BEWARE OF SAME OLD TEMPTATIONS

BEWARE : SAME OLD TEMPTATIONS
   When the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, chief priests and elders in the temple harassed Jesus in His ministry of bringing salvation to the world, the devil used the same old temptations on Jesus as he did in the wilderness. (Matthew 4:5-7)  One of the ways was to tempt Jesus to perform signs for them in His ministry, hoping that He would not be able to do miracles and they could say that He was a fake.  (Matthew 12:38-42) In the devil's temptation in His mind in the wilderness, the devil tempted Jesus to jump from a high structure to prove that God would save Him.  Jesus answered the devil that He should not tempt God.  The religious and political leaders did the same thing several times later, told Jesus to give them a sign so that they would believe in Him, using the same temptation that the devil had used on Jesus in the wilderness. 
    His accusers followed Jesus and His disciples around, looking for opportunities to trap Him into doing something that would cause them to accuse Him of being a law breaker so that they could tell the authorities.  They even asked Jesus why His disciples did not wash their hands before eating, breaking Jewish traditions.  Jesus put the hypocrisy right back on them by asking them why they broke their own traditions by refusing to honor their parents when their parents asked for help with finances.  Jesus revealed that they had told their parents that the money that they might have to help their parents they gave to Me.  He called them hypocrites for claiming that their money was dedicated to Me instead of available to help their parents.  (Matthew 15:1-9) He told them that they only honored Me with lip-servce but their hearts were far from Me.  He said that their worship of Me was worthless and their doctrines were human doctrines.  (Isaiah 2:13)  They were judging the disciples based on man-made doctrines.
   It was in that setting that Jesus called His followers to Him and taught them that it's not what goes in a person's stomach that defiles the person, but it's what comes out of the mouth of a person that defiles the person.  He said that what goes into the stomach is discharged into the sewer but what comes out of the mouth of a person comes from his heart and makes the person unclean. (Matthew 15:12-29)  He said the Pharisees were the blind leading the blind.
    After Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes, the political and religious leaders asked to be shown another sign from heaven.  This was a repeat of when the devil told Jesus in the wilderness to change a rock into bread as a sign. (Matthew 4;1-4) Jesus told the Pharisees and Sadducees that they were smart enough to know if the sky is red at night that it will be nice the next day, and they knew that if the sky is overcast that it will be stormy.  He told them that they needed to recognize the sign of Jonah.  He left them standing there wondering what He meant.  He was talking about the coming of My kingdom of heaven into the earth. He had told them that evil people ask for signs, indicating the devil was again behind the request for signs from heaven.  (Matthew 16:1-4)
    It was because of the harassment from the Jewish religious and political leaders that Jesus told His followers to BEWARE of the yeast of the Pharisees, Sadducees, the scribes, the chief priests and the elders in the temple. His  followers finally understood that Jesus was telling them to beware of the words of the religious and political leaders because they were evil, planning in their minds how to rid the earth of the ministry of Jesus.  (Matthew 16:5-13)
   Later while Jesus was involved in healing people, some politicians approached Him and questioned Him about divorce, in order to divert His attention from healing the sick.  They asked Him if it's lawful to divorce under any pretext whatever?  Jesus asked them if they had not read that I had made male and female and that a man must leave his parents and cleave to his wife because they become one flesh.  He said that if I had united them that people must not divide them.  The Pharisees told Him that Moses gave them a paper of divorce.  Jesus told them that if a man divorces His wife and marries another woman that he is guilty of adultery. (Matthew 19:1-9)
   Over and over again, the religious and political leaders interrupted Jesus in His ministry of healing, casting out demons and teaching on My kingdom of heaven soon coming into the earth.  They were determined to find enough evidence that would be sufficient to arrest Him according to their religious and political laws.  Their plans were to see that He was arrested, tried and crucified. Jesus Christ was a threat to their kingdom of domination of people that they had for years for themselves. 
   Jesus continued to teach about My kingdom and how wonderful if was going to be when My children inherited My kingdom while they live in the earth.  It was still a mystery to everyone how it would happen.  Some people thought it would happen with Jesus coming back to earth and setting up a visible kingdom in Jerusalem with splendor and majesty so that Israel would be the world leader.  (Acts 1:6)  Jesus had told in His teachings that it would not be in observation but it would be like the wind, seeing the results of it without seeing it visually.
   When His prophesy was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was more glorious than anyone imagined.  It was accompanied by signs and wonders, with My children speaking and praying in heavenly languages, winds from heaven and fire which were the presence of My angels, as John the Baptist and Jesus had prophesied.  (Acts 2:1-4) The people who had waited, as Jesus commanded, were empowered with My Holy Spirit, afterward being able to speak in My behalf about My love and My power.(Acts 2:14-36)  The world was changed that day and is still being changed as My children are born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit as My kingdom comes inside of them making them heirs of My kingdom while they live in the earth.  They are empowered to do My will in the earth as it is in heaven. 
    The glory of My kingdom coming into the world in the lives of those who seek Me, seek My kingdom and seek My righteousness continues, as prophesied.  My obedient children become spiritual people in human bodies instead of mere humans with limitations.  They hear My voice in their thoughts and those who obey My voice have heaven on earth.  It's My pleasure to give My kingdom to all of My children. That glorious day came and is still coming in the lives of My children who seek Me, seek My kingdom and seek My righteousness.
   Your Generous, Gracious, Loving Father. 

BEWARE OF POISONOUS RHETORIC

My Dear Precious Child,
   From the moment when Jesus was identified as My Son, the devil put into action his plan to do away with Jesus Christ.  My children were enamored with Jesus' message of peace on earth through My kingdom of heaven coming into their lives on earth.  So the chief priests and the elders of the church planned early on that they would entice the followers of Jesus or Jesus Himself to break the laws concerning the Sabbath rest so they could accuse Him to the officials.  To some people it was easy; to others it was hard.  To some, their devotion to My Son was very impressive.  They were elated that He had healed the sick, cast out offending demons caused by generational curses and encouraged people with His positive message of My kingdom coming into the earth to bring peace and tranquility to My children.
   Knowing that the Jews, taught by the religious and political leaders, had ignored My messages to them for yeas through the prophets and had even killed the prophets, the devil used those choices of evil over good to entice the same opponents of Jesus to plan to kill Him also.  Thus was the reason for My own warning through John the Baptist and also through My Son Jesus to the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the scribes, the chief priests and the elders in the temple to repent from their sins of using religious laws to add burdens to the lives of people instead of the proper use for them of relieving their burdens.  The religious and political laws had become their gods instead of Me.  Jesus showed them the proper use for the laws, which was to relieve physical, emotional and mental burdens from people instead of using the same laws to judge and condemn people.
   Because of Jesus showing My love for people by healing on the Sabbath instead of worshiping the religious and political laws by withholding healing from them, the leaders yielded to the temptation of the devil to kill My Son just like they had killed My prophets whom I had sent to set them on the right path to freedom from the works of the devil. 
   The strong warnings from Jesus to the religious and political leaders were because of their abuse of My children through withholding the ways to salvation from the people by using strict adherance to religious and political laws.  His strong instructions to them to turn from their wicked ways, which is repentence, was to save them from the devil's rewards for doing his will in the earth which is death and destruction. 
   The strong warnings by Jesus to His followers to avoid the words of the Pharisees, Sadducees, the scribes, the chief priests and the elders of the temple were because those officials were withholding My salvation from the people in need of it and were instead spreading the devil's will in the earth, using religious and political laws to do evil works by accusing, condemning and judging people.
   My salvation had come into the world through Jesus Christ and the very people who should have furthered My works through Jesus did the opposite.  They opposed Him in every instance of His healing the sick, casting out demons and teaching about My kingdom coming into the earth. 
   The political and religious leaders accused Jesus of eating with sinners instead of inviting the law abiding citizens to eat with Him.  He told them that it's the sick who need a physician.  (Matthew 9:10-13)
   The political and religious leaders accused Jesus of casting out demons by the power of the devil when Jesus cast a dumb demon from a man, causing the man to speak. (Matthew 9:32-34)
   When the disciples of Jesus were hungry and picked corn to eat on the Sabbath, the political and religious leaders accused them of breaking the laws by working on the Sabbath.  Jesus told them that I said that I want mercy instead of sacrifice, mercy for the hungry. (Matthew 12:1-8)
    When Jesus cured a man with a withered hand, the political and religious leaders told Him that it was illegal to heal a person on the Sabbath.  Jesus told them that if their sheep fell down a well on the Sabbath, then it would be permitted by them to do good on the Sabbath, which was hypocritical of them to condemn them.  Because of the spiritual wisdom of Jesus, the leaders began to plot how to destroy Jesus, My Son who brought salvation to the world. (Matthew 12:9-14)
    Jesus perceived their plot and so He left their district, leaving behind many people who needed His ministry of salvation from the works of the devil.
     Again Jesus cast the demons out of another man who had been blind and dumb, restoring sight and speech to him.  The local Pharisees, those being the political and religious leaders, heard of it and proclaimed that He healed by the power of Beelzebub, the prince of demons. Jesus used the situation to teach them that if satan cast out satan that he has a house divided and it will fall.   Jesus said that when He cast a demon out of a person that My kingdom came upon that person. (Matthew 12:22-32)  He told them that anyone who spoke against Himself would be forgiven but no one who speaks blasphemy against My Holy Spirit can be forgiven.
    Again Jesus called the religious and political leaders a brood of vipers. He said that the words that flow from a person's mouth identifies if they harbor good or evil in their heart, saying that by a person's words he or she is justified and by the person's words he or she is condemned. (Matthew 12:33-37)  He said that the words of the Pharisees, those being the religious and political leaders, identify the evil that is in their hearts.
   So began the ministry of Jesus, My Son, sent to save the world.  The devil through the religious and political leaders did not want their kingdom of domination of people through political and religious laws to be usurped and interrupted by My kingdom of love, peace, compassion and mercy. 
   Things have not changed in your world.  People are still cursed by religious and political leaders because conflict and division is the attitude behind their loyalty to their laws and behind their behavior.  What has changed is in the lives of My children who are born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit who follow My advice and do My will in their lives, distributing love, peace, forgiveness and compassion in the earth.  They have My heaven on earth.
   Be one of those children who loves Me enough to do what I command, which is to love everyone as I love you. (John 13:34-35)
   Your Father of Love, Compassion, Peace and Forgiveness 

