PARABLE OF HUMILITY VERSUS PRIDE
My Dear Precious Child,
As was His habit, Jesus Christ told a parable about a servant who plows a field or minds sheep who returns from the fields. Jesus said that the master of the servant would not say to the servant to come and have his meal immediately. Instead, the master would say to get his meal laid, to make himself clean, and wait on the master while the master ate and drank, that he could eat and drink afterward. He explained it further by saying that the master would not be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told to do. Jesus told His disciples that it was also the same with them, that after they had done all that they had been told to do, that they should say that what they had done was their duty, nothing more. referring to His advice and commands and admonitions. (Luke 17:7-10)
That parable was given by Jesus after many others were given which revealed the parables of the kingdom of God in which instructions were given to the disciples relating to how to stay permanently established in My kingdom of God while they lived in the earth. They were specific to many thoughts, attitudes, words spoken and actions taken which reflect that My children of promise are still seeking to display My righetousness in the earth. In this parable Jesus was contrasting pride, which is the character of the devil. and humility, which is My character as displayed in Jesus while He was in the earth.
It had been apparent that the religious and political leaders who were harassing, persecuting, abusing and trying to intimidate Jesus Christ were prideful in their own faith in Mosaic Law as a means to salvation. They were still waiting for their Messiah while they were opposing the real Messiah to His very face. If they had had a humble heart they would have yielded to the teachings of Jesus and made it possible for themselves to enter into My kingdom of God and escape the works of the devil in the earth. Instead, the religious and political leaders and their followers were themselves filled with pride in their rejection of My Son Jesus Christ. They were appalled that the followers of Jesus Christ were people of low esteem in the world, the needy, the diseased, the adulterers, the prostitutes and the tax collectors, which was in truth their opinion of Jesus Christ, a friend of John the Baptist whom they rejected because of his uncivilized lifestyle.
A few minutes later Jesus told another parable relating to this very truth, a parable of the Pharisee and the publican. He spoke this parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous but despised everyone else. Jesus told His listeners about two men who went to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood in the temple and prayed to himself thanking Me for not being grasping, unjust and adulterous like the rest of mankind, and he particularly thanked Me that he was not like the tax collector. He reminded me that he fasted twice a week and paid tithes on all that He got. The tax collector stood some distance away, not even daring to raise his eyes to heaven. He beat His breast and asked Me to be merciful to him, a sinner. Jesus told His listeners that the tax collector went home with his heart being right with Me, but the Pharisee did not.
Jesus closed that parable with the truth in it which was that everyone who exalts himself will be humbled but the person who humbles himself to others will be exalted by Me. (Luke 18:9-14) In the parable of staying humble, the truth was that a servant must maintain a humble attitude, refusing to insist on being equal in righteousness to the master or more righteous than other people. When he stays humble, he will be exalted by Me, but if he insists on being prideful, considering himself better than everyone else, he will be humbled by circumstances which the devil brings into his life because his pride binds him to the devil's will which is to defeat all of humanity which I created.
In these parables, My children must be careful to discern the devil's tricks. The devil loves to make the members of one religious denomination feel that they have all of My truth, feeling that all other church members only need to be like them. That is building their house on sand because they will eventually fall. The same truth applies to political parties, as revealed in the list of practices of the flesh as partisan or party factions. (Galatians 5:20 Amplified Version) When members of one party extol their own virtues as being more righteous, believing that they are right and the other parties are wrong, they are playing in the devil's kingdom and they will fall because of their pride and the pride of their political party. They will find that they will fall eventually from their own ivory tower, regardless of to which party they belong. It was the Pharisees, Sadducees and scribes who were members of the political parties at the time of Jesus Christ's ministry in the world. Their minds were not only blinded relating to whom Jesus Christ was, but their prideful demonic narrowness of mind convinced them that they were constantly right in all matters relating to religion and politics. (Proverbs 16:18)
Humility is an outgrowth of the presence of My life being inside of you because you know your battles are never with other humans but is always with the devil and his demons. (Ephesians 6:12) My Love being evident in the lives of My children is the only thing that causes My children to win in their life in the earth. Strict religious denominations and partisan politics separate and divide, bringing the devil's will into the lives of their followers. (Psalm 10:2; Proverbs 11:2)
Pride goes before a fall. A humble attitude in you toward Me and toward other people allows Me to exalt you. (I John 2:16) When you allow Me to exalt you, My blessings and rewards flow into your life like a flood from heaven.
Your Father of Grace and Humility
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Saturday, July 6, 2019
PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
My Dear Precious Child,
In the teachings of Jesus Christ relating to My kingdom of heaven coming into the earth in the lives of My children, He tried emphatically to alert the rich, the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes and the religious leaders to what their lives would be like if they refused to believe in Him and accept His salvation. After they laughed at Jesus Christ when He told the parable about the lure of money and how the love of it it will pollute a person's life, Jesus told them another parable relating to love of money. He told them that there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linens and he feasted magnificently every day. At the gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus who was covered with sores so badly that dogs would lick his sores. Lazarus longed to fill his stomach with the scraps that fell from the table of the rich man. The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. (Luke 16:19-22)
In his torment in Hades, the rich man looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his bosom. The rich man cried out to Abraham to pity him and send Laxarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool his tongue since he was in agony in the flames. Abraham told the rich man that during his lifetime good things came to him just like bad things came to Lazarus, and now Lazarus was being comforted while the rich man was in agony. He also told the rich man that there was a great pit that had been fixed to stop anyone from crossing from one side to another, so it was impossible for Lazarus to cross over the pit to help the rich man. (Luke 16:23-26)
The rich man appealed to Abraham to send Lazarus to his father's house to warn his five brothers so that they did not come to the place of torment also. Abraham answered the rich man by telling him that they had Moses and the other prophets, so let his brothers listen to the truth in their prophesies. The rich man surmised that if someone went to his brothers from the dead that they would listen to him and repent. Then Abraham told the rich man that if they would not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they would also not listen to someone who would rise from the dead. (Luke 16:27-31)
In that parable Jesus Christ was talking about the Jews who had always enjoyed prosperity, especially the religious and political leaders who were always dressed in glamorous, colorful clothing fit for kings. They were listening to Jesus Christ teach about My kingdom but they refused to believe Him because of the lifestyle of Jesus, a simply dressed Man who ate with sinners, prostitutes and adulterers instead of surrounding Himself with the elite people of the day. The Jews expected their Messiah to come as an earthly king who would dress in their same fine clothes, and with plans to make Israel the ruling nation of the world. Jesus was telling the political and religious leaders in the parable that they had enjoyed the niceties of prosperity while they were in the world, but when My kingdom of heaven came into the earth that the very people who surrounded Jesus Christ and those people who believed His message of salvation would be enjoying My blessings and rewards for their belief in My Son. He was, in essence, telling the privileged people that they had no excuse for not discerning the divinity of Jesus Christ because He was exactly what the prophets had predicted that He would be, powerful against the works of the devil but gentle and merciful to the sick, the diseased, the demon possessed and even the adulterers who were, according to Jewish law, supposed to be stoned instead of forgiven. The prophesies said that He would be gentle of heart to the needy instead of a king who would lord his position over people.(Matthew 11:29)
Jesus Christ was prophesying what would happen after He was crucified, that the religious and political leaders who had harassed, abused and ridiculed Jesus would continue their rejection of Him instead of their identifying Him as My Son because He had risen from the dead. The result would be their inheriting the devil's torment for them for their lives on earth and eternity instead of their inheriting My blessings and rewards for them in My kingdom of heaven.
