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John Chapter Three
16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John Chapter One
1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.
A man came, one sent from God, and his name was John. He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
This was the true Light that, coming into the world, enlightens every person. He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own people did not accept Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who is coming after me has proved to be my superior, because He existed before me.’” For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.
First John Chapter One
1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Second John Chapter One
7. For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
First Corinthians Chapter Fifteen
1. Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
As I was praying today all of these verses bubbled up in my heart and I knew Father was expressing himself so I asked if He wanted me to write down his words and He encouraged me to do so. So I listened and He began to speak to me concerning these scriptures. Here are his words. He said:
My beloved ones: I need you to make sure that your faith is built upon a strong foundation as this great change in the world begins. In this day many are confused and some don’t have a clue what truth is. Yet others have discovered some truth so you find their message appealing but in other areas they have completely lost their way and are teaching falsehood.
As many come to understand the symbolism that is written in the scriptures they lose the truth that yes the scriptures are allegorical and my Son only taught in parables but my Son himself is not a parable. Some would say that the people in scripture are just parables also and didn’t really exist. This is error. The lives of the people were symbolic but the people were real. The things they experienced are to help teach you but one day you will meet all of them and thank them for helping you to know me.
My Son existed in the beginning. As it is written “all things were made by him and for him: Thrones, dominions, principalities, rulers and everything that exists is because of him and he holds all these things together by his power.”
He was with me in the beginning. He became a real person just as each of you. He, just as you was a spirit in a fleshly body. He did exactly that which was spoken of him. He fulfilled all the scriptures as he even said that all the scriptures were written about him. If you lose fact that he was a living, walking, bleeding, suffering person then you have lost hold of the truth and are drifting free without an anchor.
Many of my children who know the truth have lost their hold of reality and have been deceived by those who think that the universe is God or that there is just a cosmic power that is God when the truth is that I became a man to save all mankind from the deception that they are anything less than me.
Many who know me have began using words like universe, life giving spirit, cosmic power or many other words just to appease those who don’t believe that I am God and yet I became a living person just as you. This will not help those who don’t know me to know me better. Don’t come down to their understanding. Bring them up to yours.
Here is the problem. Many who believe in me don’t know me. I came to fellowship and to be more than your closest friend and you won’t understand my love if you leave out my personality. If you see me as just a cloud or a spirit or a power then you will never know me as the loving Father who adores you more than you can imagine.
This is the missing part of the modern church. It is written that those who know their God will do mighty exploits. To know is an intimate term. To know about me is not the same as knowing me. You may have met and know a thousand people but it’s only those whom you are intimately involved with that you truly understand.
People search for truth in the scriptures and in teachings and in formulas but truth is a person and until you know the person you don’t really know truth. My Son told you “I am the way, the truth and the life and you can only come to know your father by knowing me.” It is not that those who don’t understand are not my children but they don’t enjoy the fellowship that those who really know me enjoy.
As it is written “he who is joined to the Lord is One Spirit.” We are one but you discover who you are by knowing me. I want you to know who you are and to live like my children, full of life and joy and power but this only comes from fellowship with me. Knowing me teaches you who you are. Only fellowship with me teaches you how much you are loved.
Here is an example. Suppose you had only read a book about your parents. You read all you could find about them and listened to everyone who knows them speak about them but you never spent any time with them. Would you really know them or would you just know about them? Yet those of you who had loving parents saw the sacrifices they made for you and you felt their embrace when you were afraid and heard them cheer for you even when you failed and you saw them stay up all night so you could sleep and heard them say “I love you” from the deepest part of their being. Wouldn’t you know them better than if you just studied them?
This is the problem for many today. They want to be my children but don’t have time for me to father them. They are too busy to spend a few moments a day in a quiet place listening to me singing over them and rejoicing over them with tears of joy just because of my great love.
My loved ones; all things are about to take a complete turn and those who don’t have their faith where it should be could be very confused. Yet if your faith is in my love for you and the absolute truth that I love you and sent my Son to save you and he became a man and lived and died and rose again to raise you up to his level and you walk with me and know me as a living breathing person then you will not be lead astray.
