Matthew Chapter 3
13: Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan
to John, to be baptized by him.
John would have prevented him, saying,
“I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now,
for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”
Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized,
immediately he went up from the water,
and behold, the heavens were opened to him,
and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
and behold, a voice from heaven said,
“This is my beloved Son,
with whom I am well pleased.”
As I was meditating these words the voice of my Father came to me and told me to share with you the following words:
Don't you see my heart my beloved? Just as I love my son Jesus so do I love you. You are in him and he is in you and you are all in us if you believe. I need you to know these two things.
You are my beloved children, and I am well pleased with you.
Do you notice that I felt this way about Jesus before he began his ministry? These words came before the mighty works, before the great sermons. Before the cross and resurrection.
You must awaken to my love my children. You must know that you are loved and were loved long before you were born. You have been in my heart for eternity and my love for you is not based on your performance but is based on the fact that you are my children and you are much loved because of who you are to me.
I told you in Ephesians that I chose you before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in Christ. So we need to settle this once and for all time. You are loved and are pleasing in my sight because you are in my son. Now you must let that change you. If that revelation was enough to change Jesus, it was enough to change you.
For most of my children your identity has been stolen by religious theories from people who don't understand the finality of my son's cross regarding sin. They don't realize the sin question was answered at the cross and now the question is "now that your sins are forgiven why don't you accept it and be born from above?
So now that you know that you are forgiven and loved and are my child how are you going to live? Who are you? Are you going to continue to live in the bondage of a mindset that tells you that you are a rotten sinner barely getting by because of my grace? Or are you going to live in the truth that you are my righteousness in Christ and holy and blameless and full of my glory on the inside? You are not a sinner saved by grace. That is who you were. You are my child and a saint because of your faith in the life and the blood of my son and you are dead to sin and alive unto me.
So let me warn you. Jesus realized his identity and my love for him and then he was tempted to prove who he was in the wilderness. He didn't fall for it. My word telling him who he was was enough proof for him. He didn't have to prove anything to the devil. After he overcame the temptation to use my power for his own gain then he was empowered by my Spirit to do wonders and miracles.
You have nothing to prove to the enemy either. So don't be tempted when others tell you to do things to prove who you are in me. Yes you will see miracles and signs and wonders just as Jesus did but these are not to prove who you are. They are acts of love shown towards others. You are to be known by the love you have toward each other and by the fruit you will bear because I live inside you.
Did you also see in the scriptures I gave you that this word of identity and of love enabled Holy Spirit to rest upon Jesus? If you believe in me and then you are in Christ and Holy Spirit rests upon you and in you. Your spirits are sealed with Holy Spirit as I told you in my book. You are one spirit with us and inseparable from us. Don't let religion tell you any thing different. It's that word of condemnation that blinds you so that you can't see that we are always present with you.
I loved you so much that I made your heart my home and dwell there joyfully. You are my temple. My glorious dwelling place. Oh my beloved, don't you see me? I am right here inside you. Why do you worry? Why do you fear? Awaken to my perfect love for you and no fear will ever trouble you again.
So now awaken, yes you, the one reading these words. Yes I am speaking to you. Awaken to my love for you. Let that be the basis of our relationship. It's not based on your performance whether good or bad. It's based on two things. You are the child of my love and I am pleased with you because you are mine.
Those of you with children you understand this don't you? You don't just love your children when they are behaving the way you think they should. Your love for them doesn't rise and fall. It's constant. You want them to live in holiness for their sake not yours. It's the same with me. That's why we provided salvation so that you could never be separated from us.
Don't let anyone separate you from this truth. You are loved and accepted and holy in my sight. Now live from that foundation. Don't think I'm angry when you fail. I'm not. I am forever patient with you and am gently persuading you to see yourself as I see you.
When you have the same revelation of yourself that I have of you then all these other problems will fall way. If you see yourself as just a sinner you will constantly fall back to that position. If you see yourself as holy and righteous you will rise to that position. As a man thinks in his heart so is he. If you believe your are holy and righteous you will become on the outside what you already are on the inside. Inside you are holy and powerful and righteous and full of life and light.
This is why I told you to "work out" your salvation with fear and trembling. All that you need to overcome any problem in life is already inside you in your identity. If you would really look at who lives inside you you would tremble at the awesomeness of my son who dwells in you. My glory is so great inside you and all you need to do is work that towards the outside by acting on the truth of who you are in me and who I am in you.
I already gave you all things that pertain to life and Godliness so my answer is not in heaven above, it's in the heaven inside you. Jesus told you he is the door, he is the way, he is the truth and the life and he lives inside you. So don't look for me in the heavens above, Don't look for me in the earth below. Look for me right here inside you, where I dwell in great joy because you opened the door and let me in and we came and made our abode with you.
Rest in my love for you my beloved and don't be afraid. Yes there are troublesome times in the earth but heaven is inside you. Soon the heaven inside you will overcome the trouble on the outside and the world outside will become like the heaven inside. I am your heaven and you are mine. I dwell in you and you dwell in me. See yourself as my heaven and you will be filled with my peace. I love you my children.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael
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