Unfortunately, even after Jesus Christ came to sit down in My heaven with Me, the religious and political leaders continued their harassment, abuse and their ridicule of My Son by their continuing to have the same attitudes and actions toward the followers of Jesus Christ. They killed some of them also, just like they did Jesus Christ. My forgiveness for them was still in effect because, as in Paul's life, Jesus appeared to Him and asked why he was persecuting Him since Paul had been a contributor to the harassment, abuse and ridicule of the followers of Christ. Yet Paul believed immediately and was obedient to Christ when Christ appeared to him. He had been chosen to take My salvation to the pagans from the foundation of the world. He called it the mystery that had been hidden which was Christ living inside of humans, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27;Ephesians 3:17) Paul was the exception. Jesus Christ rose from the dead and appeared to Paul and Paul believed immediately.
When Jesus Christ was teaching all of the parables and explaining My truths to His disciples, the religious and political leaders were totally blinded to His divinity even though He had healed the sick, cast out demons and taught the keys of My kingdom with wisdom. The leaders even accused Him of healing with the spirit of Beelzebub, the devil, which caused them to commit the unforgivable sin, of which there is no forgiveness in the world and in My heaven if there is no repentance.(Luke 11:15)
The parables explained in many ways the fate of the Jewish rulers who refused to identify Jesus Christ as My Son when He came to earth to save them from the works of the devil. (I John 3:8) He said that anyone who causes the least of My children to stumble, it is better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck. (Luke 17:1)
The fate of the politicians and religious leaders was made clear in this parable. The glorious fate of the followers of Jesus Christ was also made clear in the parable. My children have the choice of to whom they will join or bind themselves, to the devil or to Me. Choose My Son and His forgiveness and you will live in My kingdom of heaven while in the earth and with Me for eternity. (Mark 10:29-30)
Your Father of Redemption and Forgiveness
In the teachings of Jesus Christ relating to My kingdom of heaven coming into the earth in the lives of My children, He tried emphatically to alert the rich, the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes and the religious leaders to what their lives would be like if they refused to believe in Him and accept His salvation. After they laughed at Jesus Christ when He told the parable about the lure of money and how the love of it it will pollute a person's life, Jesus told them another parable relating to love of money. He told them that there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linens and he feasted magnificently every day. At the gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus who was covered with sores so badly that dogs would lick his sores. Lazarus longed to fill his stomach with the scraps that fell from the table of the rich man. The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. (Luke 16:19-22)
In his torment in Hades, the rich man looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his bosom. The rich man cried out to Abraham to pity him and send Laxarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool his tongue since he was in agony in the flames. Abraham told the rich man that during his lifetime good things came to him just like bad things came to Lazarus, and now Lazarus was being comforted while the rich man was in agony. He also told the rich man that there was a great pit that had been fixed to stop anyone from crossing from one side to another, so it was impossible for Lazarus to cross over the pit to help the rich man. (Luke 16:23-26)
The rich man appealed to Abraham to send Lazarus to his father's house to warn his five brothers so that they did not come to the place of torment also. Abraham answered the rich man by telling him that they had Moses and the other prophets, so let his brothers listen to the truth in their prophesies. The rich man surmised that if someone went to his brothers from the dead that they would listen to him and repent. Then Abraham told the rich man that if they would not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they would also not listen to someone who would rise from the dead. (Luke 16:27-31)
In that parable Jesus Christ was talking about the Jews who had always enjoyed prosperity, especially the religious and political leaders who were always dressed in glamorous, colorful clothing fit for kings. They were listening to Jesus Christ teach about My kingdom but they refused to believe Him because of the lifestyle of Jesus, a simply dressed Man who ate with sinners, prostitutes and adulterers instead of surrounding Himself with the elite people of the day. The Jews expected their Messiah to come as an earthly king who would dress in their same fine clothes, and with plans to make Israel the ruling nation of the world. Jesus was telling the political and religious leaders in the parable that they had enjoyed the niceties of prosperity while they were in the world, but when My kingdom of heaven came into the earth that the very people who surrounded Jesus Christ and those people who believed His message of salvation would be enjoying My blessings and rewards for their belief in My Son. He was, in essence, telling the privileged people that they had no excuse for not discerning the divinity of Jesus Christ because He was exactly what the prophets had predicted that He would be, powerful against the works of the devil but gentle and merciful to the sick, the diseased, the demon possessed and even the adulterers who were, according to Jewish law, supposed to be stoned instead of forgiven. The prophesies said that He would be gentle of heart to the needy instead of a king who would lord his position over people.(Matthew 11:29)
Jesus Christ was prophesying what would happen after He was crucified, that the religious and political leaders who had harassed, abused and ridiculed Jesus would continue their rejection of Him instead of their identifying Him as My Son because He had risen from the dead. The result would be their inheriting the devil's torment for them for their lives on earth and eternity instead of their inheriting My blessings and rewards for them in My kingdom of heaven.
Unfortunately, even after Jesus Christ came to sit down in My heaven with Me, the religious and political leaders continued their harassment, abuse and their ridicule of My Son by their continuing to have the same attitudes and actions toward the followers of Jesus Christ. They killed some of them also, just like they did Jesus Christ. My forgiveness for them was still in effect because, as in Paul's life, Jesus appeared to Him and asked why he was persecuting Him since Paul had been a contributor to the harassment, abuse and ridicule of the followers of Christ. Yet Paul believed immediately and was obedient to Christ when Christ appeared to him. He had been chosen to take My salvation to the pagans from the foundation of the world. He called it the mystery that had been hidden which was Christ living inside of humans, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27;Ephesians 3:17) Paul was the exception. Jesus Christ rose from the dead and appeared to Paul and Paul believed immediately.
