Dear One,
At the Jewish feast of the Passover, the celebration was over the fact that death had passed over the people who had the blood mark on their doorway. The Jews did not know that My Son Jesus had My blood type, the type of His father, as does every living man have the blood type of his father. Since My Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, the blood type of the flesh of Jesus was My Holy Spirit. So the true mark of life is the presence of My Holy Spirit. When My children allow My Holy Spirit to live in them, then the devil's death passes over them and cannot stop to deliver his spiritual, emotional and physical death.
While Jesus was teaching His followers about My kingdom coming into the earth as it is in heaven (just as Jesus prayed in His instructional prayer called the Lord's Prayer) He made an astounding comment to them which was indicative of the expediency with which My kingdom was to come to earth. (Luke 22:15-18) Instead of it being in the distant future, He confirmed what He had told to them when He instructed them that they would not die until My kingdom came into the earth. (Luke 21:32) Since there must always be two or three confirmations, Jesus Himself again confirmed His assessment of the coming of My kingdom into the earth in answer to the prayers that He had taught them. (Luke 11:2) During the Passover meal, Jesus told them while they were eating that He, Himself, would not eat again until it was fulfilled in My kingdom. (Luke 21:15-16) He also told them that He would not drink the fruit of the vine again until My kingdom came to earth.
His followers did not perceive the truth that He revealed, that My kingdom was soon going to come into the earth to live in humans who invite My Holy Spirit to live in them. They were ignorant of His truth until He appeared to them at the tomb. When He appeared to certain women and His followers at the empty tomb he went with them a short way effortlessly and He looked like He could have gone much further but He went inside to rest with them, (Luke 24:22-32) Their eyes were opened and they knew Him as Jesus Christ, the son of the living God. He broke bread with them, gave it to them and then vanished out of their sight. They marveled that He opened the scriptures to them.
Those followers returned to Jerusalem and found the disciples along with others. The disciples told the women and other followers that Jesus had appeared to Peter. The women and their friends told the disciples how Jesus had also appeared to them and how He made know His identity when He broke bread with them. Lo and behold, as they spoke about his previous appearance to them Jesus appeared in the room. Even though He told them not to be afraid but instead to have peace, they were frightened, thinking they had seen a ghost. Jesus told the people to handle His feet and hands to see that He was not a ghost, but that He was flesh and bones.
Jesus proved that He was not a ghost by asking if they had any meat to eat. He was given broiled fish and he ate it before them. His prophesy was fulfilled, the one He said when He told them that He would not eat again until He ate when My kingdom came to earth. Jesus reminded them that he had spoken those very words to them, that He would not eat again until He ate in My kingdom. Then He told them to wait there in Jerusalem until My promise was completely fulfilled, the completeness of My Kingdom coming to earth on the day of Pentecost when My Holy Spirit would come to live in My children and take the place of Jesus, giving them the same power of My Spirit that Jesus had while He ministered and the same dunamis
(dynamite) power that caused Him to be raised from the dead.
Those were glorious times on the earth and they have never ceased because My Holy Spirit is living in the earth in the bodies of My children who invite Him to live in them and empower them with My power. Those children who yield themselves 100% to My indwelling power of love will overcome every obstacle of the devil and enjoy My kingdom living while in the earth. When you dispense My love to everyone, you have obeyed My command to love others as I love you. My benefit is that people who observe your love will glorify Me and want to intimately come to know Me.
Your Loving, Powerful Father
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
KINGDOM LIVING - BE VIGILANT
Dear One,
In the parable to the fig tree Jesus was very clear about My kingdom coming into the earth to live in My children. He told His followers to look at a fig tree and at all trees, He said that when leaves shoot forth from the trees that people know beyond a shadow of a doubt that summer is about to come, that it's right around the corner. He assured them that the things that He had prophesied about His death, resurrection, being raised from the dead and His coming back again to walk the earth and then coming in the person of My Holy Spirit to usher My kingdom into the earth were all about to happen. He told them that when those things came to pass that their own redemption was near. (Luke 21:28-31) He said that when the signs and wonders about which He spoke happened in the earth, that My kingdom was about to come into the earth in answer to what Jesus had coached them to pray, that My kingdom would come to earth as it is in heaven. He told them again that their generation would not pass away until His prophetic words were fulfilled.(Luke 21:33)
Jesus told His followers that they should be vigilant and alert so that their minds would not be overcharged with drunkenness, giddiness and cares of the world or that wonderful day would come upon them while they were unaware of it. (Luke 21:34) He warned them that a snare by the devil would come upon everyone that lives on the earth to prevent them from recognizing Him. (35)
His admonition became more explicit when He told My children to watch and to pray always that they might escape all the things that were to come upon the earth when He was crucified and that they would be found worthy to stand before Him when He returned to earth, which He did when He walked the earth forty days and then came in the cloud on the day of Pentecost, accompanied by His glory. (36)
It is the same today. The minds of My children are often snared by the devil so that they do not recognize the wonders that I do in the earth. They still embrace the old covenant laws, depending upon them to make them righteous when the laws were never meant to make anyone righteous. They were only given to identify the works of the devil so that people would be alert to refuse His temptations. Yet My children, as led by the devil, use the religious laws to judge other people of infractions. The devil uses religious laws to condemn and judge people through other people. Jesus had talked and talked about how to become righteous and it always involved loving other people, praying for your enemies and doing good to them, giving to the poor, casting out demons, healing the sick and giving hope to the brokenhearted, all of those actions as being empowered by My Spirit. He said to seek that kind of righteousness, the unselfish acts that He constantly did in the earth.