BEWARE OF THE WORDS OF THE PHARISEES

My Dear Precious Child,
   After the birth and growth into adulthood of Jesus and John the Baptist, in the recordings of the Instruction Book, commonly called the Bible, during the first record of the ministry of John the Baptist he spoke the first of the identifying characteristics of the Pharisees, Sadducees and scribes, calling them broods of vipers. telling them of their need to repent because My kingdom was soon to come into the earth.  (Matthew 3:7-12) 
   The religious and political leaders were accustomed to being revered and honored by people for their being religious and political leaders, claiming to be descendants of Abraham, to which they proudly attributed their heritage.  John told those who came to him to be baptized that I could raise up stones to be children of Abraham, indicating that it was no big honor to claim to be Abraham's children.  In fact, John even told them that the ax was already laid at the root of their tree because every tree that does not bear My fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire, indicating that the old religious and political laws did not produce good fruit in My children. 
   What a blow it was to the egos of the religious and political leaders, to be compared to a tree that was soon to be cut down and lose its proud heritage.  After his strong criticism, John told them that he baptized for repentance but that there was One coming after him who would baptize people in the Holy Spirit and fire.  He told them that My fork of separation was already in His hand and that He would gather His wheat into His storehouse and the chaff He would burn with fire, speaking about My children of promise being the wheat and the devil's demons as being the chaff. 
   Almost immediately, after John's prophetic utterance to the Pharisees and Sadducees, Jesus came to John to be baptized by John for repentance.  When Jesus rose from the water, My Holy Spirit descended on Him, as having the appearance of a dove, and I identified Him as My Son who pleases Me.(Matthew 3:13-17)  My kingdom of heaven came upon Jesus Christ at that moment.
   Jesus was led into the wilderness where He was tempted by the devil, just like Adam was.  Because Jesus was empowered with My Holy Spirit, He was able to refuse the temptations.  One of the temptations with which the devil tempted Jesus was that he showed Jesus all the nations of the world and told Jesus that he would give to Jesus all the nations of the world if He would worship the devil. That offer by the devil to Jesus is a clear indication that he is the lord of the nations of the world, as given to him by Adam, or the devil would not have had the authority to offer them to Jesus. Of course Jesus refused to worship the devil.  That instance is a clear indication of why John called the political and religious leaders a brood of vipers, because of their loyalty to the devil through the political and religious demons who motivated them and still motivate them.  The pride of the political and religious leaders was already revealed.  They had already been told that My ax had already been laid at the base of the tree of the old covenant because of the absence of any fruit, meaning that the old laws were soon to be null and void because of the lack of freedom they were meant to bring; but instead of freedom for My children they brought more bondage and the increased bondage was instituted by the religious and political leaders.
   In Jesus' first sermon He told about the marvelous things that were to come in the lives of My children when My kingdom came to the earth as it is in My heaven. He even told his followers that they would be the light of the world which would shine to others.  However, He told them that their virtues must far surpass any virtues of the political and religious leaders or they would never enter into My kingdom of heaven while they lived in the earth. (Matthew 5:20)
  In the same sermon, Jesus told in His instructions about the actions and behavior of My children after they become citizens of My kingdom of heaven while they still live in the earth, compared them to the actions of the religious and political leaders and their followers, the Jews.  He told them that My children of My kingdom of God would have the power and ability to refuse to be angry, that they would have the power to make peace with everyone, that they would be able to refuse to yield to lust, that they would refuse to take an oath, that they would be able to love their enemies instead of hate them, that they would neither parade their alms giving in public nor would they pray in public to be seen by people like the religious leaders do, and that they would fast in secret instead of openly to be seen as being holy, like the religious leaders do. 
   When His followers asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, He instructed them to pray for My kingdom to come in their lives on earth as it is in My heaven so that they would be able to do My will in the earth, of which He had told them about previously as saying that not one dot of His teachings would pass away. 
   Every teaching of Jesus was attended by some of the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, chief priests and elders in the temple in order to trap Jesus into saying something for which they could accuse Him,  They were eager to trap Him so that the political and religious leaders would see that His ministry in the earth ceased because it was a threat to their domination over people.
   Jesus eventually called the religious and political leaders a brood of vipers, just like John the Baptist did.  That label identified the spiritual demons who were motivating those leaders, those being demons from hell sent to curse the earth and the people in it.  (Matthew 12:34)
   While Jesus taught His followers about My kingdom coming on earth to live inside of them, the religious and political leaders became more and more determined to bring an end to His ministry because My kingdom was a threat to their own kingdoms on earth that they had set up which produced the adoration and homage of the throngs of people toward them.
   Little did the religious and political leaders know that My kingdom eventually becoming present in the world in the lives of My children would change the world, producing fruit of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.  The religious and political leaders were concerned about losing the adoration of the people and losing their positions of being royalty in their national kingdom, so they saw that Jesus was crucified.  The joke was on them,  He rose from the dead, went to hell and took back the authority to the earth from the devil and He gives it back to My children who choose to have My Holy Spirit live in them, giving them My power and My ability to overcome all the evil that is in the world in their own lives on earth. 
    Adoration and loyalty to political and religious leaders whose fruit in their lives are corrupt and cruel will suck My children right into hell with them while they live in the earth.  Adoration and loyalty to My Holy Spirit and My kingdom of heaven, which He ushers into your life, will produce the abundant life and complete peace for your mind.  My kingdom is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, clear and uncontested. 
   Your Heavenly Father of Love, Peace and Joy

SACRIFICE NATIONAL PRIDE

My Dear Precious Child
   If there was one country, one state or one city in the world whose charters, constitutions or political laws was able to deliver peace, righteousness and joy to My children, there would never have been a reason for My kingdom to come into the earth as it is in heaven.  (Romans 14:17)
   If there was one country, one state or one city in the world whose leaders sought Me, sought My wisdom, sought My guidance, sought My solutions, were able to hear My voice and had the ability to obey My voice, there would never have been a reason for My kingdom to come to live in My children in the earth in the person of My Holy Spirit.
    Yet, some of My children continue to give strict patriotism, loyalty, honor and homage to earthly countries whose leaders are divided in national and religious beliefs.  The only time they become united is in war, which means that they are united around the works of the devil.  The needs of the poor, the physically sick, the mentally ill, the displaced immigrants, the neglected children and the elderly are the ideologies that separate the leaders of countries instead of uniting them. (Matthew 25:33-41) Because the earthly governments are operated and controlled by human beings, their strict religious and political beliefs are demonically induced by the principalities and powers who dominate the earth.  Yet their governments require strict loyalty and adherence to imperfect, burdensome, inhumane laws. (Ephesians 6:10-18)
    Because of the imperfections, the demonic influences and the weakness of human nature through the devil's pollution of the earth through Adam, My mysterious plan for the salvation of people and the earth is through My sending My Holy Spirit to live in My children.  My Holy Spirit instituted the possibility of My kingdom of heaven coming into the earth to live in My children.  I did it the first time in My Son Jesus Christ who spoke the truth that the only salvation for the earth is My own kingdom, My own heavenly nation, My own behavior of righteousness, My own everlasting peace, My own unspeakable joy, My own loving attitudes, and for My own wise words and My own loving, kind actions to become resident in the lives of My children.  Jesus died so that My Holy Spirit would replicate the same earthly ministry of spiritual power in the lives of My children who seek Me, seek My kingdom and seek My righteousness. 
   The magnificent power of My Holy Spirit who lives in My children while they live in the earth is like no power the earth has ever seen except in Jesus Christ.   My power in the earth is multiplied as more and more people choose to become members of My family by being baptized in My Holy Spirit, leaving behind strict adherence to their imperfect, demonically influenced, ineffective earthly countries which have failed them over and over and over again, yet they continue to give strict adherence to it with unquestionable loyalty.  Instead of strict loyalty to an imperfect earthly country, strict adherence to My kingdom of heaven which lives in you will deliver to you My righteousness, peace and joy, but My children often choose to rely upon weak, ineffective earthly countries for their happiness and stability.  The earthly countries never gave stability to any lives and they never will because they are influenced by demons.
   I asked My children not to neglect such a great salvation, that being My kingdom of heaven coming to live inside of you in the person of My Holy Spirit.  When you are baptized in My Holy Spirit, you become a resident of a new country with new, workable attitudes and solutions, all based on Love.  You become Infused with My love and surrounded by My country of love.  Do not go back to strict loyalty to the old, imperfect earthly country which only dispenses curses into your life.  I said it's like a dog returning to eat its own vomit or a pig returning to wallow in its own filth.  (Proverbs 25:11; II Peter 2:17:18-22) 
   My instructions through Jesus are to obey the laws of the land by paying your taxes and obeying laws which are for your safety and the safety of others.  But strict loyalty and pride in an earthly nation are contrary to My advice through Jesus.  He said to give to Me what is Mine, your loyalty, your dependence, your love and your faith in My kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy.  No earthly country can provide that. 
   Don't go back into strict devotion to an earthly country after you have received My kingdom that is stable and immovable whose language is Love.  Regularly check your thoughts and the words that proceed from your mouth to see if you have fallen for the devil's temptation to return to the problems that are always present in an earthly country that is controlled by Pharisees, Sadducees and scribes, of which all countries are.  If you do return to making an earthly country your salvation, you will inherit their woes and wonder where you left your peace behind.  (Matthew 23:13-29)  Mental unrest will curse you again and again because that is the mental language of earthly countries.
   My children who are devoted to My kingdom and My righteousness will soar like eagles above the turmoil in the earth.  You will not be touched by the woes of the hypocrites and will not be under the curses of the devil.  You will be above those woes and curses, not beneath them, as long as you remain devoted to Me and My kingdom of love. You can't be devoted to both, an earthly kingdom and My heavenly kingdom.   You will love one and despise the other.  You will serve one and neglect the other.  Be single minded, devoted to Me and My kingdom.  The rewards are more than you can dare think or imagine.  The mental peace that you have as a devoted child of My kingdom of love is worth all that you leave behind. 
   Your Father of Heavenly Peace
                   

KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOW

My Dear Precious Child,
   I said that it's My good pleasure to give you My kingdom.  (Luke 12:32)
   I also said that My kingdom is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.(Romans 14:17)
   Jesus Christ preached only the coming of My kingdom into the earth in My children who seek Me, seek My kingdom and seek My righteousness. (Matthew 6:33)
   My kingdom of heaven comes to live in My children when they are born of My Holy Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit.  There is no other way. (John 3:5)
   Jesus went from city to city healing the sick, casting out demons and preaching the good news of My Kingdom of God coming to live in My children. (Matthew 4:23: Matthew 9:35)
   After the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven, his disciples went about preaching the good news of My kingdom. (Acts 8:12; Acts 20:25; Acts28:31)
   There was not anything that Jesus and His disciples taught that was not related to My kingdom coming into the lives of My children while they live in the earth, fulfilling the prayer that Jesus taught the disciples to pray.  (Matthew 6:10)
    Being born of My Spirit, called being born again, is only part of the good news.  The full good news is also being baptized in My Holy Spirit because the power of My Holy Spirit overcomes all evil that is in the earth and gives to My children the ability to spread My good news in the earth.  The disciples of Jesus were born of My Spirit immediately after He was raised from the dead.  (John 20:21-23)  Yet, He told them to wait for My promise, which is that they would be endued with My power from on high.  (Luke 24:49) Acts 1:1-8; Acts 2:1-4) 
    It is only with the power of My Holy Spirit of being baptized in My Spirit that My children can become like Me in character, changed into My image in the earth, which causes them to be witnesses of My character, My power and My Love.   Jesus knew this truth because, even though He was created when My Spirit overshadowed His mother Mary and made My Spirit His natural bloodline, He still needed to be baptized in My Holy Spirit before He could defeat the works of the devil in the earth.  He did not have the power over evil that is necessary until He was baptized in My Holy Spirit.  (Matthew 3:13-17)
   So is it with My other children, the ones who seek Me, My kingdom and My righteousness,  My kingdom comes into them and surrounds them in their lives on earth, giving them My power and My abilities to defeat the works of the devil in the earth, just like Jesus did.  (I John 3:8)  Without being baptized in My Holy Spirit, there is no victory over the devil.  When My children are baptized in My Holy Spirit, in their lives My kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven, giving them power over the devil and restoring to them dominion over everything in the earth. They begin to pray the spiritual language of My kingdom of heaven which allows Me to give their angels instructions on how to facilitate the dominion of My children in the earth. (Hebrews 1: 7 and 14) My kingdom of God actually comes to earth as it is in My heaven when a child of Mine is baptized in My Holy Spirit.
   In teaching about My Spirit coming to live in My children, ushering into their lives My kingdom of heaven, My Spirit spoke My words through Jesus and told His disciples what to expect when My kingdom comes into their lives, their lives and the lives of My other children.   Jesus glorified the works of My Holy Spirit who would come into their lives when My kingdom enters their lives.  He said that greater works would be done by My children when My kingdom came into their lives as they are baptized in My Holy Spirit. (John 5:20)
   My children fail to realize that My Holy Spirit is the part of My personality who ushers My kingdom into your life.  Jesus said that He is your counselor, your advocate, your wisdom, your strength, your power source, your tutor and your revealer of My truth.  My Holy Spirit was in Jesus and He is in Me.  We are one, just as you and I are one. 
   Jesus taught you about My glorious plan to bring My kingdom of heaven into your life on earth, giving you power over all evil and giving you access to all of My wisdom and knowledge so that you can escape the evil that is still in the world.  When My kingdom of heaven resides in your life in the person of My Holy Spirit, you have access to all of My righteousness, peace and joy.
    Do not allow the devil to blind you any longer to what you have in your life when you are born of My Spirit and baptized in My Spirit.  You have all of My kingdom of heaven at your disposal.  You don't have to wait until Jesus comes again back to earth.  He already did.  He successfully accomplished the feat set before Him perfectly the first time. (Romans 10:1-11)  He came back many times after His resurrection from the dead, showing Himself to many people.  He came back again on the day of the first Pentecost when He came in the person of My Holy Spirit.  He lived in Jesus when He was in the earth and He comes back in My children who have been born again.  His resurrected body is seated with Me in heaven, but His power source is in you if you are born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit. He lives in the earth in the person of My Holy Spirit, just like I lived in the earth in Jesus Christ. Jesus said that anyone that saw Him saw Me. 
   My children must give honor and glory to My Holy Spirit.  He doesn't speak words from His own will.  He only speaks My will and teaches My will to My children in the earth.  He feeds My words into your thoughts and in your memory, so that you will not yield to the devil.  He teaches you how to avoid evil in the world and how to do My will in the earth which allows you to enjoy all of the benefits of My kingdom coming to live in you in the earth.
   All of the parables that Jesus taught related to My kingdom of heaven becoming real in your life.  My kingdom of God is resident in your life on earth if you are born of My Spirit and baptized in My Spirit.  You need only to hear His voice and obey His voice to have heaven on earth,  (Hebrews 3:6-12)
   Your Father of Perfect Plans 

PARABLE OF THE GATE OR THE WAY

My Dear Precious Child,
   Jesus Christ called Himself the Gate, that being the gate between earth and heaven and He was the Gate between the old covenant and My new covenant of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 7:13)  When He was crucified, He split the devil's veil between earth and heaven and the veil in the earthly temple was torn supernaturally from top to bottom, indicative of the beginning of My heaven being available to all people who seek Me, seek My kingdom and seek My righteousness. (Mark 15:37-38)  In the lives of My children of promise it became possible for them to have My Holy Spirit live in their spirits, giving to them the same spiritual power that Jesus possessed when He walked in the earth.(Ephesians 1:16-23; I Corinthians 3:16))  My Holy Spirit wrote through Paul that I do not cease praying that you will have a revelation of the two kinds of power that you possess when you are born of My spirit and baptized in my Spirit. 
   The authority to have dominion over the earth was restored to My children who are born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit because Jesus took back from the devil that spiritual authority when He went to hell and then rose from the dead and ascended into My heaven. (Acts 2:27) Then, when He sent My Holy Spirit into the earth from His eternal resting place with Me, My children who choose to be born of My Holy Spirit have My complete power to again have dominion in the earth, having lost it when Adam allowed the devil to become lord of the earth.  My Holy Spirit now has power, or authority, over the earth in My children.  That is called authoritative power, or exousia power. 
   When My children are baptized in My Holy Spirit, not only does My Holy Spirit surround them, or baptize them in His power, but you are also surrounded by a cloud of helpers who supply My mighty power over evil.  Those helpers provide to My children the dunamis or dynamite power, the supernatural ability to accomplish impossible human things.  Those helpers are identified as multitudes of angels, the spirits of the first born who believed in the coming of Jesus,also the spirits of just people made perfect, the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ and Me, Your Father.  We surround you in the spiritual dimension around you because My kingdom has come into your life on earth as it is in heaven.  (Hebrews 12:1 and 22-28)   You become supernatural beings in a natural world,   You become able to not only resist evil temptations but you have the authoritative power and the supernatural ability to cast the demons who tempt you into hell. (Matthew 13:41-43) Your angels usher them into hell where they weep and gnash their teeth.
  It is through this authoritative power of the Holy Spirit and the mighty, supernatural power of My Holy Spirit and His army of spiritual beings that I am able to do super abundantly far more than you can dare think, imagine or ask.   You give all glory to Me, the supplier of the power who accomplishes all of the miraculous deeds in your life.   (Ephesians 3:20)
  Jesus being the Gate, or the Way, when He relinquished My Holy Spirit's power in His life, sending My Holy Spirit into the earth in the lives of My children who choose My salvation from evil, My kingdom of heaven comes to earth as it is in heaven, which is what Jesus instructed My children to pray.  It came to be, as I intended.  You have everything in the earth available to you that I have in My heaven.  Go and do My will in the earth. (Matthew 6:10)
   Your Father of Power
  

PARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

My Dear Precious Child,
   After Jesus healed the man who had been blind since birth, word spread quickly to everyone, especially to the Jews who did not believe that the man had been blind until they found his parents who attested to the fact that He had been born blind.  The Jews drove the man away, thinking that he was a threat to them because believers in Jesus were increasing rapidly.  Jesus found the man whom He had healed of blindness and asked him if he believed in the Son of Man who had healed him.  The man asked to be told who he was so that he could believe. Jesus identified himself as the One who had healed him.  The man professed his belief and worshiped Jesus. Jesus told the man, "It is for judgment that I came into the world, so that those without sight may see and those who see will turn blind," speaking of becoming spiritually blind, (John 9:1-38)  His judgment was for the devil and the demons.
   Some Pharisees who were present denied that they were spiritually blind.  Jesus quizzed them, saying, "Blind?  If you were physically blind, you would not be found guilty, but since you say that you see spiritually but don't, your guilt remains." (John 9:40-41)  Jesus was speaking about their hypocrisy and their spiritual unbelief that they revealed by not recognizing Him as My Son.
    Then Jesus told them the parable of the shepherd.  He told them that anyone who does not enter through Him, the gate, that person is a thief and a robber; but that anyone who enters through His gate is the shepherd of the flock, speaking of My Holy Spirit.  He said that the gatekeeper lets Him in and the sheep know His voice.  He said that the True Shepherd leads the sheep out one by one because they know His voice.  He said that they never follow a stranger but instead run from a stranger.  The people who were listening did not understand what He was saying, so he elaborated further. (John 10:1-5)
    Jesus went on to say that, truly, He is the gate to the sheepfold and that all others who have come are thieves and robbers, that the sheep took no notice of them.  He repeated that He is the Gate and that anyone who enters through Him will be safe, will go freely in and out, and will find pasture to rest.  He warned the people that the thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy, speaking of the devil.  Jesus said that He came so that people will have life and have it to the fullest degree.(John 10:6-11) 
   Again Jesus verbally stressed that He is the Good Shepherd who lays His life down for His sheep.  He said that the hired man, speaking of the written religious laws, is not the shepherd and the people do not follow them and so they run away from the hired man because he has no concern for the sheep. (John 10:11-13) Jesus stressed this fact because the Pharisees had confronted Jesus about healing the blind man on the Sabbath, saying it was illegal.  They did not rejoice that a man who had been blind could now see.  They were only concerned about arresting Jesus for breaking the religious and political laws by healing on the Sabbath.
   Jesus said again that He is the Good Shepherd, that His sheep know Him, that just as He knows the Father and the Father knows Him, that He lays down His life for His sheep.  He said that the Father knows Him because He not only lays down His life but He takes it up again.  Jesus said that He would lay down His life willingly, of His own free will, and that He would do it at My command. (John 10:14-18) He was prophesying His crucifixion, His death and His resurrection from the dead.
  The true facts in that parable caused disagreements among the Jews.  Some said that Jesus was possessed by a demon, a raving lunatic.  Others said that he opened the eyes of a blind man, which a man who was crazy could not do. (John 19;19-21)
   The truth in this parable about Jesus being the Gate relates to My children inheriting My kingdom of heaven in their lives on earth.  He was the Gate between the prophesies of old which were given under the old covenant of religious laws and the fulfillment of those prophesies when My kingdom came on earth in the lives of My children who become born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit.  It is His sacrifice for their sins that cleanses My children, enabling them to be born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit.  (John 20:19-23; Acts 1:1-8) Acts 2:1-4)
   In the truth of the parable of the Good Shepherd Jesus was teaching that My children know My voice of wisdom and knowledge, My voice of revelation, My voice of love and My voice of insight.  My children recognize the voice of their Shepherd because they feel safe and secure in My words.  In saying that My sheep know My voice and they will not follow the voice of a hired hand, Jesus was saying that the religious laws which the devil used to add burdens to My children and condemn My children are not the voice of a good shepherd, that they are the voice of judgment and condemnation. 
   In the parable of the Good Shepherd, Jesus was revealing My loyalty and My love for My children, and He was revealing the ineffectiveness of the old covenant laws which never led to salvation for anyone.  If they did, there would be no need for the Gate, the Good Shepherd, to come to earth to die for the sins of the world and there would be no need for My Holy Spirit to come to earth to live in My children who seek Me, seek My kingdom and seek My righteousness.
   In the parable of the Good Shepherd, Jesus was testifying to My love and My loyalty for My children.  The greatest love is that a person will lay His life down for His friends. (John 15:13) Jesus laid His life down for the whole world.  He exemplified the greatest Love known to people when He laid down His life as the Gate so that My children could be born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit, thus inheriting My kingdom of heaven in their lives on earth.  Their inheritance of My Holy Spirit enables them to overcome all of the works of the devil in the earth. ( I John 3:8) 
   Your Father of the Workable Plan for Salvation 

SECOND PARABLE OFTHE FIG TREE

PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE
My Dear Precious Child,
   The parable of the fig tree was the last parable that Luke recorded as taught by Jesus concerning My kingdom of heaven coming to earth to live in My children.  He told His disciples that as soon as they saw the fig trees bud, they knew that summer was near. meaning that they could anticipate the coming of summer when the trees bloom.   He said that when they saw certain things happening that Jesus prophesied, then they knew that My kingdom was near.   Then He told them solemnly, or truthfully from His heart, that before the generation of people living at that time passed away that My kingdom coming into the earth to live in My children would have taken place.  Then He said that His words would never pass away, even if heaven and earth ever passed away.  He wanted you to know that you could believe, trust in and rely upon His words.  (Luke 21:29-33)
   When Jesus walked the earth, many times Jesus said that My kingdom coming into the lives of My children was near in time.  On one early occasion He said that there were people standing in the crowd listening to him teach that day who, before they died, would experience His return when My kingdom came into their lives as the prayer of Jesus was answered of My kingdom coming to earth as it is in heaven.  (Matthew 16:28; Matthew 6:10)
   All of the teachings of Jesus called parables are related to My kingdom coming into the earth to live in My children who seek Me.  Previous to Jesus starting His ministry in the earth, John the Baptist preached to the children of Israel to, "Repent, for the kingdom of God is near." (Matthew 3:1)  In His proclamations John taught that he baptized the people in water for repentance, but that when Jesus began His ministry He would baptize people in My Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:11-12)  When Jesus began His ministry of healing, casting out demons, comforting the brokenhearted, His teachings always related to My kingdom of heaven coming into the lives of My children, as prophesied by John the Baptist as being the baptism in My Holy Spirit. (Matthew 4;17) Jesus even said that when He cast a demon out of a person that My kingdom came upon that person. (Luke 11:20)  It was the power of My Holy Spirit who cast out the demons, covering the person with My Holy Spirit.  
   Water baptism for the children of Israel gave way to baptizing people in My Holy Spirit through Jesus casting out demons from people.  Then on the day of Pentecost, after Jesus rose from the dead, he sent My Holy Spirit into the earth to live in My children with the same spiritual power that operated in Jesus Christ when He lived in the earth.  Jesus no longer needed the power of My Spirit when He came to live with Me in heaven where there is no evil, so He sent My Holy Spirit into the earth to live in My children who need My power in their lives over the evil demons which have tormented their lives.  After He rose from the dead, He visited His disciples and told them to go to Jerusalem and wait for My promise to them of being clothed with Power from on high, (Luke 24:44-49; Acts 1:1-8; Acts 2:1-4)
   The acts of My Holy Spirit are recorded in the book of Acts, the actions of His baptizing My children in My power for the purpose of giving My children power over the devil and his demons who live in the earth, the demons who had polluted the earth since Adam allowed them to invade the earth with their curses.
   The wonderful mystery of how I was going to come to earth to live in My children so that I could give them power over all evil was hidden even from the angels until the proper time came for Jesus to die for the sins of the whole world.  He rose from the dead and took the keys of authority for heaven and hell from the devil, giving them to My children who are empowered with My Holy Spirit.  When My children are baptized in My Holy Spirit, they have the keys of authority to heaven and hell in the person of My Holy Spirit living in them.  (Matthew 16:19; Revelation 1:18)
   My plan to live in My children of promise and give to them My power over all evil in the earth came to fruition on the day of the first Pentecost and it has taken place an immeasurable number of times since then when My children seek Me, seek My kingdom and seek My righteousness.
   When My children are baptized in My Holy Spirit you become supernatural, yet humble; powerful over evil, yet loving to other people; wealthy in spiritual gifts; yet, wise in administering them.  You have the power to become My obedient children; yet are still living in human bodies.  You have the power to become a temple of My Holy Spirit and you have the power of My Holy Spirit to allow Him to become Lord of your life.  (I Corinthians 3:16; II Corinthians 3:17-18)  My Holy Spirit becomes your tutor, your protector, your provider, your advocate and your counselor.  I teach you all of My wisdom through My Holy Spirit who lives inside of your spirit.  (John 14:12-17; John 14:26-27; John 16: 7-15)
   My mysterious plan for My heaven to come on earth and live inside of My children in the earth became possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ because My Holy Spirit is the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead who comes to live in you when you become born of My Holy Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:11)  My kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven when My Spirit comes to live in you. (Matthew 6:10)
   Give to My Holy Spirit the same respect and honor that you give to Me.  He is My Very Own Holy Spirit, the spiritual power source who ministered through Jesus and raised Him from the dead, and the spiritual power source from Me who lives in you.
   Your Father of Divine Power

