is in heaven And earth.  Yet still, a working of His redemption continues so that more of Your earth is brought (birthed, pressed) into HIM... transformed. (more can be talked on this in another message).

Luke 16:16, Luke 17:20-21, and Romans 14:17 explain what and where the Kingdom of God is.

Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Luke 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
v21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

So when you are sealed with that holy Spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:13-14), you have also received God’s Kingdom .... and the journey of your New Life is only just begun!

Matthew 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.   (There is no lack in the Father’s house.)

Enjoy the journey and explore His Kingdom!

Amen.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Washing of God's Word - God's Communication to Us

All God’s children desire to have perfect communication with their heavenly Father.  How can a child know what the Father is saying or means if the hearing and/or understanding isn’t perfect.  Yet all Grace abounds for us all in our development and growth in the Lord. Thank you Father!

But let’s look at Communication:

Everything is a means of communication.  Seriously, look around and you’ll notice that there are all kinds of tools that we use in this earth to communicate with one another.  There are cell phones of various kinds, books, computers, TVs, ipads, mail, email, and the list goes on and on and on....  Also our Actions speak and reveal a form of communication.  Likewise our speech, slang, tone of voice, face gestures and body language... these all “communicate” something to another.

Communication is important in the nature realm, AND it is very important to God in the natural and heavenly realm.  Take a look...

God’s Word = Creates
God’s Word = Cleanses
God’s Word = Sets (Makes) Free
God’s Word IS Spirit and Life In You - Sustaining You

God uses “tools” to communicate with us and the world.  Although I am part of His heavenly and earthly family, I am a tool for the Lord to communicate as He desires and what He desires to whomever He desires. 

So are all members of the body of Christ.  Each member has a God given place and purpose.  Each member once joined to the head (who is Christ Jesus (God’s Word Revealed)), is used of God to communicate His will and purpose to others and all creation.

Even though we are become, by His Word, sons and daughters of God, yet we find that we are become His help in the earth through our natural body and soul... to be His help mate that communicates His will and desire to those that are lost and to those that are in need, and especially to others in the body.

We are tools for the Lord to communicate by.  Just like the earth and seasons and stars, etc... all things are made by Him and for Him and for His good pleasure.... even as God’s Son.

Even though we know our place in Him, we also know that it is the Father that still does the work in and through us.  Just as the Father was in Jesus while in the earth, so it is for us in the earth today that are His body... yet now we have the Greater Works working in us and through us.  Now we have the Father and Son, the completed work of Grace and Salvation for all creation to reap of... the Resurrection and Life is Here to raise all out of their graves of sin and death.  The Fullness of God is Come and is Power In Us... for us and then through us for the world.  God’s Word of Victory is Come!!! Hallelujah!  Receive!!!

God’s Word Fulfilled is working continually from age to age, from generation to generation.  And He is using whomever and whatever He desires to Communicate this Completed Truth and Victory to every Ear that is Ready to Hear and be free. 

Before the Cross, God used the Prophets as His mouth and voice to speak and declare His Word and Will to the people. Yet it was the spirit of Elijah the Prophet that was to come forth before the Messiah to prepare the people to be Ready to receive the Messiah.  And it was John, the Son of the Priest of God, Zacharias, who was chosen to come in the spirit of Elijah to fulfill this prophecy.

The Word is the Water that Washes and Cleanses us.  Baptizing in the Word.  Born again only comes by That Seed, God’s Word planted and producing His Son In You, which imparts all that Seed’s benefits as well as character and nature.  He impregnates your soul with the word of truth and brings forth the nature of That Seed which is Christ Jesus His Son and Eternal Sacrifice for all the world(s) to reap of.

Here are a few scriptures to confirm this:

Ephesians 5:26-27 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, v27 that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

1 Peter 1:22-23 v23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

James 1:18,21 v18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures....v21 and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Titus 3:4-7 ...by the washing of regeneration (rebirth), and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;...

...and many other scriptures on this, but back to the spirit of Elijah the Prophet which came as John the Baptist to WASH the people in repentance of sin and prepare them to receive their Savior.  All righteousness had to be done.  John came to reveal the Son/Lamb of God to Israel.

John 1:29-31-34 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
v 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

In verse 33 John says that the Son of God will baptize with the Holy Ghost.  So the changing of the law and the bringing in of the new order, new Priest and King had begun.

John baptized in literal water, but Jesus baptized with the Holy Ghost and Fire.  Jesus had to be baptized by John in literal water because of the order of God that was working then. That is why Jesus said to allow it for now so “we: John and Jesus” can fulfill all righteousness.

Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer (allow) it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.

Our heavenly Father began to communicate His Word and Will for us, in and through Jesus Christ.  So when we hear and receive Jesus we are receiving the Father’s Good Will towards us.... and a change for the better for us.  The Father through Jesus was making us free, and giving us peace.

