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October 22, 2022

Be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.


Col 1:4  since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; 1:9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 1:12  giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. 
2: As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Himrooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. 
Col 3:1  If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Col 3:2  Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in GodWhen Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 
17 And whatever you do in word or deeddo all in the name of the Lord Jesusgiving thanks to God the Father through Him.


Put on the New Man
Put on Love

The sons of light

Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Key words/phrases to note: 

  1. faith in Christ Jesus and love for all the saints (brethren in Christ), 
  2. spiritual understanding, inheritance in the light (kingdom of the Son of God), 
  3. complete in Christ–our real life, triumphing over the adversaries, having the fullness of God in Christ, Christ is the substance (the rest are shadows), 
  4. put on the new man–who we are in Christ, put on love (God is love), 
  5. set our mind on things above (where our real life is), 
  6. let our hearts be occupied with two things: 
  7. let the peace of God rule, let the words of Christ dwell in, 
  8. let our word and deeds be done in the name of our Lord Jesus, 
  9. always giving thanks to the Father for having adopted us as His children, and we are now the sons of God.

καὶnotes, 2022-10-15

January 17, 2014

For His mercy endures forever

Psalm 136

New King James Version (NKJV)

Thanksgiving to God for His Enduring Mercy

136 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
    For His mercy endures forever.
Oh, give thanks to the God of gods!
    For His mercy endures forever.
Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
    For His mercy endures forever:
To Him who alone does great wonders,
    For His mercy endures forever;
To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,
    For His mercy endures forever;
To Him who laid out the earth above the waters,
    For His mercy endures forever;
To Him who made great lights,
    For His mercy endures forever—
The sun to rule by day,
    For His mercy endures forever;
The moon and stars to rule by night,
    For His mercy endures forever.
10 To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn,
    For His mercy endures forever;
11 And brought out Israel from among them,
    For His mercy endures forever;
12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm,
    For His mercy endures forever;
13 To Him who divided the Red Sea in two,
    For His mercy endures forever;
14 And made Israel pass through the midst of it,
For His mercy endures forever;
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,
    For His mercy endures forever;
16 To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
    For His mercy endures forever;
17 To Him who struck down great kings,
    For His mercy endures forever;
18 And slew famous kings,
    For His mercy endures forever—
19 Sihon king of the Amorites,
    For His mercy endures forever;
20 And Og king of Bashan,
    For His mercy endures forever—
21 And gave their land as a heritage,
    For His mercy endures forever;
22 A heritage to Israel His servant,
    For His mercy endures forever.
23 Who remembered us in our lowly state,
    For His mercy endures forever;
24 And rescued us from our enemies,
    For His mercy endures forever;
25 Who gives food to all flesh,
    For His mercy endures forever.
26 Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven!
    For His mercy endures forever.

December 27, 2013

we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world

The Savior, Redeemer

1 Who has believed what He has heard from us?     And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For He grew up before Him like a young plant,     and like a root out of dry ground; He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him,     and no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men;     a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces     He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

4 Surely He has borne our griefs     and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken,     smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced for our transgressions;     He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,     and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray;     we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him     the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted,     yet He opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,     and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,     so He opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;     and as for his generation, who considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living,     stricken for the transgression of my people? 9 And they made his grave with the wicked     and with a rich man in his death, although He had done no violence,     and there was no deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him;     He has put Him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt,     He shall see his offspring; He shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 Out of the anguish of his soul He shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,     make many to be accounted righteous,     and He shall bear their iniquities.

12 therefore I will divide Him a portion with the many,
    and He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because He poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet He bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.

(from: Isaiah 53 English Standard Version (ESV))

Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,
Isaiah 45:15 Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
Isaiah 45:21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
Isaiah 49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the Lord your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Isaiah 60:16 You shall suck the milk of nations; you shall nurse at the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 48:17 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
Isaiah 54:8 In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.         
Isaiah 59:20 “And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.

