BLESSINGS FROM SHOWING CHRISTIAN LOVE

My Dear Precious Child, My children must become knowledgeable about the spiritual dimension around them called the New Heavenly Jerusalem, My Kingdom of God, which includes a myriad of angelic servants, plus the spirits of the holy men who had prophesied the coming of My new covenant and then died but were resurrected with Christ Jesus, also the spirits of the firstborn just people who had believed in the ministry of Christ Jesus, also Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, also Me, the God who is the redeemer of all, and lastly the sprinkled blood of Jesus which speaks more eloquently than the blood of Abel, who was the first man killed. (Hebrews 12:22-24) After becoming enlightened about My Kingdom of God which lives inside of you and surrounds you, there are valuable instructions in the letter to the Hebrew believers relating to how to treat people in your earthly dimension, mainly that you treat your spiritual brothers and sisters with My love, which is resident inside of you in the person of the Holy Spirit.(John 14:17; Galatians 5:22; I Corinthians 3:16; II Corinthians 3:17) Also I told you through Paul in his letter to always be hospitable to strangers because you might be entertaining angels without knowing it. (Hebrews 13:2) He reminded them to not forget the prisoners as if you were sharing their chains, and not to forget the people who are ill treated by others because you may be one of them in the future. Paul also encouraged marriage and said to keep the marriage bed undefiled because the fornicators and adulterers are judged by their actions. Also he cautioned the believers not to love money but instead to be content with what you have because I have said that I will never desert you nor will I forsake you. He wrote that you, as well as the Hebrew believers, must always proclaim that I am your helper and that you will not be afraid because what can men do to you? (Hebrews 13:6-1-5) Paul in his letter encouraged the Hebrew believers to remember their Christian leaders who spoke My word to them, considering how they lived their lives by imitating their faith. He professed that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Adding to that admonition Paul wrote that the believers must be careful not to be manipulated by strange teachings. He wrote that it's good to have your heart strengthened by My grace and not by certain "holy foods," as was claimed by the Jews, which are useless to those who eat them as a standard of righteous living. He reminded the Hebrews that they had an altar from which the priests who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat, only the High Priest does. He also wrote that the bodies of the animals whose blood was brought into the sanctuary by the High Priest as a sin offering were burned outside of the camp; therefore Christ Jesus died outside of the gate to sanctify people by His own blood. So, therefore, you must go to Him outside of the camp, bearing the insult that He bore. He wrote that Jerusalem was no lasting earthly city but there was a City which welcomed them, that being My New Jerusalem. It is through Christ Jesus that believers are continually offering sacrifices of praise by the fruit of their lips which acknowledge My name as the One and Only True God. In every letter written by Paul one of the prevailing topics is your actions toward other people, mainly those of the household of faith. It may seem to you unnecessary that anyone would need to encourage believers how to treat their fellow believers; but you must remember that there were some believers who had been tossed about by winds of doctrines to believe it necessary to return to the Law, its circumcision and its restrictions of certain foods and drinks in order to become righteous in My eyes. Paul's teachings stressed that belief in Christ Jesus is all that is necessary for entering into My kingdom of God, stressing that it's not meat and drink; but, instead, it's righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Romans 14:10; Hebrews 13:9-15) Any other addition is blasphemy. Don't believe any doctrine that complicates My New Covenant with the world. (Romans 10:13) Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved from the devil's works in the earth. Your Father of Uncomplicated Faith

BLESSINGS IN HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRITUAL REALM

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's magnificently informative letter to the Hebrew believers He included never before written descriptions of the spiritual dimension that exists around you, information regarding the angels that I gave to you to serve believers in your lives on earth. He had written in the first portion of the letter about the ministry of My angels that I give to My children who inherit salvation. He identified them as "winds" and flames of "fire", describing the cherubim and the seraphim angels who were given to the Hebrew believers when they were gathered in the upper room waiting for My "Promise' to be revealed to them. Little did they know that My promise would include My giving to each person who becomes born of My Holy Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit the gift of spiritual servants who are to aid them in their lives on earth, which increases their power over evil in the earth. My angels who appear in the earth as winds and flames of fire are servants to My children and they are not to be worshiped but instead are to be appreciated as My gifts to them to help them. (ACTS 2:1-4) Anyone who was present in the upper room when My new covenant of the Holy Spirit began, they realized as they read Paul's letter to the Hebrews that what I had done on that glorious occasion of Pentecost was that My heaven came into the earth as had been prophesied and as Jesus Christ had encouraged the disciples to pray, that My kingdom of heaven had come into the earth so that My will could finally be done in the earth. (Matthew 6:10) Their experience on the day of Pentecost had given My power to them when My Holy Spirit came into them and surrounded them. Like I told you years ago, the more you know about the spiritual dimension around you, the more faith you will have because spiritual faith increases as My words are revealed to our human mind. Later in the letter Paul wrote about the other spiritual beings who came into the earthly dimension that day in order to help provide POWER to My children of promise. (Hebrews 12:1-2) After Paul wrote to the Hebrews that they were surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, having identified some of them as angels and some identified as the champions of faith whom he had identified in the same letter as not having inherited My promise while they were in the flesh but they had been made perfect in My heaven and were also part of the spiritual cloud of witnesses, called My kingdom of heaven, that surrounds every one of My born again believers in Christ Jesus. He wrote that because believers in Christ Jesus are surrounded by this magnificent and powerful cloud of witnesses, then they must certainly lay aside or cast out of themselves every encumbrance of sin, speaking about demons who cause people to sin, and he challenged them that they must persevere in running the race that laid ahead of them, keeping their eyes on Christ Jesus who inspires and perfects their own faith because He endured the cross, not even recognifing the shame of being crucified. Christ Jesus had taken His seat at My right hand of the throne, remembering that He did not even grow sad about sinners nor did He abandon the struggle. Paul wrote that in their own struggles against the demons that caused them to sin, they had not yet resisted sin to the point of sweating blood like Jesus had. He wrote to the believers that they had forgotten the words of the prophet which said for them not to disdain My disciplne or lose heart when I reprimand them, because I train you because I love you and I correct you when you are taking a wrong path in order for Me to lead you back onto the right path. (Hebrews 11:5-6) Later in the letter to the Hebrews Paul wrote more about the wonderful cloud of witnesses who surround you in the spiritual dimension. He named the wonderful crowd of witnesses by whom they had become surrounded, and he compared them to the occurrence of the Israelites when Moses, on the mountain of Sinai, received the Mosaic law when My voice spoke the commandments and Moses received them with fear and trembling. Instead of the fear and trembling that were caused by that occurrence, Paul wrote that when My new covenant of the Holy Spirit began that the obedient Jews in the upper room at Jerusalem had approached Mount Zion, My city called the heavenly Jerusalem, which includes (1.) My myriads of angels, of which Paul had previously written earlier in the letter, and they had approached (2.) the assembly of the first born who had been resurrected from the dead along with Jesus and entered with Him into heaven, also (3.) they were surrounded by the spirits of firstborn believers who had died in their flesh but were also resurrected into heaven, and (4.) I am in that crowd of witnesses and also (5.) Jesus who mediated the new covenant, and (6.) the sprinkled blood of Jesus, which speaks more eloquently than the blood of Abel. That description by Paul includes all of the spiritual beings who are present in My kingdom of heaven which comes to live in you and surround you, your having been already resurrected from the dead. When it happened the first time on the day of the first Pentecost, the people were so joyful that they were accused of being drunk with wine. (Acts 2:12-13) The same scenario happens when My children become born again and baptized in My Holy Spirit. They become surrounded by My heaven because the partition between heaven and earth has been removed, as previously demonstrated when the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom. (Matthew 27:21) Paul wrote that the Hebrews must endure their own trials as having been disciplined by Me. He was still not privy to the truth that bad things in the life of humans come from the demons whom Adam allowed to flood the earth with their curses. Paul' s writings contained truths, but his revelation about the source of the discipline was not correct at that time. James later wrote a more truth-filled letter in which he wrote that when bad things come upon a person that the person should never say that those bad things come from Me because I am not evil, therefore I cannot bring evil upon anyone. (James 1:13-18) James knew that the trials of life come from the person's own evil desires, which come from the demons who try the faith of a person in order to rob the person of all of his or her promises from Me. Paul even compared My training of My children to the discipline of human fathers, saying that My training is the same or similar. However, Jesus had said that His disciples were disciplined by His words, not by bad things coming into their lives from Me because I have no evil deeds with which to discipline My children. I discipline My children the way that Christ Jesus discipled His own disciples, with My words. My trainining is different than discipline. Discipline infers that a disobedience has occurred. Training is My one-on-one personal guidance that leads to behavior which will avoid the pitfalls that the devil puts in the paths of My children. Referring to training, Paul wrote to the Hebrews that they must strengthen their drooping hands and their weak knees, making straight their paths so that their limbs will be healed instead of dislocated. (Hebrews 12:12) In his letter to the Hebrews, Paul wrote that My children must strive for peace with all people and to be holy, without which no one can see Me in the flesh. He instructed them not to fall away from my grace so that no bitter root springs up from which many people had become polluted. He challenged the Hebrews not to be like Esau who had sold his birthright for a meal, which meant that he had no chance to change his course, even though he sought his blessings with tears. (Hebrews 12:14-17) Paul also, for the fourth time in his letter, again warned the Jews not to refuse to hear My voice, just like the Israelites did not escape evil events when they refused to listen to Me when I spoke to them on earth. Consider how many evil events will come upon you if you refuse to hear My voice when I speak to you from heaven. My voice shook the earth when I spoke to Moses, and I will shake things that can be shaken from you so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain, meaning I will shake the demons loose from your body and mind. Since you have received an unshakable kingdom, you must hold fast to My grace through which you offer acceptable worship to Me in reverence and awe, for I am a CONSUMING FIRE, eager to consume all evil and send the demons into the lake of fire which I prepared for them from the foundation of the earth. (Hebrews 12:25-29; Matthew 13:36-42) Paul's efforts described the presence of My kingdom of heaven in your life on earth that persists as long as My will is done in your life, and he cautioned you to keep peace with everyone and to hear My voice and then obey it so that My kingdom of God will prevail in your life. Your Father of a Plan of Certainty and Stability.

