Thursday, March 29, 2012

Revelation 1:4


4 John to the seven assemblies (churches) that are in Asia: May grace (God's unmerited favor) be granted to you and spiritual peace (the peace of Christ's kingdom) from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] before His throne,  
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord-- Isaiah 11:2
The Seven Spirits of the Lord is an explanation of all that our Father’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit, does for us. John tells us that the Seven fold Spirit is before our Father’s Throne. He tells us that the Seven Fold Spirit is before the Throne to show us that our Father is serving us and empowering us even while we are on this earth. The Spirit is before the Throne not in the Throne, thus indicating that it is serving the children of God. The Holy Spirit is wise and He causes us to be wise as well. The Holy Spirit is understanding, He saved us when we were lost.  The Holy Spirit counsels us, He teaches us all things. Our Father is mighty, and so is His Spirit, and the Holy Spirit causes us to be more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us. Our Father’s Spirit is greater in us than anything that is in this world. Our Father is knowledgeable, He knows why everything is and where it is going, and Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to show us plainly all things to come. The Holy Spirit causes us to be reverent towards our Father. He causes us to be deeply respectful of our Father. Then finally the Holy Spirit causes us to obey our Father. He causes us to walk in our Fathers statutes and He causes us to keep our Father’s judgments. 
For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. 1 Corinthians 2:26
So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. Romans 8:26
But you have been anointed by [you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from] the Holy One, and you all know [the Truth] or you know all things. 1 John 2:20
Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. Romans 8:37
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. Ezekiel 36:27
It is very important to understand that before Jesus tells us about the end of the world, He first tells us that we have the full power of our Father within us. Jesus is telling us that we will never be left by our Father or forsaken by Him. Regardless of what is to come, the Bride is fully empowered just as the Groom is fully empowered. As Jesus is, so are we, even while we are in this word, 1 John 4:17. So before we are shown the wars, the diseases, the death, and the destruction of the end of the world, we are shown our Father’s power ever living in and for us.

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