We Cannot Stumble

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

We are plainly told that if we love one another, there is no occasion for us to stumble and there is no occasion to sin within us, none! God said, and His Word is everlasting, if we love our brothers in the Lord, there is absolutely and positively no occasion that we can sin. Now that is some powerful stuff, but here is what even makes it even more powerful.

And I have declared unto them Thy Name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:26

We are able to have perfect peace that we will never stumble because Jesus is declaring our Father’s Name to us. Jesus ever lives to do it, so the love that our Father has for Jesus, the Head of the Body of whom we are part of, is now eternally within us. If we are truly saved, than we can’t help but love our brothers, because we have the same love for them that God has for them! Man that is so awesome, the love that has been born into us and dwells within us is the same love that God has. That just isn’t any kind of love, that is perfect love. And since we now have God’s love within us, there is no occasion for us to stumble or to sin! 

Just allow the power and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to teach you the full victory of this Truth! I know that it is easy to struggle with the power of these verses. I mean how in the world could we ever love as God loves? But we can love as God loves, because the power of the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior has allowed our Father to do it through us. If we walk by human sight with this Truth, we will stumble and fall into the ditch. But through Christ we do not walk by sight, we walk by faith, faith Authored and Finished by Jesus Himself. So through Christ we see clearly that our Father is willing and able to do what He has spoken. Through Christ we humbly accept the power of Jesus and acknowledge that it is the Father within us; He does the works! And the Truth sets us free and we love as God loves and there will never be an occasion for us to stumble or fall! Our Shepherd insures it!

Depressed?

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] Matthew 11:28

But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, Galatians 5:22

There seems to be an awful lot of people that I know who are depressed; these are people with good jobs, wealth, health, good marriages, and people who have great families. Relax! If you are feeling depressed you are not alone at all. It doesn’t mean that you aren’t saved or that you have sinned. It also doesn't mean that our Father has forsaken you. Actually what you’re feeling is our Father at work within you. You heard me right, it is our Father at work within you. It has to be Him, because our Father never leaves us or forsakes us and greater is He that is us than he that is in this world, 1 John 4:4. What so many are feeling is our Father causing them to hate the things of this world. He is growing in us a spirit that will bring us completely out of what the Book of Revelation calls Babylon, which is the worlds corrupt system. You have to hate something to truly come out of it and never look back! This is what this feeling of depression is causing us to do. There is no peace in worldliness and most of us depend and trust in the world. 

I then heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out from her, my people, so that you may not share in her sins, neither participate in her plagues. Revelation 18:4

I truly believe that the depression that is being felt by so many is actually our Father changing our attitudes towards this world. I do not believe that we are in the end times quit yet, which is the last 3 1/2 years of this earth. But I do believe that we are being prepared to usher in the end times. To do this we have to totally be separated from worldliness. We have to come out from relying on money, food, pensions, insurance, doctors, medicines, and clothes for survival. Our Father is allowing us to actually get depressed when we think of these earthly things, whether we have them or not.

Our Father is taking us to the exact same place that Jesus was when He was here on the earth as a man. We are being groomed by the Holy Spirit to supply food when we have no food, Matthew 24:44-45. To give when we have nothing to give. To take us to this place of miraculous service, our Father has to cause us to hate the world and all that it has. So the depression that so many are feeling is actually leading them to lose all faith and trust in the world. This is a good thing. Because it will lead us to placing all of our trust and hope in our Father and then we can truly serve those who are in the world.  