When Jesus Christ was teaching all of the parables and explaining My truths to His disciples, the religious and political leaders were totally blinded to His divinity even though He had healed the sick, cast out demons and taught the keys of My kingdom with wisdom. The leaders even accused Him of healing with the spirit of Beelzebub, the devil, which caused them to commit the unforgivable sin, of which there is no forgiveness in the world and in My heaven if there is no repentance.(Luke 11:15)
The parables explained in many ways the fate of the Jewish rulers who refused to identify Jesus Christ as My Son when He came to earth to save them from the works of the devil. (I John 3:8) He said that anyone who causes the least of My children to stumble, it is better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck. (Luke 17:1)
The fate of the politicians and religious leaders was made clear in this parable. The glorious fate of the followers of Jesus Christ was also made clear in the parable. My children have the choice of to whom they will join or bind themselves, to the devil or to Me. Choose My Son and His forgiveness and you will live in My kingdom of heaven while in the earth and with Me for eternity. (Mark 10:29-30)
Your Father of Redemption and Forgiveness
Friday, July 5, 2019
PARABLE OF THE CRAFTY STEWARD
My Dear Precious Child,
In this parable Jesus Christ taught about being honest in using the things of the world so that you must be sure that when the world fails you that you will be welcomed into My kingdom because you have done things honestly. In the parable He spoke to His disciples about a rich man who had a steward who was reported to him as being wasteful with the property of the rich man. The rich man called for the steward and fired him after he had written up an account of his stewardship. Then the steward began to wonder how he was going to live since the rich man was taking his stewardship away from him. He knew that he neither could dig ditches because he wasn't strong enough, nor could he beg because he would be too embarrassed. (Luke 16:1-3)
He thought and thought and came up with a plan. The steward decided to call upon the people who owed the rich man and make a deal with them with the intent that when he was fired that they would at least welcome him into their homes. He asked one debtor how much was owed. The reply was that the debtor owed one hundred measures of oil. The steward told the debtor to take the bill and write down 50 instead of 100. To another one he asked how much he owed. That man said one hundred bushels of wheat. The steward told him to take the IOU and write 80. The master praised the steward for his astuteness in being able to at least collect a portion of what was owed to the rich man, even thought it was the dishonest way. Jesus Christ said that the children of the world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light but that is not a good thing for My children to do because it is not the righteous way which brings peace and joy. (Luke 16:4-8)
Then Jesus Christ told the disciples to use money honestly, as tainted as it is, in your dealings in the earth, so then you make sure that when the money fails that you will be welcome into My kingdom because you have done the righteous thing. His emphasis is on your being astute enough to use the treasures of the world honestly without them being your security and your idols. He said that the man who can be trusted in little things will be put in charge of great things, but the man who is dishonest in little things will also be dishonest in great things. He said that if you can't be trusted with little things you will be dishonest in great things. He also said that anyone who can't be trusted with something tainted, such as money, who will trust him with genuine riches? I certainly can't. He also mentioned that if you can't be trusted with what is not yours, who will give to you what is your very own by inheritance? You won't receive your rightful spiritual inheritance from Me if you gain anything by dishonest means because you are doing the will of the devil by dishonest means. He also ended the parable by saying that no one can serve two masters, that you will either hate the first and love the second, or you will treat the second with respect and the other with scorn. He said that you can't be a servant of both money and of Me. (Luke 16:13)
Jesus was emphasizing that there would always be a temptation to put your trust and security into money by using other people to your advantage, because the devil is always luring you away from honesty in order to capture you for his kingdom. My truth says that if you are truthful, honest and trustworthy in all of your dealings, that I will see that you have everything that you need in abundance because you have continued to further My will in the earth. (Luke 16:14-15)
Because of their love of money, the Pharisees laughed at Jesus Christ for what they thought was foolishness in His teachings. Jesus Christ said that I know their hearts even though they pass themselves off as virtuous in the sight of people. He emphasized that what is thought of as being highly respected by people is most often loathsome in My sight.
There are two kingdoms at work in the world, My kingdom of God and the kingdom of the devil. You cannot mix the two. If you do, you will be pouring new wine into old wineskins and the evil wineskins will break because they are of hell and the new wine of the Holy Spirit will be wasted. Do not try to mix light with darkness. That is what the Isrealites did in the wilderness and they perished there on the way to the promised land that I had prepared for them. The devil tempts you to do his will in the earth and then he condemns you and eventually kills you for obeying him because he is the father of death.
Once My kingdom of heaven has come into your life, only let My Holy
Spirit be your guide because He will guide you to do what brings spiritual treasures into your life on earth, those being unconditional love, joy unspeakable and the peace that passes human understanding. all of those being blessings and rewards from My Holy Spirit.
My rewards and blessings from doing My will in the earth are greater and more enjoyable than any financial earnings that you attain dishonestly, and there is no guilt that comes to plague you afterward. Excessive guilt leads to death spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically.
No Sin; No Guilt! No Sin; No Death!
Your Father of Honest Ways
In this parable Jesus Christ taught about being honest in using the things of the world so that you must be sure that when the world fails you that you will be welcomed into My kingdom because you have done things honestly. In the parable He spoke to His disciples about a rich man who had a steward who was reported to him as being wasteful with the property of the rich man. The rich man called for the steward and fired him after he had written up an account of his stewardship. Then the steward began to wonder how he was going to live since the rich man was taking his stewardship away from him. He knew that he neither could dig ditches because he wasn't strong enough, nor could he beg because he would be too embarrassed. (Luke 16:1-3)
He thought and thought and came up with a plan. The steward decided to call upon the people who owed the rich man and make a deal with them with the intent that when he was fired that they would at least welcome him into their homes. He asked one debtor how much was owed. The reply was that the debtor owed one hundred measures of oil. The steward told the debtor to take the bill and write down 50 instead of 100. To another one he asked how much he owed. That man said one hundred bushels of wheat. The steward told him to take the IOU and write 80. The master praised the steward for his astuteness in being able to at least collect a portion of what was owed to the rich man, even thought it was the dishonest way. Jesus Christ said that the children of the world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light but that is not a good thing for My children to do because it is not the righteous way which brings peace and joy. (Luke 16:4-8)
Then Jesus Christ told the disciples to use money honestly, as tainted as it is, in your dealings in the earth, so then you make sure that when the money fails that you will be welcome into My kingdom because you have done the righteous thing. His emphasis is on your being astute enough to use the treasures of the world honestly without them being your security and your idols. He said that the man who can be trusted in little things will be put in charge of great things, but the man who is dishonest in little things will also be dishonest in great things. He said that if you can't be trusted with little things you will be dishonest in great things. He also said that anyone who can't be trusted with something tainted, such as money, who will trust him with genuine riches? I certainly can't. He also mentioned that if you can't be trusted with what is not yours, who will give to you what is your very own by inheritance? You won't receive your rightful spiritual inheritance from Me if you gain anything by dishonest means because you are doing the will of the devil by dishonest means. He also ended the parable by saying that no one can serve two masters, that you will either hate the first and love the second, or you will treat the second with respect and the other with scorn. He said that you can't be a servant of both money and of Me. (Luke 16:13)
Jesus was emphasizing that there would always be a temptation to put your trust and security into money by using other people to your advantage, because the devil is always luring you away from honesty in order to capture you for his kingdom. My truth says that if you are truthful, honest and trustworthy in all of your dealings, that I will see that you have everything that you need in abundance because you have continued to further My will in the earth. (Luke 16:14-15)
Because of their love of money, the Pharisees laughed at Jesus Christ for what they thought was foolishness in His teachings. Jesus Christ said that I know their hearts even though they pass themselves off as virtuous in the sight of people. He emphasized that what is thought of as being highly respected by people is most often loathsome in My sight.