It was My love that told Jesus to tell His followers what was going to happen to Him so that they would not become fainthearted when the events happened. They would see what was happening and recognize the signs and wonders as what He prophesied. Because they were vigilant and alert, some of His followers took His advice and were present on the day of Pentecost when My Kingdom came in earth to make My home inside of My children in answer to the prayers of Jesus. The event still happens every minute of every day. As spoken by Jesus, I come to live in anyone who seeks My kingdom and My righteousness. Everything good and beneficial is added to their lives when they do. My wisdom opens up to them so that they overcome every problem, My goodness flows like a river into their lives, their children bless them instead of rebelling against them, My love in them causes them to love their enemies who then become their friends and so they become peacemakers in the earth. As a result, they glorify Me and because their lives glorify Me, others will glorify Me and want to come to know Me.
When people see the light of My love in you, they know that My kingdom is available to them also, just like Jesus said at the beginning of His ministry.(John 8:12; Matthew 5:14-16)
Watch for opportunities to pour My love and My light into the lives of others by showing compassion, love, mercy, forgiveness and peace to everyone, When you share those fruit of My Spirit with others, they will desire to be born of My Spirit and baptized in My Spirit. Celebration in heaven and the earth will result.
Your Vigilant Father
In the parable to the fig tree Jesus was very clear about My kingdom coming into the earth to live in My children. He told His followers to look at a fig tree and at all trees, He said that when leaves shoot forth from the trees that people know beyond a shadow of a doubt that summer is about to come, that it's right around the corner. He assured them that the things that He had prophesied about His death, resurrection, being raised from the dead and His coming back again to walk the earth and then coming in the person of My Holy Spirit to usher My kingdom into the earth were all about to happen. He told them that when those things came to pass that their own redemption was near. (Luke 21:28-31) He said that when the signs and wonders about which He spoke happened in the earth, that My kingdom was about to come into the earth in answer to what Jesus had coached them to pray, that My kingdom would come to earth as it is in heaven. He told them again that their generation would not pass away until His prophetic words were fulfilled.(Luke 21:33)
Jesus told His followers that they should be vigilant and alert so that their minds would not be overcharged with drunkenness, giddiness and cares of the world or that wonderful day would come upon them while they were unaware of it. (Luke 21:34) He warned them that a snare by the devil would come upon everyone that lives on the earth to prevent them from recognizing Him. (35)
His admonition became more explicit when He told My children to watch and to pray always that they might escape all the things that were to come upon the earth when He was crucified and that they would be found worthy to stand before Him when He returned to earth, which He did when He walked the earth forty days and then came in the cloud on the day of Pentecost, accompanied by His glory. (36)
It is the same today. The minds of My children are often snared by the devil so that they do not recognize the wonders that I do in the earth. They still embrace the old covenant laws, depending upon them to make them righteous when the laws were never meant to make anyone righteous. They were only given to identify the works of the devil so that people would be alert to refuse His temptations. Yet My children, as led by the devil, use the religious laws to judge other people of infractions. The devil uses religious laws to condemn and judge people through other people. Jesus had talked and talked about how to become righteous and it always involved loving other people, praying for your enemies and doing good to them, giving to the poor, casting out demons, healing the sick and giving hope to the brokenhearted, all of those actions as being empowered by My Spirit. He said to seek that kind of righteousness, the unselfish acts that He constantly did in the earth.
It was My love that told Jesus to tell His followers what was going to happen to Him so that they would not become fainthearted when the events happened. They would see what was happening and recognize the signs and wonders as what He prophesied. Because they were vigilant and alert, some of His followers took His advice and were present on the day of Pentecost when My Kingdom came in earth to make My home inside of My children in answer to the prayers of Jesus. The event still happens every minute of every day. As spoken by Jesus, I come to live in anyone who seeks My kingdom and My righteousness. Everything good and beneficial is added to their lives when they do. My wisdom opens up to them so that they overcome every problem, My goodness flows like a river into their lives, their children bless them instead of rebelling against them, My love in them causes them to love their enemies who then become their friends and so they become peacemakers in the earth. As a result, they glorify Me and because their lives glorify Me, others will glorify Me and want to come to know Me.
When people see the light of My love in you, they know that My kingdom is available to them also, just like Jesus said at the beginning of His ministry.(John 8:12; Matthew 5:14-16)
Watch for opportunities to pour My love and My light into the lives of others by showing compassion, love, mercy, forgiveness and peace to everyone, When you share those fruit of My Spirit with others, they will desire to be born of My Spirit and baptized in My Spirit. Celebration in heaven and the earth will result.
Your Vigilant Father
Monday, September 5, 2016
KINGDOM LIVING - FORGIVENESS
Dear One,
The people asked Jesus when the temple would be destroyed and the stones would all fall down, signifying to them the end of religious laws and the beginning a new covenant, My covenant of the Spirit of forgiveness.(Luke 21:6-7) While Jesus ministered to people He showed that the laws were ineffective to Him because the strict adherence to them restricted His workings of miracles for people. He broke many religious laws in order to free My children from demonic works in their lives.
