"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land I gave your fathers; and ye shall be My people, and I will be your God. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of your tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen." Ezekiel 36:26-30
We have studied extensively on our unity with our Father through Jesus our Lord and Savior. We have established with the Word that we have been given the Holy Spirit to abide within us, and that the Spirit of Christ continually dwells within us. So now we are going to begin a study on what it means for us. We have touched on it, but now we need to establish with the Word, that because we are one with God, we are now pure, clean, holy, godly, and perfect. We are all of these things because of Him, all by His power, all because it is His will. There is nothing that we could do to establish these truths on our own; no work could even begin to scratch the surface of what would be needed. But, because of Jesus we have it all, and through Him we can walk in the perfection that our Father created for us.
To begin, look at what God prophesies through Ezekiel: that He will give us a new heart, that He will give us a new spirit, and that His Spirit now dwells within us. Our Father proclaims that He will cause us to walk in His statutes and that He will cause us to keep His judgments. Ezekiel also prophesies that God will save us from all uncleannesses. The first step to being clean is to be cleansed, and God, through His Spirit cleanses us. That is why Jesus told His disciples in John 16:7 that it was better that He would go away, because if He did, than the Spirit would come, and with it salvation form all of our uncleanness! “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.”
This prophecy in Ezekiel clearly shows the love that our Father has for us. God's overwhelming desire is for us to be saved. His desire is so strong for us to be unified with Him that He alone will take care of all the needed actions to insure it. Remember God created us as His children, in His image, He breathed life into us, and He did it to have fellowship with us. We are of Him. So our Father did not give an angel the responsibility of keeping us, He did not give a preacher the responsibility, and He did not even give us the responsibility. Our Father loves us so much, and He is so unwilling to be without us, that He gave Himself the responsibility. God alone will keep us from all uncleanness. This truth should give you a peace that passes all understanding.
John 15:1, "I am the Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. (or Gardner)" Jesus refers to us as the branches in John 15:5. Now a branch does not defend itself, or keep itself, from the things that can destroy it, the Gardener does, and our Gardener is God. There is no one more capable, more qualified, more loving, more powerful, more understanding, or more omnipotent, and we have Him. He is our Dad, our Father, and His Spirit cries this Truth out from within us.
In the Bible Jesus is referred to as the Shepherd, now is it the responsibility of the sheep to keep themselves from harm and danger, or is it the responsibility of the Shepherd? Are the sheep responsible for finding food, or water? What about shelter? When their hair grows too long, are they required to trim it up? What if they are injured? Who is responsible for them, the shepherd is, and Jesus is now our Shepherd! Jesus is also referred to as the Head of the body. We see all throughout the Bible that God declares that He will keep us from sin, that He will guide us, that He will lead us, that He will give us His Spirit, and that He will protect us. That is the love that our Father has for us, absolute eternal salvation, insured by Himself, because there is no greater to insure it by. There is no greater insurance available than the promises of the Living God!
We have gone to great lengths in our studies to prove with God's Word, the only Word that matters, that we are one with Him, this day, through Jesus our Lord and Savior. We have learned that Jesus is in us and that we are in Jesus. Now we are going to build on that study with scriptures that proclaim we are clean, pure, sanctified, holy, and perfect because of this unity. And remember that today is the day of our salvation, and God is not a respecter of persons, so all that truly call on the name of the Lord can have all of these promises and scriptures realized in their lives this day!
I love you, and through the power of God that is within us we are able to proclaim from the rooftops what Jesus has proclaimed in silence! We are blessed beyond expression through the power of His might.
We have studied extensively on our unity with our Father through Jesus our Lord and Savior. We have established with the Word that we have been given the Holy Spirit to abide within us, and that the Spirit of Christ continually dwells within us. So now we are going to begin a study on what it means for us. We have touched on it, but now we need to establish with the Word, that because we are one with God, we are now pure, clean, holy, godly, and perfect. We are all of these things because of Him, all by His power, all because it is His will. There is nothing that we could do to establish these truths on our own; no work could even begin to scratch the surface of what would be needed. But, because of Jesus we have it all, and through Him we can walk in the perfection that our Father created for us.
To begin, look at what God prophesies through Ezekiel: that He will give us a new heart, that He will give us a new spirit, and that His Spirit now dwells within us. Our Father proclaims that He will cause us to walk in His statutes and that He will cause us to keep His judgments. Ezekiel also prophesies that God will save us from all uncleannesses. The first step to being clean is to be cleansed, and God, through His Spirit cleanses us. That is why Jesus told His disciples in John 16:7 that it was better that He would go away, because if He did, than the Spirit would come, and with it salvation form all of our uncleanness! “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.”
This prophecy in Ezekiel clearly shows the love that our Father has for us. God's overwhelming desire is for us to be saved. His desire is so strong for us to be unified with Him that He alone will take care of all the needed actions to insure it. Remember God created us as His children, in His image, He breathed life into us, and He did it to have fellowship with us. We are of Him. So our Father did not give an angel the responsibility of keeping us, He did not give a preacher the responsibility, and He did not even give us the responsibility. Our Father loves us so much, and He is so unwilling to be without us, that He gave Himself the responsibility. God alone will keep us from all uncleanness. This truth should give you a peace that passes all understanding.
John 15:1, "I am the Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. (or Gardner)" Jesus refers to us as the branches in John 15:5. Now a branch does not defend itself, or keep itself, from the things that can destroy it, the Gardener does, and our Gardener is God. There is no one more capable, more qualified, more loving, more powerful, more understanding, or more omnipotent, and we have Him. He is our Dad, our Father, and His Spirit cries this Truth out from within us.
In the Bible Jesus is referred to as the Shepherd, now is it the responsibility of the sheep to keep themselves from harm and danger, or is it the responsibility of the Shepherd? Are the sheep responsible for finding food, or water? What about shelter? When their hair grows too long, are they required to trim it up? What if they are injured? Who is responsible for them, the shepherd is, and Jesus is now our Shepherd! Jesus is also referred to as the Head of the body. We see all throughout the Bible that God declares that He will keep us from sin, that He will guide us, that He will lead us, that He will give us His Spirit, and that He will protect us. That is the love that our Father has for us, absolute eternal salvation, insured by Himself, because there is no greater to insure it by. There is no greater insurance available than the promises of the Living God!
We have gone to great lengths in our studies to prove with God's Word, the only Word that matters, that we are one with Him, this day, through Jesus our Lord and Savior. We have learned that Jesus is in us and that we are in Jesus. Now we are going to build on that study with scriptures that proclaim we are clean, pure, sanctified, holy, and perfect because of this unity. And remember that today is the day of our salvation, and God is not a respecter of persons, so all that truly call on the name of the Lord can have all of these promises and scriptures realized in their lives this day!
I love you, and through the power of God that is within us we are able to proclaim from the rooftops what Jesus has proclaimed in silence! We are blessed beyond expression through the power of His might.
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