Becoming Love Part Two: Love is the Secret Place

      

     Thank you for taking time to read these words.

 Please take the time to read part one of this series about becoming 

love. Let's journey together for an adventure into the 

scriptures. Shall we begin by reading the words of someone who 

had an experience in God's love? Lets begin in First John chapter 4.

     

7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

     Love is of God and everyone that loves is born of God. The true test of knowing whether or not we are born again and we truly know God is whether or not we love each other. It’s not by great acts of faith or miracles or signs and wonders. Although these are signs of God among us, if they are really of God they are born out of the love we have for each other and not for any other purpose.

8. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

     This is pretty simple, if you are not in love you are not in God.

9. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

     This is the manifestation of our Father’s love. The proof that he loves you is not if all your circumstances are perfect and your life is wonderful. The proof that you are loved by our Father is the truth that Jesus was sent into the world as an act of Father’s love for us. 

There was a bloody cross and there is an empty tomb to prove how

much you are loved.

10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

     We didn't start love. Father loved us so much that he sent his only Son into the world to save us. Let this sink into your heart. The God who owns heaven and earth loves you so much that he gave all that he had to win your love. His love for us in beyond imagination. He loves us and as we meditate on that love and really consider what he paid to get us then we become filled with that same love towards others. It means we will show his love to others even if it costs us our lives. That is what he was saying in verse eleven. We should love each other with the same love that he has for us.

12. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

     It is impossible to see God without looking through the eyes of love. We can clearly see him through the acts of love towards each other. Jesus says it was the Father in him that does the work. The same can be said about us and every act of love is a picture of our loving heavenly Father and his love for us.

13. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

     We know we dwell in him because he has given us his Spirit. That same Spirit of Love that is God, and lives in God, lives in us also, as we partake of his love and love each other. The Holy Spirit was given to us to teach us how much we are loved and how to love each other. Jesus told us that the Holy Spirit would come and lead us into all truth. That truth is that Father loved the world so much he gave his only Son that whosoever believes in him would not perish but have everlasting life. Holy Spirit came to reveal the truth of Father’s love for us so that we would love each other the same way we are loved.

14. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

     We know that Father sent Jesus to save the whole world. It should be obvious to us that he loves and wants to save everyone and we should see those who are lost with the same loving eyes he looks at them with. If it’s his heart to save the world then that should be the cry of our heart also. If we love others as he does then we won’t cry out for judgement but for mercy for all the people of the world. Love wants salvation and not destruction. Let’s pray for the salvation of the world and not for its destruction.

15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

      Whoever confesses that Jesus is the son of God becomes God’s home and God becomes his home. Since we are speaking in the context of love this is not just an acknowledgement that Jesus is God’s son. This is a confession from a loving heart that Jesus is God’s son. This is coming to an understanding that everything the Father said about him is true. He is the savior of the world and there is no other. 

     There is one way, one truth and one life and no one comes to the Father any other way. Which means that Jesus is the only way to be adopted into the family of God. No one comes to know God as Father except by him. Others may know him as God but only Jesus can bring you to a relationship with him as Father.

16. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

     We have known and believed. This is a two part process. We have known and believed means that we have not only believed that God loves us but we have experienced that love first hand. The more we put our whole lives into this dwelling place called love the more we become God’s home and he becomes ours. We can learn to live in love and in God and are secure in him. This is the secret place spoken of in Psalm 91. While we are here let’s look at that promise of love.

Psalm 91

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:

my God; in him will I trust.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,

and from the noisome pestilence.

He shall cover thee with his feathers,

and under his wings shalt thou trust:

his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;

nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;

nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

A thousand shall fall at thy side,

and ten thousand at thy right hand;

but it shall not come nigh thee.

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold

and see the reward of the wicked.

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,

even the most High, thy habitation;

There shall no evil befall thee,

neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee,

to keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee up in their hands,

lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:

the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Because he hath set his love upon me,

therefore will I deliver him:

I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:

I will be with him in trouble;

I will deliver him, and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him,

and shew him my salvation.


     Love is the secret place he was speaking about. There is a depth of God’s love that will keep us from all harm and evil. We must choose to make this place our home. We must choose to abide in this place of love to be safe.

     We can clearly hear two voices in this psalm singing to each other. The voice of the Psalmist and the voice of the Lord. In the first part we hear the Psalmist speaking of Father’s protection as he speaks and says “I will say of the Lord, He is my fortress…”  In all these verses he is speaking out loud to his own soul about the protection of the Lord. He is speaking these things to encourage himself. We know also he was speaking prophetically of Jesus but as he finishes speaking to his soul the Lord speaks through him. The Lord answers back and says:

Because he hath set his love upon me,

Therefore will I deliver him:

I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:

I will be with him in trouble;

I will deliver him, and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him,

and shew him my salvation.