___________Who is This Savior, Redeemer?
Luke 2:11
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:10-12 (in Context) Luke 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations

John 4:42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”  
John 4:41-43 (in Context) John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Acts 5:31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 5:30-32 (in Context) Acts 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Acts 13:23 Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
Acts 13:22-24 (in Context) Acts 13 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
Jesus Messiah, the Redeemer, Savior

October 5, 2013

Journey to see God: Love and God (New Testament)

the power of God's love
  1. Matthew 6:24
    [ You Cannot Serve God and Riches ] “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
    Matthew 6:23-25 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. Matthew 22:37
    Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
    Matthew 22:36-38 (in Context) Matthew 22 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  3. Mark 12:30
    And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
    Mark 12:29-31 (in Context) Mark 12 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  4. Luke 10:27
    So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”
    Luke 10:26-28 (in Context) Luke 10 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  5. Luke 11:42
    “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
    Luke 11:41-43 (in Context) Luke 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  6. Luke 16:13
    “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
    Luke 16:12-14 (in Context) Luke 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  7. John 5:42
    But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.
    John 5:41-43 (in Context) John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  8. John 8:42
    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.
    John 8:41-43 (in Context) John 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  9. Romans 5:5
    Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
    Romans 5:4-6 (in Context) Romans 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  10. Romans 5:8
    But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
    Romans 5:7-9 (in Context) Romans 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  11. Romans 8:28
    And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
    Romans 8:27-29 (in Context) Romans 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  12. Romans 8:31
    [ God’s Everlasting Love ] What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    Romans 8:30-32 (in Context) Romans 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  13. Romans 8:39
    nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    Romans 8:38-39 (in Context) Romans 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  14. Romans 15:30
    Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me,
    Romans 15:29-31 (in Context) Romans 15 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  15. 1 Corinthians 2:9
    But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
    1 Corinthians 2:8-10 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  16. 2 Corinthians 11:11
    Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!
    2 Corinthians 11:10-12 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  17. 2 Corinthians 13:11
    [ Greetings and Benediction ] Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
    2 Corinthians 13:10-12 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 13 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  18. 2 Corinthians 13:14
    The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
    2 Corinthians 13:13-14 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 13 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  19. Ephesians 2:4
    But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
    Ephesians 2:3-5 (in Context) Ephesians 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  20. Ephesians 3:19
    to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
    Ephesians 3:18-20 (in Context) Ephesians 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  21. Ephesians 5:1
    [ Walk in Love ] Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
    Ephesians 5:1-3 (in Context) Ephesians 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  22. Ephesians 5:2
    And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
    Ephesians 5:1-3 (in Context) Ephesians 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  23. Ephesians 6:23
    Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Ephesians 6:22-24 (in Context) Ephesians 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  24. Colossians 2:2
    that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
    Colossians 2:1-3 (in Context) Colossians 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  25. 1 Thessalonians 1:3
    remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,
    1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 (in Context) 1 Thessalonians 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  26. 1 Thessalonians 4:9
    [ A Brotherly and Orderly Life ] But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
    1 Thessalonians 4:8-10 (in Context) 1 Thessalonians 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  27. 2 Thessalonians 1:3
    [ God’s Final Judgment and Glory ] We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
    2 Thessalonians 1:2-4 (in Context) 2 Thessalonians 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  28. 2 Thessalonians 3:5
    Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
    2 Thessalonians 3:4-6 (in Context) 2 Thessalonians 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  29. 1 Timothy 6:11
    [ The Good Confession ] But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
    1 Timothy 6:10-12 (in Context) 1 Timothy 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  30. 2 Timothy 1:7
    For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
    2 Timothy 1:6-8 (in Context) 2 Timothy 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  31. 2 Timothy 3:10
    [ The Man of God and the Word of God ] But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,
    2 Timothy 3:9-11 (in Context) 2 Timothy 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  32. Titus 3:4
    But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,
    Titus 3:3-5 (in Context) Titus 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  33. Philemon 1:4
    [ Philemon’s Love and Faith ] I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,
    Philemon 1:3-5 (in Context) Philemon 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  34. Hebrews 6:10
    For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
    Hebrews 6:9-11 (in Context) Hebrews 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  35. James 1:12
    [ Loving God Under Trials ] Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
    James 1:11-13 (in Context) James 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  36. James 2:5
    Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
    James 2:4-6 (in Context) James 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  37. 1 Peter 2:17
    Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
    1 Peter 2:16-18 (in Context) 1 Peter 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  38. 1 John 2:5
    But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
    1 John 2:4-6 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  39. 1 John 3:1
    Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
    1 John 3:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  40. 1 John 3:10
    [ The Imperative of Love ] In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
    1 John 3:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  41. 1 John 3:17
    But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
    1 John 3:16-18 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  42. 1 John 4:7
    [ Knowing God Through Love ] Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
    1 John 4:6-8 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  43. 1 John 4:8
    He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
    1 John 4:7-9 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  44. 1 John 4:9
    In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
    1 John 4:8-10 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  45. 1 John 4:10
    In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
    1 John 4:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  46. 1 John 4:11
    Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
    1 John 4:10-12 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  47. 1 John 4:12
    [ Seeing God Through Love ] No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
    1 John 4:11-13 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  48. 1 John 4:16
    And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
    1 John 4:15-17 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  49. 1 John 4:20
    [ Obedience by Faith ] If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
    1 John 4:19-21 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  50. 1 John 4:21
    And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
    1 John 4:20-21 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  51. 1 John 5:2
    By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
    1 John 5:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  52. 1 John 5:3
    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
    1 John 5:2-4 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  53. 2 John 1:3
    Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
    2 John 1:2-4 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  54. 3 John 1:6
    who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,
    3 John 1:5-7 (in Context) 3 John 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  55. Jude 1:21
    keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
    Jude 1:20-22 (in Context) Jude 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
 