Jesus answered the people by telling them to not be deceived because there would be people who would claim to be the Christ but they would not be. He said that there would be spiritual wars and earthly commotions but that they should not be fearful because those things must happen. He said that there would be disharmony between nations and earthquakes, fearful sights and great signs in the heavens. He said that before all of that happened that His believers would be persecuted, taken to the synagogues, being brought before kings and rulers because of being His followers. He told them not to think about what they were going to say to their accusers because He would give them wisdom and insight. He told His followers that they would be hated because of Him. But, he said that not a hair on their heads would perish. He wanted them to know that they would suffer some effects of being loyal to Him, but they would be protected.
He said that when the end of the age of religious laws came, upon His death and resurrection, that they would be wise to flee to the mountains. Then He prophesied that Jerusalem, the seat of their religious laws, would be taken over by Gentiles (the unbelievers who were unclean) who would become divinely included in My favor, My new covenant of forgiveness with all people. He described that there would be signs in the sun, the moon, the stars and the seas. He described that the demonic powers in the heavens would be shaken by His conquering the demonic nations, the principalities and powers of the air when He went to hell and took back authority to earth from the devil and gave it to people when He came to earth in the glory of My Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. (Luke 21:24-26)
Jesus promised them that their generation would not pass away until the things He prophesied came into being. He had already told them that they would not die until My kingdom came to earth.
Sure enough, what He told them actually came to pass and was written about by the disciples. When He was crucified and resurrected, Luke reported that even though it was mid day, total darkness came upon the earth for three hours. The sun was darkened and the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom, signifying the end of the old covenant of laws and end of the veil darkening the minds of people, that it would be removed also. The most dramatic sign was that the body of Jesus was gone, resurrected out of the tomb. (Luke 23:44-46)
Matthew described even more of the things that Jesus had prophesied. He wrote that when Jesus died on the cross that the veil in the temple tore from top to bottom, that there was a huge earthquake and the rocks of the temple fell. He said that the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints rose from their graves and went to the city, appearing to many people. Signs and wonders, as spoken of by Jesus, accompanied His death and resurrection. (Matthew 27:50-54) It is reported that when the centurion and the people who were with Jesus when He died, when they saw the earthquake and all of the signs and wonders that happened that they recognized Him as the Son of God. Jesus, Himself, appeared to many, many people before He ascended to Me. Those signs and wonders were attested to by hundreds of people. (Mark 16: Luke 24; John 20-21)
Shortly thereafter, on the day of Pentecost, a cloud filled the house where the believers were waiting, a mighty wind blew in the house and there appeared cloven tongues of fire on the heads of the people, just like Jesus prophesied. Peter cleared up the confusion of the people when He reminded them of the prophet Joel and his prophesy that in the days of My last covenant with people that I would pour out My Spirit upon all people, that My sons and daughters would prophesy, see dreams and visions, that I would show wonders in the heavens above and signs in the earth, blood, fire and vapors of smoke which happened on the day of Pentecost, that the sun would be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood would happen before the glorious day would come where My fire would appear in the earth in the lives of My children. (Acts 2: 15-20) He said that what had happened to them on that day was when I poured out My Spirit upon all flesh and (18) and that whomever called upon My name would be saved from the works of the devil because My authority would be restored to My children, the authority that was stolen by satan from Adam at the beginning. (Acts 2:21)
It all happened just like Jesus prophesied, His death, His resurrection, His returning for 40 days, and then His coming in the person of My Holy Spirit back to earth to live in My children, which was the mystery that I hid from the foundation of the world, which was Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Forgiveness of sins and loving others as I love you are My only admonitions to My children under My new covenant of the Spirit. After Jesus rose from the dead He breathed My Spirit into His disciples and told them that whose sins they forgive are forgiven and whose sins they retain are retained. (John 20:21-23) He had already told them that His new command to replace all of the old ones is that you love others as I love you. (John 13:34-35) When you love others as I love you, as empowered by My Spirit to do, then you fulfill all of the old commandments which are null and void.
In the person of My Holy Spirit I even give you the power to forgive sins and love others. How fortunate you are that I am your loving Father and you have chosen My ways above your ways.
Your Father of All Provisions
The people asked Jesus when the temple would be destroyed and the stones would all fall down, signifying to them the end of religious laws and the beginning a new covenant, My covenant of the Spirit of forgiveness.(Luke 21:6-7) While Jesus ministered to people He showed that the laws were ineffective to Him because the strict adherence to them restricted His workings of miracles for people. He broke many religious laws in order to free My children from demonic works in their lives.
Jesus answered the people by telling them to not be deceived because there would be people who would claim to be the Christ but they would not be. He said that there would be spiritual wars and earthly commotions but that they should not be fearful because those things must happen. He said that there would be disharmony between nations and earthquakes, fearful sights and great signs in the heavens. He said that before all of that happened that His believers would be persecuted, taken to the synagogues, being brought before kings and rulers because of being His followers. He told them not to think about what they were going to say to their accusers because He would give them wisdom and insight. He told His followers that they would be hated because of Him. But, he said that not a hair on their heads would perish. He wanted them to know that they would suffer some effects of being loyal to Him, but they would be protected.