     By knowing Father’s great love and abiding in that love we are moving into the secret place of God. All this protection was given because the psalmist set his love upon the Lord. How did he do that? He began proclaiming all the good things that God is and how much he is loved. He was thinking about how that the Lord is his protection and began to sing out praises to God for his protection. Isn't it just like our Father to protect us with a love song and not a sword?

     We can learn to abide in this great place of safety if we will believe in the true message of his love.

     Now back to our study of the words of John.

17. 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.
     

     What an amazing promise! We don’t have to fear judgment day. We are protected by his love and our sins are forgiven. Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation and your old man was crucified with Christ and you have already been judged. Our sins are washed away and we will have boldness in the day of judgement not because of our own righteousness but because of his blood.

     As he is so are we in this world. We are loved by our Father just as much as he loves Jesus. Because of what Jesus did for us we are just as righteous as he is. Dwelling in the love of God makes our love mature or perfect and we understand it was his plan all along to save us and not our own. He is our salvation.

18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

     This is how we know if we are perfected in love. If we have any fear we still need to grow into his love. Perfect love casts out fear. His perfect love will drive all fear from us so that we can rest in his love. Once we fully understand how much he loves us we have nothing more to fear. Our sins are washed away by his blood and there is nothing but love flowing from our Father. He loves us and sees us just as he sees Jesus because we are in him.

19. We love him, because he first loved us.
     

     The very love we love him with came from him. He loves us first and as we receive that love we can love him also and can love each other because we are loved.

     We were lost and while we were still sinners he loved us and gave himself for us. His love for us was so great that he could not let sin stand between us. He is holy and without sin and we were sinners. Sin was stopping us from having a loving relationship with him. He became one of us and even became sin on the cross so that sin could no longer separate us from himself.

     He destroyed sin by his love for us. The more we give in to that love the more sin loses its grip in our lives because we keep his commandments from a heart of love and not out of obligation. 

     Think about this. Would you rather have your spouse be true to you because they have an obligation to or because they love you? Would you rather have your children obey you because they have to or because they love you and want to do good because of that love? The why really does matter. Jesus is love and he came to show us how to love each other. 

20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

     This is the proof that God’s love dwells in us. Once we accept God’s love and find that he loves us without limits and we taste of his love and forgiveness then it naturally reproduces love in our lives towards others. If we hate our brothers and sisters it is because we haven’t received God’s love and haven't completely given ourselves to him and his love. Once we fall in love with him we fall in love with all those who are loved by him. If we love him we love all those he loves. Even if they seem to be unlovable.

21. And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
     

     Isn't it amazing that God poured out his love for us by pouring out the blood of his only begotten son? He took our sins, sicknesses and torments and saved us from everlasting destruction. A holy God became sin to take away our sins and suffered the punishment of the sins of the whole world and all he asks in return is that we love each other?

     I ask, no I beg of you my brothers and sisters in Christ. Let’s put away our differences and love each other. Let’s judge each other with the same love and mercy we received from our Lord and let’s put away the divisions between us.

     How about we abide in that secret place of love and love each other as we are loved? Why don’t we meditate on his great love for us and begin to love each other and be kind to each other? Yes there are differences in what we believe but not in who we believe in.

     Let all of us who are born again put aside the small doctrinal differences and love each other unconditionally. Why don’t we all stop criticizing each other and practice loving each other as we are loved? Even better, why don’t we stop trying to love and become love?

     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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Becoming Love Part One

     While praying and writing today Father's voice came to me and said:

     My son, speak to my loved ones and tell them that it’s time to walk in a new hope and new faith and it’s time to not just love but it’s time to become love. I am love and it is the substance I am made of. Yes love is a substance just as faith is a substance and hope is a substance. I told you in scripture that faith it the substance of the things you are hoping for. In other words when you are hoping for something then I take a substance called faith and build it for you.

     It’s the same with love. Love is my substance. It is the purest substance that ever was or will be. The outward acts of love and kindness you see are just that substance flowing from me and becoming other things. The act of kindness that is shown to someone is that substance called love creating a pathway and an action to express itself. All the good things you have seen or will ever see are just expressions of me for I am love.

     I know these things may be hard for you to understand but if you will think on these things then the very love itself will create a thought to explain it to you. This is how meditation works. As you give your time and thought to my love then my love flows into your thoughts and reveals truth to you.

    As you think on these things you will become more like me because I will fill you with the same substance that I am made of. When I made you in my image I made you with the same substance I am made of.  Your spirit is made of this material and now I long to fill your souls and minds with the same substance. This is a spiritual substance that is far above any realm or physical dimension. It is my plan to fill all of creation with this substance until all dimensions including the physical universe are full of the truth of my love.

     So how do you become love? It is really simple. Thanksgiving is one key that opens a door to this. When you begin to meditate on how much you are loved and think about all the things that love has provided for you such as salvation, everlasting life, healing, deliverance, blessings of friends and family, clothes, houses and all other gifts then you open the door to your spirit to all that I am and all that love is. This is why thanksgiving and worship are so important. These things are not for me. They are the valves that open the flow of my love and blessing into your natural world.