BLESSINGS FROM HAVING POWERFUL FAITH

My Dear Precious Child, Paul described spiritual faith as the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen by human eyes. Faith comes in the form of dreams, visions and prophesies and so the images of answered prayers are images in your mind as if they were already manifested in your life. The faith that is produced by those images in your mind is the assurance of the solution to problems to be on the way. Faith is produced by the oath that I give to you concerning a problem in your life. My promises to you are in your Instruction Book, the Bible, but when I swear My oath to you in the form of dreams, visions or prophesies that I will provide the answer to your prayers or the solution to your problems, then you have evidence in your mind's eye of the solutions or answers before they appear to your human eyes. (Hebrews 6:16-19) Under the old covenant the prophets could hear My voice and so My words were prophesies to them caused by My words being spoken personally to the prophets, which were My oaths to them, and so they had images in their minds of what I could and would do for them. I spoke a clear and sure revelation about the champions of Jewish faith who continued in their prophetic ministries of speaking for Me long after faith was developed in them by hearing My words. That is why they became champions of faith, because they heard My words and then obeyed them, not being like My children who died in the wilderness because of unbelief. These are some of the champions of faith: Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac,Jacob, Sarah and Moses, all of them Paul mentioned as evidence of the faith inside each of them. He went on and mentioned Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephtha and Samuel and David who by faith conquered kingdoms, yet were harassed and abused by the Jewish leaders. They suffered unimaginable abuses, yet they persisted even though they did not live when My promise to Abraham was fulfilled in the earth on the occasion of the ministry of Christ Jesus when He became the sacrifice for the sins of the world. Paul wrote in his letter that I had a better plan than the old covenant plan. I had a plan that included people who were living when My kingdom of God came to live inside of My children on the day of Pentecost. Without those renewed and redeemed people in the upper room on that important day, you and other humans would not have survived the harassment from the devil in his effort to keep you from receiving My kingdom of God into your lives on earth. All people were made perfect on the day of Pentecost when My Holy Spirit came to earth to live inside of people. (Hebrews 11:20-39) Those champions of faith held onto the future expectation of My new covenant until it became evident in the earth, and thus they were made perfect also. (Hebrews 11:40) It was a glorious plan that worked and it exceeded excellence. Created beings in heaven and in earth all had to cooperate, but all of them did and My plan of the Good News became real. Your Father of Persistent Faith

BLESSINGS FROM NEW COVENANT PRIVILEGE

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's letter to the Hebrew believers in Christ Jesus, he reminded them about the fact that anyone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses, so anyone who refuses the new covenant blood of My Son experiences much worse punishment by virtue of their not having their sins forgiven and their having to suffer the same punishment that the demons who cause them to sin suffer. My judgment is not for the people, it is for the demons; so people who refuse the redemption afforded by Christ Jesus suffer unnecessarily in life by their being bound to those demons. I said that vengeance is mine, that I will repay. So My vengeance is reserved for the demons who oppress My human children. If you are bound to demons, then My judgment for them comes also upon you. It is not My will that any of My human children suffer My judgment that is reserved for the demons; yet, they do if they are bound to the demons by being obedient to the temptations of the demons. It is a fearful thing to fall under My judgment for the devil and his demons because of your being bound to them by doing their will in the earth. That is not My will for people. My will for people is that they receive My forgiveness through Christ Jesus and that they are anointed with My Holy Spirit by which they have authoritative resistance to the temptations of the devil. (Hebrews 10:26-31) In the letter Paul told the Hebrew believers to remember when they were first enlightened by My Holy Spirit and they had endured suffering from the devil's targeting them and bringing suffering into their lives. They had been bombarded with insults and trials, along with others who also were suffering in tribulations. He reminded them that some of them had even been imprisoned and even joyfully allowed their goods to be confiscated, knowing that they had more perfect and better spiritual possessions. He challenged them not to surrend their confidence in Me because it guarantees great rewards and blessings, but he reminded them that they needed to be patient and continue doing My will through which they will receive what I have promised to them. He quoted scriptures that said that the sufferings are for only a brief moment in time, and then I will come with My rewards and blessings for you in your life on earth. (Hebrews 10:32-35) Paul professed that he and the Hebrews were not among the people who drew back when temptations and tribulations came because they were among those people who had faith; and so they lived and had life abundantly. (Hebrews 10:36-39) You must be of the same mind, eager to do My will so that you will not inherit by osmosis My judgment on the devil and his demons. (John 3:16-17; Matthew 13:32-42) Your Father of Perfect Love

BLESSINGS FROM BEING THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

My Dear Precious Child, Mosaic religious law was only a shadow of My future covenant with My children. It was not even a perfect image because the Mosaic law was no real image of My real salvation. It could never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices offered constantly year after year. If the law had been a perfect image then the priests would have stopped offering them because once cleansed there would have been no more sin on their consciences because it was impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. (Hebrews 10:1-4) When coming into the world, Christ Jesus said to Me, "Sacrifices and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me. The killing of animals and sin offerings you took no delight in." Then He said, "As it is written of Me in the book, 'I have come to do your will, O God.' " First Christ Jesus said that I neither desired nor delighted in the killing of animals or sin offerings according to the religious law. Then He said that He had come to do My will. In other words, He took away the first covenant in order to establish the new covenant. (Hebrews 10:5-9) It is by My will that you have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ Jesus once and for all. Every other human priest stands at the altar and sacrifices day after day after day, offering the same sacrifices that could never take away sins and will never take away sins. But Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins and then took His seat at My right hand. Now He waits for His enemies to be placed beneath His feet. By His one offering He has forever perfected the people who are being sanctified. In fact, the Holy Spirit testified this to you by saying, "This is the covenant I will make with them: after those days," says the Lord, "I will put My words in their hearts and I will write them on their minds." I also said, "Their sins and transgressions I will remember no more." Once sins have been forgiven, there is no more offering for sin. (Hebrews 10:18) Paul wrote that the blood of Jesus Christ assures that you can gain entrance into My holy of holies where I sit on the throne. Christ Jesus opened up the living path for you through the veil, which is His flesh. Now, since you have such a great high priest who is over My house, Christ Jesus the Righteous, you must draw near to Me in sincerity and absolute confidence laying on your conscience with your hearts sprinkled clean from the evil bodies washed in pure water. So you must let yourself hold unswervingly to your profession which gives you hope, because I, who has made promises to you, deserve your trust. You must learn how to challenge each other to love and to do good deeds. You must not be absent from gathering together with like believers, encouraging each other daily, and this even moreso while the Day of leaving your bodies draws near, which to Paul was soon approaching. (Hebrews 10:19-25) Your Father of the Final Covenant of Salvation From Evil

BLESSINGS IN CHRIST'S NEW COVENANT LIVING

MY Dear Precious Child, Paul very adequately described the layout of the earthly Jewish tabernacle and sanctuary as a way to explain and identify My heaven and its magnificent glory as being the place for total salvation. He described the old covenant as having regulations for worship as an earthly sanctuary. He identified the outer construction of the tabernacle, or church, as an outer part of a building in which were the lamp stand, the table and the showbread and it was called the holy place. He described behind the second veil in the tabernacle as the holy of holies in which there were the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant entirely covered with gold. In the ark were the golden jar containing the manna, the rod of Aaron which had blossomed and the tablets of the covenant. Above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness of sins. In his letter he could not fully describe each thing in detail but they were the instruments of worship. In performing their services, the priests used to go into the outer tabernacle constantly but only the high priest could go into the holy of holies once a year with the blood that he offered for himself and for the people. The Holy Spirit had showed by the arrangement that while the tabernacle was still standing, the way into the sanctuary had not yet been revealed. The arrangement also signified that while the first tabernacle was still standing that the way into the sanctuary would not yet be revealed until Christ Jesus came to earth and died for sins. It was indicative of the present time in which gifts and sacrifices could never make perfect the conscience of the worshipers, but they could only cleanse in matters of food and drink and other ritual washings which were regulations on the flesh that were imposed until the time of My new covenant which became a completely new order for the people and the earth. (Hebrews 9:1-10) Paul wrote that when Christ came as high priest of good things to come, He entered once and for all into the heavenly sanctuary, passing through the more perfect tabernacle which was not made by human hands, not belonging to the world. He entered, not with the blood of goats and calves, but instead with His own blood so as to achieve eternal redemption for the world. If the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of heifer's ashes had sanctified the people who are defiled so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more does the blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself up unblemished to Me, having cleansed your own conscience from dead works in order to worship Me, the Living God. That is why Christ is the mediator of a new covenant since His death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions committed under the old covenant so that those people who are called by Me may receive My promised eternal inheritance. Where there is a will and a testament, there must first be the death of a person and the will and testament only becomes legal when the death is confirmed. It has no legal grounds while the person is still alive. Therefore, not even the blood of the first testament was inaugurated without blood being shed. (Hebrews 9:11-22) When Moses read all of the commandments of the law to the people, he sprinkled the book with the blood of goats and calves mixed with water, hyssop and crimson wool saying. "This is the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined upon you." He also sprinkled the tabernacle and all of the vessels of worship with blood, cleansing them. According to the Jewish religious law almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Under the old covenant, it was necessary that the copies of the actual heavenly sanctuary and tabernacle be purified in that way, but the new covenant heavenly realities themselves call for better sacrifices than the blood of goats and calves. (Hebrews 9:23-24) Christ Jesus did not enter into a sanctuary in the earth which was made with human hands, which were a mere replica of the true one. Instead, He entered into heaven itself so that He might appear before Me on behalf of all people. He didn't have to offer himself year after year like the high priests entered with blood that was not their own. If it had been so, He would have had to suffer death over and over again since the creation of the world. But, Paul wrote, that Christ was offered as a sacrifice once and for all to take away the sins of the world and He will appear again not to take away sins, but instead to bring complete salvation to the people who eagerly wait for him at the death of their bodies. (Hebrews 9:25-28) Christ Jesus made it possible for My children who are born of My Holy Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit to enter also into the holy of holies and approach Me at My throne on high as My children who have been made holy and cleansed by My Holy Spirit living inside of them. My new covenant that brought My kingdom of God into the lives of people on earth was a magnificent plan that has worked and continues to work completely, allowing people to approach Me without guilt or fear but instead with confidence as My child. Your Father of the Son Who Died For the Sins of the World.

