"Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone; In Whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an Holy Temple in the Lord; In Whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." Ephesians 2:19-22
You and I are now the Holy Temple of God and we are also now the habitation of God. We can be these things because we are now built upon Jesus, a steadfast foundation that is unmovable and one that cannot be shaken! Jesus has given us stability and power, peace and joy, hope and faith, and together with Him we have been enabled to be the very housing of God! A Holy Temple, sanctified, glorified, and perfected by the Blood of Jesus.
We are no longer strangers to God and He is no longer a stranger to us. The Truth is that we are actually now Jesus' friends. “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what His lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you.” John 15:15 You ever know someone who is not a friend of their parents? Sure they are their kids, but yet they aren’t friends. The parents do things and the kids do things and they never really share or fellowship with each other. Well this is not how we are with our Father, He dwells within us, and He shares with us. All things that Jesus has heard from God, He turns around and tells us. We fellowship and we commune with God Himself! Our Father likes us, He just doesn’t love us, He actually likes us! And we can walk right up and fellowship and communicate with Him, without any condemnation whatsoever, we have been cleansed by the Blood and we are built upon Jesus.
You ever been around religious people who are always finding fault with themselves? They do this because they do not know who they are in Christ. They are trying to earn their relationship with our Father. They never will! Kennedy and Lauren never could do anything to become my kids; I had to birth them. Without me they would not be. They have fellowship with me, because Beth and I chose to have them, they are built upon the foundation of Beth and I! It’s exactly the same with our Father, we are not earning our fellowship and our unity with God, because it has been given to us. God birthed us, we have been born again of His seed, we are only alive because of Him. His Spirit is within us, and our characteristics are directly from Him. We have the new heart that He has given us. We now have the mind of Christ. We are members of His body, of His flesh, His bones, and we now have His Spirit! Now as children we will grow, but as children our parents determine what we are, our DNA, our genes are directly from them, and our Father is now God, we have been born again form His Incorruptible Seed! You can’t be born of God and have the characteristics of another father, it’s impossible, we are from His seed. Now a person could tell you that they are Beth and mines child, but there testimony would be false. Only those children born of us, are ours!
Now if Beth and I are able to do this how much more has God done with us? He not only birthed us, He now indwells us, so that we will never be apart from Him. He has sealed us with His very Spirit, and He ever lives to intercede for us. Unlike with human parents and kids, we are never left alone; we are constantly in fellowship with our Father. Satan or evil never have an opportunity to grab us because we are separated from God. We are the Holy Habitation of God, we are His friends, and we are His kids! God is the perfect Father and He knows how to raise us into perfect children. I don’t think this is talked about enough. We say Father, but it’s just words, God is our Father and we are His kids, we are His habitation, and Who He is has been born into us. Our Father is love, so are we, how can we be anything but, it’s where we came from? So of course we are holy, because our Father, the One Who sanctifies us, is holy, and we are one!
"And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Ephesians 4:23-24
How great is that? We are created just like God in righteousness and true holiness. As new men we have not been born again and created to maintain our old self, our old weaknesses, and our old nature. We have not been renewed as new creatures just to one day go to Heaven, we have been born again of His Incorruptible Seed, given the very nature of God Himself, filled with His fullness, one with His Spirit, and created in true righteousness and holiness! That means something let’s accept it in all of its glory. Faith come for us by hearing this Truth and this Truth sets us free!
Father I thank You that You empower all of us to really accept and to share this Truth. That You allow us to give this Truth in love and in power and demonstration of Your Spirit; that our minds are renewed with this Truth. Father the world needs to hear this, the attention needs to come off of us and it needs to be directed towards You, allow us the honor of being used by You to share Your will in every situation. Empower us with boldness to sow Your Seed to all that we come into contact with: to the Good ground as well as the stony and thorny ground! I ask this in Jesus’ Name, A-men!