 

August 30, 2013

Receive the Holy Spirit today!

Notes from this blogger: Lately I was convicted in my spirit to listen more on the salvation and grace and faith messages, all Holy Spirit -filled and inspired messages. One of the series is "The positive ministry of the Holy Spirit" (You can watch or listen to the teaching at the following websites: http://www.awmi.net/tv/2006/week40 ; http://www.awmi.net/extra/audio/1020 )
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Here is the teaching on how to receiving the Holy Spirit: 
 Receive the Holy Spirit (from Andrew Wommack)
 As His child, your loving heavenly Father wants to give you the supernatural power you need to live this new life.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened... If ye...know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
LUKE 11:10,13
All you have to do is ask, believe, and receive! Pray, Father, I recognize my need for Your power to live this new life. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit. By faith, I receive Him right now! Thank You for baptizing me. Holy Spirit, You are welcome in my life.
Congratulations! Now you’re filled with God’s supernatural power. Some syllables from a language you don’t recognize will rise up from your heart to your mouth. (See 1 Cor. 14:14.) As you speak them out loud by faith, you’re releasing God’s power from within and building yourself up in the Spirit. (See v. 4.) You can do this whenever and wherever you like.
It doesn’t really matter whether you felt anything or not when you prayed to receive the Lord and His Spirit. If you believed in your heart that you received, then God’s Word promises you did. “Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24). God always honors His Word; believe it!
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August 20, 2013

A testimony: You’ve Already Got It!

I have encountered a number of cases in which even Christian believers felt helpless and had no means to overcome their physical and mental illness. On the other hand I have seen many testimonies of victorious Christian living! I have been personally helped by listening to the following Bible teacher’s audio teachings. Here is an article which I pray will encourage readers to visit the website and listen to his audio on the subject. His teaching of the Bible is clear enough for even listeners who speak English as a second language. There are many testimonies of healed witnesses. Find out more yourself.