BLESSINGS FROM OBEDIENCE TO GODLY GUIDANCE

BLESSINGS FROM OBEDIENCE TO GODLY GUIDANCE My Dear Precious Child, In the letter from Paul to the Jewish believers, He took a long time in his writing to try to explain to them the difference between the old covenant with Moses and My new covenant with people and the earth. He described Christ Jesus as the real high priest who had taken His seat at My right hand of the throne of Majesty in heaven as the minister of the sanctuary and real tabernacle that was set up by Me and not of humans. He reminded those Jews that earthly high priests are appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices to Me, which makes it necessary for Christ Jesus to have something to offer to Me. If Jesus were on earth He would not qualify to be a priest because there were already priests who offered gifts which religious law requires. Those human priests offered worship to Me in a tabernacle that is only an earthly replica of the heavenly one. Moses, when he was about to build the tabernacle, was cautiously warned to see that he made everything exactly according to the pattern shown to him on the mountain when He conversed with Me. However, Christ Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry now, just as He is the mediator of a better covenant, one based on better promises from Me. (Hebrews 8:1-6) Paul made it clear in his letter to the Jewish believers that if the old covenant upon which the Jews base their confidence had been effective and faultless, then there would have been no reason for Me to institute a new covenant. But I found fault with the first covenant and so I proclaimed this, "The days are coming when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It won't be like the covenant that I made with the ancestors of the Jews the day I took them by the hand and led them forth from the nation of Egypt; for the Jews broke My covenant over and over and I grew weary of them. This is the new covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I said that under the new covenant I would write My words of guidance in their minds and on their hearts; and I would be their God and they would be My people. I said that they would not teach their fellow citizens or their brothers by saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all of them would know Me, from the least to the greatest, that I would forgive their evil actions and their sins I would remember no more." (Hebrews 8:7-13; Jeremiah 31:31-34) When I spoke of a new covenant, I declared the first covenant obsolete, and what is obsolete has grown old and has disappeared. In that declaration I left open the possibility for the individual Jews to join with My new covenant of the Holy Spirit which I also offered to the pagans, the people of the Gentile nations. It was through Isaiah that I prophesied that a Savior would come who would become a light to the Gentiles and would be My salvation until the end of the earth. (Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 42:1-6; Isiah 49:6-25) In the passage of time My new covenant of the Holy Spirit was offered to all people on the day of Pentecost in the upper room in Jerusalem. Taking part in the first ministry of My new covenant were devout men from every nation in the world, so the words of My new covenant with people went out to someone from every nation, fulfilling My prophesy that when My kingdom of God came into the earth that the end of the old covenant would be accompanied by My kingdom being preached to every nation in the earth which would begin My new covenant in the earth. (Acts 2:1-13; Hebrews 8:7-13) My new covenant includes people from every nation on earth, as observed on the day of Pentecost. It was in this explanation that Paul was hoping to explain My better covenant of the Holy Spirit, that I would live inside of My children and speak to them individually through My Holy Spirit writing My words in their minds and on their hearts, forgiving their sins forever. It was a glorious day and continues to be a glorious day when My children invite My kingdom of God to live inside of them. (Matthew 6:33; Matthew 13:18-23) Your Father of an Effective and Reliable Covenant

BLESSED IN GOD'S PROMISES AND HIS OATHS

My Dear Precious Child, My Holy Spirit visited the earth as Melchizadek, King of Righteousness/King of Peace, the Priest of the Most High who appeared to Abraham and whom Abraham paid his tithes to Him as later ordered by Mosaic Law of the Jews. He was the Holy Spirit and a picture of the Christ to come under My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit. Melchizadek was without any human ancestors, no mother, no father, no beginning of life or no end of life. Just like Jesus Christ, He is a king forever in the earth and in the spiritual realm of heaven. (Hebrews 7:1-3) The Mosaic law later required that people would pay tithes to the priests of the Jewish tribe of Levi, even though they were all descendants of Abraham. However, Abraham didn't pay his tithes to any earthly priest, but instead paid tithes to Melchizadek, the King of Righteous/King of Peace, and Abraham was blessed by Him as a person who had received My promises. A lesser person is always blessed by a greater person. In the Jewish religion human priests, who will eventually die, receive the tithes of other humans who will die; but the priest Melchizadek lives on forever because in the earth He was My Holy Spirit. (Hebrews 7:4-8) If perfection had been achieved by the Jewish priesthood, what need would there be for Me to appoint a priest according to the order of Melchizadek instead of choosing a priest according to the order of Aaron of the Jewish Priesthood? When there is a change in the priesthood, there is a change in law. It's clear that Christ Jesus came out of the tribe of Judah and Moses said nothing about priests, so there is clear indication that another priest would be appointed like Melchizadek, One who had become a priest not like the Jewish priests who came from family descent, but from the power of a Life which cannot be destroyed and will never end because He had no human beginning and no end. Concerning the New Covenant, scripture said that Christ Jesus was a priest forever after the order, meaning exactly like, Melchizadek who had no beginning and no end. (Hebrews 7:11-17) The former Jewish commandments were annulled because of their weakness and uselessness because the law brought nothing and no one to perfection. A much better promise and hope came into the earth through Christ Jesus by whom you can draw near to Me and become My child. The promise was confirmed by My oath when I sent Melchizadek to receive the praises and tithes of Abraham. The Jewish priests became priests without an oath, therefore they died; unlike Christ Jesus of whom I said this, "The Lord has sworn, and He will not repent or change. You are a Priest forever, according to the order of Melchizadek." (Hebrews 7;18-21) In other words, the Jewish priests had no power to lead anyone to salvation. Only would Christ Jesus have My anointing to bring salvation to the earth. (John 3:16-17) Christ Jesus became the embodiment of a new and better covenant. Because under the old covenant the priests were rotated because of the death of the previous human priests, but My choice of a permanent priest in My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit in the earth is Christ Jesus, who came to earth in human flesh and has a Priesthood that never pasts away. Therefore, He is able to save the people who approach Me through Him, since He lives forever to make intercession for all of My children. (Hebrews 7:22-25) It is My plan that My children should have such a wonderful High Priest, Christ Jesus, the Righteous, who is holy, undefiled, innocent, separate from evil, and higher in honor than the heavens. He is not like the old covenant priests who had to offer sacrifices for sins day after day for his own sins and also for all people. Christ Jesus did that once and for all when He was crucified and went to hell for the sins of the world. Jewish law sets up as priests men who are weak against evil, but My words in My oath to My children came after the law and My words appointed as priest My Son Christ Jesus, who was made perfect forever, as I said, after the order of Melchizadek who had no earthly beginning or end like human priests. (Hebrews 7:26-28) He lives forever as My Son, the Brother of My other children. He sits at My right hand and presides over the heavens as established by Me in My plan. He sent His Holy Spirit into the earth to complete My work of salvation in the earth. I said that the Lord in the earth is My Holy Spirit and where My Spirit is, there is peace, as confirmed by the order of Melchizadek, King of Righteousness and King of Peace. (I Corinthians 3:16: II Corinthians 3:17-18) The appearance of Melchizadek to Abraham was My oath that through My Covenant of the Holy Spirit and the sacrifice of Christ Jesus that He would be the culmination of My promise of peace coming on earth and My good will being manifested toward all humans and also the earth. (Luke 2:14) The tenth that Abraham paid to Melchizadek is representative of humans being born again, immediately giving to Me that portion of their lives, as was said by Paul, as a down payment by Me that their lives belong to Me. It is through My Life existing inside of them that I am able to bring to perfection the rest of their character as I bring their minds into perfection, into the minds of Christ. (Philippians 2:5) When that happens I can bring complete salvation into their lives on earth. Your Father of Peace and Righteousness