He said that when the end of the age of religious laws came, upon His death and resurrection, that they would be wise to flee to the mountains. Then He prophesied that Jerusalem, the seat of their religious laws, would be taken over by Gentiles (the unbelievers who were unclean) who would become divinely included in My favor, My new covenant of forgiveness with all people. He described that there would be signs in the sun, the moon, the stars and the seas. He described that the demonic powers in the heavens would be shaken by His conquering the demonic nations, the principalities and powers of the air when He went to hell and took back authority to earth from the devil and gave it to people when He came to earth in the glory of My Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. (Luke 21:24-26)
Jesus promised them that their generation would not pass away until the things He prophesied came into being. He had already told them that they would not die until My kingdom came to earth.
Sure enough, what He told them actually came to pass and was written about by the disciples. When He was crucified and resurrected, Luke reported that even though it was mid day, total darkness came upon the earth for three hours. The sun was darkened and the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom, signifying the end of the old covenant of laws and end of the veil darkening the minds of people, that it would be removed also. The most dramatic sign was that the body of Jesus was gone, resurrected out of the tomb. (Luke 23:44-46)
Matthew described even more of the things that Jesus had prophesied. He wrote that when Jesus died on the cross that the veil in the temple tore from top to bottom, that there was a huge earthquake and the rocks of the temple fell. He said that the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints rose from their graves and went to the city, appearing to many people. Signs and wonders, as spoken of by Jesus, accompanied His death and resurrection. (Matthew 27:50-54) It is reported that when the centurion and the people who were with Jesus when He died, when they saw the earthquake and all of the signs and wonders that happened that they recognized Him as the Son of God. Jesus, Himself, appeared to many, many people before He ascended to Me. Those signs and wonders were attested to by hundreds of people. (Mark 16: Luke 24; John 20-21)
Shortly thereafter, on the day of Pentecost, a cloud filled the house where the believers were waiting, a mighty wind blew in the house and there appeared cloven tongues of fire on the heads of the people, just like Jesus prophesied. Peter cleared up the confusion of the people when He reminded them of the prophet Joel and his prophesy that in the days of My last covenant with people that I would pour out My Spirit upon all people, that My sons and daughters would prophesy, see dreams and visions, that I would show wonders in the heavens above and signs in the earth, blood, fire and vapors of smoke which happened on the day of Pentecost, that the sun would be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood would happen before the glorious day would come where My fire would appear in the earth in the lives of My children. (Acts 2: 15-20) He said that what had happened to them on that day was when I poured out My Spirit upon all flesh and (18) and that whomever called upon My name would be saved from the works of the devil because My authority would be restored to My children, the authority that was stolen by satan from Adam at the beginning. (Acts 2:21)
It all happened just like Jesus prophesied, His death, His resurrection, His returning for 40 days, and then His coming in the person of My Holy Spirit back to earth to live in My children, which was the mystery that I hid from the foundation of the world, which was Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Forgiveness of sins and loving others as I love you are My only admonitions to My children under My new covenant of the Spirit. After Jesus rose from the dead He breathed My Spirit into His disciples and told them that whose sins they forgive are forgiven and whose sins they retain are retained. (John 20:21-23) He had already told them that His new command to replace all of the old ones is that you love others as I love you. (John 13:34-35) When you love others as I love you, as empowered by My Spirit to do, then you fulfill all of the old commandments which are null and void.
In the person of My Holy Spirit I even give you the power to forgive sins and love others. How fortunate you are that I am your loving Father and you have chosen My ways above your ways.
Your Father of All Provisions
Sunday, September 4, 2016
KINGDOM LIVING - COMPLETE DEVOTION
Dear One,
In His teachings Jesus was sometimes clear, precise and easily understood but sometimes He used parables with which to teach the people. Using parables where He compared something in their daily lives to something in My kingdom was common practice so that My children would more easily understand His teachings which were rich in truth. His teaching about the widow and her offerings was clear, precise and easily understood, it seemed to the natural mind. However, there were truths couched in the teaching which later were revealed.
Jesus observed people taking their offerings of gifts to the treasury. (Luke 1-4) He saw many rich people placing their offerings into the coffer and He also observed a widow casting in her two pennies. He was very impressed by the offering of the widow, knowing that her gift was all that she had. He was less impressed by the offerings of the rich men. He had earlier taught about how hard it is for a rich person to enter into My kingdom living because of their devotion and trust being in their money instead of Me. (Luke 18:25-27) The experience of observing the rich men casting in a small percentage of their wealth and the widow casting in all that she had was indicative of the percentage of their devotion and trust in Me. He said that the rich men had given out of their abundance but that the widow had given all that she had. It wasn't the money that impressed Jesus. It was the degree of devotion that her two pennies represented. The rich men were holding onto their wealth in case there was no more wealth in their future. The widow gave all that she had, being devoted to me and trusting that I would take care of her needs.