Our Father Knows What He Is Doing

And they said to Him, Grant that we may sit, one at Your right hand and one at [Your] left hand, in Your glory (Your majesty and splendor). But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism [of affliction] with which I am baptized? And they replied to Him, We are able. And Jesus told them, The cup that I drink you will drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized, But to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to give; but [it will be given to those] for whom it is ordained and prepared. Mark 10:37-40

The Holy Spirit clearly tells us that our Father has already ordained and prepared someone to be seated at Jesus’ right hand and at His left hand in His Kingdom. The Spirit clearly reveals, through the scriptures, the glorious Truth that we are predestined to carry out our Father’s will. I don’t know why predestination is a problem for anyone to believe? Our Father predestined Jesus to carry out His will, Luke 2:31. Our Father also predestined Paul to carry out His will, Galatians 1:15. Every Christian I have ever met boldly confesses that our Father is in complete control. They confess that He is Omnipotent and Omniscient. They glory in Him being the Shepherd, the Potter, the Vine, and the Head. So why should they freak out that He knew what He was doing and had a plan and a purpose to carry out His will?

For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. Ephesians 3:10

For me predestination takes away all of the fear of eternity. Our Father knew who I was and how I was, before I ever was, Psalm 139:16. Even with all of this knowledge, He still chose me and He still had a plan and a purpose for me. I greatly rejoice in the Truth that we have absolutely no ability to override our Father's will. God is our Shepherd, He is our Head, He is our Vine, our Potter, our Lord, and our Master. Jesus purchased us, we are now His possession, 1 Corinthians 6:20. That makes Him responsible to keep us and guide us. We do not lead our Father, He leads us. Our Father is not reactive to our abilities, He is proactive in causing us to be who He wants us to be. That just brings me so much peace. I have no fear whatsoever in the Truth that our Father knows what He is doing and that He has all of our best interests at heart.

Faith and hope in predestination takes away all of our pride and ego. If our Father gives us one talent or five talents, doesn’t matter. What matters is the Truth that our Father chooses what He wills and the benefit is glory for all of us. Just as the vine determines when and what fruit that the branch will bear, so does our Father determine the things that are to be in our life's.

We Now Have No Limitations

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13

There are now no limits for us to be used by our Father, because through the strength of Christ, He is now able to do all things through us! The Truth actually is because of what Jesus came and did for us, our Father can now even use us in more ways the He used Jesus.

I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. John 14:12

The perfect love of our Father can change in one moment, what it has taken satan centuries to destroy! Our Father said let there be light and there was light. Jesus told Lazarus to rise and walk, and even though He had been dead for days, He immediately came forth at the command of Jesus! This is the Anointing that has strengthened and empowered us. Our Father is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and His Word tells a mountain to remove itself and it obeys! A storm was striking the Sea of Galilee with all of its force, the storm was so fierce that the Disciples feared that they were going to die. Jesus just spoke to that storm and told it to stop, and the deadly storm ceased immediately! This is the power of what we have been created in; this is the workmanship that our Father has ordained us to walk in! God can do all things through us by His Anointing that strengthens us! Jesus came so that we might have peace that passes all understanding. He came for the entire world to have it and it is time that the world does! Faith comes from hearing what our Father can do through us and the Truth sets us free to be used for all good works!

God prophesied through Ezekiel that He would cause us to walk in His ways and Christ is the power that allows this prophesy to be realized! The power is all with our Father. He knows each one of us and what each one of us needs to be used fully by Him.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

We are a chosen generation and we are a royal priesthood through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! Now is the accepted time and today is the day of our salvation! Through Christ we cannot help but to be blessed.

God Is Made Known By His Fruit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23

I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. John 15:5

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Matthew 7:16

The fruit of our Father is: love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. Now according to Jesus, if we are saved and He abides within us, we will be used by our Father to produce much of His fruit and we will be known by that fruit! Jesus is our Vine and we are now His branches and without Him we can do nothing. The only fruit that we will produce as the branches of Jesus is the fruit that He produces through us! Do we gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? The fruit of Jesus is: love, joy, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. So if we are truly saved and if we are truly the branches of Jesus, then we should absolutely expect that He produces much love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance through us! Because our Father will be made known to the world by His fruit that He produces through us.

