Romans 5:3-5

3 Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance.

The Bible asks us: how will people hear without a preacher, Romans 10:14? Far too many of us believe that troubles and sufferings come on us because we have done something wrong. That is flat out wrong and we need to preach this Truth! Troubles and sufferings come into our lives so that our Father can become stronger in us. Think about Jesus’ life, what did He do wrong? Jesus was perfect, yet He was constantly afflicted. He healed thousands of people and then they tried to kill Him. They were constantly trying to arrest Him and throw Him into jail. Look at Paul, Peter, John, and James. They were constantly being beaten, imprisoned, and killed and all they were doing was healing people and telling them that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand and that Jesus came so that they could have life and have it more abundantly. 

Paul was sick all of the time, Galatians 4:14. So was Timothy, 1 Timothy 5:23. What did these two do wrong to suffer this? According to Paul what He did was get caught up to the third Heaven and hear powerful things, so our Father sent a messenger of satan to constantly harass him so that he would stay humble, 2 Corinthians 12:7. Paul actually began to rejoice when he was sick and afflicted because he realized that it was making our Father stronger in him, 2 Corinthians 12:10.  

4 And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation.

5 Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.

We are plainly told in Romans 8:1 that there is now absolutely no condemnation for us who are in Christ. We are never left alone by our Father to do anything on our own. Our Father never leaves us or forsakes us, Hebrews 13:5. Jesus is always our Shepherd, we are never left alone to make a choice, because Jesus is always our Head. The glorious Truth is that we are persecuted and afflicted to cause us to be strong in our Father’s might. 

Here is the Truth: if we are doing things right, it is only because our Father has empowered us to do them right. This is why we cannot boast. So for this to be true, it also has to be true that if we are doing things wrong, it is only because our Father has not yet empowered us to do them right. This is why there is now no condemnation for us. Don’t ever let anyone, including yourself, tell you anything different. So rejoice in all things, even when you are suffering!

Romans 5:1-2

THEREFORE, SINCE we are justified (acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith, let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

We are justified through faith and the glorious Truth for us is that we now have Jesus Authoring and Finishing our faith, Hebrews 12:2. We are in right standing with our Father and we will always be in right standing with Him because our Lord and Savior ever lives to insure that we are, Hebrews 7:25. Through Christ we are eternally sure that we are saved and through Christ we now have and enjoy the exact same peace that Jesus has in His eternity, John 14:27. Jesus never doubts that He is One with God and that He always will be and through our Lord’s anointing so do we. 

2 Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith into this grace (state of God's favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God.

Grace goes beyond us just having our Father’s favor, it also means that He exerts His influence on our souls.

It is a reason for pride and exultation to which our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [generally] and especially toward you, with devout and pure motives and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God (the unmerited favor and merciful kindness by which God, exerting His holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, and keeps, strengthens, and increases them in Christian virtues). 2 Corinthians 1:12

Our Father actually causes us to be strong and virtuous. He directs us and leads us. He never leaves us or forsakes us, Hebrews 13:5. If you ever hear someone tell you that you have decide which path to take, rejoice in the glorious Truth that you don’t. What Shepherd ever leaves his sheep alone to decide where they should go? What vine ever leaves a branch alone to decide what kind of fruit to produce? What head ever leaves its body alone to decide what to do? Jesus is our Shepherd, He is our Vine, and He is our Head. Our Father never leaves us alone, not even for a second, and because He doesn't we are always and eternally justified. This is why we are able to rejoice and have confidence. 

Merry Christmas 2011

She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God]. Matthew 1:22

The gift that our Father gave to us is that Jesus has saved us from our sins. Jesus alone is the power that has saved us. Jesus alone has sanctified us, Hebrews 2:11. Jesus alone has caused us to have faith and love. He didn’t just provide a way for us to do it, He is the One Who is actively working in us, through us, and for us. It is Jesus’ power and abilities causing us to be glorious and sin free. He ever lives to intercede for us and because He does, we are now saved to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25. We are now saved from the power of sin, the presence of sin, the penalty of sin, and the pleasure of sin. This is the gift that we have been given and because our Father gave it to us, we are now free from all guilt, 1 Corinthians 6:11.