BLESSINGS FROM KNOWING PROMISES AND OATHS

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's letter to the Hebrew Christians he wrote to the Jewish believers there that it was time for them to mature and leave behind elementary teaching such as foundational teachings of repentance from dead works, faith in Me, simple instructions such as truths of the two baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and the eternal judgment of the devil and his demons. All of those teachings had been necessary for those believers whom Paul considered babies, only drinking spiritual milk instead of eating spiritual meat. (Hebrews 6:1-3) Paul wrote that, if I would permit it, they needed to advance with enlightenment when they had already tasted the heavenly gift of the Holy Spirit, and when they had tasted My good Words and the powers of the age which had come, which was My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit, he wrote that if they had fallen away from the faith that it was impossible to make them repent again because they were crucifying My Son again and they were holding Him up for contempt. He wrote that the ground that has drunk in the rain that falls on it again and again and brings forth grain useful for to those for whom the ground is cultivated, they receive a blessing from Me. But, if the ground brings forth thorns and thistles, it is worthless, soon to be cursed and finally it is burned. (Hebrews 6:4-8; Matthew 13:22) He assured the Hebrew believers that he was persuaded that there were better things other than the milk that they were drinking, that there was meat which pointed to complete salvation for the Hebrews. He also wrote that I am not unjust, but instead that I would consider their works and the love that they had shown by their service past and present for My holy people. He assured the Hebrews that his desire was that they would show the same zeal to the end as they did at the beginning, fully sure of the hope to which they clung. He commanded those Jewish believers not to be spiritually lazy but instead to imitate the people who, through faith and patience, had inherited My promises.(Hebrews 6:9-12) In speaking the truth that he was about to explain, Paul said that when I spoke to Abraham, I swore by Myself because there was no one greater than Me by which to swear. I said, "I will indeed bless you and multiply you." And so by patient waiting Abraham's children eventually obtained what I had promised. The obvious truth here is that people swear by someone greater than themselves and every OATH gives steadfastness to a PROMISE, and it puts an end to all doubt and argument. I want to give to My children even greater evidence that My purpose will not change, and so I guarantee every PROMISE by My PERSONAL OATH to My children. It is by those two things that are unchangeable in which I could never lie that My children are strongly encouraged to seize the hope which has been promised by Me. (Hebrews 6:13-18) It is that strong and sure ANCHOR of My OATH relating to a PROMISE that extends beyond the veil of unbelief into My heaven that Christ Jesus has entered, His having been made high priest after the order to Melchizedek. It is through My PROMISE and My OATH that My children obtain all of My promises through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus.(Hebrews 6:19) According to the prophet Joel's vision about the coming into earth of My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit, it became possible for all of My children, men, women, servants and handmaidens, to receive My personal OATH relating to My PROMISES so that they will inherit all of My promises. I spoke to the prophet Joel that My OATHS would come to My children of the Covenant of the Holy Spirit in the form of dreams, visions and personal prophesies to them, and that it was through those OATHS that I would work wonders in the heavens above and signs in the earth below in answer to the prayers of My children. Generations before My new covenant began, Joel had prophesied that before My Covenant of the Holy Spirit entered into the earth that the sun would be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, which is exactly what happened when My Son Christ Jesus was crucified for the sins of the world.(Luke 3:45; Acts 2:1-28) It was after those signs in the earth and heavens that it became possible in the upper room in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost for everyone who calls upon the name of Christ Jesus to be saved from the devil's curses in the earth. The possibility of My taking OATHS to My children that brings substance in the earth to My PROMISES became real and evident in the earth when My angels came rushing into that upper room accompanied by winds and fires, which were evident in the wings of the angels who became present as servants to My children. (Ezekiel 10:1-5; Hebrews 1:7 and 14) The Hebrews to whom Paul wrote the letter were living in the age of My Covenant of the Holy Spirit. Yet their spiritual laziness in refusing to personally seek My kingdom of God continued to cause them to miss out on their inheritance of being blessed in every area of their lives. Paul was trying to challenge them in his letter to them to hear My voice and to obey it by his writing it four times in his letter to the Hebrews. (Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 4:7; Hebrews 12:25) Your Father of Multiple PROMISES and Confirming OATHS

BLESSINGS FROM UNDERSTANDING DIVINE ORDER

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's explanation about the order of the Jewish priesthood, which was prophetic of Christ's ministry, Paul explained that human priests were chosen by Me to make sacrifices and gifts for sins. Those human priests deal patiently with sinners because they are also tempted by their own weaknesses and make sacrifices for their own sins, as well as for other people. Jewish priests were normally chosen by Me, as Aaron was, not of their own choice. Paul wrote that not even He, Christ Himself, glorified Himself with the office of high priest; he received it from Me who said to Him, "You are My Son; today I have begotten you," after He was baptized in My Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:16-17) In another place in scripture He said, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek." (Psalm 110:11; Hebrews 5:1-6) When Christ Jesus walked the earth in the flesh, He offered prayers and supplications to Me with loud cries and tears to Me, who was able to save Him from death and He was heard because of His reverence for Me. Though Christ was My Son, He learned obedience from what he suffered in the earth, and when He was perfected He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him, who was designated by Me as being a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. ( Hebrews 5:7-10) Poor Paul, he wrote in his letter to the Hebrew Christians that he had a lot more to say about that topic, but it was difficult to explain fully to the Hebrews because they had become spiritually deaf. Then Paul launched into a correction, exhortation and complaint by writing the same complaint that he had with two other churches. He wrote that they should be teaching other people, but instead they needed someone to teach them again the basic elements of My Words; telling them they had need of milk, not solid food. He wrote that everyone whose food is milk is ignorant of the Word that sanctified them; for they were still children. He amplified His complaint by saying that solid spiritual food is for the spiritually mature, for those people whose mental faculties are trained to distinguish good from evil. It was obvious that the Hebrew believers had retreated backward into the Mosaic Law, as influenced by other Christian believers who were sent by the devil to deceive them and return them to trying to put new wine into old wine skins, which always busts the skins and wastes the wine; or, as Peter wrote, they were like a dog who turns to eat his own vomit again. (Matthew 9;17; II Peter 2:21) They did the very thing of which Christ Jesus and the prophets warned them. Their minds were tickled by the words of the false prophets and they stopped in their seeking My Kingdom of God and began to seek the approval of human priests instead of Christ Jesus, who is My own appointed priest of the Kingdom of God. Your Father of Personal Parental Training

BLESSED BY ENTERING INTO REST

My Dear Precious Child, Through the writer of the letter to the Hebrews, I told My children that My promise still remains in effect that you can enter into My rest, that being My Sabbath Rest of ceasing from your own labors and allowing Me to be your Father with the power to meet all of your needs and solve all of your problems. Paul, often thought to be the author of the letter, wrote that you should be fearful of disobeying My effective advice or you might have lost your chance of entering into that peaceful rest. The words that were first spoken to the Jews did not take root in them because they did not receive them with faith. Paul wrote that it is My children under My new covenant of the Holy Spirit who have truly entered into My Sabbath rest, just as I spoke in anger that the disobedient Jews in the desert would never enter into My rest. (Hebrews 4:1-4) Yet, since My work was finished when I created the world, the 7th day scripture says, "They shall never enter into My rest." (Psalm 95:9-11; Genesis 2:2) Since it was destined that some would enter into the promised land that I set aside for them, because of belief in My warning to them, if they hear My voice today as spoken through the prophet David, the promise still remains that, "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts." (Hebrews 4:7; Hebrews 3:7) On that day, if Joshua had led them into the place of rest I would not have spoken afterward about another day, speaking of another covenant. In other words, the Sabbath Rest still remains for My children of faith. (Hebrews 4:8-11; Deut. 31:7) In My Sabbath Rest that I provide for My children, they rest from their labors just like I rested from Mine on the 7th day. Therefore, let every person strive to enter into My rest so that no one will fall out of My favor like Israel did. In your day, which is another "today," because of My new covenant with humanity, a new "today," My word is still alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. It penetrates and divides your soul and your spirit, your joints and your marrow, and it judges the reflections and thoughts of your heart, whether they are from Me or from the devil's hell. Nothing is concealed from Me. All lies are laid bare and exposed to My eyes to whom all evil actions are made known as being from the devil's hell. Since, then, Paul wrote, speaking to the Hebrew Christians, you have a great high priest, Christ Jesus, My Son, who has passed through all of the heavens, so you must hold fast to your profession of faith in Him. You do not have a high priest who is not sympathetic to your weaknesses, but He was tempted in every way that you have been tempted, yet He never yielded to sin. You can easily approach My throne of Grace and receive mercy and favor and find help in time of need. In coming to Me for help, you are relinquishing your own self-help which is useless and ineffective, and instead you are depending upon Me, Your Heavenly Father, to supply all of your needs according to My riches in glory as found in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19; Hebrews 4:12-15) When you decide to depend solely upon Me instead of yourself, or other people as idols, you also remove yourself as an idol and you become united completely with Me, your All Sufficient Heavenly Father in whom are all answers to prayers, supplies for all needs and solutions to all problems. In doing that, you relinquish the throne in your life to Me, in whom all needs are supplied. I become your Lord instead of your own self being lord of your life, which meant that you had yielded your authority in life over to the devil, just like Adam. Your FATHER of ALL SUPPLIES

BLESSINGS FROM HEARING AND OBEYING THE HOLY SPIRIT

My Dear Precious Child, In the letter to the Hebrews the author, who many people consider to be Paul, warned the Jewish believers to refuse to focus their worship on angels but instead to fix their eyes on Christ Jesus, the high priest whom they acknowledged in faith to have been appointed by Me; Christ Jesus who was faithful in all of My family. Plus, he wrote that Christ Jesus was worthy of more honor than Moses since the founder of the house is more honorable than the house itself. He wrote that every family is founded by someone, but I am the founder of everything. Moses was faithful as only being a servant, as a witness to what was spoken; but Christ Jesus was faithful in all of My family as My Son who was placed by Me over all of My household. You are that housing of My family founder, the dwelling place of My Holy Spirit, if you hold fast to your confidence in Me and the hope of your calling, of which you boast as being eternal and over all. (Hebrews 3:1-6) The author of the letter to the Hebrews, possibly Paul, quoted My Holy Spirit when He wrote, "Today, if you should hear His voice, don't harden your heart as in the rebellion in the days that I was tested and tried in the wilderness by your ancestors who had seen My works in their behalf for 40 years." I was angry at them and I said of them, "They have always had a sinful heart and have never really known My ways." Therefore, I decreed that they would never enter into My Sabbath rest, which meant resting from their earthly labors. (Hebrews 3:7-12) Their loyalty to Me was not stable but instead was impatient, temporary and rebellious. Paul wrote this warning to the Jewish believers; "Take care, my brethren, that any of you have an evil and unfaithful spirit and fall away from Me, the Living God. Encourage everyone so that no one will grow hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." He wrote that you are a partner with Christ only if you maintain to the end of your life the confidence, meaning the faith with which you began your walk with Me. (Hebrews 3:13-15) He wrote that when scripture warned this," In your days on earth if you should hear His voice, do not harden your heart as in the rebellion," speaking of the journey of the Jews from slavery to My promised land. Who were the people who continued to rebel even when they heard My voice? It was everyone whom Moses had led out of slavery in Egypt. With whom was I angry for 40 years? Wasn't it the people who had sinned, whose corpses fell dead in the desert? It was only the disobedient that I declared would not enter into My rest. It was their unbelief that kept them from entering into My Promised Land of rest and peace. (Hebrews 3:16-19) That example of rebellion was the history of human beings who always choose the devil's rebellion rather than loyalty to Me and My faithfulness to them, and they always choose to yield to the devil's stubbornness instead of choosing to yield to obedience to Me and My goodness. In the passage of time and covenants, only with the sacrifice of Christ Jesus for the sins of the world, which ushered into the world My forgiveness of sins, and only with the power of My Holy Spirit in My New Covenant's Kingdom of God can My children have the mighty power of My Holy Spirit to remain loyal and steadfast in the midst of persecutions from the devil. Only with the power of the Holy Spirit in your life can you refuse to harden your heart and refuse to rebel when the devil rears his head in your life and his voice in your mind which are called temptations. Still, you must choose My voice and My ways when you have the spiritual power to refuse temptations and remain loyal to Me. Do not allow evil to harden your heart. Your Father Who Can Turn a Heart of Stone Into a Heart of Flesh (Ezekiel 36:26)