It’s our Father within us Who does the works, John 14:10, and the only reason that we can do anything is because of Jesus. So when the world sees fruit being produced through us, what they are actually seeing is God and the world will know Him by His fruit! We are now the branches of the Vine of Christ that bear God’s fruit! Our Father is a God of action and deed and through Christ we serve God with action and Truth. We do this because He is within us, and He is a Being of only action and Truth!

Our Father has never asked man to believe on Him solely by hearing about Him.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 1 Corinthians 2:14  Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the very works' sake. John 14:11

Our Father has demonstrated His presence from the very beginning of time and He never changes, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever! The world will come to know our Father by the fruit that He produces through us. We should expect to have faith directly from God so that we may be used by Him to perform miraculous things. We should expect God to cause us to love regardless of the situation. We should expect God to cause us to be patient, good, gentle, and meek. Greater is He that is within us than he that is in the world!

Our Father's Will For Us Part II

Our Father which art in Heaven, hollowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven! Luke 11:2

Our Father’s will is for us to be one with Him! I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.” John 17:23

Our Father’s will is for us to have peace! And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

Our Father’s will is for us to have joy! These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15:11

Our Father’s will for us is to have love! And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 5:5

Our Father’s will is for us to be victorious! Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Romans 8:37

Our Father’s will is for us to do miraculous things! Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. John 14:12

Our Father’s will is for us to be just like He is! Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17

The next time you pray the Lord’s prayer stop and thank our Father that these scriptures are His will! Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly and today is the day of our salvation and our Father gives us the strength to rejoice and be glad in it! Today is the day that no weapon that has been formed against us will prosper! Today is the day that we can do all things through Christ Who strengthens us! Today is the day that Jesus will never leave us or forsake us! Today is the day that Jesus is Authoring and Finishing our faith, so that we will know beyond any shadow of a doubt that all of these verses are our Father’s will for us! And today is the day that our hope in them will not leave us ashamed! Father Your will be done!

Our Father's Will For Us

Our Father which art in Heaven, hollowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven! Luke 11:2

The awesome Truth that goes right along with the Lord’s Prayer is that our Father's will for us on the earth is as splendid and glorified as His will is for those in Heaven! The most faithful thing that we can ever desire is for our Father’s will to be done in our lives. And the goodness of His will far exceeds anything that we can think of!

Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams] Ephesians 3:20

Our Father's will is for everyone to be saved from the Lake of Fire! For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:3-4

Our Father's will if for us to be blessed! Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Ephesians 1:3 Are our Father’s blessings only for us in In Heavenly places, meaning we must have to wait for them? And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

Our Father's will is for us to be Holy! And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled. In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight: Colossians 1:21-22

Our Father’s will is for us to be glorified! And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: John 17:22

Our Father’s will is for us to be healthy! Who His Own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by Whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:23

Our Father’s will is for us to be perfect! I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me. John 17:23

Our Father’s will is for us to be knowledgeable! That in every thing ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 1 Corinthians 1:5 

We Now Have God's Devine Nature

By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in this world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and becoming sharers (partakers) of the Divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4

Through the power of Christ we have now become sharers of our Father’s Divine Nature. So just as the rottenness and corruption of this world cannot touch our Lord and Savior Jesus, they now cannot touch us who are one with Him! Nothing can corrupt Jesus and we are now members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bone, Ephesians 5:30! Our Father has rescued us from this world and He has allowed us to become one with His Own Nature, it’s our destiny in Christ!

Who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father— Galatians 1:4

These precious and exceedingly great promises are for us right now! We are justified right now, we are glorified right now, our calling is now, and we are now the sons of God, because we are one with God right now!