There are two kingdoms at work in the world, My kingdom of God and the kingdom of the devil. You cannot mix the two. If you do, you will be pouring new wine into old wineskins and the evil wineskins will break because they are of hell and the new wine of the Holy Spirit will be wasted. Do not try to mix light with darkness. That is what the Isrealites did in the wilderness and they perished there on the way to the promised land that I had prepared for them. The devil tempts you to do his will in the earth and then he condemns you and eventually kills you for obeying him because he is the father of death.
Once My kingdom of heaven has come into your life, only let My Holy
Spirit be your guide because He will guide you to do what brings spiritual treasures into your life on earth, those being unconditional love, joy unspeakable and the peace that passes human understanding. all of those being blessings and rewards from My Holy Spirit.
My rewards and blessings from doing My will in the earth are greater and more enjoyable than any financial earnings that you attain dishonestly, and there is no guilt that comes to plague you afterward. Excessive guilt leads to death spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically.
No Sin; No Guilt! No Sin; No Death!
Your Father of Honest Ways
Thursday, July 4, 2019
PARABLES OF LOST MONEY AND THE PRODIGAL SON
My Dear Precious Child,
In the parables of Jesus Christ relating to the keys of My kingdom of God, I was giving to My children the secrets on how to overcome the works of the devil in their lives on earth so that they can enjoy My kingdom of heaven having come into their lives on earth. Often there are occasions when My children have not recognized that the devil has sent problems through family members, religious institutions, partisan politics or worries and concerns about possessions in order to divert their attention away from seeking Me, seeking My kingdom and seeking My righteousness. We saw from another parable that those are the ways for your enemy, the devil, to keep you bound to problems in the earth where the devil is prince instead of your being bound to My kingdom of heaven and thus enjoying all of My goodness while you live in the earth.
Jesus Christ had taught My children a parable about a man who had lost a sheep and how he went to every effort to find his sheep while he left the other 99 sheep in the wilderness grazing. Most of My children are familiar with that key to My kingdom of God. Also to emphasize My efforts to protect My children and to rescue them from their own efforts at independence, I had Jesus Christ teach another parable, one about money. Jesus told about a woman with a ten dollar silver piece who would, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search throughout the house until she found the money. Her friends had been equally concerned about her lost money. So when she found the money, she called to her family, neighbors and friends to rejoice with her because she found the money that she had lost. (Luke 15:8-10) Jesus Christ said that In the same way there is rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner.
Because of the false belief in the Jewish religion that I am a stern taskmaster, I needed to let My children know that I am so concerned about you when you go astray that I leave the others who are not lost and I search for you wholeheartedly. I do not leave you comfortless or alone in dire conditions because I am your loving Father. Not only am I delighted and joyful to find the ones who have lost their way, but all of the inhabitants of My heaven rejoice when one lost person returns to Me. These parables are pictures of the nation of Israel and its refusal to follow My guidance and in contrast the pagan unbelievers who turn to Jesus Christ and My Holy Spirit as their Savior and find that they can have My blessings and My rewards while they live in the earth, causing My angels in heaven to rejoice also. (Hebrews 3:4-14)
To emphasize the importance of those parables, Jesus also taught about the prodigal son, emphasizing that when he returned to his father's estate that all of the servants were delighted to join with the celebration. The only person who was not delighted with the return was the prodigal's brother who had always worked for his father with no complaints but he felt that his father never celebrated his help. He was mad because the prodigal threw away his fortune, came home penniless and the father ordered a big celebration. His father assured the dutiful son that he was always loved and everything that the father owned belonged to him, but because his brother was dead and had come back to life, he was lost and now found, and that was a good reason to celebrate. (Luke 14:11-32)
The truth in the secrets of My kingdom of God in that parable relates to when I was finally able to bring My kingdom into the earth just as it is in heaven that I would be bringing Gentile unbelievers into My family, the pagans who had never known Me, but I would leave the religious Jews behind while I brought the multitudes of the Gentiles into My family. That truth is referred to as a mystery that was hidden in My mind from the foundation of the world in case Adam and Eve yielded to the devil and allowed him to curse the earth and everything in it. After Adam sinned, later when I gave the Mosaic laws to Moses to deliver to the Israelites they began to consider themselves My chosen people. Yet they disobeyed Me over and over and over again, refusing to take My advice and instead they returned to making idols instead of following My guidance. So I brought the Gentiles into My family through Paul's ministry which made the Jews jealous. They became like the dutiful brother, refusing to celebrate that I had opened the gates of My heaven to the pagan Gentiles. The Gentiles had never known Me, but yet they became prized and honored by Me by being the first to enter into My kingdom of heaven. My kingdom is available to the Jews but they must first accept My Son as who He is, My Son Jesus Christ whom I sent to bring salvation into the world. (Ephesians1:3-11)
The lesson in those parables is also that I opened the door to My kingdom of heaven to the prostitutes, the tax collectors, the adulterous women and the pagan Gentiles while the forever religious Jews were left out for a time. My children must not become jealous or judgmental when the worse of sinners are redeemed and turn to Me. I called them and they listened. I said to the Jews that I piped but they wouldn't dance and I played dirges but they wouldn't cry and repent. (Luke 7:32) I said that John the Baptist came not eating bread or drinking wine and they said he was possessed of a demon; yet Jesus Christ came eating and drinking and they said that He was a glutton, a drunkard and a friend of sinners, even though My wisdom through Him proved otherwise. The Jews were like the dutiful son with his bitterness and the Gentiles were like the prodigal son who was welcomed by Me into My family.