     The opposite is also true. When you meditate on negative things you open doors of your spirit to darkness and destruction. This is why the world is full of images and things that draw your focus onto them so they can open the door of your subconscious and control you from the dark side. This is where the war between light and dark is being fought. You will make room for whatever you focus your attention on and those things you meditate on will flow into your life.

     Think about this. Wars and destruction are in people’s hearts and thoughts before they are acted upon in the natural world. Some people’s souls are completely polluted and acts of anger seem to occur naturally. This is why I told you in scripture to keep your eye full of light and your whole body would be full of light. My love for you is the light that I want you to focus on.

     Focusing on my love causes you to be full of my love and that love will naturally flow out to others. Do you remember what I told you in scripture? “This is love, not that we loved God but that God loved us.” Focusing on my love fills you with that same substance and it will flow into you until you are overflowing and then seek ways to flow out of you to others. Love is extremely contagious.

     Jesus said “I am the vine and you are the branches.” This is how love flows. Love is to the Spirit realm like blood is to the natural realm. There are two types of blood in the spirit realm. There is love and there is darkness. 

     When Jesus died on the cross he poured out his natural blood and also poured out more love than the earth had ever seen. When he presented his blood on the altar of heaven which blood was it? His natural blood was spilled on the earth? So what was the blood he brought into heaven? 

     Through his act of love all of history was changed in the physical world and the spiritual world. He put away sin once and for all. He reconciled all things back unto me but it takes faith in his act of love for that substance to cause you to be reborn into his image. Receiving him and his sacrifice opens your spirit and soul to the love that causes all things to become new. All receive forgiveness but not all receive his blood and become born of the spiritual blood.

     As you take time to think on these things more will be revealed to you and you will see how the physical body represents the spiritual body. The spiritual is so far advanced above the physical but the physical body represents what happens in the heavenly realm.

     Jesus, the lamb was slain before the foundation of the world but the physical representation of that spiritual act didn't appear until thousands of years later. All things in the earth are like a movie portraying what happened in the war in heaven. This will be revealed in its time but the most important thing to focus on is love. Remember that focusing on how much you are loved opens your spiritual veins to receive a transfusion of my love that will change you from the inside out.

     I am conforming you into the image of Christ and love is the substance I am making you out of. In the heavenly realm parts can be broken down into much smaller bits than you can see on earth. On earth you can look at atoms and protons and electrons and neutrons, but in the heavenly realm these bits of matter can be broken down into much smaller substances and at the center of it all is the substance called love. If you disassembled me down to three particles they would be faith, hope and love. The greatest of these is love for without love faith and hope are useless.

     So my beloved will you open your heart and your minds and let me fill you with light and love and make you into the image of that love? Will you meditate day and night on my great love for you and let me write my love laws on your heart and in your mind? Will you let my love cleanse you and heal you and make you into the mirror image of me? Will you become love with me?

     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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One

     Thanks again to all of you who read these words and for your kind comments you send me on email. I love you each and every one and I am so thankful that we share this journey of faith together. 

     As I was praying to day I asked Father what correction was needed in my life and did he have any words to share with my loved ones. He gave me the following words and I hope you are blessed by them also.

     My children, look deep into my presence. Feel my great love for you and my hunger for your attention. Look with your heart and not your eyes. Take a moment and open your heart to me. It takes time to focus on me and to take your mind off the world. Find a quiet place and let everything else wait. I want quality time with you as well as quantity.

     I have many things to teach you but these things take time and so many of my children don’t really spend time with me. Yes they throw up a prayer or sing a song but they don’t set aside time to worship me with their time. Worship is more than a song or a quoted verse it is spending time connecting your heart to mine.

     The church has taught so many people that you can just squeeze me in to whatever you are doing but that is not quality time. Try that with your spouse and your marriage goes bad quickly. Yes you can spend time with your spouse while doing the dishes or doing paperwork or watching TV, but is that the same as one on one time just conversing? Isn't it better when you put everything else aside and spend time together alone? 

     Did you learn to read and write and get your education by just thinking about school or did you have to spend time with your teacher in class? Did you learn how to do your job just by thinking about it while doing something else or did you have to spend time working at your profession?

     Please my beloved ones, take time to prioritize each of your lives and put aside some of the things that are not necessary to your destiny. I know you are busy but your lives are being wasted on things and not on my plan. I know each of you have things that must be done, but things are out of order and I love you too much to see your lives wasted. I want you to finish your course and get your rewards because of my great love for you. I want each of you to win your race. 

     The gifting the church is looking for comes from intimacy with me and that doesn't happen while your million mile an hour life is buzzing by and you try to fit me in between phone calls. I am a jealous God and I want my time with my children. I treasure every second of time that you set aside to visit with me. 