BLESSINGS FROM TAKING THE ADVICE OF GOD, the FATHER

My Dear Precious Child, In one of My History and Instruction Books, which is a letter written to the Hebrew Christians, Paul explained the order of things in the heavens and in the earth. Some believers had been deceived into believing that angels needed to be worshiped instead of Christ Jesus who died for their sins. In the book of Hebrews Paul, or whoever wrote the letter, explained clearly the order of things as being that when the earth was created by Me that it was placed under the authority of people because I created it for them. I gave it to My children by decree when I told Adam to subdue the earth and for people to rule over all animals, birds, spiritual beings, and angels who inhabit the earth. (Genesis 1:27-31) However, Adam gave authority in the earth over to the devil when he obeyed the devil instead of taking My advice. People became slaves to the devil and his demons instead of their being My forever blessed children. (Hebrews 2:1-3) My cure for all of the earth and its humanity was to send My Son, Christ Jesus, to earth as the Son of Man and Son of God, His being My Holy Spirit living inside of a human body. With My outwardly anointing or baptizing Jesus Christ with My Holy Spirit, (Hebrews 2:4-Matthew 3:11-12) He became the ultimate authority in the cursed earth and its heavens that the devil had formerly poisoned, soiled and ruined. My angels became His servants and the servants of the believers in Christ Jesus, all of the angels being called by Me to serve My children instead of being called to rule over people. Formerly, the devil and his demons had ruled over people, not at My design but at the design of the devil. My highly successful and workable plan was revealed by the writer of the letter to the Hebrews, whomever he was, which is not quite clear, even though the truths in the letter are much more akin to Paul's writings. Eventually, in the perfect time, it was My perfect plan for Christ Jesus to die for the sins of the world, to be resurrected by the power of My Holy Spirit, and to ascend into My heaven to sit down with Me in My heaven. Then My Holy Spirit would be sent by Him from heaven to live inside of My believing children and give back to them My authority that Adam had given to the devil but Christ Jesus had wrestled back from the devil while he was shortly in hell serving the sentences for all of humanity for their sins. (Matthew 28:16-20) Paul, in the letter to the Hebrews, wrote that in My plan for the world I did not originally subject the world to angels, but instead I subjected it to human beings. Then, after My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit, the believers in Christ, the believers in whom I sent My Holy Spirit to live, have authority in the earth over all angels and also over all demonic spirits, the devil and his demons. So in the new age of My new covenant, I have subjected the world to My Holy Spirit who lives inside of My children who are believers in the sacrifice of Christ Jesus and who are baptized in My Holy Spirit. (Hebrews 2:5-11) In his letter Paul wrote that in the earth I had originally made people lower in authority than the angels until My Holy Spirit came to live inside of them, and then I gave complete authority in the earth back to My Holy Spirit baptized children. (Hebrews 2:6-8) He wrote that He (Christ) who is dedicated to Me and those humans who are also dedicated to me have One and the same Father. Therefore Christ calls you His brothers and sisters. (Hebrews 2:12-13) It was only by Jesus becoming flesh and blood that He had legal authority to die for the sins of the world and rob the devil, who is the prince of death, of his power, and to free those people who through fear of death are held in lifelong bondage, their being slaves to the devil's temptations which bring death. Christ Jesus did not come to earth to help angels. He came to help flesh and blood so He had to also become flesh and blood, like them in every way, in order to be a legal substitute for their sins. He became the payment to the devil for his enslaving My children with sin. The devil thought he had won when Jesus went to hell for the sins of the world. But Jesus became the Christ again when My Holy Spirit entered into Him in hell and raised Him from the dead. He was resurrected from death and appeared in all of His glory to over 400 people in Jerusalem before He ascended to My heaven and sent His own power source, My Holy Spirit, to live inside of people who believe in His sacrifice for their sins. Christ became the merciful and faithful High Priest before Me on behalf of My children who are His brothers and sisters, made so by His dying for their sins. (Hebrews 2:14-17) Paul wrote that since Christ was tested by the devil through all that He suffered, He is able to help all people who are also tempted. (Hebrews 2:18) It is through My revelation from the Holy Spirit through Paul that he assures believers that angels are their servants and not their gods, that angels are My gifts to them as servants whom I sent to aid them in their finding the path to righteousness and complete salvation from the works of the devil. His revelations from the Holy Spirit make the path easier, as always. Your Father of Revelation Knowledge

BLESSINGS FROM REVELATIONS ABOUT SPIRITUAL SERVANTS

My Dear Precious Child, Whoever wrote the magnificent letter to the Hebrews believers, which became a magnificent book which lays out the interaction between heaven and earth relating to angels, the assumption that the author of the letter is Paul is accepted. The letter also included teachings about the ministries of Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit, plus teachings about moral guidance from Me, and the truths in that book are based primarily on faith, the faith that I have given to My children as a Father-to-child gift. Because the letter to believers all over the world includes so many spiritual truths, it is often considered a synopsis of the entire Bible. The author of the book, often considered to be Paul because of the wealth of spiritual revelations, revealed the angels and their servants roles in My scheme of things. Because Paul revealed in another one of his letters that he, or someone he knew, had been to the third heaven and conversed face to face with Me, just like Enoch, Ezekiel and Elisha had, so Paul would have had first hand and visible knowledge of the service ministry of My angels. (II Corinthians 12:1-9) In his caution in the first chapter of the book he made sure that believers did not worship angels but reserved all worship for My Son Jesus Christ and for Me. However, in the identity of the characters in My kingdom of God that surrounds all believers, Paul included the angels in festal garments. (Hebrews 12:22-29) So he wanted to make sure that My children were acquainted with the service duties of angels to My children as an enhancement of their faith. As I lovingly told you in the past, the more you know about the make-up of the spiritual Kingdom of God that surrounds you in the eternal dimension, the more faith you will have, because knowledge is power and faith is the product of that power. In Paul's first chapter of his letter to the Hebrew Christians, he wrote that I spoke to the old covenant prophets through only fragmentary and varied ways through the prophets. He also wrote that in the days of My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit, which he often called the final age, meaning My final covenant with My children, Paul wrote that I didn't speak fragments or truth to My children but that instead I spoke entire truths through Jesus Christ, My Son whom I had made My heir of all of My heaven and earth and through whom I had created the entire universe. To dispel all incorrect assumptions relating to My character, Paul wrote that Jesus Christ is the reflection of My glory, the exact reflection or representation of My character and being, and that I sustain all things by His powerful word. Paul stressed that the ministry of Jesus was to cleanse My other children from their sins, dying on the cross for them and then going to hell for them. That sacrifice on the part of Jesus Christ placed Him far superior to the angels even in name, His being far superior to the angels in that His name is far superior to the angels. Paul wrote that I never said to an angel that he was My Son, or that an angel would be My son and I would be his father. In fact, Paul wrote what the old covenant wrote about the relationship, writing that when My Son was born in the world that I proclaimed that My angels would worship Him. (Psalm 2:7; Revelations 1:5) About My Son, I said that His throne of God stands forever and ever, and that His scepter is the scepter of My kingdom, that Christ loved justice and hated wickedness; therefore I had anointed Him with the oil of gladness above all other prophets and kings. (Hebrews 1:8-9) Paul wrote that it was because of and through My Son that I established the earth and that the heavens are also the work of the hands of My Son. He said that the earth and the heavens would grow old like a garment and perish but that My Son would remain, all of the earth growing old like a garment, and like a garment that it would be changed, but Paul wrote that I am always the same and that My years have no end. (Hebrews 1:10-12) Paul wrote a description of the ministry of angels when he wrote that I never said to an angel to sit at My right hand until I made their enemies a stool for His feet; instead, he wrote that the angels are ministering spirits sent to serve the people who are inheritors of salvation. Paul's warning was necessary because during the early age of My Covenant of the Holy Spirit in the earth, there had been men who had encouraged other people to worship angels instead of worshiping My Son and worshiping and honoring Me. So Paul had to make it clear that angels are valuable servants for My children who inherit My salvation, but that My children are not to worship angels. (Hebrews 1:13-14) In the first chapter of Hebrews Paul cleared up a misconception, that being that angels are to be worshiped. Instead, Paul made it clear that My angels are My gifts to you, they are servants who are to minister to you and for you. He made it clear that they are not to be worshiped. They are to be appreciated because of their work in your behalf. Just like workers in the earth they are to be appreciated, but they are not to be worshiped. Paul established that truth clearly in Hebrews 1, possibly after his visit to My heaven. Paul had clear access to My revelations because of his having separated himself from earthly influences and spent three years in the dessert with only My Holy Spirit to teach him. (Galatians 1:15-24; 2:1-8) After that he dedicated himself to Me in intercessory praying, plus he had a visit to My heaven where he observed My ordered authority there. Truth is revealed to My children who devotedly pray in the Spirit. Building up your faith is the result of your praying in the Spirit because those are the prayers instituted by Me in My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit. (Jude 20) All things work together for good for My children who make New Covenant praying their mission in life. (Romans 8:26-28) Your Father of Magnificent Strategies