The other great Truth of Christmas is that the gift of Jesus working through us and for us will never be withdrawn from us.

For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] Romans 11:29

We now have and are one with Jesus and His anointing, which is Christ, working through us for evermore! This is the gift of Christmas. This is why Jesus came and this is why we are now as He is, even though we are in this world.

In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17

Merry Christmas, Jesus loves you! 

There Is No Shame In Being Us

“And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are One.” John 17:22

“As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.” Romans 9:33

If we were ever left by our Father to do anything on our own we would always be ashamed of ourselves! We can’t stand before God, even if we never sinned, and not be ashamed. However in Christ, we can stand before God, our Father, without any shame at all. We can because as we stand before Him, we stand as His children, born of Him, born from His seed, glorified and righteous because of what Jesus has done for us. We are sanctified by Jesus’ actions and we are glorified with His glory. We never stand before our Father alone, Jesus is with us and One in us 100% of the time. We can be unashamed because we have the Holy Spirit within us and He lets us know beyond any shadow of a doubt that our Father is not ashamed of us!

“For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.” Romans 10:11 

We are eternally free from condemnation and the shame of falling short! We are now strong in the power of Jesus’ might because greater is He that is within us, then the shame that is in the world! Today is the day of our glorious salvation and now is our appointed time of righteousness and true holiness through Jesus Christ, Who is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

You Want Rewarded?

Thus, whenever you give to the poor, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites in the synagogues and in the streets like to do, that they may be recognized and honored and praised by men. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already. But when you give to charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly. Matthew 6:2-4

Our Father wants us to be rewarded and well taken care of, Philippians 4:19. He wants this for us now on this earth as well as in eternity. This is why He repeatedly tells us how He causes us to be. The first Truth to being rewarded is having faith that it is always our Father in us causing us to give, John 15:5. We reap what our Father has us sow! It is always His grace and His provision working through us that allows us to care about the needs of others. We are never left alone by our Father to give anything on our own. Faith with this Truth comes for us by Jesus Authoring and Finishing it through us, Hebrews 12:2. If we believe that we are the ones acting on our own to give, we will always brag about it. But because it is our Father’s abilities using us and causing us to give, we can keep silent about it and thus be rewarded openly. We now have the mind of Christ, 1 Corinthians 2:16. So we think and act as Jesus acts and Jesus always acknowledges that it is our Father working through Him, John 14:10.

We are the very body of Christ, we are flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone, Ephesians 5:30. He causes us to give to those who we can receive nothing back from. He causes us to give to the poor, visit the elderly, clothe the naked, and take care of the orphans. Jesus insures that we are blessed and rewarded and He also causes us to not talk about it and bring the attention to us. Jesus is always greater in us then anything that is in this world, 1 John 4:4. We cannot help but be rewarded because we are one with Jesus. We have been chosen to be blessed just as our Head is blessed. We give and never talk about it and our Father blesses us by causing us to give even more. 

Predestined To Be Christ Like

For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:29

Before our Father ever said let it be, He knew and loved us. He knew that He was going to choose us and He knew that He was going to make us to be just like Jesus is. He knew that He was going to use us to serve the world. Now there are a lot of people that believe that we will become better people when Jesus returns to the earth, but not many of us actually have faith and believe that we will be just like Jesus. But here is the glorious Truth: Jesus cam so that we could be just like He is right now on this earth!

In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17

That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. John 17:21-23

You and I were predestined by God to be just like the best that He has, which is Jesus. Our Father has always known that He was going to choose us and make us one with Jesus. We have a destiny and our destiny is to serve our Father by being one with Him through Christ. It is His desire and His will and our Father always gets His way. We cannot help but be who God has called us to be because His power makes us the way that He wants us. 