PARABLE OF THE GREATEST

My Dear Precious Child,
   There is within the nature of people the demonic desire to want to be the greatest, the most talented, the smartest, the most recognized, the most wealthy, the most handsome or most beautiful; in other words, the best in everything.   The disciples of Jesus got tricked by that demon to argue about who would be the greatest when Jesus was gone from them.  Jesus told them that among pagans there are kings who lord over them and those who have authority over them are called their benefactors.  Jesus warned the disciples that the struggle for becoming "the best" among them must not happen to His disciples  when He was gone from them. (Luke 22:24-26) He emphasized this warning by speaking, "No," to them, meaning no, do not seek to be the best, the greatest.  Then He said that the greatest among them must be thought to be the youngest among them, the one who always is considered to have the least authority in a family.  He said that the leader must always be the one who serves others.  (verse 25)
  Then Jesus asked the disciples who is the greatest, the one who sits at the table waiting to be served or the one who serves the people at a table?   He proclaimed that it is the ones who are humble enough to serve who are the greatest in My kingdom of heaven. (verse 27) He called attention to the fact that He was serving them, His own disciples. and He served them by washing their feet. (John 13:5) 
   He complimented His disciples that they had all been loyal to Him, that they had stuck with Him throughout His trials, and so He was conferring My kingdom upon them and He told them that they would eat and drink at the table of My kingdom and that they would judge the 12 tribes of Israel. (verses 28-30) 
   Simon Peter had been one of the most loyal follower of Jesus from the beginning and He had received the revelation from Me that Jesus was the Christ, My Son.  His leadership position was established already, Yet, Jesus told Peter that the devil was going to temp him and after that incident that Peter must strengthen his brothers in the kingdom.  (verses31-32)
   Peter proudly declared that he would go to prison for Jesus and even be put to death for him.  Jesus prophesied that before the next morning came that Peter would deny knowing Jesus Christ three times.  (verses 33-35). 
   It happened just like Jesus prophesied.  Peter was tempted by the devil to deny that he knew Jesus not once, not twice, but three times.  His pride revealed in his declaration that he would die for Me is what opened the door for the devil to tempt him.  Peter, at that moment after denying Jesus three times, resolved that he must strengthen his brothers in Christ not to do what he did, which was to proudly declare that he would always be faithful and even go to prison or die for Jesus.   It is by the mouth that evil speaks proudly. 
   As they approached the Mount of Olives, Jesus told His disciples to pray that THEY WOULD NOT BE PUT TO THE TEST."  (verse 39-40)  He withdrew from them and prayed, asking Me to be released from the events that were to follow, but he also said that whatever My will was, that He would do it.   When Jesus succumbed to do My will, I sent an angel from My heaven to strengthen Him. (verses 43-44)
   Jesus went back to His praying and He entreated Me again not to make Him go through what He knew was His destiny. He prayed until sweat ran down His face like blood.  When He rose from praying, Jesus went to His disciples, found them asleep for the second time, and admonished them again, saying that they should be devoted enough to stay awake at least an hour and pray THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PUT TO THE TEST, which means that they would not be temped by the devil in the coming days to refuse to be a follower of Jesus. (verses 45-46)
   Be careful that any prideful professions flow from your mouth.  When you do, you give permission for the devil to make a liar out of you by tempting you to do the opposite of what you declare that you will do.  (Matthew 5:34; Matthew 26:74)
   I said that by your words you are blessed and by your words you are condemned. ( Matthew 12:37) 
   There is so much to be gleaned from My Instruction Book.  The parables of My kingdom of heaven are given by Me to you so that you will consider the prize of My high calling that I have for you.  Truths in the parables of My kingdom of heaven are given by Me so that My children will know the truths in them, those being the keys to your having My kingdom of heaven in your life on earth.   Until you know the truth, that My kingdom of heaven came into the lives of the followers of Jesus on the day of the first Pentecost and continues on in your day by coming into the earth in the lives of those people who seek first My kingdom and My righteousness, those being My Holy Spirit.  Until then, you are deceived by false prophets who are still waiting for My kingdom to come to earth.
   The greatest people in My kingdom are the humble and the meek. (Matthew 6;10)
   Your Humble Father

PARABLE OF THE VINEYARDAND THE TENANTS

My Dear Precious Child,
   While Jesus was teaching one day in the temple, proclaiming the Good News of My kingdom of heaven coming into the earth, the chief priests, the Jewish elders and the lawyers came up to Jesus and quizzed Him about upon whose authority He was teaching such revolutionary teachings.  Instead of answering the question, Jesus replied with a question, quizzing them under whose authority the baptisms that John the Baptist were performed, asked the religious leaders was it from heaven or from man?
  The religious leaders and the lawyers argued among themselves about the proper answer, surmising that if they said it was from Me that Jesus would ask them why they didn't believe John's teachings.  If they answered Jesus and said that John's ministry was from man, then people would stone the religious leaders because the people believed that John was a prophet. So their safe reply was that they didn't know from where John the Baptist's authority came.
   In great wisdom, Jesus replied that because of their answer to His question that he wouldn't tell them upon whose authority He was doing what He was doing, which was teaching about My kingdom of heaven soon coming into the earth. 
   Then Jesus added to his teaching a parable about a man and his vineyard.   He said that the man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants because he was going to be abroad for a while.  When the time came to collect his payment from the tenants, he sent a servant to get his share of the profits,   Instead of paying what was owed, the tenants assaulted the servant and sent him away without any portion of the profits.  The owner of the vineyard was determined to get what was due him, so he sent another servant to retrieve his share of the profits.  Again the tenants assaulted that servant shamefully and sent him away empty handed.  The owner of the vineyard persevered and sent a third servant to get what was due to the owner.  The tenants wounded that servant also and threw him out. 
   As a last resort, the owner of the vineyard decided that if he sent his son to collect his share of the profits that the tenants would surely respect him.  He sent His son to collect his share but instead of paying what they owed, the tenants held a verbal conference among themselves and decided that the son was surely the heir and if they killed him that his inheritance would be theirs.  So they not only threw the son of the owner of the vineyard out of the vineyard, but they killed him.
  Then Jesus finished the parable by asking what the owner of the vineyard should do to the evil tenants.  Then He answered His own question, saying that the owner of the vineyard would make an end to the tenants and give the vineyard to other people. Then He quoted prophetic scripture that said, "It was the stone that was rejected by the builders that became the chief cornerstone," speaking about Jesus Christ who was the Rock upon which My church is built.  
   Jesus ended the parable by saying that anyone that falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces and whoever the stone falls upon will be crushed. 
    The scribes and chief priests recognized that Jesus was talking about them so because they were afraid of the people they did not obey their temptation to lay hands on Jesus at the very time but they knew He was talking about them. 
    As a result of that parable being taught by Jesus in the temple, the chief priests and the lawyers waited for an opportunity to trap Jesus.  So they later sent people to pose as agents of the religious laws so that they might trick Him to say something that would be grounds for them to hand Him over to governmental officials who were already eager to arrest Him and charge Him with subversion against the nation.  The agents tried to trick Jesus by first flattering Him by saying that His teaching were right and that He was teaching about Me in all honesty.  Then they asked a question of Him, asking if it was permissible for them to pay taxes.  Jesus was aware of the cunning trick and showed them a coin with the head of Caesar upon it, saying to pay to Caesar, meaning the government, to pay to it what is due to it but to also pay to Me the loyalty and respect that is due to Me. 
   Jesus was more wise than the manipulating demon speaking through the chief priests and lawyers, and he remained gentle as a dove.  In that instance the chief priests and the scribes were unable to find fault with the wisdom of Jesus.(Luke 20:1-25) 
    The truth in this parable of the kingdom of heaven coming to earth was the authenticity of the facts in His parable.  The religious leaders of the past had assaulted every prophet that I sent to them to appeal to them to change their ways and become a nation of peace, but they would not listen to My prophets and instead assaulted and often killed them.  They wanted greatness as a nation at the cost of losing their standing with Me.  In the parable of the vineyard owner Jesus prophesied that the nation of Israel, through which My salvation was to come into the world, that the leaders of that nation would be responsible for killing My Son whom I sent to save the world.  As a result, the heirs of My kingdom of heaven became the poor, the sick, the blind, the deaf, the brokenhearted and the pagans who had become believers in the ministry of Jesus Christ.
    After the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, My new covenant of the Holy Spirit made it possible for Me to receive into My kingdom every Jew, Greek, Gentile, male, female, bond or free, as I am no respecter of persons.  Even though the politicians and religious leaders of the nation of Israel rejected Jesus Christ, many of the hearts of the people became soft and they believed in My kingdom of heaven coming into their lives.  They became free, indeed, because those whom My Son Christ sets free from evil are free, indeed. (John 3:36)
    Your Liberating Father