BLESSING IN EQUALITY

My Dear Precious Child, Paul's letter to Philemon related to Philemon's slave/worker Onesimus. Philemon was a wealthy man. Onesimus had escaped from Philemon and had stolen from him in the effort. Onesimus was converted to Christianity by Paul who convinced him to return to Philemon's employ and even pay back what he had stolen. Paul endeavored to convince Philemon to receive Onesimus back as a brother in Christ instead of a slave. Paul wanted Philemon to receive Onesimus back as an equal, which was a revolutionary idea in those days of Jewish rule. Paul's revelation was fresh with him, that in Christ there are no slaves but that all people are free in Him. (Philemon 1-7; Galatians 3:28) In his letter to Philemon, Paul is very explicit in his flattery of Philemon as a man of great love and faith in Christ Jesus for all of My children, even telling Philemon that it was through him that the hearts of the believers had been refreshed. Paul wrote that he had every right to insist that Philemon should do what he ought to have already done, but instead Paul said that he was going to appeal to Philemon in the name of love for Philemon to accept Onesimus as a spiritual child of Paul's whom Paul had won over to the gospel of Christ Jesus, and as a person whose truth was useful to Philemon where previously Onesimus had been useless to Philemon after his escape from him. (Philemon 8-12) Paul was so fond of Onesimus that he considered keeping the former slave as his own helper in the ministry, but he did not want to force anything without the consent of Philemon. In his appeal to Philemon, Paul wrote that any kindness from Philemon might be graciously bestowed instead of forced. Paul's insight was that possibly Onesimus' actions in separating himself from Philemon might have been for the reason that Philemon might possess Onesimus forever as an equal believer, not as a slave but as a beloved brother in Christ. one who was especially dear to Paul. Paul wanted Philemon to know Onesimus as a brother in Christ instead of as a slave. He wanted Onesimus to be known by Philemon not as a slave bound to him in the flesh but as a brother in the Lord. (Philemon 13-16) Paul asked Philemon to regard himself as a partner with Philemon, asking Philemon to welcome Onesimus as a partner with Paul. In fact, Paul was willing to assume any financial responsibility for Onesimus, saying that Paul would pay what was owed by Onesimus to Philemon. Paul reminded Philemon that he owed his very life to Paul, being one of his converts, so Paul wanted to make Philemon useful in spreading the gospel of Christ Jesus. Paul asked Philemon to refresh Paul's heart in love the way he had refreshed the hearts of other people in the gospel. Paul certainly assumed that Philemon would be amenable to Paul's suggestion because he ended his leter by asking Philemon to get a room ready for Paul's visit with him, hoping that through Philemon's prayers that Paul would be restored to Philemon's ministry that met in his house. (Philemon 17-20) Slavery was an accepted tradition to the Jews. However, as a believer in Christ Jesus, the bodies of people never belong to another person. That Jewish tradtion was a difficult tradition to break. Jesus Christ said that the traditions of the Jews had become difficult bondage to believers. (Matthew 15:6) Your Father of Liberty

BLESSINGS FROM OBEDIENCE TO CIVIL LAWS

My Dear Precious Child, Because breaking civil laws brings civil consequences, in his letter Paul advised Titus to tell his church members to be obedient to governmental laws and its officials, obeying all laws and becoming legally employed. He encouraged Titus to tell the people not to speak evil of anyone and not to be quarrelsome; instead to bear the burdens of others and to be courteous toward everyone. He also wrote to tell the believers that once they were all foolish, disobedient and far from true faith; slaves of their passions and slaves of pleasures of all kinds. They had previously chosen to engage in malice and envy, being hateful and hating one another in their former fleshly lives. However, when love and kindness appeared in their lives and saved them, not because of any righteous deeds of their own but because of My mercy, Christ saved them through the baptism of the new birth and also the baptism and renewal of the Holy Spirit. It was then that the Holy Spirit lavished upon them, through Christ Jesus the Savior, My grace when they became heirs of eternal life. Paul added that the believers could depend on that to be true. (Titus 3:1-7) Paul wrote that Titus must give great weight to what he was writing so that the believers who had committed themselves to his ministry and to Me must be careful to do what is good and kind, according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, which are always good and advantageous for everyone. He wrote to Titus that he must, himself, seek to be kind and good, ceasing from having stupid arguments and genealogies and ceasing from all arguments about Mosaic Law and its advantages or its curses. Those arguments are useless and have no point because they are not going to persuade anyone to change his or her opinions. However, Paul wrote that Titus should warn heretics once and then a second time; after that to have nothing to do with him or her, realizing that a person who is perverted and sinful stands self condemned because that person has chosen opposition to Christ and His righteous behavior.(Titus 3:8-12) In his letter to Titus, Paul encouraged Titus to send some ministers to meet Paul and to bring his winter coat to him because he had decided to spend the winter there. He encouraged Titus in the letter to send the lawyer and Apollo on their missionary journey, first making sure that they had everything that they needed. (Titus 3:12) Also in closing Paul wrote to Titus that everyone must devote themselves to honest work in order to take care of their own needs so that they would live fruitful lives. Paul also enclosed the blessings and good wishes of his fellowe believers. He encouraged the believers in Crete to welcome the people who love them in the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Titus 3:13-14) Titus was a knowledgeable student of Paul, increasing in My wisdom and knowledge given through the Holy Spirit from Christ Jesus. Your Father of All Wisdom and Knowledge

BLESSINGS FROM LOVING THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's administrative letter to Titus, he was precise in his writing about the thoughts and actions of people in the administrative part of his churches. He wrote the strict requirements for the presbyters and bishops of his church in Crete in order to complete what Paul had left undone. He listed the character requirements of presbyters, saying that they should have no character flaws that would embarrass the other members of the church, that they must have been married only once, that they are the fathers of children who are believers and are not known to be wild and insubordinate. As far as a bishop, Paul wrote that they, as stewards, must not be self willed or arrogant, not be a drunkard, and not be a violent or greedy man. Instead, he must be hospitable and a lover of goodness, steady, just, holy and self controlled. In his teaching he must teach only what he had heard from Paul so that he would be able to encourage other men to follow sound doctrine and to oppose men who deviate from the Gospel of Christ Jesus. Paul warned that there were many irresponsible teachers especially among the Jewish converts who were voracious talkers and deceivers of the brethren. He ordered that their teachings must be stopped in the Gentile countries because they were upsetting entire families, teaching errors and all of it for money. Paul quoted a man from Crete who had said that the Cretans had always been liars, beasts and lazy gluttons, with Paul assessing that that was a truthful statement. He told Titus to admonish those men quickly and sharply in an attempt to keep them bound to sound faith beliefs, unaffected by Jewish myths and rules invented by men who had swerved from the truth. Paul spoke truth when he wrote that to the clean all things are clean and to the unclean nothing is clean because their own minds and consciences are tainted. He wrote that those men claim to know Me, but they deny by their actions that I even exist. He labeled them disgusting and completely incapable of any decency. Then Paul started enumerating Titus' own character traits, telling him to let his speech be consistent with sound doctrine, choosing older men who are temperate, serious minded and self controlled, sound in the faith, loving and steadfast in character. He also had opinions about older women and how they should act. He wrote that they should act like women who are beholden to Me; by good example they should be able to teach the younger women how to love their husbands and children, that they should be sensible, chaste, busy at home, kind, submissive to their husbands, all so that the Gospel would not be ridiculed. He wrote to tell the young men to completely control themselves, and that Titus must also not fail to set a good example to the younger men, that his teaching must contain serious, sound words so that no one could take exception to them. He wrote that if it does happen, then no opponent would be able to say anything bad about the believers and if there was hostility, that hostility will become shameful. Workers/slaves were told by Paul to be obedient to their bosses/masters, trying to please them in every way, not contradicting them, not stealing from them, but instead expressing loyalty by their conduct so as to be examples of good adornment in every way possible to the true doctrine of Christ Jesus. As a sound basis for this writing, Paul wrote that My grace had appeared which offered salvation to all people. In those teachings of Christ, Paul wrote that Christ trained His followers to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly and devoutly in this age of the Covenant of the Holy Spirit which institudes My kingdom of God in the lives of believers. Paul advised that, as they were all waiting for My appearing and the appearing of Christ Jesus, who sacrificed Himself for all people to redeem them from all unrighteousness and to cleanse for himself a people of his own, that they should always be eager to do what's right. Then Paul wrote to Titus that he had written to him what to say and what not to say, by making all appeals and corrections with commanding authority, allowing no person to look down on him. Titus was young enough that he needed Paul's godly guidance in order to succeed as Paul had in the ministry. Paul knew that the voice of the Holy Spirit would confirm to Titus the criteria that Paul had written to him. Your Father of Sound Doctrine and Character