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. 1 John 3:1-3

Through Christ we have escaped the hatred of this world. Just think about what that really means? When they wanted to stone Jesus, He just walked away from them. When they wanted to throw Him over the cliff, He just walked away. When satan tempted Him, He just told him to leave. When it was time to crucify our Lord, He permitted them to do it. When they wanted to arrest Him, they asked Him who He was, and as He told them, they fell back and to the ground, and He permitted them to get up. Jesus allowed them to do what it is they had to do. And then on the Cross He forgave them all, for they knew not what they had done! Just as our Lord escaped and has escaped all moral decay, corruption, and rottenness, so have we; and we have done it through the free gift of our Fathers Anointing! Now here is the cool part, once He gives His gift of anointing, He never takes it back.

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

Perfect Peace This Day

JUDE, A servant of Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and brother of James, [writes this letter] to those who are called (chosen), dearly loved by God the Father and separated (set apart) and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, [soul] peace, and love be multiplied to you. Jude 1-2

Our Father empowered Jude to understood how that we are able to have peace that passes all understanding in a crazy world. He also showed him why our love is so abundant and it is because we are now kept by Jesus. The Truth for us is that our Lord, Who is our power, never leaves us and He never forsakes us, Hebrews 13:5. Our Father has called us and chosen us to be kept and separated for His Holy use, Galatians 1:15. We are a chosen generation and we are a royal priesthood, 1 Peter 2:9.

We have been given liberty in Christ, even while we are in this world. 

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). 2 Corinthians 3:17 

Our liberty in Christ allows us to have a spirit of peace and joy. We do not have to fear ever loosing our relationship with our Father, Romans 11:29, because we can’t loose it. The perfect love of our Father towards us is the power that drives out all fear from us and this allows us to have abundant peace. Our peace and joy are not products of our works and faith. Our peace and joy are products of our Father’s love being freely bestowed on us. So we don’t ever have to fret about if we are good enough to enjoy perfect peace.

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

The Truth is what sets us free and faith comes from hearing the Truth. And the Truth is that our Father is totally in control of every aspect of our life's. He will never stop being in complete and total control of them and because He is we can enjoy the exact same peace that Jesus has right now. Our Father's love has made us to be exactly like Jesus is right now and so we are able to enjoy everything, including the peace and joy, that Jesus has.

I pray that everyone in Christ comes to know this glorious Truth this day.

We Are Sealed By God Himself

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God’s own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Ephesians 4:30

How long does the Bible teach us that our Father has sealed us for? According to God, He has sealed us with His Holy Spirit until the day of redemption! The Holy Ghost doesn’t seal us for just a moment, or just as long as we act right, no way! Our Father seals us until the day of redemption. We are sealed until the day that Jesus physically returns to the earth! 

Our peace is that we are now new creatures in Christ, who have been sealed with the very Spirit of God, 2 Corinthians 5;17! We have been made one with the very Anointing of God and we are now the Temples of God, 1 Corinthians 6:19. How awesome are these Truths? The Truth set us free and faith comes by us hearing these Truths, John 8:32! These Truths will set us free from fear, from sickness, from doubt, and from sin! 

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:11 

The Mind of Christ that we have been given allows us to know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that we are now alive unto God, just as Jesus is alive unto God! We have been baptized with Christ and we have put on Christ! We are one with Him right now. We are not one with Who He was, we are one with Who He is! 

And now O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine Own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was. John 17:5 

Jesus has been raised from the dead, death has no more dominion over Him, and He now has the complete and full glory of God. This is Who we are now one with! So Just as Jesus is sealed from attack, so are we! Just as Jesus is sealed from sickness, so are we! Just as Jesus is sealed from all of the ills of the world, so are we! We have been sealed with the exact same Spirit of God that Jesus our Lord and Savior has been sealed with! 

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27 

Through Christ our Father has given us all things that pertain unto life and unto godliness!

Our Father's Day

[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. 1 Corinthians 1:27

There is a lot wrong in the world today, but then again there has always been a lot wrong in the world. 