My parables are prophetic as well as containing My truths pertaining to the secrets of My kingdom of God. The truths in the parables are there for My children to incorporate into their lives so they can enjoy My heaven while on the earth.
Your Father of Joyfully Revealed Truth
In the parables of Jesus Christ relating to the keys of My kingdom of God, I was giving to My children the secrets on how to overcome the works of the devil in their lives on earth so that they can enjoy My kingdom of heaven having come into their lives on earth. Often there are occasions when My children have not recognized that the devil has sent problems through family members, religious institutions, partisan politics or worries and concerns about possessions in order to divert their attention away from seeking Me, seeking My kingdom and seeking My righteousness. We saw from another parable that those are the ways for your enemy, the devil, to keep you bound to problems in the earth where the devil is prince instead of your being bound to My kingdom of heaven and thus enjoying all of My goodness while you live in the earth.
Jesus Christ had taught My children a parable about a man who had lost a sheep and how he went to every effort to find his sheep while he left the other 99 sheep in the wilderness grazing. Most of My children are familiar with that key to My kingdom of God. Also to emphasize My efforts to protect My children and to rescue them from their own efforts at independence, I had Jesus Christ teach another parable, one about money. Jesus told about a woman with a ten dollar silver piece who would, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search throughout the house until she found the money. Her friends had been equally concerned about her lost money. So when she found the money, she called to her family, neighbors and friends to rejoice with her because she found the money that she had lost. (Luke 15:8-10) Jesus Christ said that In the same way there is rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner.
Because of the false belief in the Jewish religion that I am a stern taskmaster, I needed to let My children know that I am so concerned about you when you go astray that I leave the others who are not lost and I search for you wholeheartedly. I do not leave you comfortless or alone in dire conditions because I am your loving Father. Not only am I delighted and joyful to find the ones who have lost their way, but all of the inhabitants of My heaven rejoice when one lost person returns to Me. These parables are pictures of the nation of Israel and its refusal to follow My guidance and in contrast the pagan unbelievers who turn to Jesus Christ and My Holy Spirit as their Savior and find that they can have My blessings and My rewards while they live in the earth, causing My angels in heaven to rejoice also. (Hebrews 3:4-14)
To emphasize the importance of those parables, Jesus also taught about the prodigal son, emphasizing that when he returned to his father's estate that all of the servants were delighted to join with the celebration. The only person who was not delighted with the return was the prodigal's brother who had always worked for his father with no complaints but he felt that his father never celebrated his help. He was mad because the prodigal threw away his fortune, came home penniless and the father ordered a big celebration. His father assured the dutiful son that he was always loved and everything that the father owned belonged to him, but because his brother was dead and had come back to life, he was lost and now found, and that was a good reason to celebrate. (Luke 14:11-32)
The truth in the secrets of My kingdom of God in that parable relates to when I was finally able to bring My kingdom into the earth just as it is in heaven that I would be bringing Gentile unbelievers into My family, the pagans who had never known Me, but I would leave the religious Jews behind while I brought the multitudes of the Gentiles into My family. That truth is referred to as a mystery that was hidden in My mind from the foundation of the world in case Adam and Eve yielded to the devil and allowed him to curse the earth and everything in it. After Adam sinned, later when I gave the Mosaic laws to Moses to deliver to the Israelites they began to consider themselves My chosen people. Yet they disobeyed Me over and over and over again, refusing to take My advice and instead they returned to making idols instead of following My guidance. So I brought the Gentiles into My family through Paul's ministry which made the Jews jealous. They became like the dutiful brother, refusing to celebrate that I had opened the gates of My heaven to the pagan Gentiles. The Gentiles had never known Me, but yet they became prized and honored by Me by being the first to enter into My kingdom of heaven. My kingdom is available to the Jews but they must first accept My Son as who He is, My Son Jesus Christ whom I sent to bring salvation into the world. (Ephesians1:3-11)
The lesson in those parables is also that I opened the door to My kingdom of heaven to the prostitutes, the tax collectors, the adulterous women and the pagan Gentiles while the forever religious Jews were left out for a time. My children must not become jealous or judgmental when the worse of sinners are redeemed and turn to Me. I called them and they listened. I said to the Jews that I piped but they wouldn't dance and I played dirges but they wouldn't cry and repent. (Luke 7:32) I said that John the Baptist came not eating bread or drinking wine and they said he was possessed of a demon; yet Jesus Christ came eating and drinking and they said that He was a glutton, a drunkard and a friend of sinners, even though My wisdom through Him proved otherwise. The Jews were like the dutiful son with his bitterness and the Gentiles were like the prodigal son who was welcomed by Me into My family.
My parables are prophetic as well as containing My truths pertaining to the secrets of My kingdom of God. The truths in the parables are there for My children to incorporate into their lives so they can enjoy My heaven while on the earth.
Your Father of Joyfully Revealed Truth
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
PARABLE ABOUT COUNTING THE COST
PARABLE ABOUT COUNTING THE COST
My Dear Precious Child,
In Jesus Christ's teachings about the kingdom of heaven coming into the earth in the baptism of the Holy Spirit for My children, He taught many times about not being attached to possessions and also about not being unduly attached to your earthly family. He said that everyone who comes to Him must become emotionally detached from his or her father, mother, children, wife, brothers, sisters, yes, his or her old life; instead he must carrying his or her own cross and follow Him. He knew the lure of His disciples to go back to their former lives and the danger of it because the devil works through generational curses to suck you back into his covenant of sin and death after you have come into My kingdom of heaven. (Luke 14:25-27) He told the disciples to count the cost, that they must be willing to refuse to get emotionally engaged in the devil's lures through their earthly family so as not to fall into the devil's traps.
Jesus, Himself, had to emotionally disengage Himself from His own earthly family when they came to Him to try to get Him involved in a family problem. He told them that His real family is composed of the people who do My will. He could not afford to get sidetracked from His mission in the earth of doing My will and furthering My kingdom of Heaven in the earth. (Matthew 12:46-50) What Jesus Christ owed to His earthly family was praying for them in His prayer time, but He knew that allowing them to engage Him in family squabbles would divert him away from My mission for Him.