BLESSINGS FROM CHARACTER TRANSFORMATIONS

BLESSINGS FROM SPIRITUAL CHARACTER TRANSFORMATIONS My Dear Precious Child, In the apostle Paul's letter to Titus, he enumerated spiritual character traits that come from having a personality change after having become born again and baptized in the Holy Spirit, the ones related to having become a new creation. Titus had similar authority over Gentile believers that Timothy had and Paul wrote instructions to both of them, as is also true of other men who had been appointed heads of churches in other cities. Titus had been the messenger to deliver the scathing letter that Paul wrote to the Corinthians about the believers there still being spiritual babies when they should have been mature converts, having matured into the nature and character of Christ Jesus. Paul reiterated some of his same salutations in the instructions to the believers in Crete, one being that I had chosen the believers and that I had given to Paul knowledge to share with them in hope that the eternal life with which they had been blessed would persist in their character and in the preaching of Titus in his ministry. Paul had left Titus with instructions on how to choose the presbyters and the bishops related to their character. He wrote the same criteria for judging the character of a man so as to appoint him a presbyter or a bishop. He reminded Titus that any candidate for those positions must be men of integrity, married only once, the father of children who are believers and not known to be wild and undisciplined, not arrogant or self-willed, not a drunkard, not violent or greedy. Instead they should be hospitable, a lover of goodness, steady, just, holy and self-controlled. In their teachings they must hold fast to My message of the new birth so as to encourage other people with sound doctrine and he wrote about refuting people who deviate from the Gospel of Christ, especially the Jewish converts who seemed to be deceivers and persistent talkers who must be silenced. They had upset entire families by teaching things that they had no right to teach which had been taught for monetary gain. In his letter to Titus, Paul became stern again, just like he was with the Corinthians. He reported that a prophet from Crete had described fellow Cretans as this: "Cretans have forever been liars, beasts and lazy gluttons." Paul added his comment that it was the simple truth. He told Titus to admonish the Cretans sharply so that they would remain close to the truths in the faith, unaffected by Jewish fables or rules invented by men who had been diverted from the truth. Paul wrote that to the clean all things are clean, but to the defiled unbelievers nothing was clean. In fact, he assessed that the minds of the Cretans were tainted, their acting as though they knew Me but their actions denied that I even exist. He wrote that they are disgusting, totally incapable of any decent action. In contrast, Paul wrote to Titus that his own speech must be forever consistent with sound doctrine relating to Christ Jesus by telling the older men to be temperate, serious minded, self controlled, sound in faith, loving and steadfast. Similarly, he said that women must behave as if they belonged to Me, not slanderous gossipers or slaves to drink. By their good examples they must teach the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, busy at home, kindly, submissive to their husbands, all so that My word does not become disrespected. Paul wrote that the young men should keep complete control of themselves, just like Titus must, less he fail to be a good example to them. He told Titus that his teaching must have the integrity of serious, sound words to which no one could find exception. If the teaching of Titus remains sound, no opponent would be able to find anything bad to say about the Christians at Crete; and if anything bad were to be said about them, their hostility would bring shame upon themselves. One of the examples that Paul used is that slaves/workers must be submissive to their own bosses/masters, pleasing them in every way, not contradicting them, not stealing from them, but instead by letting their good conduct express a fidelity which adorns the Gospel of Christ in every way. In his instructions to Titus Paul reminded him that My grace had come upon them, offering salvation to all of them, training them to reject godless ways and worldly desires, living temperately, justly and devoutly in the age of My New Covenant of the Holy Spirit and their blessed hoped of My appearing by revelation and the appearing of Christ Jesus by revelation, His being the Christ who sacrificed himself for all people to redeem them from unrighteousness, cleansing them for Himself, a people of His own, their being Christians eager to do what is right in the earth. Paul wrote that those are the things that Titus was to say to the people in the churches, making appeals and corrections with the authority that he had in his ministry, reminding Titus not to let anyone look down upon him, which the false Jewish prophets were prone to do. Paul's apostolic position allowed him to correct the actions of the believers, if need be, by giving permission to the heads of the churches to speak to his members about the corrections, admonishments and fleshly sins which had invaded certain churches. Paul was trying to avoid poisonous doctrines which poison entire churches. Your Father of Divine Order

BLESSED BY JUDGING EVIL SPIRITS

My Dear Precious Child, Paul wrote to Timothy that in My presence and in the presence of Christ Jesus, who comes to separate the spirits of life from the spirits of death by His appearing and His kingly power, Paul charged Timothy to preach the Gospel, to stay with that task whether it was convenient or inconvenient by constantly correcting, convicting, appealing to people and to constantly teach and never lose patience. He told Timothy to preach at the time because the time was coming when no one would tolerate truth but would follow their own desires, surrounding themselves with teachers whose teachings tickle their ears. They would stop listening to the truth and wander off into fables. He challenged Timothy to be steady and possessed with his own knowledge of truth, putting up with hardship and performing his work as an evangelist, fulfilling his ministry. (II Timothy 4:1-5) In his letter to Timothy Paul revealed that his life was being poured out of him like an offering to God, and the end of his ministry was soon approaching, possibly even his life. He wrote that he had fought the good fight and finished the race by keeping the faith. He confessed that a crown was waiting for him in heaven, that on that Day the Lord, who is a just judge, would award to Paul his crown, not only to him but to everyone who was looking for his appearing to them with eager longing. Paul requested that Timothy come to be with him as soon as possible, writing to him that Demas, one of his believers, had left Paul and gone back into the world's pleasures, that another convert named Crescens had left and also Titus. He bemoaned the fact that the only believer remaining with him was Luke. Paul told Timothy to get Mark and bring him with him to confer with Paul before he died, knowing that Mark would be of great service to him. Paul informed Timothy that he had sent a minister to Ephesus. He also asked Timothy to please bring to him the cloak that he had left behind and his books, especially the parchments upon which he had written. One of the men who had left the church at Ephesus was a copper smith who had done a lot of harm to Paul's ministry. Paul did not seek revenge upon him, knowing that I would see that he would be repaid according to his deeds. He sternly warned Timothy to be on constant guard because that copper smith had opposed Paul's teaching. His case in court demanding his release had not gone well and he reported that at the first hearing in court that no one had taken Paul's side and that, in fact, he had felt abandoned. He forgave the people whom he expected to support him. He reported that I had stood by his side and gave him strength so that through him the ministry of Christ Jesus would be completed and so that all nations would hear the Gospel. Paul confessed that I would keep him safe from all harm and that I would bring him safely into My heavenly kingdom. He asked Timothy to welcome into the fold certain believers who had determined to travel to Ephesus. He asked that I would be with Timothy and would bless all that he did. It wasn't long after this letter was written that Paul yielded to the death of his flesh and entered into My kingdom of Heaven where good always prevails. Your Father of Wise Guidance

BLESSINGS FROM LIVING IN GOD'S ORDER

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's second letter to Timothy concerning the Ephesian believers he wrote that Timothy must be strong in My grace, which is My unmerited favor, which came upon My children when they believed in Christ Jesus and His sacrifice for their sins. He told Timothy that he must put in practice all of the guidance and truth that he had heard from Paul and his associates so that those teachings will be passed on to other people also. He challenged Timothy to bear the hardships that Paul had had to bear as a good soldier of Christ. Paul even told Timothy that no good soldier becomes entangled in the matters of civilian life but instead he or she avoids them in order to please the commanding officer. Also to explain further, if a person takes part in an athletic endeavor, he cannot receive the winner's crown unless he or she observes all of the rules. As another example, Paul wrote that a hardworking farmer must reserve the first tenth of his seed to be planted in order to have another crop. Then Paul encouraged Timothy to meditate on what Paul was saying to him so that I can make the meaning clear to him. (II Timothy 2:1-7) Paul told Timothy to never forget that Christ Jesus, whose flesh was a physical descendant of David, was raised from the dead. He stressed that that is the only Gospel that Paul preached and that in preaching it he was treated like a criminal, even being put in the chains of imprisonment. HOWEVER, Paul stressed that THERE IS NO CHAINING THE WORD OF GOD! Therefore, Paul continued in his ministry for the sake of the people who were going to obtain salvation to be found only in Christ Jesus and with it My eternal glory. He quoted his own writing from his letter to the Roman believers when he wrote this: "If we have died with Him we shall also live with Him; if we hold out to the end we shall also reign with Him."(Romans 6:5; Romans 3:17) But, if you deny Him, He will also have to deny you because you have chosen to change from blessings to curses. However, if you are unfaithful he will still remain faithful, eager to allow you to repent and return, because He cannot deny His faithfulness.(II Timothy 2:8-13; Romans 3:3) In this letter to Timothy Paul was forceful in telling him to keep reminding believers of these things and to charge them before God to stop disputing about words. He told them that disputing about doctrines does no good and it can cause the lives of people who listen to be ruined. Referring to words spoken, Paul told Timothy to try hard to make himself worthy of My approval, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, following a straight path in preaching the truth. Again he wrote to Timothy to avoid worldly, idle talk because people who indulge in it become more and more godless and the poison from their talk will spread like the plague. He told them about two men who had detached themselves from truth by teaching that the resurrection had already taken place and that they had upset the faith of some people. The foundation that I laid will always remain stable and firm, because it is labeled, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let every person who professes the name of the Lord abandon evil." (Ephesians 2:20; II Timothy 2:14-19) As was the habit of Paul, he used an allegory to explain his principles of truth as having been taught to him by Me. He wrote that in every household there are utensils of gold and silver to be used for guests but there are also utensils of wood and clay for common use. He wrote that the person who cleanses himself of evil things may become a distinguished vessel to be dedicated and useful for the Master and ready for every noble service. So, Paul wrote to Timothy to be sure and turn from youthful passions and instead to pursue integrity, faith, love, peace, along with others who call upon Me in purity of heart. He emphasized that they have nothing to do with senseless, ignorant arguments over doctrines but instead to be a servant who is kind toward everyone instead of being quarrelsome, an apt teacher who gently and patiently corrects others in order that I will enable them to repent and come to know the truth. In doing that, they will escape the devil's trap by being taken captive by Me instead of the devil. (II Timothy 2:20-26) Your Father of Peaceful Relationships