For this world’s wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity) with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their [own] craftiness; 1 Corinthians 3:19

The world is foolish. Governments are foolish. Politicians are foolish. Courts are foolish. Wall Street is foolish. Most of religion is foolish. The news is foolish. Entertainment is foolish. Actors are foolish. But that is exactly how our Father made it all to be. The world trusts in all of these foolish things, but we, who are Jesus’ Bride, know that none of the things of the world produces fruit.

And as for what fell among the thorns, these are [the people] who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked and suffocated with the anxieties and cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not ripen (come to maturity and perfection). Luke 8:14

So right now as everything seems so wrong, it is actually right. It is right because our Father uses these foolish times to make His power known. 

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

[This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men. 1 Corinthians 1:25

So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength). 2 Corinthians 12:10

So to all of the father’s out there, on this Father’s Day, rejoice that it seems that the world is going crazy! This is our Father’s time to show His power and majesty through us. The more things look bad, the better they are for us. The worse the world gets, the stronger our Father becomes in us and the greater and more peaceful our lives become. 

Happy Father’s Day. 

What's It Mean To Be Saved

Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching, 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. Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. John 17:20-24

I will be honest I love John 17, it is my absolute favorite chapter in the Bible. John 17 just teaches us so much as to why Jesus came and did what He did for us. Several years ago our Father had me begin to ask the question, what is salvation? He had me ask believers, non-believers, and preachers what their definition of salvation was. To my surprise most struggled with a specific definition of what it means to be saved. Mainly I was told that it meant to go to Heaven. After several weeks of asking the question, our Father then asked me, do you see why I had you ask?

John 17 tells us plainly what salvation is. Salvation is us becoming one with our Father through Jesus Christ. To be saved means that we are perfectly united with God. It is just that simple. The glory that Jesus has, we now have. It is all a gift. It is all undeserved, yet it is all freely bestowed on us who have been called and chosen by God to be given it. We do not choose our Father, He chooses us. Then He uses us to serve the world and to show them that He loves them.

A benefit of salvation is that we will spend eternity as one with our Father, but salvation means being perfectly united with Him through our Lord and Savior Jesus.

Our Father Isn't Condemning Us

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:1

Have 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. For whatever reason they have not been empowered by the Holy Spirit to allow our Father to indwell them and they are trying to earn their relationship with God through works, Galatians 3:3. The Truth is that they never will be able to either! My kids, Kennedy and Lauren, never could do anything to become my kids; Beth and I had to birth them. Without me they would not be, they have fellowship with me, because Beth and I are their parents. They are built upon the foundation of Beth and I! It’s exactly the same way with God; we are not earning our fellowship and our unity with our Father, because it has just been given to us. Its our birth right, John 1:13. Our Father birthed us, He chose to have us, and we have been born again of His seed, 1 Peter 1:23. 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, Ephesians 5:30! 

Now as children we will grow, but as with 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, because we are from His seed, James 3:11. 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 our Father done with us? God has not only birthed us, He now indwells us, so that we will never be apart from Him, Hebrews 13:5. Our Father has sealed us with His very Spirit, Ephesians 4:30, and He ever lives to intercede for us, Hebrews 7:25. Unlike with human parents and kids, we are never left alone; we are constantly in fellowship with our Father. Never does satan or evil have an opportunity to grab us because we are separated, we are now the Holy Habitation of God, we are His friends, and we are His kids! Satan can only do to us what he can do to God and that is nothing! 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 and we are now one with it. Our Father is love, and through Christ we are now one with it. So how can we be anything but love? Perfect Love where we came from, it’s what we are one with. And of course we are holy, because our Father, the One Who sanctifies us, is Holy, and we are one with Him!

Our Bodies Have Been Destroyed, So That We Can Be Used

We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin. Romans 6:6

Our Father has given us the Mind of Christ and His Mind tells is that we can have no confidence in our flesh, 1 Corinthians 2:16. The Mind of Christ shows us that through Him our flesh has been destroyed! We have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless we live, yet it is not us who lives, it is Christ within us, Galatians 2:20! 