And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] Romans 8:30-31

We cannot mess up! We have been predestined to be the Bride of Christ. We have been chosen before the foundation of the world to be a royal priesthood that goes into all of the world and preaches the Gospel to every creature. We have been destined to lay hands on the sick, raise the dead, and cast out demons. 

God Insures That We Are Healthy

And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

For which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven and the penalty remitted, or to say, Get up and walk? Matthew 9:5

Our Father is not a man that He should lie. With that Truth in mind read what He had written in 1Thessalonians 5 and in Matthew 9. Jesus tells us that if our sins are forgiven then we are healed and our Father tells us that He Himself will wholly consecrate us. We are plainly told by our Father that He will completely separate us from profane things and that He alone will make us pure. According to Jesus this means that we are healed. Faith comes for us from hearing the Truth and the Truth sets us absolutely free! 

There is no doubt that our Father is trustworthy. It is totally His responsibility to make sure that we are healthy. This is not waiting for us in Heaven, this is for us right now, because now is the Day of our Salvation, not tomorrow.

For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation! 2 Corinthians 6:2

Our Father sent Jesus to save us and as is written in 1 Thessalonians 5, He has saved our spirits, our souls, and yes even our bodies. There is no now condemnation for us, Romans 8:1. There is now no law in place to convict us of sin, Romans 7:6. We no longer serve by obeying rules, we serve because of our Father’s grace, Romans 6:14. Our Father has separated us from profane things right now and the consequence of His mercy is our health. We have been set free and those who are set free by God are free indeed.

Devine Medicine

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

One of the first things that happens when we are sick is that we want the focus of others to be on us. We want helped, we want a doctor, we want medicine, chicken soup, but most of all we want attention. The exact opposite of this self directed attitude is the secret of Devine Medicine. When we get sick, the first thing that we should do is focus all of our attention to others and to their needs. When sickness comes, through the power of Christ that is in us, we should sow the gift of laying our hands on others. The secret to an abundant life of health and peace is achieved by our Lord causing us to lay our hands on others to release our Fathers Divine Medicine on them. Jesus will cause us to lay both of them on people and in His glorious Name tell sickness to leave them. This act of love releases Jesus’ health on them, it binds demons from them, and it empowers them to be whole. The act of laying on of hands does all of this because greater is He that is in us and through Christ we are always more than conquerors. The power that flows from us is a Living River of Life. The Spirit that abundantly flows from us heals the sick, forgives sin, and covers a multitude of sins. 

The Truth that sets us free is not to focus on ourselves when we are sick, but to focus on others and we will reap what we sow. Our Father will not be mocked about this Truth. Look at how Jesus acted on the Cross. He had been tortured and was about to die and He was telling John to take care of His mother. He was praying for the forgiveness of those who had done and supported His death sentence. Paul had been beaten and was wrongfully imprisoned and he was only concerned about the jailer and his family. Stephen was being stoned to death and as he was he was seeking the well being of those who were killing him. 

Our medicine is not carnal, it is spiritual and it is mighty to the bringing down of strongholds. Our medicine heals all sicknesses and even raises the dead. Our Father will cause us to lay hands on the sick and they will recover and He will cause us to reap His healing power as well. Everyone wins! 

Relax: We Were Made To Mess Up

And all mankind shall see (behold and understand and at last acknowledge) the salvation of God (the deliverance from eternal death decreed by God). Luke 3:6

For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. Romans 11:32

There is no condemnation in Christ, Romans 8:1, and there is no boasting in Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:29. Now the glorious Truth is that everything is in Christ.

For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. Colossians 1:16

Our Father has a plan that has consigned all of us to totally and completely rely in Him. We all mess up. He made us that way! He made us that way so that we could not brag about what we have done or condemn ourselves for what we haven’t done. It is all our Father’s glorious power and grace that is operating in our life’s. Our Father even operates in the life’s of those who don’t acknowledge Him or believe in Him, Acts 4:27. Our Father controls everything, He has too. Nothing can be that He doesn’t bring into existence and control. Our Father is everything, He is the Alpha and the Omega and the Beginning and the End. 