     Please take time to shut some things down and come to me in the secret place for instruction. This is for your benefit because there are things that I am doing in the earth that are particular to your time that haven’t been released before. There are revelations that are necessary for your calling but these things don’t just happen. These things are an effect of my presence and my glory flowing through each of you to accomplish my purpose and your destiny. 

     Everyone wants the power the early church had but no one wants to do what they did. They met daily and spent time praying daily and broke bread from house to house daily and were consumed with me. As they would fellowship with me and each other I added to the church. They didn’t have board meetings and building campaigns and fund raisers to help bring in the lost. People were amazed at my presence with them and were drawn to them. They even sold all they had so that there would be enough for everyone to take the time necessary to spend with me, but as the years went by they got distracted by the world again and lost the intimacy with me and lost all the glory that was flowing from them. 

     I am the vine and you are the branches and I want you to bear much fruit because I love you. You are my planting. You are my garden and I want you to flourish. Remember my beloved if you will seek me first then all the things you are working yourselves to death for will come to you without working eighty hours a week. 

     If you will get your day in order then your life will become organized as well. Am I the first thought on your mind in the morning or is the coffee pot your God? Am I the last thought on your mind at night or is tomorrow’s agenda in charge of your sleep?  I want to be your provider and your caregiver and everything that you need, but I must be your first priority for these things to work for you.

      Think about how things are in heaven right now. Are the angels sweating? Do you think if you saw one here you would see him rubbing his feet and talking about the bad day he had? Would he be holding his back and wishing he didn't have to work so hard? Weren't you instructed to pray that my will on earth would be the same as my will in heaven?

     I am not saying you can take your ease and be lazy on the earth but I am saying my yoke is easy and my burden is light so if you are having a hard time pulling your load or carrying your pack it is not because of me. I do not add burdens, I remove burdens.

     I want your life to be even better than before the fall of mankind. The garden was planted and Adam was ruling the whole world and still had time to walk with me in the cool of the day. Imagine being so efficient that you had time to take care of the garden, care for every animal on earth and still have every afternoon off. This is what I want for you my loved ones. I want you to have great success in the things I give you to do and I want you to be free from the way the world does things. 

     Think of your own children for a moment. Do you want them to have to work as hard as you do for a living? Do you want them to spend their whole lives working for things that don’t satisfy and have no eternal reward? Don’t you want them to prosper and have time for vacations and time to enjoy their families? I want even better for you my beloved and you can have these things if you seek me first and put some other things aside.

     Don’t be discouraged my loved ones. I tell you these things because I love you and have great things in store for you. There is a world to conquer by faith, not by hard works. This is the victory that overcomes the world even your faith. Where do you get faith? Do you earn it or is it a free gift from me? For by grace you are saved by faith and that not of yourselves it is my free gift to you. 

     Now those of you with children think about this. Do you send your children away empty handed when they come to visit or are you always trying to give them something before they go? Where do you think that originated? I will always give you something when you spend time with me. I have already given you all things that pertain to life and godliness but when you spend time with me I give you the keys to unlock all these spiritual things so they can be manifested in the earth. All the things you need will do you no good if they are kept locked up in the spiritual realm and you never learn to release them into the earthly realm. After you leave the earth you want need anything to help you live Godly. That is not a problem here. Everyone here is full of life and Godliness.

     So please my beloved. Spend time with me so I can unlock these things for you. Everyone wants the same virtue that Jesus had but remember that Jesus was one with me. All of his thoughts were mine. All of his time was mine and he still took time to spend with me in private worship and prayer. 

     Everyone wants the virtue to flow like it did for Peter so that people are healed in a shadow length around him but think about what Peter said. He said he wasn’t leaving my words to wait tables. My voice was more important to him than even the chores of running the church. They came to church to pray not to preach and the lame man was healed while they were going to pray. Peter would get so lost in my presence in his prayer time that he would be filled with my glory. The sick would be on the side of the road as he went home and they would be healed as he walked by but he was walking home, lost in the cloud of my presence.

     Think about what Jesus prayed before he was taken and crucified. He prayed that each of you would become one with us. You are all perfected by the perfect love of becoming one with us. 

     It is really what you are seeking my beloved and don’t know it. This is eternal life: To know the one true God and Jesus Christ whom I sent. To know me means to become intimately acquainted with me. We are perfected in one.

     There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism. One hope of your calling. He that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit. Do you see how much you are loved my beloved? Christ in you the hope of glory. My greatest hope is for us to become one. I love you too much to be apart. I don’t want it to be me and you, I want it to be one.

    I made you my temple because I love living inside you and I am thrilled that you would invite me in and become one with me and with Jesus and with Holy Spirit. Behold I stand at the door and knock. Will you open to me?

     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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Come Home

     While praying today Father's voice came to me and said to me the following words:

     My son, speak to my loved ones. Tell them they are not without a shepherd. They may be wandering and astray but my heart is still calling to them. Don’t you hear my voice my lambs? Don’t you hear me calling come home to me? Many of you are lost in troubles and lack and sickness but there is a place of rest for you. Many are lost in doubt because so many of your prayers and dreams haven’t come to pass. That doesn't mean I haven’t heard you. Turn your heart to me and I will answer.