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You’ve Already Got It!
By Andrew Wommack
On March 23, 1968, I had a miraculous encounter with the Lord that changed my life forever. Instantly, I received “revelation knowledge” that I’m still trying to understand and communicate today. This knowledge didn’t come through the normal channels of study and education; the Spirit of God supernaturally imparted it to me.
When I came heart to heart with the Lord, I just knew things about Him intuitively. One of those revelations has become a mainstay for what the Lord has accomplished in my life, and it’s one of the most important and foundational truths of the Gospel.
It’s the knowledge that God has already done His part. When Jesus cried “It is finished” (John 19:30), He meant just that. His work on earth was done. The Atonement was complete. He provided everything we could ever need. We aren’t waiting on Him to give; He is waiting on us to receive.
The book of Ephesians is written from the perspective of everything already being ours in Christ. It starts in Ephesians 1:3 by saying,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” (emphasis mine).
Any blessing you could ever need or desire from the Lord is not something to strive for but something you already have. God made the provision before you had the need. It is just a simple matter of receiving what He has already done.
The benefit of understanding and being assured of this is enormous. It kills legalism and the performance mentality, and that takes a huge load off of you. How could you doubt that God will give you something if He’s already given it to you?
When Jamie and I first pastored our little church in Seagoville, Texas, in 1973, I didn’t even have a complete Bible. The one I had taken with me to Vietnam was all mildewed, and entire books were missing. I decided that believing for a new Bible wasn’t an option—it was a necessity.
I had to start seeing results somewhere and it was here. I would get a new Bible or die trying. If I couldn’t trust God for $20 to get a Bible, how could I trust Him to minister to people about eternal things?
The devil knew how important this was to me, and he fought me “tooth and toenail.” It took me months to get enough extra money to buy that Bible. During that time, not ten minutes would pass that I didn’t have to deal with some thought of unbelief. The devil was telling me, “You’ll never get it. Some man of God you are! You don’t even have a whole Bible! How can you pray for people to be saved or healed when you can’t even pray and get a new Bible?” The battle was intense.
The day came when I had the money. I bought a brand-new Bible, had my name engraved on it, and walked out of the store with it under arm. I had won! And you know what? Instantly, my doubts ceased. I had been fighting negative thoughts constantly for months. But once I had the Bible, I never doubted that I would get it.
You are probably thinking, Of course you didn’t doubt once you had it. That would be crazy! That’s my point. Have you ever prayed to be healed and then in your next thought wondered if you would ever really get healed? That’s because you don’t view healing as something that has already been done but as something that has yet to be accomplished.
First Peter 2:24b says,
By whose stripes ye were healed” (emphasis mine).
It’s already a done deal. It is actually incorrect to pray for healing. Instead, we should just receive the healing that the Lord has already provided. There is a difference between fighting to get healed and fighting because we have been healed. That difference is the difference between success and failure.
In Ephesians 2:8, Paul said, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves.”
We aren’t saved by grace alone or by faith alone;we are saved by a combination of the two. Actually, faith isn’t true biblical faith unless its used in receiving what God has already provided by grace.
Grace is what God has already done for us, independent of any worth or value on our part. If it’s tied to some goodness of ours, then it’s not true grace. God, by grace, has already provided everything we will ever need.
Our faith doesn’t move God. If God hasn’t already moved by His grace, then your faith can’t make Him. Faith simply appropriates what God has already provided by grace. If He’s already provided your needs by His grace, then faith is just your positive response to what He has already done—not something you do to get God to respond to you.
It takes a revelation from the Holy Spirit to make these truths become alive on the inside. Many people just can’t grasp them, because they are trapped in their five senses. If they can’t see it, taste it, smell it, touch it, or hear it, they don’t think it exists. Therefore, when you say they have already been healed, they check their physical bodies with their five senses, and if they don’t look or feel healed, they say they aren’t.
Many things exist that we can’t perceive by our physical senses. For instance, there are television signals wherever you are right now. You can’t see or hear them, but they are there. All you have to do is turn on a television set and tune it in to the signal, and then you will see and hear that they do exist.