Grace Has Now Been Given To All

And all mankind shall see (behold and understand and at last acknowledge) the salvation of God (the deliverance from eternal death decreed by God). Luke 3:6

Well then, as one man's trespass [one man's false step and falling away led] to condemnation for all men, so one Man's act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men. Romans 5:18

For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. Romans 11:32

For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind. It has trained us to reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires, to live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world, Awaiting and looking for the [fulfillment, the realization of our] blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One), Who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people [to be peculiarly His own, people who are] eager and enthusiastic about [living a life that is good and filled with] beneficial deeds. Titus 2:11-14

Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth. 1 Timothy 2:4

For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise]. Romans 14:11

We are plainly told by our Father that all of mankind will understand and acknowledge salvation. We are told that Jesus has given life and eternal salvation to all mankind. We are told that our Father will have mercy on all men. We are told that our Father has now given us grace, so that all of mankind can be saved from sin and enjoy eternal salvation. We are told that our Father wishes for all men to be saved and we are told that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. 

People, Jesus was successful. He was far more successful at providing grace then Adam was at causing damnation. Just read what our Father had written and enjoy the freedom that has been provided to us. I love that word all, there is no way of mistranslating it. Jesus came and He succeeded. We may not all be one with Him as HIs Bride, but we sure are all saved from the Lake of Fire. Some may have to loose their reward of being the Bride, but they will be saved, even as one who has passed through the fire.

But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15

Happy Thanksgiving

Thus David congratulates the man and pronounces a blessing on him to whom God credits righteousness apart from the works he does: Blessed and happy and to be envied are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered up and completely buried. Blessed and happy and to be envied is the person of whose sin the Lord will take no account nor reckon it against him. Romans 4:6-8

For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:2

This Thanksgiving we in America, and also for our brothers and sisters in other countries who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, should celebrate our complete and total freedom through Christ. We should all be so thankful that we are righteous apart from any work that we ever do. Every one of our iniquities and sins are completely forgiving us because of what Jesus accomplished. Our sins aren’t just forgiven by our Father either, they are completely forgotten by our Him. Jesus, Who has been given all judgment, John 5:22, will never bring them up against us and He will never cause us to give and account of them. Jesus came and set us free from the Law of Sin and Death. That means we are completely free from being weakened by our shortcomings. 

We are now new creatures in Christ, everything is now new for us. We are to be envied because of what our Father has freely given us. This complete freedom from sin and all of sins consequences is what grace is. We didn’t deserve it, but yet we have it. We now enjoy and live in the glorious Truth that all things now work out for our good, Romans 8:28. This is what we as Christians should be thankful for, because this freedom in Christ is what allows us to be used by our Father to go into all of the world and heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, and drink deadly things and not be harmed. This freedom from sin is what allows our Father to cause us to serve as Jesus serves. 

We are blessed this day and every day in the power of our Father’s might!  

It Is Impossible For A Saved Person To Fail

Whoever loves his brother [believer] abides (lives) in the Light, and in It or in him there is no occasion for stumbling or cause for error or sin. 1 John 2:10

Now you may be saying to yourself, there absolutely is an opportunity to fail, because it is all based on me loving others. But the glorious Truth for us can be found in John 17:26.

I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them.

Jesus lives so that you and I will love each other just as He loves us. Jesus is actually in us and His very love lives in us and because it is, there is never an occasion for us to stumble or sin. Jesus’ love that never leaves us or forsakes us covers all sin for us, 1 Peter 4:8.

Let’s just look at Jesus’ love for a minute to see how it acted. It groaned when people didn’t believe Him, Mark 8:12. It repeatedly asked how long that it had to be around people, Matthew 17:17. It made a whip and chased people away, John 2:15. It called a woman, who only wanted her daughter healed, a dog, Matthew 15:26. It asked to be removed from what our Father called it to do, Luke 22:42. It made more wine for a bunch of partying and probably drunk people, John 2. It told the Disciples to go and take a colt and not to tell anyone unless they were asked first, Mark 11:2-3. It slept while others were scared for their lives, Mark 4:38. 