     The problem is that you have looked to a religion or a system and not to a personal relationship with me and my Son and my Spirit. I want to heal you of your sickness, disease and discomfort. I want to bless you with abundance but these things are only available in Christ. You won’t find them in a system called religion or in books or in programs called self-healing, self-help, or any other denomination. Only in relationship will you find your answers.

     So many of my people read every book that comes out and follow every teacher that arises and eventually the get frustrated when they find that all these programs lead you in circles and get you nowhere. The leave you more disappointed and drowning in doubt when the things others wrote in books don’t work for you. I want to give each of you personal instructions and this is only available through relationship.

     Don’t be discouraged my beloved, there is an answer for all of your problems. Jesus said “my sheep hear MY VOICE and a stranger they will not follow. Yes I appointed teachers but teachers should teach you how to hear my voice. That is their purpose so that you can have a personal relationship with me.

     Think about Jesus on the mount of transfiguration. Moses and Elijah appeared on the mountain with him. All their religion and worship was based on the Law and the Prophets but what did I say? I said “This is my Son. Hear Him!” The whole purpose of the law and the prophets was to bring you to a place to hear my voice for yourself with no middleman between. 

     Your teachers and pastors have a purpose and that purpose is to bring you to a place to have a one on one fellowship with me. I don’t have grandchildren. I have children. Those who are in your lives as Father figures should be leading you to my voice and not their voices. This is why Jesus said to call no man on earth your Father for one is your Father in heaven. He was trying to teach the people that they are one and not one is higher than the other. 

     In the old covenant you needed priests to connect with me but under the new covenant you have been adopted through the work of your high priest and have become my children by faith in My Lamb. By grace you are saved, healed and delivered through faith in My Son and not of yourselves, it is a free gift of my love to you.

     Jesus said “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all other things that the world hungers for will be added to you.” There is a righteous way of seeking the kingdom and that way is Jesus.

     My beloved ones, my precious ones please understand that if you will just lay aside all your programs and religious teaching and seek a relationship with my Son and my Spirit and with me then all other things will fall into place.

     In every situation ask the following question: How does this affect my relationship with my Family in heaven? Is Jesus the reason for all that I am doing? Is my worship based on trying to get something or trying to know someone? If you will use everything in your life as a reason to build a relationship with Jesus then all other things will work out. 

     If you want to frustrate your enemy start using every problem he throws at you as chance to know me better. If he makes you sick I am your healer. If he traps you I am your deliverer. If he gives you lack I am your provider. If he brings doubt I am your belief. Turn every obstacle in your life into a chance to know me.

     I know all of your needs and I hear all of your prayers but all things were created for my Son and by my Son. All kingdoms and nations and authority was given to him. CHRIST Is The Kingdom. SEEK HIM! He is my beloved Son! Hear Him!

     If anyone tries to lead you to anywhere or anyone else they are not a shepherd. They are the voices that lead you astray. Anyone who tells you that you can reign in life in any other way is not telling you the truth. There is one way and one truth and one life and that way is through my Son.

     So I am calling you my beloved to listen to the voice of my Son and leave behind any other voice that doesn't lead you to him. If you will spend time in prayer and fellowship with Him then you will find great success. 

     He is your shepherd. 

If you have Him you shall not want. 

He will make you lie down in green pastures beside still waters. 

He will restore your soul. 

He will lead you in the righteous path for his name’s sake. 

He has prepared a table for you in the presence of your enemies. With Him you can walk right through the valley of the shadow of death without fear because you hear his voice and know that He is with you. 

He that has the Son has me also and my Spirit.

     So my beloved ones if you will set aside all other things and make the purpose of your life knowing Him then all these things will change for you. Did I not say in scripture that eternal life is knowing the one true God and Jesus Christ whom I sent? When you make your eternal life’s purpose getting to know me then all other things will be added to you.

     If I didn't withhold my only son but delivered him up for you will I not freely with him give you all things? Have I not already blessed you with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ? All that you need is Jesus and if you are in Jesus you are in me and in my Spirit for we are one. When you find Jesus he leads you to me and I fill you with my Spirit who leads you to Jesus who leads you to me... It is and endless circle of love until you become totally one with us. You are so loved!

     Come home my little lambs my voice is calling you to relationship not to a religious system. I am calling you because I love you and I want to be the answer to every question and problem you have. I want to be your Shepherd and I want you in my flock where you are safe and well and blessed. Will you leave religious Egypt and come to me outside the camp?

     Don’t you hear my heart crying out to you? Don’t you know my love is always with you? There is a bloody cross that proves how much you are loved. It is the eternal symbol of my love for you. I love you with an everlasting, eternal love and that love in my heart for you needs you to come home.