Jesus loves You and so do I, be blessed this day in the power of His might, and allow Him to be Who He is in You. You are of His seed, you are His Temple, and satan will no longer keep us from the Truth, we are set free by it, the thief has been destroyed! "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." Ephesians 5:26-27
You and I are now the Holy Temple of God and we are also now the habitation of God. We can be these things because we are now built upon Jesus, a steadfast foundation that is unmovable and one that cannot be shaken! Jesus has given us stability and power, peace and joy, hope and faith, and together with Him we have been enabled to be the very housing of God! A Holy Temple, sanctified, glorified, and perfected by the Blood of Jesus.
We are no longer strangers to God and He is no longer a stranger to us. The Truth is that we are actually now Jesus' friends. “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what His lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you.” John 15:15 You ever know someone who is not a friend of their parents? Sure they are their kids, but yet they aren’t friends. The parents do things and the kids do things and they never really share or fellowship with each other. Well this is not how we are with our Father, He dwells within us, and He shares with us. All things that Jesus has heard from God, He turns around and tells us. We fellowship and we commune with God Himself! Our Father likes us, He just doesn’t love us, He actually likes us! And we can walk right up and fellowship and communicate with Him, without any condemnation whatsoever, we have been cleansed by the Blood and we are built upon Jesus.
You ever been around religious people who are always finding fault with themselves? They do this because they do not know who they are in Christ. They are trying to earn their relationship with our Father. They never will! Kennedy and Lauren never could do anything to become my kids; I had to birth them. Without me they would not be. They have fellowship with me, because Beth and I chose to have them, they are built upon the foundation of Beth and I! It’s exactly the same with our Father, we are not earning our fellowship and our unity with God, because it has been given to us. God birthed us, we have been born again of His seed, we are only alive because of Him. His Spirit is within us, and our characteristics are directly from Him. We have the new heart that He has given us. We now have the mind of Christ. We are members of His body, of His flesh, His bones, and we now have His Spirit! Now as children we will grow, but as children our parents determine what we are, our DNA, our genes are directly from them, and our Father is now God, we have been born again form His Incorruptible Seed! You can’t be born of God and have the characteristics of another father, it’s impossible, we are from His seed. Now a person could tell you that they are Beth and mines child, but there testimony would be false. Only those children born of us, are ours!
Now if Beth and I are able to do this how much more has God done with us? He not only birthed us, He now indwells us, so that we will never be apart from Him. He has sealed us with His very Spirit, and He ever lives to intercede for us. Unlike with human parents and kids, we are never left alone; we are constantly in fellowship with our Father. Satan or evil never have an opportunity to grab us because we are separated from God. We are the Holy Habitation of God, we are His friends, and we are His kids! God is the perfect Father and He knows how to raise us into perfect children. I don’t think this is talked about enough. We say Father, but it’s just words, God is our Father and we are His kids, we are His habitation, and Who He is has been born into us. Our Father is love, so are we, how can we be anything but, it’s where we came from? So of course we are holy, because our Father, the One Who sanctifies us, is holy, and we are one!
"And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Ephesians 4:23-24
How great is that? We are created just like God in righteousness and true holiness. As new men we have not been born again and created to maintain our old self, our old weaknesses, and our old nature. We have not been renewed as new creatures just to one day go to Heaven, we have been born again of His Incorruptible Seed, given the very nature of God Himself, filled with His fullness, one with His Spirit, and created in true righteousness and holiness! That means something let’s accept it in all of its glory. Faith come for us by hearing this Truth and this Truth sets us free!
Father I thank You that You empower all of us to really accept and to share this Truth. That You allow us to give this Truth in love and in power and demonstration of Your Spirit; that our minds are renewed with this Truth. Father the world needs to hear this, the attention needs to come off of us and it needs to be directed towards You, allow us the honor of being used by You to share Your will in every situation. Empower us with boldness to sow Your Seed to all that we come into contact with: to the Good ground as well as the stony and thorny ground! I ask this in Jesus’ Name, A-men!
Jesus loves You and so do I, be blessed this day in the power of His might, and allow Him to be Who He is in You. You are of His seed, you are His Temple, and satan will no longer keep us from the Truth, we are set free by it, the thief has been destroyed! "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." Ephesians 5:26-27
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