I don’t know about you, but Jesus‘ love sounds like it did a bunch of things that we today would call wrong. I don’t know what church you go to, but if I called a mother of a sick child a dog, the people would definitely call me a sinner. But none of these things were sin for Jesus, because He constantly and permanently dwelt in our Father’s love, just as we do, and our Father’s love covers all sin. Jesus got mad at people, He was disappointed in them, He was frustrated with them, and He let them know it. He acted just as we do and yet with no sin and He now lives so that we to can never have any occasion to sin either. It is all His power and victory dwelling within us that gives us such a great gift and such great freedom. We walk by faith in the Truth that sets us free, not by the politically correct world that surrounds us.     

Jesus Is In Control Of All Flesh

[Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. John 17:2

For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. Colossians 1:16

For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel, To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur. Acts 4:27-28

We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. Romans 8:28

It is easy for us to accept and believe that Jesus is active in controlling the flesh of those who have been empowered to accept Him. But the glorious Truth is that Jesus controls all flesh. He even controls the flesh of those who do evil. The worst of the worse, Jesus is in control of them as well. Look at what the Holy Spirit tells us, our Father anointed and consecrated both Pilate and Herod to carry out His will of torturing and killing Jesus. We also read in the Old Testament that our Father was in control of Pharaoh and hardened his heart to keep on attacking the Israelites. 

The peace of the Truth of Jesus being in control of all flesh is this: everything works out for our good. Hardships bring a faith and trust in people like nothing else can. Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. Romans 5:3

The Truth that Jesus even controls the evil people of this world also brings us great peace. It does because the wicked can only do what our Lord permits and allows them to do. Even satan, the father of the wicked, is controlled completely by Jesus. When the devil wanted to attack the Apostles, Jesus told him no, Luke 22:31. Jesus will never allow us to be tempted above that which we can stand, 1 Corinthians 10:13. So relax in the peace that Jesus is even in control of the evil people.

Does God Want Us To Help Ourselves?

Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. John15:4-5

There is a very religious statement that is right out of the sermon of the anti-christ and it is this: God helps those who help themselves. I received an email yesterday stating that the President was mocking God by denying that God wants us to help ourselves. The Truth is that our Father doesn’t want us to ever, or under any circumstance, do anything without Him. Jesus tells us plainly that we can do nothing without Him. It is a flat out lie, and it will be used mightily by the anti-christ, that we are to do things on our own. 

Jesus tells us that He will actually deny that He ever knew people who claim that they have done things on their own, even when they say that they are doing it in His Name.

Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]. Matthew 7:22-23

Jesus tells us that it is a wicked thing to say that we have done anything on our own, even if we say that we are doing it for Him. The Truth is that greater is He that is in us. The Truth is that we are only more than conquerors because of Christ working through us. The Truth is that we can do absolutely nothing on our own. A confession of anything other than the Truth is wicked! We never, and I mean ever, do something first on our own, so that our Father can then do something for us or through us. Our Father never leaves us and He never forsakes us. He is 100% of the time our Head, our Vine, our Gardener, our Potter, and our Shepherd. If our Father doesn’t first cause us to do it, it will never be done. 

The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand! Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without pay) you have received, freely (without charge) give. Matthew 10:6-8

He has blinded their eyes and hardened and benumbed their [callous, degenerated] hearts [He has made their minds dull], to keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and minds and repenting and turning to Me to heal them. John12:40

Jesus sent the Disciples out to go and tell the Israelites that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand for them. Jesus told the Disciples to heal the lost, drive out demons from the lost, and to raise the lost from the dead. Jesus empowered the Disciples to show the lost children of Israel that the power of Heaven was for them. Yet Jesus also tells us that our Father would not allow the children of Israel to believe. Jesus tells us that God hardened their hearts and made their minds dull so that they could never understand the Truth. How can both of these things be true?