PARABLE OF THE UNPOPULAR KING

PARABLE OF THE UNPOPULAR KING
My Dear Precious Child,
   After a man named Zacchaeus had listened to Jesus teach and then said he would give half of his property to the poor and said he would return four times any money to people that he had cheated, Jesus told him that salvation had come to his house that day because the Son of Man had come to seek out and save the lost. (Luke 19:8-10)
   While people were listening to Jesus He went on and told this parable about the unpopular king because they were near Jerusalem and the people imagined that My kingdom of God was going to show itself then and there that day.  The parable was about a nobleman who went to a foreign country to be made a king and afterwards returned to his own country as king.  Before he left for the foreign county, the nobleman summoned ten of his servants to him and gave each one of them a pound and told them to do business with their one pound while he was gone.  (Luke 19:11-13)
   The compatriots of the nobleman hated him and send an envoy to follow him with the message that they did not want him to be king over them. (verse 14)
    Upon his return after becoming a king, he sent for his servants to whom he had given a pound to see what return he had for his money.  The first servant told the king that his one pound had made ten pounds.  The king said, "Well done, my good servant. You have proved yourself faithful in a small thing so I will appoint you the authority over ten cities."  The second servant told the king that he had gotten a return of five pounds for his one pound.  The king told him that he had done well and that he would be in charge of five cities. (verses 15-20)
    Another servant came to the king and told him that he had put the one pound away in a napkin because he was afraid of the king, that he had heard he was an exacting man, that he picked up what he did not put down and that he reaped what he had not sown, that he robbed from people.  The king called the man "wicked" and said that he would be condemned by his own words because he accused the king of picking up what he had not put down and that he had reaped what he had not sown. (verse 21-23) He asked the man why he did not at least put the one pound in the bank so that the king would at least have gained some interest. (verse 24)
   The king told some of the people standing by to take the one pound from man who only had one pound and give it to the man who had ten pounds.  The people protested that that man already had ten pounds.  The king said that to everyone who has, more will be given; but to those who have not, even what they have will be taken away. (verses 25-26)
   The king instructed them to bring his enemies to him so that they would be executed because of their rebellion. (verse 27)
    The man who refused to use the one pound in business for profit was motivated by fear, just as Job was motivated by fear in his life. (Job 1:1-5)  Because of the fear, Job lost everything and was impoverished.  Job and the man who saved the one pound instead of doing business with it, both men did not know Me.  They feared Me because of the religious laws and the strictness of them because the laws feed fear of Me into the minds of My children.  Fear immobilized the man who kept the pound of money in the napkin.  He was like Job who finally said to Me that he had previously only known Me by the hearing of his ear, as reported by other people, but when he encountered Me face to face he began to know Me not as a God to be feared but as one to be loved and worshiped for My kindness and wisdom.  (Job 42:1-6)
   Through their encounters with Jesus Christ, My disciples, the poor, the blind, the deaf and the brokenhearted people knew My true character and personality, that I am love, that I am not a God to be afraid to approach.  Jesus revealed My true nature, that of Love.  He said that anyone who had seen Him had seen Me.  Because of their face to face encounters with Jesus, the formerly unfortunate people became the most fortunate among men.  Yet, the people who were still trusting in old covenant laws which instill fear in people, those Jews who were loyal to their religious laws refused to welcome My Son into their lives as their Savior.  They lost what little they had while the poor, the blind, the deaf and the brokenhearted became blessed with My kingdom of heaven coming into their lives when My Holy Spirit came to live inside of their hearts, (Acts 13:47) The least of My children became royalty by My kingdom coming to live inside of them with authority over all the works of the devil, while the people under the old covenant of religious laws chose to remain under those religious laws and so they lost the little that they had which were the prophesies of the coming of their Messiah because they did not recognize Jesus Christ as My Son. (Romans 9:30-32; Galatians 3:14) 
   Yes, the reality of the culmination of the prophesies was taken away from the nation of Israel when Jesus Christ came into the earth because their fear and unbelief did not allow them to recognize Him as their real Messiah, just like the fearful servant whose one pound was taken away from him and given to the servant who grew his one pound into ten pounds.
   However, even though the old covenant of religious laws was made null and void, the individual Jews who became born of My Spirit and baptized in My Spirit became heirs, along with  the Gentiles who had become joint heirs with Christ. (Romans 8:17)  For in Christ there are no Jews, Gentiles, males, females, bond or free.  All are equal as My children in My eyes. (Galatians 3:28)  
   My children who are endued with My power from heaven have authority over all of the demonic kingdoms that persist in their efforts to destroy the earth that I gave to My children.  My children have the power of My Holy Spirit to cast those demons into hell.  When they do, My righteousness shines in My children of promise like the noonday sun because I live in them. (Matthew 13:41-43)
   Your Loving, Peaceful Father  

PARABLE OF PERSISTENCE IN PRAYERS

My Dear Precious Child,
   In teaching My children about the importance of praying persistently, Jesus Christ taught about an unscrupulous judge and a persistent widow.  The judge neither feared Me nor respected people.  The judge was not an example of Me but was only used as an example of how persistence in prayer against evil pays off for people. 
  There was a widow in the parable who lived in the same town as the unscrupulous judge,  She kept coming to the judge over and over again insisting that he do justice for her against her enemy who had wronged her.  The judge finally said, after being harassed by the widow over and over to do justice for her, he finally said to himself, "Well, maybe I don't fear God or respect people, most of all the widow, but since she keeps pestering me I must give her just rights to her or she will keep harassing me and worry me to death."  By now you must realize that the unscrupulous judge is the devil, the father of evil.  (Luke 18:1-5)
  Jesus followed the teaching on the parable with a more descriptive meaning when He said firmly, "Believe this, God will see that justice is done to his chosen children who appeal to him day and night when there is a timely delay in answered prayers." 
   Then Jesus made a declaration that is unusual for Him.  He said, "I tell you truly, (as if to say I promise you), that the judge WILL vindicate her, seeing that justice is done for her and that it will be done speedily to get her off of his back." (Luke 18:6-7)
   Jesus closed out this parable by saying that when He came back from the dead that He hoped He would find faith in the earth. (Luke 18:8)  He died so that you might have faith in Me, the faith that comes as a gift of My Holy Spirit. (I Corinthians 12:9) 
   One of the valuable lessons in the parable is that when My children are praying intercessory prayers, standing in the gap between a person and the devil, it takes more than supplementary prayers of asking for a supply of resources.  When you are dealing with evil which is affecting your life or the life or a family member in some way, in that spiritual scenario of battling against evil, by praying intercessory prayers of praying in My Holy Spirit you are allowing Me to instruct My angels to fight the battle against demons in the atmosphere who refuse to give up their influence in the life of the person for whom you are praying or refuse to give up an injustice done in your life. (Ephesians 6:10-19)
   Praying in the language of My kingdom of heaven, called praying in tongues, incorporates My angels into fighting the battle against the principalities and powers of the devil in the atmosphere around you who are causing the injustice to you.  The devil does not give up easily what he has been allowed to do in your life  in some way.  Only by your getting the spiritual help of the heavenly hosts by your praying in the language of My kingdom of heaven can you win the battle with the devil who holds on firmly to what he has robbed from you.  It takes spiritual power of My Holy Spirit to successfully win battles against the devil and his works. 
   When you pray in the Holy Spirit unceasingly, as Paul said, all injustices done to you will disappear and divine justice will be done for you in answer to your intercessory prayers.  Praying in My Holy Spirit uses intercessory prayers in the language of My kingdom of heaven to incorporate My angels to battle for you against the demons who plague your life.  My Spirit pesters the demons who cause the injustices in your life, pesters them into releasing you and your family from their strongholds.  There is no other way to overcome evil works in your life other than My Holy Spirit's prayers which fight your battles for you and ushers the demons out of your life and right into hell. (Matthew 13:41-43)
   There is an earthly national language that you use in communicating with earthly people.  There is a spiritual language of My kingdom of heaven which you must use in communicating with Me and My angelic hosts who battle for you in the spiritual dimension.  In praying in My spiritual tongues you have My power to defeat all evil.  Do not neglect such a great means of salvation because it is Me speaking My solutions to all of your problems.  (Hebrews 2:2-3)
   Your Father of All Solutions