BLESSINGS IN STIRRING UP THE HOLY SPIRIT

My Dear Precious Child, I speak to you through Paul's second writing to Timothy in the church at Ephesus, telling you to stir up the flame of the Holy Spirit of My gift to you. He wrote that I did not give to you a spirit of cowardice and fear, but instead I gave to you a Spirit of unequaled strength, love and a sound mind that is filled with My wisdom that is found only in the Holy Spirit that was given to you by the laying on of hands. Paul told Timothy to never be ashamed of his testimony about Me and My goodness, nor of Paul's position of being a prisoner for My sake with a strength that only comes from Me. He share with Timothy the hardships that the preaching of the gospel brings. (II Timothy 1:6-8) Paul wrote in his salutation to Timothy that he recalled their departure from each other when he prayed for Timothy, remembering even the tears that flowed between them, confessing still that his happiness would be complete if they could see each other again. He recalled also that Timothy's faith was strong because of his mother and grandmother. As always, Paul had also prayed that My grace, peace and mercy would be upon Timothy. They were both called to ministry, not because of anything on their part but only because of the grace that was in Christ Jesus even before the world was created but then My grace was manifested through the appearance of the Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Paul wrote that Christ had robbed death of its power and He was brought to Life and immortality into the light by the Gospel of Christ Jesus. Paul confessed that he was called into the ministry to be a preacher, apostle and teacher; and for its sake he had to experience many hardships. He confessed that he was not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ because he knew Christ in whom he had believed and he was confident that I was able to protect and perfect what he had committed to Me. (I Timothy 1:12) Paul encouraged Timothy to take as an example of sound teaching what he had heard from the words of Paul, the sound teaching that he had heard Paul speak and discuss with him. He told Timothy to guard the rich deposit of faith with the help of My Holy Spirit who lived inside of him. With regret Paul wrote in this letter to Timothy that all of the converts in Asia had turned their backs on him. However, Paul wrote that one man had not turned his back, and so Paul prayed for him because that man had given to Paul a new heart and he had not been ashamed of Paul and his chains. Paul wrote that when that man had been in Rome that he had sought Paul, found him and he had performed many service for Christ even in Ephesus, writing that Timothy knew that truth more than anyone. It is in Paul's writings to Timothy, whom Paul considered his spiritual son, that Paul's confessions of faith are found and quoted by believers for generations. Paul's imprisonment was orchestrated by Me so that he would be protected from his enemies and still have the means to write the letters which have been saved for generations and are looked upon as sound doctrine for the true Christian church. Paul's enemies from the unbelievers but also from the believers who had become led astray by false teachers would have been responsible for an early death for him if he had not had the imprisonment as his safety net, even though he was in chains. All of his valuable letters written from prison have survived and are looked upon as examples of faith, patience, love and grace. Just as there had been a falling away from Jesus Christ in his life on earth several times because of the Pharisees and Saducces, but there had always been a remnant that stayed faithful in order to begin a new movement of the Gospel of Christ. There had also been a falling away from the churches at Asia after My Kingdom of God came into the earth on the day of Pentecost. BUT after some of Jesus Christ's disciples had fallen away from Christ Jesus before His crucifixion, He asked Peter if he was going to also leave him. Peter wisely told Jesus that there was no place else to go because Jesus was the only One who had the words of Eternal Life. (John 6:66-69) Timothy and a few other young ministers had remained loyal to the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached through Paul but there was a great falling away of other people who followed the false prophets who led them astray to depending upon the Mosaic Law to enhance the Gospel of Christ Jesus, which was blasphemy because My salvation is complete in the Gospel of the Kingdom of God through Christ Jesus. Paul was sensitive to the losses in the Asia churches, seeming to take them to heart personally as beng a failure on his part. Paul's writings to the churches make up almost three quarters of the recorded New Covenant of the Holy Spirit in My History and Instruction Book called the Bible. Without his being imprisoned there would not have been the occasion or the time for him to put into writing the wisdom and truth that he had heard from the Holy Spirit during his imprisonment. Your Father of Greater Plans Than Human Plans

BLESSINGS FROM TAKING WISE ADVICE

My Dear Precious Child, Paul continued to advise Timothy, his replacement in the church at Ephesus, on the principles of Christianity that cause My Kingdom of God to be able to manifest your spiritual inheritance to you. He wrote in his letter that workers/slaves must pay the respect that is due to their bosses/masters. If they don't, then My name and the teachings of the church suffer abuse. He advised that workers/slaves whose bosses/masters are brothers in the faith must not take familiar liberties with them on account of the family relationships. He wrote that those workers/slaves must perform their tasks even more faithfully since those who will profit from their work are believers as well as family brothers. He encouraged Timothy to make sure that principle was taught to the people in the church. He wrote that anyone who teachers in any other way will not be holding to the sound doctrines of the Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is proper religion will be considered as conceited and ignorant, pointing to a sick man in his passion for politics and controversy from which envy, dissension, slander and evil suspicious come, the bickering of people with twisted minds who have lost all sense of truth. Paul wrote that such men only value religion as a means of personal gain. Paul wrote that people come into the world with nothing and if they succumb to the desire to get rich they will be dragged down to ruin and destruction because the love of money is the root of all evil. Some people yield to foolish and harmful desires which drag them down to ruin and destruction. Those desires can also cause passions that make people stray from faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and they have come to grief and great pain. Paul wrote to Timothy calling him a Man of God, and told him to flee from all of those temptations. Instead, he told Timothy to seek integrity, piety, faith, love, steadfastness and a gentle spirit. He told him to fight the good fight and to take hold of the eternal life to which he was called when he made his profession of faith. He challenged the Ephesians to keep My commands without blame or reproach until Christ appears who gives Life to all and made His own confession of faith before Pontius Pilate. Paul reminded Timothy that Christ is the blessed and only ruler, the King of kings, Lord of lords who alone has immortality and walks in Divine Light whom no human has ever seen. All Honor and Glory is to Him. In his letter Paul told Timothy to tell the people who are rich in the world's goods not to be proud and not to rely on such uncertain things as wealth because it can be temporary. Instead, they must trust in Me who provides richly in all things for their use. He urged Timothy to charge the rich to do good, to be rich in good works and to be generous, sharing what they have with others. If they do share, they will be building a secure foundation for the future, for receiving Life which is Life indeed. He closed his first letter to Timothy by telling his former student to guard what had been entrusted to him, to stay clear of worldly, idle talk and what is falsely referred to as knowledge which some men miss the goal of faith when depending upon that human knowledge. Paul filled his letter with good advice for Timothy, telling him not to depart from his first anointing of the Holy Spirit, which was wise advice. Your Father of Wisdom and Grace

BLESSINGS ONLY WITH LEGITIMATE ACCUSATIONS

My Dear Precious Child, In Paul's letter to Timothy, whom he had placed in charge of the church at Ephesus, Paul wrote that Timothy should not pay any attention to an accusation against a church leader unless there were two or three witnesses who confirmed the same accusation. If there were two or three legitimate accusers of the leader of the same sin, then Paul wrote that that church leader was to be publicly reprimanded so that the rest of the people will fear himself or herself offending in the same way. In Paul's letter he amplified that instruction in front of Me, Christ Jesus and the chosen angels by adding that he charged Timothy to hold fast to that mode of punishment, following that rule without prejudice, acting without favor to anyone. He also added to that strict requirement to never lay hands of anyone hastily because you may be sharing in the misdeeds of that person, taking on by osmosis the demons who are causing him or her to sin. In other words, Paul said to keep yourself pure. (I Timothy 5:19-22) In Timothy's case, Paul told him to stop drinking only water but instead to drink a little wine for his stomach because of his frequent digestive problems. (I Timothy 5:23) Referring back to his strong admonition about church leaders and their possible sins, Paul wrote that some sins are flagrant and worthy of judgment, while the sins of other people might appear much later. Similarly, he wrote that some good deeds stand out from the rest, but not even inconspicuous good deeds can be hidden forever from view. (I Timothy 5:24-25) Paul told Timothy in his letter to him that every worker/slave must regard his or her master worthy of full respect; otherwise My name and the church's teachings suffer much abuse in the opinions of outsiders. He also wrote that slaves whose brothers were in the church must not take liberties with them on that account but should be impartial with everyone. Those brothers must perform their laborious tasks even more faithfully, since those bosses/masters who profit from the work of the workers/slaves are believers and beloved brothers. He wrote that Timothy should not teach any other way by not holding to the teaching and sound doctrines of Christ Jesus and to teach any other way would be conceited and ignorant, a sick man in his passions for controversy and differing political beliefs. He explained that truth by saying that the bickering of people, the people who are envious, are slanderous, those who sow dissension and other evil suspicions have twisted minds and have lost all sense of the truth. (I Timothy 6:3-4)) In his first letter to Timothy Paul wrote that people who practic and teach such sins only value religion for their own gain. He wrote that there is great gain in My perfect practice of real religion, providing a person is content with the sufficiency. He wrote that we bring nothing into the world and that we don't have the power to take anything out of it. He wrote that food and clothing are sufficient gifts to make people happy, but the people who desire to be rich have already fallen into temptation and they will drag more people down to destruction and ruin. He repeated a sound truth, that the love of money is at the root of all evil and that some people have strayed from the faith because of it and have come to great pain and lack because of the love of money. (I Timothy 6:5-10) Because Paul's belief in the soon second coming to earth of Christ Jesus in flesh had taken a back seat because of it having not yet happened, so he began to teach people about allowing Me to grow up in them into My image in the earth by having the mind of Christ also, so that My will would be done in earth as it is in heaven, as Jesus had taught them to pray. (Matthew 6:10) It was apparent to Paul that maybe there would be no other second coming of Jesus to earth because it had already happened on the day of Pentecost when My Holy Spirit entered into the lives of My children. He knew that by the power of My Holy Spirit in them that I would be able to, through My authority in My children, cue My angels with their fire to do what John the Baptist had prophesied, with His winnowing fan in His hand He would clear the earth of the demons, gather My childen under My protective wing and send the demons into the eternal, unquenchable fire. (Luke 13:34; Matthew 13:36-42) Your Father of Great Mercy and Truth