Then Jesus commented about the temple and its adornments of jewels and gifts of gold and silver. (Luke 21:5-6) He called attention to the lavish riches in the temple and told them that every stone in the temple would be thrown down and there would not be any left. His example was amplifying the earlier teaching that people should not put their trust and faith in earthly things but they should seek My kingdom and My righteousness, and if they did that everything will be added to them. The widow's penny was indicative of her heart, that she was giving all that she had to further My Kingdom in the earth.
Jesus began to prophesy the event of His crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection and His return to earth to show Himself to them and continue for a short time in His ministry before His return to heaven to live with Me. He told them that when they hear of wars and commotions that they should not be afraid because those things must come to pass before the end of His earthly ministry was over. (Luke 21:7-8)
There was great consternation among the people that Jesus would no longer be with them, so He was encouraging them to not be fearful but instead to be elated because what was promised by Me was about to come to earth, that My dwelling place in the earth would be in people instead of in the temples made with rocks, stones and decorated with precious jewels.
The thought that I would come and make My dwelling place in the earth in the poor, the disadvantaged and the unclean was more than the people could grasp because of their religious traditions and their proclivity to being fleshly minded, thinking that I would build My eternal kingdom in the earth of brick and mortar. Plus, they were nationalist minded. They thought that just because I had chosen the fleshly blood line of Abraham through which to allow My Son to enter into the world, the thought that the possibility that their own God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would choose to live in the Gentiles was minimal. They deemed the Gentiles to be unclean and unworthy to receive My kingdom in the earth and in heaven. They forgot that the people to whom Jesus had ministered were always the poor, the sick and the demon possessed. He had also previously said when I cast a demon out of a person that My kingdom came upon the person. (Luke 11:20)
Shortly thereafter, upon Jesus' sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, every stone of the earthly temples and churches fell in their power and influence over My children when My Holy Spirit entered the earth and began to live in My children who welcomed Him into their lives. Those children of Mine were persecuted for My righteousness which began to be evident in their lives. The unclean Gentiles received My Holy Spirit more quickly than the religiously programmed Jews because the children of the old covenant were religiously blind to My plans to live in people who were empowered by My Holy Spirit. That is why I chose Paul and made Him into My messenger to the Gentiles. Even though he had previously persecuted the Jews, he became My messenger to the rest of the world after his being born of My Spirit and baptized in My Spirit. Paul became My messenger of light after He separated himself from the powerless teachings that came out of the temples and He separated himself from the people who were rich in religious traditions who were disciples of mine. He was like the widow who gave all that she had. He went to the desert for tree years and only listened one-on-one to My Spirit's teachings and revelations. Paul even became persecuted for righteousness sake by My previous disciples because he would not incorporate the old religious, powerless laws into his newly found freedom. He told his followers that there were spies sent to spy on their freedom from religious laws. He persisted in the truth that whom My Son sets free is free indeed. ( John 8:36)
Devotion and complete trust in Me were evidenced in the widow's gift of two pennies. Devotion and complete trust in Me were evidenced in Paul's retreat into the desert to commune with Me and be infused with My truth.
Devotion to My Holy Spirit and His ability to make you free will result in your being free, indeed, from the guilt and condemnation of the devil that comes from religious laws.
Peter eventually became more and more free from religious laws. He wrote that by My divine power of the Holy Spirit, I have given EVERYTHING necessary for the abundant life and godliness. (II Peter 1:3-4)
Devotion to Me can come immediately, like with Paul, or it can come in degrees, like with Peter. Your degree of devotion to My revelation truth will determine your degree of kingdom living, whether it is 30, 60 or 100 percent. I am offering you 100 percent kingdom living while in the earth when you are led by My Spirit of love and pray in My Spirit of power.
Your Gift Giving Father
Saturday, September 3, 2016
HUMILITY AMPLIFIED
Dear One,
Jesus talked repeatedly about the pride and the arrogance of religious leaders and how they do not inherit My kingdom living while in the earth, which is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. His concern was that My children would believe the errors that the prideful religious leaders taught instead of believing His truth.
Jesus asked some of the religious leaders why they said that Christ is the son of David, who was once their admired king. He was wondering why they constantly wanted to make My kingdom of flesh rather than of My Spirit. So Jesus cleared up the confusion by saying that David wrote a song once that said that "The Lord said to My Lord, 'Sit there at My right hand until I make your enemies a stool for your feet.' " He appealed to their reason and asked them, "Since David called Christ his Lord, how can he be his Son?" In other words, Jesus was telling them that only I could say to Jesus Christ, My first born Son, to sit at My right hand in heaven, not in the earth as the son of a human king. (Luke 21:41-4)
After explaining that truth to the religious leaders, Jesus turned to the audience of people and cautioned them to beware of the scribes who desire to dress in long robes and walk among My children as teachers of high knowledge and degree of importance. He reiterated again and again to those people to whom He ministered to beware of their own religious leaders because of their lack of truth. In this setting Jesus went on to identify them as religious leaders who love greetings in the market place where they can be admired by people. His warning was to identify the lack of humility in their leaders, pointing out their pride and arrogance. Jesus said that the prideful leaders demand the best seats in the churches and the choice rooms in their many feasts. (Luke 21:46-47)
Then He further identified the actions of the shallow religious leaders as saying that they take advantage of and deceive widows by their prideful displays and that they pray long prayers in order to deceive everyone. Jesus then revealed their judgment by the devil which is condemnation. He said earlier that they already have their reward, which is the admiration of people. They know their shallowness and their deception and they are open to the guilt and condemnation of the devil who loves to make them prance around like peacocks, displaying their beautiful feathers and their verbose prayers. Going into their closets to pray, as Jesus commanded them, was thought to be nonproductive by the Pharisees and scribes, because no one would be able to know that they were praying and praise them for their many words if they prayed in their prayer closets. (Matthew 6:5)
The problem again, in the warning of Jesus, was that anything that is of the flesh is not of My Spirit and is prideful and arrogant, which is the personality of the devil. Remember that one of the criticisms of Jesus by the religious leaders were that He ate with sinners and tax collectors instead of dining at their tables of gold dinnerware and served plenty of food.
