"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost: Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;” Titus 3:5-6
God has given us the Holy Ghost abundantly! We are now heirs with Jesus, we are now saved, we are now God’s children, we are now perfect, we are now pure, we are now sanctified, we are now holy, and we can go on and on. Salvation is awesome; remember I asked at the beginning of our studies why should we want to be saved? Do you now see why salvation is so great, not only for tomorrow, but for today? We all talk about Jesus, and we should, we absolutely should praise Him, glorify Him, thank Him, worship and honor Him, it’s all because of Him. But when we think of His absolute glory and power, we have to remember that He gave us all of it and has made us one with it as well. Jesus held nothing back from us; we have the complete fullness of God just as He does. We are one with Him, and the only reason we are alive is because He is alive within us. It can be no other way; we are what Jesus is. We are born of the same seed, we are anointed with the same anointing, we have the same Spirit, and praise God we are heirs with Him! He is our Vine that produces much fruit through us!
We cannot candy coat this. People are hurting, they are scared, confused, sick, angry, and they need to know that God is ready, willing, and able to do all of these things for them. Religion is not working! To often we shy away from talking about the Holy Ghost being one with us. It sounds to far-fetched. We think we need to be cautious, if we talk like this people may be turned off. My God they need to hear it, they don't need some watered down version of salvation, they need to hear it as God's Word proclaims it!
What will do more damage, telling it like God tells it or candy coating the message, giving just enough Truth to tickle the ear? God says that He will spit the lukewarm ones out of His mouth, Revelation 3:15. Look how Jesus talked to the people, they did not have the Holy Ghost, and they had never seen or heard anything like what He was saying. Jesus never candy coated it; they wanted to throw Him over a cliff for what He was teaching. So why is there now so much concern over running people off with the absolute Truth? Wolves in sheep’s clothing, having a form of godliness, but denying the power of it, ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of the Truth is why!
Religion has failed, God has not, so talk as our Father talks, His Word is alive within us! God’s Word will not fall void to the earth. Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word will still be, so if He said we are justified it’s so. If God said perfect, preserved, heirs, glorified, and sanctified, regardless of what we think, these verses are fact. We can either be humble and accept the awesome glories that God has freely bestowed on us and allow Jesus to Author and Finish the faith in us to walk in them or we can be arrogant and deny them, in a self-condemning humility trying to raise God up by focusing on our own human frailties, either way we go these Truth’s will stand!
"For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren." Hebrews 2:11
God has given us the Holy Ghost abundantly! We are now heirs with Jesus, we are now saved, we are now God’s children, we are now perfect, we are now pure, we are now sanctified, we are now holy, and we can go on and on. Salvation is awesome; remember I asked at the beginning of our studies why should we want to be saved? Do you now see why salvation is so great, not only for tomorrow, but for today? We all talk about Jesus, and we should, we absolutely should praise Him, glorify Him, thank Him, worship and honor Him, it’s all because of Him. But when we think of His absolute glory and power, we have to remember that He gave us all of it and has made us one with it as well. Jesus held nothing back from us; we have the complete fullness of God just as He does. We are one with Him, and the only reason we are alive is because He is alive within us. It can be no other way; we are what Jesus is. We are born of the same seed, we are anointed with the same anointing, we have the same Spirit, and praise God we are heirs with Him! He is our Vine that produces much fruit through us!
We cannot candy coat this. People are hurting, they are scared, confused, sick, angry, and they need to know that God is ready, willing, and able to do all of these things for them. Religion is not working! To often we shy away from talking about the Holy Ghost being one with us. It sounds to far-fetched. We think we need to be cautious, if we talk like this people may be turned off. My God they need to hear it, they don't need some watered down version of salvation, they need to hear it as God's Word proclaims it!
What will do more damage, telling it like God tells it or candy coating the message, giving just enough Truth to tickle the ear? God says that He will spit the lukewarm ones out of His mouth, Revelation 3:15. Look how Jesus talked to the people, they did not have the Holy Ghost, and they had never seen or heard anything like what He was saying. Jesus never candy coated it; they wanted to throw Him over a cliff for what He was teaching. So why is there now so much concern over running people off with the absolute Truth? Wolves in sheep’s clothing, having a form of godliness, but denying the power of it, ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of the Truth is why!
Religion has failed, God has not, so talk as our Father talks, His Word is alive within us! God’s Word will not fall void to the earth. Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word will still be, so if He said we are justified it’s so. If God said perfect, preserved, heirs, glorified, and sanctified, regardless of what we think, these verses are fact. We can either be humble and accept the awesome glories that God has freely bestowed on us and allow Jesus to Author and Finish the faith in us to walk in them or we can be arrogant and deny them, in a self-condemning humility trying to raise God up by focusing on our own human frailties, either way we go these Truth’s will stand!
"For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren." Hebrews 2:11
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