Think of it, if you are in a battle and the soldier beside you is killed, would you put any confidence in His ability to protect you? Absolutely not, and that is how it is with us, we have no confidence in our flesh, because our flesh is as dead as dead can be. Our flesh has no ability to do anything that would earn us right standing with God! Through our Father’s power working in us we now put our trust in the Bright and Shinning Star that is Jesus. He is alive, He is brilliant, and He is with us, He is in us, and He is One with us! This is where our confidence lies, this is the wisdom and knowledge that fills the new mind and heart that our Father has given us! Our minds now look towards the Truth and they do not stumble over it! We have confidence because we have been fully equipped, so that we can be the very vessels of honor that our Father desires to work through!

Our Father now has millions of born again believers, all united and one in Christ, that can be used by Him just like Jesus was used. We are truly an army of one! These mortal bodies of ours have been quickened and made alive together with Christ, because we are born again from the very Incorruptible Seed of God. 

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Ephesians 2:5 

We are now the very tools that God works through on this earth! And since we have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to give ourselves up for God, He has raised us up together and we have been seated together with Jesus our Savior. 

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6-7 Faith comes from hearing the Word, and the Truth of God’s Word sets us free!

Righteousness is ours, it’s ours because Jesus gave it to us. Our Lord gave us His very own righteousness. Righteousness allows our Father to be with us and righteousness allows God to work through us! The works that our Father does through us do not make us righteous; Jesus makes us righteous! This is the freedom of salvation, and our Father would that we all have it!

Never Be Ashamed

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. Philippians 1:20

It should be our earnest expectation and hope that we will never be ashamed in anything! The question though, is that too lofty a goal? Should we ever dare to hope for such greatness? Well, the glorious Truth for us is that it is not too much to hope for. We can hope for such greatness because our Father has this hope for us as well and to insure that we aren't ashamed in anything, our Father did something about it!

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:3

To insure that we can have such powerful hopes and dreams our Father has given us His very Own Spirit. He has given us the exact same Spirit that He has given to Jesus. Now because we do have God’s Spirit, we are filled with all joy in the peace of knowing His Truth, just as Jesus has peace in our Father’s Truth. The Holy Spirit that we have been given causes us to abound in hope, we can’t help it! Through the Spirit of God we are able to have boldness that Christ is going to be magnified through our lives in everything! We are able to have the same boldness that our Father has and we are able to know beyond any shadow of a doubt that Jesus is not just going to be magnified, but that He is also going to be glorified through us.

Our Father knows the beginning and the end. He knows what is going to be and we now have His peace and joy regarding it! God knows that He is never going to be ashamed and He knows that He is in us, that we are now His Temple, and His body. So amen, if our Father is never going to be ashamed, and through Christ we are now one with Him, then we will never be ashamed! The great Truth that we are shown in Philippians is that we aren't going to be used by the Holy Spirit to just don’t talk about Jesus; we are going to be used to magnify and glorify Jesus! Our Father has given us the peace and joy of His faith, which knows beyond any shadow of a doubt that He is going to use us to magnify His chosen Savior and our Lord Jesus Christ!

All [things that are] Mine are Yours, and all [things that are] Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them. [They have done Me honor; in them My glory is achieved.]. John 17:10

So whether we think that something is a blessing or a curse, our Father causes Jesus to be glorified and magnified through us. Whether we think that we were right or that we were wrong, our Father will cause Jesus to be magnified and glorified through us. Our Father never is ashamed of us, because He always, regardless of what it is, causes us to triumph in Christ. The Truth sets us free; through Christ we are now free from all self condemnation!

We Can't Help But 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 now absolutely no condemnation in Christ, Romans 8:1, and there is also absolutely no boasting in Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:29. Now here is the ultimate glorious Truth: 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 on Him. We all mess up. We cannot help it, because our Father made us that way. He made us this 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 lives. Here is what is so awesome, our Father even operates in the lives of those who don’t acknowledge Him or believe in Him.