Jesus taught that anyone who would be great in My kingdom would be a servant of people instead of a prideful, arrogant leader. My children who know Me serve love, acceptance, honor, peace, validation and grace to others. In doing so, they cause My heavens to open and flood them with blessings. (Matthew 9:35)
Mere theories of My existence as written in My Instruction Book are not sufficient for My children to overcome the evil that is in the world because of the devil. It takes one-on-one, intimate fellowship with me and the infusion of My truth into the lives of My children, the truth of My love, My peace and My righteousness, which overcomes every act of evil. My power is what overcomes evil, not the flesh based theories of people.
I made it possible for My children to know Me intimately and it is through the indwelling of My Holy Spirit. There is no other way. My plan was anticipated for centuries, that being Christ in you, the hope of glory. I live in the earth in My children who ask Me to live in them in the person of My Holy Spirit. Humility and peace are the fruit of My Spirit of power and love.
Your Loving Father
Jesus talked repeatedly about the pride and the arrogance of religious leaders and how they do not inherit My kingdom living while in the earth, which is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. His concern was that My children would believe the errors that the prideful religious leaders taught instead of believing His truth.
Jesus asked some of the religious leaders why they said that Christ is the son of David, who was once their admired king. He was wondering why they constantly wanted to make My kingdom of flesh rather than of My Spirit. So Jesus cleared up the confusion by saying that David wrote a song once that said that "The Lord said to My Lord, 'Sit there at My right hand until I make your enemies a stool for your feet.' " He appealed to their reason and asked them, "Since David called Christ his Lord, how can he be his Son?" In other words, Jesus was telling them that only I could say to Jesus Christ, My first born Son, to sit at My right hand in heaven, not in the earth as the son of a human king. (Luke 21:41-4)
After explaining that truth to the religious leaders, Jesus turned to the audience of people and cautioned them to beware of the scribes who desire to dress in long robes and walk among My children as teachers of high knowledge and degree of importance. He reiterated again and again to those people to whom He ministered to beware of their own religious leaders because of their lack of truth. In this setting Jesus went on to identify them as religious leaders who love greetings in the market place where they can be admired by people. His warning was to identify the lack of humility in their leaders, pointing out their pride and arrogance. Jesus said that the prideful leaders demand the best seats in the churches and the choice rooms in their many feasts. (Luke 21:46-47)
Then He further identified the actions of the shallow religious leaders as saying that they take advantage of and deceive widows by their prideful displays and that they pray long prayers in order to deceive everyone. Jesus then revealed their judgment by the devil which is condemnation. He said earlier that they already have their reward, which is the admiration of people. They know their shallowness and their deception and they are open to the guilt and condemnation of the devil who loves to make them prance around like peacocks, displaying their beautiful feathers and their verbose prayers. Going into their closets to pray, as Jesus commanded them, was thought to be nonproductive by the Pharisees and scribes, because no one would be able to know that they were praying and praise them for their many words if they prayed in their prayer closets. (Matthew 6:5)
The problem again, in the warning of Jesus, was that anything that is of the flesh is not of My Spirit and is prideful and arrogant, which is the personality of the devil. Remember that one of the criticisms of Jesus by the religious leaders were that He ate with sinners and tax collectors instead of dining at their tables of gold dinnerware and served plenty of food.
Jesus taught that anyone who would be great in My kingdom would be a servant of people instead of a prideful, arrogant leader. My children who know Me serve love, acceptance, honor, peace, validation and grace to others. In doing so, they cause My heavens to open and flood them with blessings. (Matthew 9:35)
Mere theories of My existence as written in My Instruction Book are not sufficient for My children to overcome the evil that is in the world because of the devil. It takes one-on-one, intimate fellowship with me and the infusion of My truth into the lives of My children, the truth of My love, My peace and My righteousness, which overcomes every act of evil. My power is what overcomes evil, not the flesh based theories of people.
I made it possible for My children to know Me intimately and it is through the indwelling of My Holy Spirit. There is no other way. My plan was anticipated for centuries, that being Christ in you, the hope of glory. I live in the earth in My children who ask Me to live in them in the person of My Holy Spirit. Humility and peace are the fruit of My Spirit of power and love.