     Don’t delay my beloved, it doesn't matter where you wandered to or what you have done. The blood of my son is stronger than your sin. My love for you is stronger than your guilt or shame. So turn your hearts to me today my children and come home to me.

     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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Awaken My Beloved

    

     While praying last week and preparing for a meeting Father gave me the following words:

     My son, write these things and give these words to my beloved. You are my precious ones. My children,you are my delight and the joy of the universe. All of heaven is rejoicing with you as you each take a step towards your new beginning. As you become awakened to my love you will be changed and will learn to live in the provision of that love. You will learn to live as the bride of the King and not as orphans.

     Many of you have faced lack and wondered where my blessing is. My blessing is right where it always is. It’s in Christ and you are in Christ but you have been looking to the world for your blessing. Your blessing does not come from your giving or your working. The wealth of the King is shared with his bride and it’s in taking your place as my beloved that you will learn to live in the blessing. It's easy to spot the bride. She is the one who is intimate with the groom.

     It is in the “being” that you’re blessed.  You don’t have to look at the world or your jobs or at circumstances. You can look into my eyes and know that I love you and I will care for you.  Focus on me and not on your problems. Look into who you are in me and not at who you are in the world.  Don’t let the world tell you who you are. Let my words and my love show you who you are. 

     Soon you will see yourself as I see you and you will no longer be burdened by the problems of the world but will use who you are in me to rule over the situations of life. I told you that in this world you will have tribulation but to be of good cheer for I have overcome the world. It’s in the having a cheerful heart that you rest in me and overcome your circumstances. I have overcome the world and I am in you and you are in me and we are one so you can rest in my victory.

     You must have a change of mind for all these things to work. It’s in the renewing of your mind that your world will change. It’s not some long educational process that renews your mind. It’s simply making your mind submit itself to your spirit that renews it. Your spirit knows who you are and your mind can be changed by listening to the truth of who you are in me.

     As I told you in Proverbs: As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.  You must change the things you think about from worldly things to spiritual things and learn to think from the mind of Christ who is in you.  

    Think about these verses in 1^st Corinthians Chapter 2:

9. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10. (But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:) 

for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 

11. (for what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?) 

Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; 

(that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.) 

13. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, (but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;) comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14. But the natural man (mind) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? 

(But we have the mind of Christ.)

     Your natural mind will never lead you into the heavenly realm. It by nature will lead you to doubt and unbelief and worry. However the mind that belongs to your spirit is one with me and thinks the things about you that I think about you and understands all the things that are freely given to you by my love and my grace. All the things that pertain to life and godliness and all the things that pertain to your inheritance are inside you in your spirit.

     Think of it this way. Your natural mind speaks a different language than the mind of Christ that is in your spirit. You must learn to speak the language of the spirit to bring the things that are given to you in the realm of my Spirit into the physical world.  The natural mind only has words for failure and doubt and lack and worry but the mind of the spirit has only words for victory and peace and prosperity. 

     You must be renewed to the mind of the Spirit within you and learn to speak only the language of heaven. Do you think if you were caught up into heaven you could talk to someone who could tell you about sickness or disease or poverty? Would they know what you are talking about? Do those things exist in heaven? Do you think we have homeless people up here? Do you think we have hospitals full of sick people? No we don’t have those things in this realm.

     This is the realm where I am taking my church into; into a place of existing in the realm above the realm of the earth where all these enemies have been defeated.  This is the realm of the Spirit that is far above all problems or principalities or wickedness of the earth. It is a place of glory and honor and you are already seated with me in this realm. The mind of your spirit knows this but your natural mind has no clue how to live here. Once your mind is renewed you will be conscious of this realm and learn to rule and reign with me from here.

     So how do you renew your mind? First you throw out the old way of thinking.  You do this by casting down any thought or imagination that does not agree with who you are in the spirit.  This is not a natural thing. When you do this you must take time to think about where you are and from where you rule.  

     Think about these verses.

Second Corinthians 10:

3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5.Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6.And having in a readiness to revenge all 

disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

   Do you notice how these thoughts are called strongholds? Most of the enemies that my church is warring with are not demons from dark places but lies ingrained in their minds.  These are lies about who you are. These lies tell you that you are only human and you have no real power and that you are just a dirty sinner saved by grace and barley getting by in the world until death becomes your savior and takes you out of here. This is so far from the truth. You are righteous and holy and beloved and are the reason for all that I have ever done and more valuable to me than all the gold of heaven.  These lies must be destroyed so that you will know how much I love you.

     So then any thought that does not agree with the new creation being must be destroyed. Any thought that says you are poor or sick or dying or unholy or unworthy must be cast down and replaced with the truth of who you are to me and in me.  This is where the battle lies. It is in your mind and you must use the truth of my scripture and the power of my Spirit to tear down the strong holds until you only think of you what I think of you. Don’t you see my beloved what I paid to rescue you? Do you think I would have done that if you weren't worthy and valuable to me?