PARABLE ABOUT HUMILITY

My Dear Precious Child,
   Jesus told a parable about the attitude of humility in service to others.  He told about you and a servant working together in tending sheep or plowing a field.  He asked if you would say to the servant to come and eat with you or if you would ask the servant to fix the meal, since it was his or her regular duty to do that.  He said that it would be more fitting to tell the servant to get the meal ready and wait on you while you eat and drink, telling the servant that he or she can eat and drink afterward. (Luke 17:7-10)  It's a matter of learning humility.
   The emphasis in this parable is on the fact that a servant does what he or she is told to do and expects no overwhelming praise because the servant knows that he was hired to do specific things and is paid to do those very things. 
   Jesus said it's the same thing for His disciples, when they have done all they are told to do, that humility in the servant is to expect no words of praise because they are doing what they are called to do.  A good attitude of servants is to realize that they are called to serve, called to do certain things.  They should not expect overwhelming praise because they have done their duties, done what they are called to do.
   Humility is called forth in this parable for My children who are called to serve love, joy, peace, goodness, kindness, mercy and patience to others.  All of the keys to My kingdom of heaven as found in the parables of Jesus should be considered by you to be your duty as a child of My kingdom of heaven.  A wise king's children must work and be productive, like all of the servants.  They do not expect to be praised more or given more attention than the employed servants who are hired to work. (Matthew 5:5)
    It's with an attitude of humility that My children must expect to receive their blessings from becoming my child, without craving attention or praise for merely doing what I tell you to do in order to escape the evil that's in the world.  The benefit for you is that you will be out from under curses and begin to walk in blessings.  Obeying My beneficial instructions is for your good, because doing them causes you to escape from the evil that's in the world.  There is no need for you to be praised for taking My advice and escaping the curses that come from the devil.  When you are rewarded with blessings, it's because you have sown good seeds of My kingdom and those seeds will reward you with good plants which bless your life.  A job well done has its rewards without the worker expecting praise.
    A child of mine who serves My kingdom blessings to others and who feels that he or she must be praised and appreciated for doing what I tell the person to do is craving praise, having his or her eyes turned inwardly instead of outwardly.  He or she is not satisfied that being a child of My kingdom of heaven affords him or her a multitude of blessings.  He or she wants all of the praise from the person in authority and other people for doing what is required of them.   
   The learned from this parable needs to be from you and aimed at Me for helping you to avoid curses, problems, sins, iniquities, destruction and transgressions, all of which cause you to fall for the invisible traps set for you by the devil.  When you have obeyed one of My admonitions and see that you have escaped destruction in some way, it's incumbent upon you to thank Me for helping you to avoid pitfalls which would bring consequences into your life.  It's not incumbent upon Me to praise you for doing what I, as your Father, instruct you to do.
   The Jews of My old covenant were called to a duty, one of keeping themselves unspotted by evil and teaching others to be unspotted by evil by obeying religious laws.  There was nothing in our covenant that said that I must praise them or you must praise them for obeying religious laws and remaining clean.  There are many revealed words from Me about every way to avoid the devil and his works.  It's for the good of My children that they choose to obey My words.  In doing so, they avoid destruction and death.
   A grateful child is filled with gratitude for his parent for helping him to succeed in life, being appreciative of his parents' tutoring and guidance. The scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees thrived on the praise of their subordinates.  And it was the praises of those subordinates that caused pride and arrogance to enter into the religious and political leaders, causing them to feel above others instead servants of the religious laws. (Proverbs 29:23)
   It is for this reason that I told My children not to call any man "father" except your Father who is in heaven.  People elevating someone above others causes the praised person to elevate himself or herself above others in his or her own mind, inviting pride and arrogance from the devil to rule the person's ego.  (Matthew 23:9)     
   Humility is what is required of My children rather than having a hunger and thirst for praise.  Humility comes from a grateful heart. (Matthew 6:3-4) Pride and arrogance come from hell in order to enslave everyone. (Proverbs 29:23;
    Your Father of Loving Encouragement 
                

PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN

My Dear Precious Child,
   Jesus told in His parables the promise of My kingdom coming into the earth.  He said that until the time of John the Baptist, the religious laws and the prophets were My way to help My children in the earth avoid evil.  When the proper time came, John the Baptist began to teach about My kingdom of God and that everyone who chooses enters into it after much violence being done in the spiritual dimension and in the earth. (Luke 16:16)  The devil fought My kingdom coming into the earth unceasingly because he knew his days were limited in the lives of My children who choose to invite My Holy Spirit into their lives.   When Jesus spoke those words about violence, little did people know that Jesus was going to be arrested, crucified, died, was buried, earthquakes happened, the sun was darkened and there was much violence in the earth as well in the heavens, as was prophesied.  (Acts 14:2) Again Jesus said that it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than it would be for one little word from My prophesies in the laws to go unfulfilled.  (Luke 16:17)
   Then Jesus taught about the rich man who dressed lavishly and feasted magnificently.  At his gate every day a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, sat there.  Lazarus longed to fill himself with just the scraps that fell from the table of the rich man.  He was so pitiful that dogs even came and licked his sores. (Luke 16:21-22)
    The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham, since the event happened under the old covenant of religious laws because Jesus had not yet died for the sins of the world.  The rich man also died and was buried.  In his torment in hell the rich man looked up and saw Abraham and Lazarus together.  The rich man cried out to Abraham to have pity on him and to send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool his tongue because he was in much agony in the flames of fire.  (Luke 6:23-24)
   Abraham answered that in the rich man's days in the earth good things had come his way, but for Lazarus bad things had come his way.   He said that Lazarus was being comforted in heaven while the rich man was being tormented  in hell. (Luke 16:25-26)  He said that Lazarus was being comforted while the rich man was in agony.  There was an additional curse.  Between them was a great gulf that had been placed there to stop anyone, if he wanted to, to cross from one side to the other side, plus to stop anyone from crossing from any side into heaven. 
   The rich man begged Abraham to send Lazarus to His father's house.  Since he had five brothers, he wanted someone to warn them. so that they would be warned and not have to go to the house of torment, also.
   Abraham told him that they had the laws of Moses and the other prophets so let them listen to those prophets because what was happening was included in the prophesies.
   The rich man begged Abraham to send someone to his brothers, saying that they would believe if someone came to them from the dead,  Abraham refused,  saying that if they wouldn't listen to Moses and the prophets, they surely would not listen to someone who came to them from the dead who told them to repent.(Luke 16:27-31)
   In telling that parable Jesus was telling His disciples that the children of Israel would not believe in Him when He rose from the dead because of their belief only in the religious practices and laws of the old covenant.  He knew that their hearts were hardened toward Him by the devil and that the hearts of the Pharisees, Sadducees and the scribes, as a nation, would not believe in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for them of dying for their sins.  They would persist in believing in laying their hands on goats and sheep for the forgiveness of their sins, refusing to believe that Jesus actually came from Me to die for their sins.  (Leviticus 1:10)
   The religious and political leaders, because of the hardness of the hearts of the Jews who trusted them, through them the prophesies were fulfilled and the good news of My kingdom of heaven coming into the earth in the lives of My children was taken to the Gentile unbelievers, the sick, the crippled, the blind, the deaf and the brokenhearted who received the message with joy. (I Samuel 6:6)  They  believed on the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ and His resurrection from the dead, and so they also believed in My kingdom of heaven coming into the lives of My children through the ministry of My Holy Spirit.  Some Jews also believed and repented, experiencing My kingdom of heaven entering into their lives.    
   I am no respecter of persons.  In Christ there are no Jews, Gentiles, males, females, slaves or free people.  (Galatians 3:26-29)  All people are equal in My sight.  There are no chosen nations.  There is only My kingdom of heaven which comes into the lives of My children when they are born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit.  When My children are born of My Spirit, they are citizens of a new nation, My kingdom of heaven.  All old things must pass away in their loyalty because all things become new, new thoughts, new attitudes, new speech, new actions and new dedication to their new nation, My kingdom of heaven.
   Don't be like the rich man who was in torment in hell.  Some of My children have one foot in My kingdom of heaven and the other foot being loyal to things in the earth.  They never inherit the benefits and blessings of My kingdom of God in their lives because they are double minded.  (Luke 16:13)
   Everything good will be added to your life if you are single minded, always seeking My wisdom in everything.  (James 1:2-8)
   Your Father of Wise Insights       
     

PARABLE OF HONESTY
My Dear and Precious Child,
    Jesus told His disciples about My kingdom coming into the lives of My children while they live in the earth and the elements and keys to My kingdom were often crafted into His stories.  One parable relates to becoming more wise, astute and clever in dealing with life's problems through My gifts of wisdom than the devil's ways because his ways are deceitful and dishonest.
   In that parable a rich man had an office manager who was reputed to be wasteful of the properties of the rich man.  The rich man called his manager into the office and asked him if it was true that he was wasting the resources of his boss.  The boss required an accounting of his expenditures and the amount of money owed to himself and told the manager that he was fired after he completed the accounting. (Luke 16:1-2)
   The manager thought about what he was going to do after leaving the employ of the rich man and he refused to dig ditches. He figured he was not strong enough to dig.  Then he thought about begging but was too ashamed to beg. (Luke 16:3-4)  He began to think about making sure that after he was fired from his job that he would have business associates who would be indebted to him and welcome him into their homes or offices
   The manager called on the people who were in debt to the rich man, making arrangements for each one of the debtors to only pay back a portion of what was owed.  To one man who owed the rich man 100 measure of oil, the manager handed a bill to him and told him to write down 50 measures of oil as being owed and pay it.  To another man who owed the rich man 100 measures of wheat, the manager told him to write a bill for 80 and pay it. (Luke 16:5-7)
   The rich man praised the dishonest manager for his astuteness in getting the business associates to pay at least a portion of what was owed to him.  The manager had made good associates for himself of the people who owed the rich man by settling for only a portion of what was owed.  The business associations were able to help him after he lost his job. (Luke 16:8)
   Jesus told his disciples that the children of the world are often more astute in dealing with their own kind than My children of light.  Jesus told His followers to use money for their necessities wisely and do not cheat anybody, but He told them not to rely upon money because it will fail them.  Because they had no love for money, only used it honestly for what was necessary, He said that they would be welcomed into My kingdom of heaven.  (Luke 16:9) 
   The parable is about trust.  Jesus said that a person who can be trusted in little things will be trusted with great things but the man who is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in great things, so he cannot be trusted with great things.   
   Jesus went on to tell His disciples that if they cannot be trusted with money, which is tainted, then who would trust them with genuine riches?  He added that if you can't be trusted with what is not yours, then who will give you an abundance of what is your very own?  He reiterated the truth that no one can serve two masters, he will hate the one and love the other or he will treat one with respect and treat the other with scorn. (Luke 16:11-12)
   The dishonest manager manipulated the rich man and also manipulated the business associates of the rich man.  Even though the rich man praised the office manager for being astute, the manger was dishonest and would continue being dishonest.  Even though the office manager got some of the money back for the rich man, he still was dishonest in his dealings and could not be trusted with great wealth by Me or other employers. (Luke 16:13)
   The Pharisees who loved money heard Jesus teach this parable and laughed at him.  Jesus told them that what is thought of as cleverness in the eyes of people are loathsome to Me. 
   Honesty in dealing with money and business are important to Me because how My children handle money tells Me whether they can be trusted or not with great things.  Jesus said earlier that you must be as wise as a serpent but gentle as a dove.  He was saying that My children must be at least as wise in earthly affairs as the devil; but to be sure and be as gentle as a dove in dealing with My other children as My Holy Spirit teaches you to be.  Jesus was the epitome of that description. (Matthew 10:15-16)
   My kingdom of heaven in the earth must reflect My kingdom of heaven in the spiritual dimension.  Honesty is righteousness in My eyes.
   Your Father of Wise, Astute, Clever yet Honest Ways 