The signal doesn’t begin broadcasting when you turn on your set; it was already being broadcast before you tuned in. That’s just when you began to receive. Likewise, the Lord has already blessed you with ALL things. Your life may not reflect that, but it’s not because the Lord hasn’t given; it’s because you haven’t received.
If your television set was to suddenly go blank, what would you do? Would you immediately contact the station and urge them to fix their transmitter? I don’t think so. You would check your set first. Yet in the spiritual realm, Christians are constantly going to the Lord and asking Him to fix His transmitter instead of asking Him to work on their receivers.
If they don’t see an instant manifestation of their healing, they just automatically suppose that God hasn’t healed them. They seldom take into account that maybe it’s their reception that’s the problem.
Daniel prayed two prayers in Daniel 9 and 10. He saw an answer to his first prayer while he was still praying, within about three minutes. But in the tenth chapter, it was three weeks before he saw his prayer answered. Some people would think, Why did God answer the first prayer in three minutes and the second prayer in three weeks?
The answer to that question is that God didn’t answer one prayer in three minutes and the other one in three weeks; He answered both prayers instantly. In Daniel 9:23, the angel Gabriel told Daniel that at the beginning of his prayer, the Lord gave him a commandment to go explain the answer to Daniel. Yet it took Gabriel approximately three minutes to get there.
Then in the tenth chapter, the messenger who came to Daniel told him that on the first day of Daniel’s prayer, the Lord sent him, but he had been hindered by a demonic power for three weeks.
God wasn’t the variable in these instances! He answered both prayers instantly, but what the Lord had commanded in the spiritual realm was hindered from manifesting in the physical realm. Still, the answer had been given. The truth is that the Lord has already provided everything we will ever need, but His provision is in the spiritual realm.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).
God moves in the spiritual realm. Whether or not we see manifest in the physical realm what He has done in the spiritual realm is not dependent on His giving but on our receiving.
One of the variables is the devil’s opposition. However, people give the devil way too much credit. Some think that the devil never misses a trick. They aren’t sure about the Lord’s faithfulness, but they are absolutely convinced that the devil is always there to wreak havoc.
However, the devil blows it all the time. Sometimes the physical manifestation of what God has already done comes with little effort. Other times it can be delayed, not because God changes, but because the devil just misses it sometimes. Other times, there is major demonic opposition that hinders the manifestation of what God has commanded.
We have to know that God has already done His part and that any delay in our manifestation is not His fault. That will keep us in faith. Remember that faith is our positive response to what God has already done by grace.
This leads us to spiritual warfare. It’s a hot topic in the body of Christ, but in my opinion, spiritual warfare is the most abused teaching in the church today.It’s true that every one of us is involved in spiritual warfare. Denying the battle doesn’t stop it—it just guarantees that you will lose. But Satan’s only power is deception.
Satan doesn’t have any physical power or authority except what we give him when we yield to his lies. That’s a radical statement that is completely contrary to popular spiritual warfare teachings. Many proclaim that demonic powers are holding people in bondage and that the way to break through is to intercede, bind those powers, and set the people free. That’s not what God’s Word teaches.
The Bible says,
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).
Knowing the truth, not binding the devil in prayer, is what sets people free. There isn’t one scriptural model for spiritual warfare the way that it is being taught today. Neither Jesus nor His disciples ever sent teams of prayer warriors into cities to prepare the spiritual climate. They never motivated the body of believers to spend their lives binding demonic powers. This is a very controversial subject and one that I don’t have time to deal with properly in this letter. But I have gone in depth about this in my teaching entitled You’ve Already Got It!
If you aren’t experiencing the abundance that you know the Lord wants you to have, then I can guarantee you that the revelation you need is in this message. This is the type of teaching that you will want and need to read or listen to again and again until it becomes true revelation knowledge to you.
This message will forever change the way you think about receiving the blessings of God. It’s the knowledge of this truth that will set you free to receive from God.
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