He told His disciples which of them, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, He said, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, any onlookers would look, see the incomplete beginnings, and so they would make fun of the man and his good intentions. The people would think him foolish for starting a project without being able to finish it. Then He gave another logical example. Jesus Christ asked what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether, with his 10,000 men, he could withstand the other king who advanced against him with 20,000 men? If he saw that he was at a disadvantage, when the other king is far off he should send envoys to the other kng and ask him to make peace. (Luke 14:28-32)
In that parable, Jesus was telling the disciples that they would need to refute all attachments to anything that would require their emotional attention. He told His disciples that none of them could be His disciples unless the person gives up all allegiance to his or her earthly possessions because, since the devil is prince of your world, he will use your concern for your political party, your possessions or your family to lure you into conflict, worry, fretting, disappointment, disgust and strife. In those negative emotions you separate yourself from My kingdom and dedicate yourself to the tricks of the devil's kingdom. (Luke 14:33)
Then Jesus Christ added another parable to the last one in order for the disciples to realize the seriousness of their devotion to Him. He said that salt is a useful thing, but if salt loses its taste, how can it be seasoned again? He said that it is not even good enough to be used for soil or the manure pile. So, Jesus Christ told them that people have to throw salt out into the garbage when it loses its taste. Again He told them to listen, anyone who has ears to hear. (Luke 14:35-36)
In the parable of the salt that has lost its taste, Jesus Christ was telling you that once you have inherited My kingdom of heaven into your life when you were born of My Holy Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit, enjoying My peace and love, but if you enter into conflict and strife you are no longer spiritually equipped to be an ambassador of My kingdom of heaven whose spiritual emotions displayed in the earth are righteousness, peace and joy in My Holy Spirit. Your emotional involvement with worldly concerns and worries will jerk you quickly out of My kingdom of heaven because they are two different worlds.
Through Jesus Christ I was talking about your devotion to Me and to Him and how it must not lessen in its intensity or you will fall away from Me completely in your devotion. When you have lost any of the intensity of your devotion to Me through Jesus Christ, then your salt has lost its flavor, thus losing its power. If you do not keep all of the intensity of your devotion to Me, then your salt has lost its power to cleanse, purify and preserve you in My kingdom. Salt is a purifier, a preserver and a cleansing agent. Don't allow anything to rob you of your peace in the Holy Spirit. Your enemy, the devil, never gives up. Recognize his efforts to get you involved in earthly conflicts. If he can get you emotional about financial, religious, political or family matters, he has diverted your attention from Me and My kingdom and transported you back into the kingdom of satan, which wants all of your attention. When that happens, your prayers have little power because you are trying to serve two masters, the devil and Me.
Pay attention to all of the parables. They were taught by My Son in order for you to avoid all of the tricks of the devil to divert your attention from Me and My kingdom of heaven and burden you with worldly problems. That is his strategy and most of the time it works, even for My spiritual children.
You must be a watchman, watching for demonic tricks to divert your attention from Me and My inheritance for you. They are all familiar tricks and Jesus Christ identified them in all of His parables that He taught. My Holy Spirit is identifying them and for you and enlightening the dangers. Listen to Him. As Jesus said, if you have spiritual ears to hear, listen attentively and then obey. Your peace and joy in the earth is in danger of being thwarted by your enemy, the devil.
Your Father of Glorious Rewards
My Dear Precious Child,
In Jesus Christ's teachings about the kingdom of heaven coming into the earth in the baptism of the Holy Spirit for My children, He taught many times about not being attached to possessions and also about not being unduly attached to your earthly family. He said that everyone who comes to Him must become emotionally detached from his or her father, mother, children, wife, brothers, sisters, yes, his or her old life; instead he must carrying his or her own cross and follow Him. He knew the lure of His disciples to go back to their former lives and the danger of it because the devil works through generational curses to suck you back into his covenant of sin and death after you have come into My kingdom of heaven. (Luke 14:25-27) He told the disciples to count the cost, that they must be willing to refuse to get emotionally engaged in the devil's lures through their earthly family so as not to fall into the devil's traps.
Jesus, Himself, had to emotionally disengage Himself from His own earthly family when they came to Him to try to get Him involved in a family problem. He told them that His real family is composed of the people who do My will. He could not afford to get sidetracked from His mission in the earth of doing My will and furthering My kingdom of Heaven in the earth. (Matthew 12:46-50) What Jesus Christ owed to His earthly family was praying for them in His prayer time, but He knew that allowing them to engage Him in family squabbles would divert him away from My mission for Him.
He told His disciples which of them, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, He said, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, any onlookers would look, see the incomplete beginnings, and so they would make fun of the man and his good intentions. The people would think him foolish for starting a project without being able to finish it. Then He gave another logical example. Jesus Christ asked what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether, with his 10,000 men, he could withstand the other king who advanced against him with 20,000 men? If he saw that he was at a disadvantage, when the other king is far off he should send envoys to the other kng and ask him to make peace. (Luke 14:28-32)
In that parable, Jesus was telling the disciples that they would need to refute all attachments to anything that would require their emotional attention. He told His disciples that none of them could be His disciples unless the person gives up all allegiance to his or her earthly possessions because, since the devil is prince of your world, he will use your concern for your political party, your possessions or your family to lure you into conflict, worry, fretting, disappointment, disgust and strife. In those negative emotions you separate yourself from My kingdom and dedicate yourself to the tricks of the devil's kingdom. (Luke 14:33)
Then Jesus Christ added another parable to the last one in order for the disciples to realize the seriousness of their devotion to Him. He said that salt is a useful thing, but if salt loses its taste, how can it be seasoned again? He said that it is not even good enough to be used for soil or the manure pile. So, Jesus Christ told them that people have to throw salt out into the garbage when it loses its taste. Again He told them to listen, anyone who has ears to hear. (Luke 14:35-36)
In the parable of the salt that has lost its taste, Jesus Christ was telling you that once you have inherited My kingdom of heaven into your life when you were born of My Holy Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit, enjoying My peace and love, but if you enter into conflict and strife you are no longer spiritually equipped to be an ambassador of My kingdom of heaven whose spiritual emotions displayed in the earth are righteousness, peace and joy in My Holy Spirit. Your emotional involvement with worldly concerns and worries will jerk you quickly out of My kingdom of heaven because they are two different worlds.
Through Jesus Christ I was talking about your devotion to Me and to Him and how it must not lessen in its intensity or you will fall away from Me completely in your devotion. When you have lost any of the intensity of your devotion to Me through Jesus Christ, then your salt has lost its flavor, thus losing its power. If you do not keep all of the intensity of your devotion to Me, then your salt has lost its power to cleanse, purify and preserve you in My kingdom. Salt is a purifier, a preserver and a cleansing agent. Don't allow anything to rob you of your peace in the Holy Spirit. Your enemy, the devil, never gives up. Recognize his efforts to get you involved in earthly conflicts. If he can get you emotional about financial, religious, political or family matters, he has diverted your attention from Me and My kingdom and transported you back into the kingdom of satan, which wants all of your attention. When that happens, your prayers have little power because you are trying to serve two masters, the devil and Me.