Your Loving Father
Thursday, September 1, 2016
KINGDOM LIVING - BECOMING SPIRITUIAL BEINGS
Dear One,
After the chief priests and the scribes finished trying to trap Jesus into making a statement for which they would arrest Him for heresy but Jesus spoke truth to them which took all the steam out of them, the Sudducees also ganged up on him with a question that they thought would certainly trap Him since they didn't believe in the resurrection.(Luke 20:27-33) They even called Him Master, as in Teacher. They gave Him a supposition that said what if a man's married brother died and he also died without children, and his brother makes the brother's wife his own wife and who had children of the brother, what if there were seven children and the first gets married but has no children, and the second brother took her as his wife and died childless, and the third brother took her as his wife, and the fourth and fifth and so on and they left no children and they all died; then eventually the wife died. Their supposition related to religious law which says they are united for eternity. So, they asked Jesus whose husband would be the wife of all the brothers in the resurrection. The Sadducees delighted in trying to trap Jesus, wanting to find Him with no truthful answer because they used the religious laws as the basis of their supposition.
Jesus didn't even hesitate but used the question as a way to teach about the resurrection and My heaven. He told them that people marry in the world, but that in My resurrected heaven there is no marriage. Then He told them a truth, that the resurrected ones will never die any more but they will be spiritual beings similar to the angels; but instead of angels they will be My children, being the children of the resurrection. (Luke 20:34-36)
The lecture about spiritual beings went on and Jesus told the Sadducees that the dead are raised and when Moses said at the burning bush that the Lord is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob it was to show that life goes on and on and on after the death of the body, alive in heaven.(Luke 20:37) Then He said that I am not the God of the dead, but I am God of the living because life goes on and on and on in eternity with me. Then a few of the scribes who were listening said that Jesus had explained it well. He was definitely too smart for them. (Luke 20:38-39)
Jesus astounded them so much that the Instruction Book says that they asked Him no more questions at all because of the truth of His answers. (Luke 20:39-40) They knew that they could not trap Him any more. He was too wise and insightful for them.
All of the unbelievers, the hypocrites, the Pharisees, the chief priests and the scribes and Sadducees had their chance to trap Jesus into saying something that would give them the authority to arrest Him and punish Him. Certain prophesies had to be fulfilled first before that could happen.
Jesus continued to teach about My kingdom and My righteousness to the people. Every teaching was a chance for Him to teach things that are important to Me and also important to the people because they gave important ways for My children to act while in the earth which would always bring My kingdom into the earth as it is in my Heaven. The teachings always related to My will being done in earth as it is in heaven and by that obedience the windows and doors of My heaven will remain open with no blockages which keep My blessings from My children.
The people who did not believe in the resurrection would hang around and see My Son Jesus when He was resurrection from the dead and walk among them to do miracles and teach again. They believed in the resurrection after His resurrection from the dead and they had an image of spiritual beings from that day forth. (Luke 24:34-40)
I do not desire to reject people who question Me in order to trap Me. At least they are communicating with Me and allowing Me to prove Myself to them with wisdom and knowledge that cannot be found in the earth. Those who hear are set free indeed.
Your Tutoring Father
After the chief priests and the scribes finished trying to trap Jesus into making a statement for which they would arrest Him for heresy but Jesus spoke truth to them which took all the steam out of them, the Sudducees also ganged up on him with a question that they thought would certainly trap Him since they didn't believe in the resurrection.(Luke 20:27-33) They even called Him Master, as in Teacher. They gave Him a supposition that said what if a man's married brother died and he also died without children, and his brother makes the brother's wife his own wife and who had children of the brother, what if there were seven children and the first gets married but has no children, and the second brother took her as his wife and died childless, and the third brother took her as his wife, and the fourth and fifth and so on and they left no children and they all died; then eventually the wife died. Their supposition related to religious law which says they are united for eternity. So, they asked Jesus whose husband would be the wife of all the brothers in the resurrection. The Sadducees delighted in trying to trap Jesus, wanting to find Him with no truthful answer because they used the religious laws as the basis of their supposition.
Jesus didn't even hesitate but used the question as a way to teach about the resurrection and My heaven. He told them that people marry in the world, but that in My resurrected heaven there is no marriage. Then He told them a truth, that the resurrected ones will never die any more but they will be spiritual beings similar to the angels; but instead of angels they will be My children, being the children of the resurrection. (Luke 20:34-36)
The lecture about spiritual beings went on and Jesus told the Sadducees that the dead are raised and when Moses said at the burning bush that the Lord is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob it was to show that life goes on and on and on after the death of the body, alive in heaven.(Luke 20:37) Then He said that I am not the God of the dead, but I am God of the living because life goes on and on and on in eternity with me. Then a few of the scribes who were listening said that Jesus had explained it well. He was definitely too smart for them. (Luke 20:38-39)
Jesus astounded them so much that the Instruction Book says that they asked Him no more questions at all because of the truth of His answers. (Luke 20:39-40) They knew that they could not trap Him any more. He was too wise and insightful for them.
All of the unbelievers, the hypocrites, the Pharisees, the chief priests and the scribes and Sadducees had their chance to trap Jesus into saying something that would give them the authority to arrest Him and punish Him. Certain prophesies had to be fulfilled first before that could happen.
Jesus continued to teach about My kingdom and My righteousness to the people. Every teaching was a chance for Him to teach things that are important to Me and also important to the people because they gave important ways for My children to act while in the earth which would always bring My kingdom into the earth as it is in my Heaven. The teachings always related to My will being done in earth as it is in heaven and by that obedience the windows and doors of My heaven will remain open with no blockages which keep My blessings from My children.