I ask you a simple question. If you were in a storm would you rather hold on to a belief that you have or would you rather the hands that are scarred for you hold you securely? So many are in storms right now and they are quoting scriptures and claiming promises and hoping that something they say will save them. They believe in a system that religion has taught them to save them. Others are asleep with me in the boat with their heads upon my chest and dreaming beautiful dreams because they know they are secure in me. They laugh and say "What a silly storm? This silly storm thinks it can affect me when I am completely one with the creator of all things?" I can’t even hear the storm because all I hear is my shepherd singing to me and telling me I am safe. Either situation is your choice. You can lose yourself in me and forget the storm or you can lose yourself in the storm and forget me.
So my loved ones take a moment and test yourselves and see if your faith is in a belief system or in a person. Do you understand fully that my Son was born and lived a holy life and was crucified and resurrected and by doing so he is the savior of all mankind? Do you understand this on a personal level? Is your faith built upon what someone taught you or is in built upon the many hours you spent in intimate fellowship with the one who loves you most? Is my beloved firstborn Son just an idea in your head or is He the love of your life? Is He a story in a book or is He the beating of your heart?
My loved ones I tell you these things because I love you. I want you to know me and not just know about me. I don’t mind you listening to the Psalms that David wrote but where are the songs you wrote because you experienced me in person? You can listen to songs that others wrote about me or you can hear me sing to you my love song that only you and I know the words to.
My little lambs your safety is in me and not in what you have learned. I am your rock and your fortress but living in my secret place is your choice. I don’t lock my doors. I would never lock you in or out. You can choose to listen to the lies without or the truth within. You can listen to the storms of life or the songs of heaven. You can live in the lap of my luxury or in the want of the world. It’s all by choice. Choose life, choose love, choose safety by choosing to come into the secret place and know me. I will teach you all you need to know while you feel my embrace and are overcome by my everlasting love. Am I your idea, am I just a theory you believe in or am I your foundation?
These are the words He gave me to share with you today.
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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John Chapter Three
16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John Chapter One
1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.
A man came, one sent from God, and his name was John. He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
This was the true Light that, coming into the world, enlightens every person. He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own people did not accept Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who is coming after me has proved to be my superior, because He existed before me.’” For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.
First John Chapter One
1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Second John Chapter One
7. For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
First Corinthians Chapter Fifteen
1. Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
As I was praying today all of these verses bubbled up in my heart and I knew Father was expressing himself so I asked if He wanted me to write down his words and He encouraged me to do so. So I listened and He began to speak to me concerning these scriptures. Here are his words. He said:
My beloved ones: I need you to make sure that your faith is built upon a strong foundation as this great change in the world begins. In this day many are confused and some don’t have a clue what truth is. Yet others have discovered some truth so you find their message appealing but in other areas they have completely lost their way and are teaching falsehood.
As many come to understand the symbolism that is written in the scriptures they lose the truth that yes the scriptures are allegorical and my Son only taught in parables but my Son himself is not a parable. Some would say that the people in scripture are just parables also and didn’t really exist. This is error. The lives of the people were symbolic but the people were real. The things they experienced are to help teach you but one day you will meet all of them and thank them for helping you to know me.
My Son existed in the beginning. As it is written “all things were made by him and for him: Thrones, dominions, principalities, rulers and everything that exists is because of him and he holds all these things together by his power.”
He was with me in the beginning. He became a real person just as each of you. He, just as you was a spirit in a fleshly body. He did exactly that which was spoken of him. He fulfilled all the scriptures as he even said that all the scriptures were written about him. If you lose fact that he was a living, walking, bleeding, suffering person then you have lost hold of the truth and are drifting free without an anchor.
Many of my children who know the truth have lost their hold of reality and have been deceived by those who think that the universe is God or that there is just a cosmic power that is God when the truth is that I became a man to save all mankind from the deception that they are anything less than me.
Many who know me have began using words like universe, life giving spirit, cosmic power or many other words just to appease those who don’t believe that I am God and yet I became a living person just as you. This will not help those who don’t know me to know me better. Don’t come down to their understanding. Bring them up to yours.