Pay attention to all of the parables. They were taught by My Son in order for you to avoid all of the tricks of the devil to divert your attention from Me and My kingdom of heaven and burden you with worldly problems. That is his strategy and most of the time it works, even for My spiritual children.
You must be a watchman, watching for demonic tricks to divert your attention from Me and My inheritance for you. They are all familiar tricks and Jesus Christ identified them in all of His parables that He taught. My Holy Spirit is identifying them and for you and enlightening the dangers. Listen to Him. As Jesus said, if you have spiritual ears to hear, listen attentively and then obey. Your peace and joy in the earth is in danger of being thwarted by your enemy, the devil.
Your Father of Glorious Rewards
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
PARABLE ABOUT HOARDING EARTHL POSSESSIONS
My Dear Precious Child,
While Jesus Christ was teaching about the keys of My kingdom of God a man yelled out for Jesus to tell the man's brother to give him a share of their inheritance. Jesus answered Him by saying, "My friend, who appointed Me your judge or the arbitrator of claims?" Then Jesus said to the man that people must watch out for greed of any kind because a person's life is not made secure in what he owns, even when he has more than he needs. (Luke 12:13-15)
Then Jesus Christ told the crowd a parable about a rich man who had a good harvest from his land and he thought to himself about what he was going to do to to store it because he did not have enough room to store his crops. Then he thought, oh, yeah, I know what I will do, I'll tear down My barns and build bigger ones and store all of My grains and goods in them. Then he thought further about his having enough to eat for years, so he would just take it easy, eat, drink and have a good time. However, the parable said that Jesus said to the man that he was a fool, that that very night his soul would be required of him, and with his death to whom would the stored up earthly treasures belong?
Jesus Christ said that the parable proved a point, that such it is when a person stores up treasures for himself on earth in place of making himself rich in the things of God. The desirable treasures to which Jesus was referring are My Holy Spirit, His wisdom, His knowledge, revelations of His kindness, His goodness, His love, His gift of faith, His patience, His mercy, His peace and His joy. Those are the treasures that My children must store in their minds because they are treasures from My kingdom of God which become the person's inheritance from Me when He or she is born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit. That is when My kingdom of heaven comes into the life of a person, identifying all of My treasures, benefits and rewards as yours.
Jesus Christ had told His followers then, and now, to seek first My kingdom and My righteousness and everything will be added to your life on earth. When you are walking in My wisdom and knowledge and distributing My mercy, My joy, My love and My kindness toward other people, you will cause My earthly treasure as well as My heavenly treasure to also open up and be poured into your life. I even said that I would see that everything good would be added to your life on earth. (Matthew 6:33)
One problem that My children make is that they become born again of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit and they stop seeking Me. I told you to ask and keep on asking, to seek and to keep on seeking, to knock and to keep on knocking, for to whoever keeps asking it will be given to him, whoever keeps on seeking will find, and whoever keeps on knocking, the door will be opened to him. (Luke 11:9-10, Amplified Version)
In other words, Jesus Christ was encouraging My children of promise to continue praying in intercessory prayers until your prayers are answered, to seek for My revelation until My wisdom and knowledge are revealed to you, to knock at the door of My understanding and insight on spiritual matters until the door of your own mind will eventually be opened to receive them. Persistence in all spiritual matters is important because there are evil forces who do not want you to inherit your rightful inheritance. But first you must determine what is important to you, whether spiritual matters are where your heart is, or whether hoarding earthly possessions is important to you. Wherever your security is, there is where your heart is.
I said what father would give to his son a stone instead of bread, or a snake instead of a fish, or a scorpion instead of an egg? I said through Jesus Christ that most earthly fathers, who are basically evil, know how to give good gifts to their children, so how much more will I, your Heavenly Father, give matters of My Holy Spirit to My own children. (Luke 11:11-13)
Jesus Christ was giving you great wisdom in telling you to not only seek Me, My kingdom and My righteousness, but He encouraged you to continue to ask, seek and knock until you receive what is rightfully yours. It's yours already so it can't be kept from you by anyone, even though the evil one tries, but you must continually seek with your whole heart until My truth breaks through the veil and is implanted in your human mind. Then My truth becomes flesh and changes you into My image which makes you shine like the sun in the earth which causes other people to glorify me.
Your Good and Kind Father
While Jesus Christ was teaching about the keys of My kingdom of God a man yelled out for Jesus to tell the man's brother to give him a share of their inheritance. Jesus answered Him by saying, "My friend, who appointed Me your judge or the arbitrator of claims?" Then Jesus said to the man that people must watch out for greed of any kind because a person's life is not made secure in what he owns, even when he has more than he needs. (Luke 12:13-15)
Then Jesus Christ told the crowd a parable about a rich man who had a good harvest from his land and he thought to himself about what he was going to do to to store it because he did not have enough room to store his crops. Then he thought, oh, yeah, I know what I will do, I'll tear down My barns and build bigger ones and store all of My grains and goods in them. Then he thought further about his having enough to eat for years, so he would just take it easy, eat, drink and have a good time. However, the parable said that Jesus said to the man that he was a fool, that that very night his soul would be required of him, and with his death to whom would the stored up earthly treasures belong?
Jesus Christ said that the parable proved a point, that such it is when a person stores up treasures for himself on earth in place of making himself rich in the things of God. The desirable treasures to which Jesus was referring are My Holy Spirit, His wisdom, His knowledge, revelations of His kindness, His goodness, His love, His gift of faith, His patience, His mercy, His peace and His joy. Those are the treasures that My children must store in their minds because they are treasures from My kingdom of God which become the person's inheritance from Me when He or she is born of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit. That is when My kingdom of heaven comes into the life of a person, identifying all of My treasures, benefits and rewards as yours.