Here is what our Father has been showing me, there is a difference between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God. The benefits of the Kingdom of Heaven can be enjoyed by everyone, those who believe and are chosen and those who do not believe. The chosen are part of the Kingdom of God. We are empowered to serve the guests of the Kingdom of Heaven. Think about it? The children of Israel hated the Lord. They used Him to get healed, yet they quickly threw Him under the bus so that they could still go to church on the Sabbath. They were healed by Jesus and then they cried out for Him to be killed. Yet, they still enjoyed the fruits of the Kingdom of Heaven that was at hand for them. How cool is that? That is our Father’s grace in full action! 

This is why Jesus told Peter to feed both the sheep, the guests of the Kingdom of Heaven, and the lambs, the born again of the Kingdom of God, John 21:16-18. The power of our Father is all based on His grace, not on any works. So of course the Kingdom of Heaven and all of the power of it is for those who don’t believe. The guests are not part of the Kingdom of God, meaning they are not one with God. But that doesn’t mean that they are not able to be fully served with power and demonstration of the Spirit by those of us who are. 

Forgiveness For Those Who Don’t Want It

And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. Luke 23:34

Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit! And falling on his knees, he cried out loudly, Lord, fix not this sin upon them [lay it not to their charge]! And when he had said this, he fell asleep [in death]. Acts 7:58-60

The really powerful Truth with these verses is that not one of the people who were forgiven were seeking forgiveness. That is the power of the anointing that our Father has placed within us. It doesn’t matter one iota if people want forgiveness or not. When we are empowered by the the Holy Spirit to forgive them, they are forgiven. Their sin will never be held against them.

[Now having received the Holy Spirit, and being led and directed by Him] if you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained. John 20:23

The love that abides within us lives to forgive others. We have the very power of Christ permanently living within us to intercede for others. It doesn’t matter what a person has done. It doesn’t matter if they have done it to us or to others. It doesn’t matter if we know what they have done or not. Through Christ we intercede for others and forgive them and amen they are forgiven. It doesn’t even matter if the don’t want the gift that we are being used to give. If we forgive, they are forgiven. Their acceptance of their forgiveness is not a requirement at all. Isn't that great!

So in the full power and demonstration of Christ, go and forgive all today. Intercede for strangers and for loved ones. Forgive those who you know what they have done and those that you have no idea what they have done. Grace is all undeserved and we have grace abounding from us. Grace is a river of living water flowing from us. Go and flood the world today with forgiveness. 

They Say That Today, Oct 21 Is The End Of The World, The Rapture Will Occur

I was listening to the morning news and the so called preacher who predicted the end of the word earlier this year is back and he now says that today is actually the end of the world. So I decided to repost the Truth from the last time this false prophet spoke. It is our Father’s Truth that sets us free and it is His Truth that brings peace.  

Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed). In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed). 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)! Revelation 11:15

For this we declare to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. 1 Thessalonians 4:15

These four verses show us plainly that there will be no rapture today. If there were a pre-tribulation rapture today, then these verses would be incorrect and the last 3 1/2 years, which would have had to have been the Great Tribulation, were pretty easy to endure. Sure the economy has been bad, but it has in no way been what Jesus tells us that it will be in Revelation.

The Truth is that before we can go to be with Jesus, our brothers and sisters who have died in Him have to be raised from the dead first. We who are living in Christ can in no way precede the dead in Christ. The dead in Christ cannot be raised from the dead until the last trumpet is sounded. We are plainly told that the last trumpet is the Seventh Trumpet, and when it sounds, Jesus returns to take over the rule of the earth. The living in Christ are not taken away seven years before Jesus returns. Where would we go, because according to the Bible, we could not go to be with Jesus? If we did, then we would have preceded the dead in Christ to be with Him. So relax, there is no pre-tribulation rapture today. The Truth is that many false prophets are going to arise before Jesus returns and they will prey on people. The Truth is what sets us free from their lies and attacks and the Truth is Jesus and He is alive and active in us.