     You must learn to see yourselves as spirits from heaven and not as human beings. You are in this world but not of this world. Think of it this way: If you visit a hospital to heal the sick you are not in the hospital you are just visiting. If you visit an animal shelter to save a puppy you are in the shelter but not of the shelter. You are not locked in cages and unable to escape. You are governed by the rules that apply to the creatures locked in the shelter. You are free to come and go.

     You are from heaven my beloved. Although your assignment is to live in this world for now your kingdom is far above this world and you have authority from my kingdom as my ambassadors but you must awake to who you are in me to be successful in the earth. Your authority and your citizenship comes from above and when you learn how to live as heaven born spirits you will have great power in the earth. Your natural mind is the only thing keeping you from this realm.

     So meditate on my love for you my children and know that I am with you and in you and you are with me and in me and we are one. Tear down every thought or imagination that tells you otherwise and learn to live from above and not be bogged down in the troubles of the world but change the world with the power of your renewed mind.

     I love you my children so rest in that love and enter into the finished works that I have ordained you to do.  Be blessed in this process of letting go of the old mindset and awakening to who you are. Wake up my beloved and reign with me.

     I hope you are encouraged by these words from our Father,

Until next time,

Grow Rich in His Grace,

I love you all,

michael

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Alive Unto God

Romans 6

1: What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2: By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

5: For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6: We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7: For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8:Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9: We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10: For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 

11: *So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.*

12: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13:Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, 

but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 

14: For sin will have no dominion over you,

since you are not under law but under grace.

     We present ourselves to God not as sinners but as those who are born again and righteous. We come to God in faith saying,” Father I present myself to you, washed in the blood of your Son, holy and righteous because of him and I am here to see if you have anything that a righteous holy person can do today to bring you glory. I am here to offer myself to you to use for righteous acts of kingdom service in the earth. “ 

15:What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16: Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17: But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 

18: and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 

19: I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20: For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21: But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22: But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23: For the wages of sin is death, 

but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

   

  Most in the church today are fighting over law versus grace. There no fight. Grace has won. It’s time the church stopped fighting sin and embraced righteousness. If we consider ourselves dead to sin then we no longer have to fight it. You don’t fight a dead man; you bury him. True grace leads to righteousness that can never be attained by the keeping of laws.


Romans 9

30:What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31: but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. 32:Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33: as it is written,

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; And whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Romans 10

1: Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2: For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3: For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 

4: For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Christ is all we need to be righteous. The problem is we have not accepted his righteousness and have set out to try to buy it by keeping rules and regulations and thinking God would accept our good behavior as righteousness. We have stumbled over the same stumbling stone as Israel. God provided us righteousness paid for by Christ but we always set out to buy it ourselves. Faith in Christ makes me righteous. He is all I need. I don’t do good things to become righteous. I do good things because he has made me righteous. I am American because I was born in America. I am righteous because I was born in Christ. It is the free gift of his grace and only comes by faith in Christ and not by my works.


5: For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6: But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (That is, to bring Christ down) 7: “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (That is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8: But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9: because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

 

10: For with the heart one believes and is justified, (not by keeping laws) 

and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11: For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12: For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13: For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”


2nd Corinthians 5

14: For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15: and he died for all, that 

those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

16: From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 

17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation the old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 

18:All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and 

gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19: that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 

20: Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21:For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

    If we believe that he took away our sins we must also believe that we are righteous because of him. It’s time to let go of the old man once and for all and embrace who we truly are in the Spirit. Our old sinful nature was crucified with Christ and we must once and for all leave him dead and walk away from that life but the only way to let go of the old is to grab hold of the new. Me must totally embrace the new creation covenant and truly become one with Christ.

Philippians 3

1:Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

2: Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3: For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— 4: though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6: as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 

7: But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8: Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9: and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10: that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11: that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

     Paul was the ultimate keeper of the law but he counted all those works as rubbish compared to knowing Christ. True righteousness only comes through faith in Christ and can never be attained in any other way. 

Ephesians 1

1: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

2: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4: even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, 

that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

5: he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6: to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7: In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8: which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9: making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10:as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 11: In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12:so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13:In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, 

and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 

14: who is the guaranteed of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
15:For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16: I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 

18: having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 

19: and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20; that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21: far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22: And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23: which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

     All of this was his plan to make salvation so simple that all it takes is faith to receive it. It has always been his plan to adopt us and all the glory for salvation does not go to our ability to keep rules and regulation but the glory goes to his amazing grace and to the love which he has for us. All this was purchased for us by Christ and it's in him that we have this wonderful inheritance. The moment we try to earn it we have fallen from grace. How glorious is God's great plan of salvation and liberty for his children!

Ephesians 2

1:And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2:in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3: among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4: But God, being rich in mercy, 

because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6: and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7: so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9: not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 

10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

     When we were dead with no hope in our sins he still loved us and saved us and seated us with Christ in the heavenly places. It was always his plan and we could never earn it. It's all by his glorious grace!