Jesus Christ had told His followers then, and now, to seek first My kingdom and My righteousness and everything will be added to your life on earth. When you are walking in My wisdom and knowledge and distributing My mercy, My joy, My love and My kindness toward other people, you will cause My earthly treasure as well as My heavenly treasure to also open up and be poured into your life. I even said that I would see that everything good would be added to your life on earth. (Matthew 6:33)
One problem that My children make is that they become born again of My Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit and they stop seeking Me. I told you to ask and keep on asking, to seek and to keep on seeking, to knock and to keep on knocking, for to whoever keeps asking it will be given to him, whoever keeps on seeking will find, and whoever keeps on knocking, the door will be opened to him. (Luke 11:9-10, Amplified Version)
In other words, Jesus Christ was encouraging My children of promise to continue praying in intercessory prayers until your prayers are answered, to seek for My revelation until My wisdom and knowledge are revealed to you, to knock at the door of My understanding and insight on spiritual matters until the door of your own mind will eventually be opened to receive them. Persistence in all spiritual matters is important because there are evil forces who do not want you to inherit your rightful inheritance. But first you must determine what is important to you, whether spiritual matters are where your heart is, or whether hoarding earthly possessions is important to you. Wherever your security is, there is where your heart is.
I said what father would give to his son a stone instead of bread, or a snake instead of a fish, or a scorpion instead of an egg? I said through Jesus Christ that most earthly fathers, who are basically evil, know how to give good gifts to their children, so how much more will I, your Heavenly Father, give matters of My Holy Spirit to My own children. (Luke 11:11-13)
Jesus Christ was giving you great wisdom in telling you to not only seek Me, My kingdom and My righteousness, but He encouraged you to continue to ask, seek and knock until you receive what is rightfully yours. It's yours already so it can't be kept from you by anyone, even though the evil one tries, but you must continually seek with your whole heart until My truth breaks through the veil and is implanted in your human mind. Then My truth becomes flesh and changes you into My image which makes you shine like the sun in the earth which causes other people to glorify me.
Your Good and Kind Father
Monday, July 1, 2019
PARABLE OF THOSE FORGIVEN MORE LOVE MORE
My Dear Precious Child,
A Pharisee invited Jesus Christ to his house for dinner and Jesus went. When Jesus arrived and took his seat at the table, a woman who had heard that He was coming to dinner at the home of the political leader arrived carrying an alabaster jar of ointment. She waited behind Jesus at his feet weeping and her tears fell on His feet. She wiped her tears away with her hair. Then she covered the feet of Jesus Christ with kisses and anointed them with her ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself that if that man were really a prophet he would have known that the woman who was touching him had a bad name in the community. (Luke 7:36-39)
Jesus brought him up and said to the Pharisee that He had something to say to him. He told the man a parable, that there was a creditor who had two men in his debt. One owed to the man $500 and the other owed to him $50. Neither one was able to pay, so the creditor forgave both of them of their debt. Jesus Christ asked the Pharisee which of the two men who owed money to the creditor would love the creditor more? The Pharisee answered that the man who owed the $500 was pardoned more, he supposed. Jesus assured the Pharisee that he was right. (Luke 7:43)
Jesus Christ turned toward the woman and told the Pharisee to look at the woman. He told the Pharisee that He had come to his house and the Pharisee did not pour water over His feet but that the woman had covered His feet with her own tears. He reminded the Pharisee that he did not give Jesus any kisses, but that the woman had covered the feet of Jesus with kisses, that neither did the Pharisee anoint His feet with oil, but that the woman had anointed the head of Jesus with ointment. (Luke 7:44-47)
Jesus told the Pharisee that the woman's sins must have been already forgiven or she would not have shown such great love. Then Jesus assured the woman that her sins were certainly forgiven. He told the woman that her faith had saved her. (Luke 7:48)
The people who were at the table with Him questioned in themselves who Jesus Christ was who thought He could forgive sins. (Luke 7:49-50) All of the people at the table were bound by the religious and political laws of the Jews and could not perceive the true identity of Jesus Christ. The veil was placed in their minds by the laws and how the devil had used the laws to enable the religious and political people to judge others instead of their using the laws to identify the works of the devil. The veil is still in their minds and can only be removed by My Holy Spirit. (II Corinthians 3:13-17)
To the Pharisees and the children of darkness all law breakers deserve My judgment and their judgment instead of My mercy. Jesus Christ came to earth to show that My mercy and forgiveness are everlasting and that I judge no person. (Psalm 100:5; Judge 5:22; John 8:15; Judge 12:47) Jesus Christ said that He came to earth to save people, not to judge them.
Your Father of Everlasting Forgiveness
A Pharisee invited Jesus Christ to his house for dinner and Jesus went. When Jesus arrived and took his seat at the table, a woman who had heard that He was coming to dinner at the home of the political leader arrived carrying an alabaster jar of ointment. She waited behind Jesus at his feet weeping and her tears fell on His feet. She wiped her tears away with her hair. Then she covered the feet of Jesus Christ with kisses and anointed them with her ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself that if that man were really a prophet he would have known that the woman who was touching him had a bad name in the community. (Luke 7:36-39)
Jesus brought him up and said to the Pharisee that He had something to say to him. He told the man a parable, that there was a creditor who had two men in his debt. One owed to the man $500 and the other owed to him $50. Neither one was able to pay, so the creditor forgave both of them of their debt. Jesus Christ asked the Pharisee which of the two men who owed money to the creditor would love the creditor more? The Pharisee answered that the man who owed the $500 was pardoned more, he supposed. Jesus assured the Pharisee that he was right. (Luke 7:43)
Jesus Christ turned toward the woman and told the Pharisee to look at the woman. He told the Pharisee that He had come to his house and the Pharisee did not pour water over His feet but that the woman had covered His feet with her own tears. He reminded the Pharisee that he did not give Jesus any kisses, but that the woman had covered the feet of Jesus with kisses, that neither did the Pharisee anoint His feet with oil, but that the woman had anointed the head of Jesus with ointment. (Luke 7:44-47)
Jesus told the Pharisee that the woman's sins must have been already forgiven or she would not have shown such great love. Then Jesus assured the woman that her sins were certainly forgiven. He told the woman that her faith had saved her. (Luke 7:48)
The people who were at the table with Him questioned in themselves who Jesus Christ was who thought He could forgive sins. (Luke 7:49-50) All of the people at the table were bound by the religious and political laws of the Jews and could not perceive the true identity of Jesus Christ. The veil was placed in their minds by the laws and how the devil had used the laws to enable the religious and political people to judge others instead of their using the laws to identify the works of the devil. The veil is still in their minds and can only be removed by My Holy Spirit. (II Corinthians 3:13-17)
To the Pharisees and the children of darkness all law breakers deserve My judgment and their judgment instead of My mercy. Jesus Christ came to earth to show that My mercy and forgiveness are everlasting and that I judge no person. (Psalm 100:5; Judge 5:22; John 8:15; Judge 12:47) Jesus Christ said that He came to earth to save people, not to judge them.
Your Father of Everlasting Forgiveness
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