Jesus constantly declared the Father to others, and gave Him the glory and honor always.  He knew himself and place and purpose, and knew the Father. 

So the Father’s Word went forth in the land to PREPARE that world, age, generation for the changing of garments.  This was also symbolic of the changing of garments that the priest of old had to do in ministering about the temple and people under the law.

The Priest had to Wash himself first, so it was done. The Lamb of God was now washed and ready.
Then the Priest had to wash the people and world..... and Jesus did this before He went to the cross.!.

John 15:1-5 *3  (Jesus said) I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman...
v3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you, Abide in me, and I in you....

The Word of God was WASHING that generation..... a preparation was going on and it was bringing in a change for the better....

Now look at John 17.... this is Jesus’ prayer to the Father before going to the cross. Note that in verse 4 He says that He has finished the work, but yet He hadn’t gone to the cross yet...

John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

The Word of God had finished His work.... finished the preparation of washing of that generation... but the Lamb had His place and purpose to still complete..... so the Son as the Lamb of God continues forward....

Now look at verses 5-8 and you’ll note that Jesus says to the Father that He has manifested the Father’s Name unto the men that the Father has given Him, and in verse 8, Jesus says “For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me;....”.

Also, verse 17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
Verse 19 And for their sake I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth...
Verse 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

God’s Word, which is manifested in the flesh as the Son of God, we know as Jesus Christ.  There are other names of Christ that we could elaborate on here, but I’d like to stay focused on the Washing of the Word, God’s Communication to us. 

God’s Word, Jesus Christ, spoke and cleansed and sanctified the people that received Him, and became the world’s judgment that didn’t receive Him.  So it is in today’s age and all ages to come. God’s Word is the judge and plumbline, or rather, God’s standard to measure us by.  For us in Christ, Mercy abounds in the place of Judgment.  He has taken care of that too.

So Jesus then increased after John the Baptist was beheaded.  The old order was being fulfilled in all righteousness, and in all judgment. The new order (head) was birthing forth in all grace, righteousness, and eternal life. As God’s Word was washing and sanctifying all in the Father’s Name (Spirit), He was baptizing them in the water that is His Word and Spirit.  The only Pure Water to be washed, cleansed and sanctified by is God’s Word that is Spirit and Life.  So it is today.

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life...

John 3:3-5 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God...v5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The Lamb of God hadn’t gone forth yet to complete the sanctification (in the shedding of the blood for our eternal forgiveness of sin and sanctification), but the Word of God had washed that generation and even today there still is to be a Washing (preaching) By God’s Word for a Preparation of Entering In To the Holy Place and Communion with the Father

This Word IS the witness and record of the Father of the Son, Jesus Christ, who is Spirit and Life. ...That Holy Spirit of God... Who is the fullness of God as the Father and Son working His Full Salvation in you. (John 14:20-23) He is in you to Seal You and Deliver You to the Father.... Into the Place that He has prepared for you in Himself

Now behold Him, the Lamb of God, the Son of God, and be Changed into the same image of the Son and enter in to the Kingdom of Righteousness, Peace, and Joy... in the holy Spirit. 

Jesus Christ in You, You in Jesus Christ, Now in the Father. (John 14:20; John 1;, Ephesians 2:5-6; Ephesians 4:6; and many, many other scriptures to confirm).

As the prophecies of the Prophets of old were being completed in and through and by Jesus Christ, a new Order of Priest and King was birthed; and is today ruling and reigning over all Communications in this land. 

Those that receive Him, God’s Word, are received unto the Father.  All that do not, already have the Word of God judging them of their sin.... yet there is still hope alive for them.... and His Name is The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)

Revelation 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.  The Battle Is Over.  Victory Is Ours.  Receive His Word of Victory for YOU.

Allow the full experience of Christ Jesus to work in you. The Blood Covenant of Jesus Christ washes, cleanses, sanctifies, and justifies us.  Allow the Father to Communicate this Word in your soul.  For He will write it upon your heart and put it in your mind and your sins and iniquities He will remember no more. And to your unrighteousness, Mercy and Grace will abound to your favor and to bring you into His Glory.  Hallelujah!!! Eternal Forgiveness is in every step you take, and is taking care of you in His Love, Forgiveness, and Liberty!

He is alive, was dead, and is alive forevermore.  (Revelation 1:18)

Behold the Word of God, the Lamb of God, the Resurrection and Life that Is God... Your Savior.
 
Walk in Newness of Life, by His Spirit that is holy.  We are His Generation, His Body in this earth:  (your) heaven and earth now brought together in Christ Jesus for all to be blessed by.

His Kingdom is Come and is dwelling in Heaven and in the Earth.  Behold the Lamb of God and Enter in.  Let the communication of your faith work (Philemon 1:6).
Philemon 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Amen.

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