The people who did not believe in the resurrection would hang around and see My Son Jesus when He was resurrection from the dead and walk among them to do miracles and teach again. They believed in the resurrection after His resurrection from the dead and they had an image of spiritual beings from that day forth. (Luke 24:34-40)
I do not desire to reject people who question Me in order to trap Me. At least they are communicating with Me and allowing Me to prove Myself to them with wisdom and knowledge that cannot be found in the earth. Those who hear are set free indeed.
Your Tutoring Father
KINGDOM LIVING - DEVOTION AND LOYALTY
Dear One,
You must always remember that I never withdraw My love from My children like humans often do. My love is constant and is unconditional because I
am Love. Love is My character, My being, My DNA. It is impossible for Me to withdraw My love from anyone no matter what they do or think. However, My children often withdraw themselves from My love. Most often, their actions are because of ignorance of the spiritual world around them. They are ignorant of the truth that there are demonic spirits who tempt them to do the will of the devil instead of My will. When My children are obedient to the devil's temptations, they authorize those demonic spirits to come between Me and My children, cutting off the benefits My children normally would have because of being My child. That is the real reason for the temptations of My children by the devil, to cut My children off from My blessings that are constantly pouring out on them from My heaven. (Isaiah 59:1-4)
Unconditional love does not demand obedience because My love understands the pull of temptations to rebel against My advice and admonitions. Jesus experienced such a temptation through some spies sent by the scribes and chief priests when they tempted Him openly to make a snap decision when confronted Him with a question about devotion. (Luke 20:19-20) They wanted Him to answer wrongly so they would be able to immediately arrest Him for treason. The spies tried to trap Jesus when they praised Him first by couching their temptation in praise. They said that Jesus said and taught rightly, never honoring one person over another, teaching My right ways. They asked Jesus if it was lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not. (Luke 20:21-23)
Their temptation didn't work and Jesus told them that He saw through their temptation. He asked them to show him a penny and asked whose image was on it. They answered Caesar's image was on the penny. Jesus answered that they must give tribute to Caesar in the things that were Caesar's, but to give tribute to Me in the things that are Mine. (Luke 20:24-25) Just like when Jesus was tempted by the devil in the wilderness, He knew the truth would astound them just like it caused the devil to flee from him. Sure enough, His accusers had nothing with which to accuse Him, so they held their peace. Luke 20:26)
Jesus was telling them that My children must not be rebellious against governmental authority, and they should pay taxes willingly. However, their hearts must be devoted to Me because I am a good Father who teaches My children to obey the laws of the land because they are given for your protection. Yet, extreme devotion to a nation or an official instead of to Me is dangerous for you because that nation and that official is of the world, shaky in its foundation and liable to be uprooted. If you are unreasonably patriotic to either, you are in for a fall because no earthly nation or official is permanent nor are they godly. I am the only unshakeable Entity in the world. I am the solid foundation, the stable walls, the firm roof for your retreat, the everlasting presence of peace and stability for you.
No where in My listing of the fruit of My Spirit will you find national patriotism as a fruit of My Spirit because everything that is of the earth is unstable, shaky and temporary. If you are unreasonably patriotic to a nation or a political party or an organization, you are setting yourself up for a fall because there are no everlasting earthly nations or political parties. They are temporary and subject to disappear because they are instituted by men and not by Me. (Hebrews 12; 26-29)
My children belong to a heavenly nation that is unshakable, firm, everlasting and powerful. Why would My children change their devotion from Me to a temporary and unstable earthly institution? Only by the tempting persistence of the devil would they. Yet, I told you through Jesus and I still tell you through My Holy Spirit to refuse to be rebellious against your nation by speaking against it, refusing to pay taxes, being divisive and prejudiced against people who are not of your nation. I told you that rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and causes you to be rejected from your blessings from Me. (I Samuel 15:23) I do not reject you. The devil causes you to be rejected when you become rebellious to My instructions to be peacekeepers. Rebellion is always divisive. If you bind yourself to division, you are divided from your rightful inheritance of kingdom living.
It's easy for My children to follow My guidance in relation to the difference between nationalism and spirituality. Pay your taxes to your nation but do not look to your nation or your political party to be your lord, the source of your happiness. If you do, you change your loyalty from Me and My unshakable kingdom; instead, being loyal to an earthly entity which is only temporary, unstable and will eventual fall from its limited time of power in the earth.(Luke 20:25)
You can't have two masters, being loyal to something that is of a shaky earthly institution and also being loyal to Me where your true citizenship lies. Pay your taxes and obey the laws of the land, but do not firmly set your loyalties in something that is temporary; or, if you do, you will surely be shaken along with its being eventually shaken. (Luke 15:13)
Take My advice. Obey the laws of the land, but place your loyalties and devotion in My kingdom which will bring into your life love, peace, joy, patience, goodness, kindness and mercy. Against those, there are no earthly laws. (Galatians 5:22-23)
I am 100% committed and loyal to you. Seek to be 100% committed and loyal to Me and you will have kingdom living while in the earth,
Your Loving and Loyal Father
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