Here is the problem. Many who believe in me don’t know me. I came to fellowship and to be more than your closest friend and you won’t understand my love if you leave out my personality. If you see me as just a cloud or a spirit or a power then you will never know me as the loving Father who adores you more than you can imagine.
This is the missing part of the modern church. It is written that those who know their God will do mighty exploits. To know is an intimate term. To know about me is not the same as knowing me. You may have met and know a thousand people but it’s only those whom you are intimately involved with that you truly understand.
People search for truth in the scriptures and in teachings and in formulas but truth is a person and until you know the person you don’t really know truth. My Son told you “I am the way, the truth and the life and you can only come to know your father by knowing me.” It is not that those who don’t understand are not my children but they don’t enjoy the fellowship that those who really know me enjoy.
As it is written “he who is joined to the Lord is One Spirit.” We are one but you discover who you are by knowing me. I want you to know who you are and to live like my children, full of life and joy and power but this only comes from fellowship with me. Knowing me teaches you who you are. Only fellowship with me teaches you how much you are loved.
Here is an example. Suppose you had only read a book about your parents. You read all you could find about them and listened to everyone who knows them speak about them but you never spent any time with them. Would you really know them or would you just know about them? Yet those of you who had loving parents saw the sacrifices they made for you and you felt their embrace when you were afraid and heard them cheer for you even when you failed and you saw them stay up all night so you could sleep and heard them say “I love you” from the deepest part of their being. Wouldn’t you know them better than if you just studied them?
This is the problem for many today. They want to be my children but don’t have time for me to father them. They are too busy to spend a few moments a day in a quiet place listening to me singing over them and rejoicing over them with tears of joy just because of my great love.
My loved ones; all things are about to take a complete turn and those who don’t have their faith where it should be could be very confused. Yet if your faith is in my love for you and the absolute truth that I love you and sent my Son to save you and he became a man and lived and died and rose again to raise you up to his level and you walk with me and know me as a living breathing person then you will not be lead astray.
I ask you a simple question. If you were in a storm would you rather hold on to a belief that you have or would you rather the hands that are scarred for you hold you securely? So many are in storms right now and they are quoting scriptures and claiming promises and hoping that something they say will save them. They believe in a system that religion has taught them to save them. Others are asleep with me in the boat with their heads upon my chest and dreaming beautiful dreams because they know they are secure in me. They laugh and say "What a silly storm? This silly storm thinks it can affect me when I am completely one with the creator of all things?" I can’t even hear the storm because all I hear is my shepherd singing to me and telling me I am safe. Either situation is your choice. You can lose yourself in me and forget the storm or you can lose yourself in the storm and forget me.
So my loved ones take a moment and test yourselves and see if your faith is in a belief system or in a person. Do you understand fully that my Son was born and lived a holy life and was crucified and resurrected and by doing so he is the savior of all mankind? Do you understand this on a personal level? Is your faith built upon what someone taught you or is in built upon the many hours you spent in intimate fellowship with the one who loves you most? Is my beloved firstborn Son just an idea in your head or is He the love of your life? Is He a story in a book or is He the beating of your heart?
My loved ones I tell you these things because I love you. I want you to know me and not just know about me. I don’t mind you listening to the Psalms that David wrote but where are the songs you wrote because you experienced me in person? You can listen to songs that others wrote about me or you can hear me sing to you my love song that only you and I know the words to.
My little lambs your safety is in me and not in what you have learned. I am your rock and your fortress but living in my secret place is your choice. I don’t lock my doors. I would never lock you in or out. You can choose to listen to the lies without or the truth within. You can listen to the storms of life or the songs of heaven. You can live in the lap of my luxury or in the want of the world. It’s all by choice. Choose life, choose love, choose safety by choosing to come into the secret place and know me. I will teach you all you need to know while you feel my embrace and are overcome by my everlasting love. Am I your idea, am I just a theory you believe in or am I your foundation?
These are the words He gave me to share with you today.
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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