Galatians 1

 10: Oh foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2: Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 

3:Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 

4: Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 

5: Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith

— 6: just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”? 7: Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. 8: And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9: So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. 

10: For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11: Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” 12: But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.”

 13: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— 14:so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

15: To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16: Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to off-springs,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ. 17:This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void. 

18: For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

19:Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, 

until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, 

and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. 20: Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
21: Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22:But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

23: Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, 

imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24: So then,

the law was our guardian until Christ came, 

in order that we might be justified by faith. 

25:But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26:for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 

27: For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29: And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

     The law was only to be in effect until Christ came and that is why Jesus said that the law and the prophets were util John. Jesus is the end of the law of sin and death and the beginning of the law of the Spirit of life. 

     The law could never bring life it could only convict the sinner it could never pardon him. It's time we the church learned about our new covenant and stop trying to live in Christ by living under the rule of Moses. Trying to keep that law by the works of the flesh will only bring death. As many who try to be righteous by keeping the law are under the curse of the law. 

2nd Corinthians 3

4:Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5: Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6: who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant,

 

not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7: Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone,

 came with such glory that the Israelite's could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 

8:will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?

9: For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. 

10: Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. 

11: For if what was being brought to an end 

came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory. 12: Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 

13: not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was 

being brought to an end. 14: But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15: Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16: But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

17: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 

18: And we all, with unveiled face,(without the law of Moses) beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

     The problem with the church today is one day we look into the face of Christ and see freedom and liberty and hope. We begin to be changed from glory to glory by looking at him to see who we are and the next day we get hammered by the law of Moses telling us that we are sinners and unrighteous and we are constantly torn between the two. We take one step forward into the glory and two steps back into the shame that comes from the law.

     As we read earlier that law was done away with in Christ, and besides the law was only given to Israel and most of us who have tried to keep that law were gentiles who never were given a law to live by. 

     This keeps the church from seeing who we really are in Christ. The life of the Spirit in Christ is far above earthly rules and regulations and has to be lived under spiritual laws of love and lived out of a new creation being inside of us who is a spirit made in the image of our creator. We must keep our faces turned toward Christ to keep this veil from covering our hearts.

Romans 8

There is therefore now no condemnation (Remember Paul called the law the ministry of condemnation?) for those who are in Christ Jesus. 

2: For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3: For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. 

By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4: in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5: For those who live according to the flesh (law) set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 

6: For to set the mind on the flesh (law) is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7: For the mind that is set on the flesh (law) is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8: Those who are in the flesh (law) cannot please God. 

9:You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. 

Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10:But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11: If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. 

12: So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh(law), to live according to the flesh(law). 13: For if you live according to the flesh(law) you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 

14: For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16: The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17: and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.


     It’s time for the church understand the true gospel. Christ didn't come to just take away our guilt. He came to make us holy and righteous. We must consider our old self to be crucified and dead. It is in embracing who Christ is and who we are in him that the old ways will be done away with. We will never live in the newness of life if we keep fighting a body of sin that is already dead. We must embrace who we really are.

     We must reckon ourselves to be alive unto God. Stop seeing ourselves as guilty sinners and see ourselves as who he really made us. If it was just about sin then he could have just taken away the law and made all things lawful and there would be no transgression. 

     Removing our sins was just the first step in restoring us to who we really are in Christ. He took away our sin so we could live unto his righteousness. If we keep embracing the law we will continue to suffer the consequences of the law. If we embrace the new life in Christ then we will become like him. 

     We must embrace the Spirit of life until all the guilt and shame of the old life are completely forgotten and we are engulfed in the righteousness and holiness of God. When we awaken to this true state of our spirit then sin and death will no longer have hold of us. 

     He didn't just take away our sins but he took away the sins of the whole world and left us with this ministry of reconciliation. We go and preach to the world that all sin is forgiven in Christ and if they embrace him all their sins are gone and they can be born into a new creation. That is why it’s the “good news”. 

     Jesus took away the sins of the whole world but that doesn't mean the whole world is saved. It means they are forgiven and if they will be reconciled to God they can be saved. Their sins are taken away but they still must be born again by faith in Christ. It's not what you do that saves us it's accepting with all our heart what Jesus did for us at his cross that saves us. We could be sinless and still be lost. Sin was the only obstacle between God and man and Jesus took it away so the all who call upon him can and will be saved. 

     We don’t have to serve sin anymore and we aren't sinners saved by grace. We were sinners but now we are righteous and holy and blameless in his sight. We must see ourselves as he sees us and we must teach others to accept him as their savior and turn from their old dead lives and embrace the new life in him.

     The only way to be free from sin is through the cross. We must once and for all see all of our sin and guilt nailed to that tree and see ourselves crucified with him so that we can be raised in newness of life with him. We must stop judging ourselves by the Law of Moses and embrace the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. I was crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me by faith. All my guilt and sinful nature was killed with Jesus on that cross.

All glory to God, I am dead to sin and I am alive unto God!

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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