PARABLES OF GOD'S MERCY

My Dear Precious Child,
   During the wonderful ministry of Jesus Christ, sinners and tax collectors sought Him out to hear His teachings.  The religious Pharisees and the scribes complained, accusing Him of welcoming sinners and tax collectors to hear Him teach and even chided Jesus for eating with them. (Luke 5:30-31)
   Jesus taught this parable: A man who has a hundred sheep, when he looses one sheep he leaves the ninety-nine sheep and goes to find the lost one.  When he finds the lost sheep he boosts the sheep onto his shoulders, goes home and calls all of his friends and neighbors together.  He invites them to rejoice with him because he had found his lost sheep.  Jesus told the Pharisees and scribes that there is more rejoicing in heaven when one repentant sinner is found, more rejoicing for that one sinner than for ninety-nine people who have no need to repent. (Luke 15:4-7) Through Jesus' teachings and His ministry My mercy was evident to the religious people.  They expected My Son to be judgmental and condemning, just like they were.
   Then Jesus confirmed the lesson in the story of the lost sheep with another parable about a woman who had ten dollars and lost one.  She lit a lamp, swept out the entire house and searched thoroughly until she finally found it.  When she found it, she called her friends and neighbors together and asked them to rejoice with her because she had lost the dollar but finally found it.  Jesus told them again that there is rejoicing among the angels in heaven over one repentant sinner, again revealing My mercy and compassion to the religious people. (Luke 15:8-10) 
   Again Jesus followed up this teaching about My kingdom and the importance of My mercy to all people.  He told the parable of the prodigal son who wanted to go to distant lands and live a carefree party life.  He went to his father and asked for all of his inheritance.  The father divided the property up and distributed it equally between his sons.  The wandering son squandered all of his money on riotous living, finding himself penniless and hungry.  A bad famine came upon that part of the earth and the young son began to feel the pinch of being penniless so he found a person who needed help on his farm to feed his pigs.  The young son began to figure out that he was so hungry that He would like to eat the husks of the corn that he fed the pigs. 
   The young son thought about his father's paid servants and that they had more food than he ever had, and he was dying of hunger.  He decided to leave the place to which he had fled and decided to leave the pig farm and go return to his father's property, confessing his sins and begging for forgiveness.  He wanted to go to his father's property to beg to be forgiven.  He decided to confess that he had sinned against Me and against his father and that he should no longer be considered his father's son.  His repentance would be genuine just as his hunger was genuine.
   While the young son was within sight of his father's property, his father saw him, ran to his young son, told the servants to bring the best robe, put it on his young son and bring sandals for the feet of his son.   The father told his servants to bring a calf that had been fattened and slaughtered, to prepare a celebration feast, because his son had been dead but was alive again.  The father's entire household began to celebrate that the son that they thought had been dead was now alive, was lost and was finally found.   Everyone began to celebrate.
   The man's older son was out working in the fields and drew near his house.  He could hear music and dancing, asked the servants what it was all about.  The servants told the elder brother that his young brother had returned, that the father had killed a fatted calf because his youngest son was back safe and sound.
   The eldest son became angry and refused to join in with the celebration.  When the father came to plead with him to join the celebration, the son complained to the father that he had been loyal all his life, had always obeyed his father, yet his father had never even offered him a goat for him to celebrate with his friends.  He said that his brother who had taken part of the father's property, had squandered it, and yet the father killed a calf for him, throwing a big celebration.  The father told the elder son that he had always been loyal and that everything the father owned belonged to the elder son, but that it was the only right and merciful thing to do, to celebrate that his brother was considered dead but is now alive. (Luke 16:11-32)
   The parables reveal the truth that I am merciful and forgiving.  They pointed to the truth that the people of My old covenant were to become jealous when the Gentiles, the unbelieving children of promise who had never had any religious training, became so easily coached and trained to believe in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ and were so easily able to receive My Holy Spirit,  My children of the old covenant with Isreal had not repented and welcomed My kingdom into their own lives. Instead, they killed My Son who was sent by Me from heaven to save them, dying for their sins. 
    Eventually the truth about My kingdom of heaven coming into the lives of My children speedily and quickly spread among the Gentile unbelievers.  Their needs for help were met by Me by their yielding to the advice of Jesus spoken through Paul and his helpers to be born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit.  However,the religious Jews continued to trust in their religious laws to meet their needs, which were of the flesh and powerless.    
   My plan for saving people from evil worked because My goodness and mercy in My covenant of the Holy Spirit through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ forgives the sins of the whole world and equips My children to become born of My Spirit and baptized in My Spirit, which brings My kingdom into their lives while they live in the earth.  They become powerful against evil.
   Now, that is reason to celebrate.
   As each former unbeliever becomes a believer in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their sins, turns to Me, becomes born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit, there is great celebration in My family in heaven. 
   My mercy is everlasting, never ends.  My forgiveness is everlasting, never ends.  The extreme length, width, breadth and depth of My mercy was demonstrated by My Son Jesus on the cross when He asked Me to forgive the people who were crucifying Him, saying that they didn't realize what they were doing.  His suffering resulted in His exemplifying My mercy and compassion.
   Greater love has no man as when He gives His life for His friends. (Psalm 86:15; Psalm 85:10; John 15:13))
   Jesus Christ became the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. (I John 2:2)   
   Your Father of Ultimate Mercy and Ultimate Forgiveness 

THE PARABLES ABOUT SALT

My Dear Precious Child,
   Jesus Christ taught about salt numerous times and taught about it losing its taste and that it becomes good for nothing, neither good for the compost pile nor good to be used for soil.  Each time He was referring to the old covenant with Israel and the end of My covenant with them.  The religious laws had lost their real purpose, which was to identify sin, those being the works of the devil, so that the people would avoid the devil's temptations and avoid the consequences of sin which authorizes the devil to bring curses into their life. (Romans 7:7) 
   Instead of seeing the beneficial reason for the laws of the old covenant, which was to identify the temptations of the devil, the devil had convinced religious and political leaders in their thoughts to use the laws to justify themselves as being righteous and to condemn other people for being sinners, using themselves as a  gauge as to whether people were righteous or sinful. The laws were not evil, but the devil's success at teaching My children to use the laws for justification of either being righteous or sinners resulted in the people being judged and condemned by religious leaders and in their own mind. and also to be judgmental and condemning of others.  (Romans 4:9-25)
   When Jesus Christ came to earth, faith in Him became My new and effective way to salvation.  When His life comes to live in you, you are justified of being My child, which was the wonderful promise that I had made to My children.  It is faith in Him and His sacrifice of death on the cross for you that justifies you, not following religious laws.  However, it is My Holy Spirit who encourages you to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ which results in your avoiding evil in the world.   My words become written on your mind and in your heart and with the power of My Holy Spirit comes the power to follow My will in the earth because My words become part of your DNA as they are written in your mind and on your heat.  In doing My will in the earth, you avoid the traps set by the devil for you and My other children.  So the words of My Holy Spirit take the place of religious laws because My personal words to you are tailor made for every one of My children, using My guidance to keep you from the traps of guilt and condemnation set for you by the devil and often delivered to you by religious and political leaders.
   What Jesus was trying to teach about salt losing its taste was meant to let My children know that the old religious laws had lost their taste, their usefulness and their purpose, and that those religious laws would be supplanted by the words and guidance of My Holy Spirit in the lives of all of My children who believe in Jesus Christ and call upon Me to be born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit.  When that happens in the lives of My children, they become new creatures, members of My kingdom of heaven.   My heaven comes into their lives on earth just as it is in My heaven.  When that happens, My children become supernatural beings in an earthly body.  Old devotions change and become new, and new motivations come into your life, the motivation to do My will in the earth, just as it's done in My heaven.  (Matthew 6:10) There is an immovable faith that My words will bring joy and happiness into your life on earth, My words spoken into your mind and written on your heart by My Holy Spirit.
   Some of My children fall away from Me after My kingdom becomes evident in their lives.  Those few go right back to a life of destruction and even death caused by the devil.  I call them salt that has lost its savor.  (Luke 14:14-15)  They become ineffective in receiving My blessings, just like the old religious laws, if they return to the powerless. destructive life that they had left behind, yielding again to the temptations of the devil.  They become powerless over evil, even succumbing to evil instead of continuing to be powerful over evil by the supernatural power of My Holy Spirit.  (Matthew 5:13) 
   However, like the prodigal son, they can return to Me and become a reason for celebration in My family in heaven.  Repentance by turning away from the works of the devil is necessary and required because a person cannot have two masters, good and evil.  He or she will always hate one and love the other. (Luke 15:13)
   As My child, you must constantly retain your savor of being the salt of the world by always abounding in love and peace which causes other people to glorify Me for My works in your life of making you loving, peaceful, joyful, good, kind, merciful. faithful and patient in all things.  As I am, so are you in the world. (Mathew 5:16; I John 4:17)
   Your Heavenly Father of Reconciliation