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

The Truth is that our Father controls everything, He has too. He has too, because nothing can be that He doesn’t bring into existence and control. Our Father is everything; He is the Alpha and the Omega, He is the Beginning and the End. 

Christ Directly Connects Us To Our Father

But what does it say? The Word (God’s message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach.  Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation. The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed. Romans 10:8-11

A-men, we don’t have to go up to Heaven and get Jesus to come down here to the earth to help us! We don’t have to bombard the Gates of Heaven with our prayers to get our Father's attention! Our salvation through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, gives us direct access and unity with our Father 100% of the time. We are never left alone or forsaken. Now Jesus hasn’t just given us access to God either; He has made us one with Him, just as He is One with Him! We are now members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bone, Ephesians 5:30. We are now the Holy habitation of God Himself. God’s righteousness cries out from within us that He is always with us. The Spirit tells us that God is in our hearts, that we now have His Spirit, that we have the mind of His Anointing, that He is our Father, and that we are now one with Him here on this earth, 1 John 4:17!

“And because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then a heir of God through Christ.” Galatians 4:6-7

The Holy Spirit will cause our conversation to reflect these absolute Truth’s! There is never a situation, good or bad, when we are separated from our Father. And out of the abundance of our hearts our mouths will speak, Luke 6:45! Our hearts are now filled with God Himself and the Truth’s that He has filled us with, will set forth His righteous works in our lives! We are a glorious church without spot, wrinkle, or blemish and greater is He that is in us than anything that is in the world, 1 John 4:4! Through the power of the Holy Spirit we are strengthened to talk and act like it!

We Are Baptized With And Forever One With Christ

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith. For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ. There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26-28

The Greek word that we translate baptized from is baptizo. The best way to explain what baptizo means is to use an example of a cucumber becoming a pickle. To make a pickle a cucumber is submerged into the pickling spices and the cucumber is forever changed. It will still look like a cucumber, yet the cucumber has taken on the characteristics of the spices and it even has the pickling spices through it. The cucumber can never go back to being a cucumber; it has been forever changed into a pickle. 

This is how we are now in Christ, our old man has passed away, and behold the new man, created in God’s image, a partaker of His Divine Nature, has been born, 2 Peter 1:4. We may physically look like our old selves, but we now have Christ in us, on us, through us, and we are now one with Christ, we can never go back. 

I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me. John 17:23 

We have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless we live, yet it is not us who lives, it is Christ in us Who lives, Galatians 2:20. Praise God, we need to say this Truth out loud daily! “We are new creatures in Christ, we have been dressed with Christ, old things are passed away for us, and behold all things have become new for us.” 

Thank God we have been baptized into Christ and we have put on Christ, and A-men, we are now one with Christ, sealed by the Holy Spirit of God, and we cannot go back! 

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Ephesians 1:13

We Are Now In God's Light

And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way]. 1 John 1:5

A-men, we are now one with Jesus and He has always been and will forever be One with God, Who is the Light. We are no longer darkness, because the Light of our Father has driven out the darkness that was within us. We have now been glorified with Christ, John 17:22. All old things have passed away for us and now all things are new, 2 Corinthians 5:17. We now are eternally united with a new Spirit, which is God’s Holy Spirit. 

And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be My people, and I will be your God. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses, and I will call forth the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine on you. Ezekiel 36:27-29

With our new Spirit we also have a new heart. 

A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 

Our Father doesn’t stop with just giving us new hearts and new spirits, He has also given us a new mind. 

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 

Now here is the one that goes against what most of us think, He has also given us a new body. 

For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. Ephesians 5:30 

The Truth that completely sets us free is that we are completely new creatures in Christ, new in spirit, soul, and body! Salvation is far more reaching than most of us give it credit for. But the Truth will set us free, and the Truth is that the Light of our Father has driven out the darkness that was in us. Faith comes for us by hearing the Word of our Father.