Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Chapter Titles, "Revolution Now, a Call to Holy War" by Dr. Michael Brown
CH. 1: WHY I WILL NEVER BE A SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN
CH. 2: FROM REVIVAL TO REVOLUTION: THE TIME IS NOW!
CH. 3: DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE: THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF REVOLUTION
CH. 4: SUBVERSIVE SPEECH: THE LANGUAGE OF REVOLUTION
CH. 5: EXPOSING THE GODS OF THIS AGE: THE IDEOLOGY OF REVOLUTION
CH. 6: SMASHING THE IDOLS: THE PASSION OF REVOLUTION
CH. 7: MOVING MUSIC AND A MILITANT MESSAGE: THE SOUNDS OF REVOLUTION
CH. 8: UNCOMPROMISING HOLINESS: THE STANDARD OF REVOLUTION
CH. 9: "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH": THE DRIVING FORCE OF REVOLUTION
CH. 10: TAKE UP YOUR CROSS, PUT DOWN YOUR SWORD: THE JESUS WAY TO REVOLUTION
CH. 11: TO SAVE YOUR LIFE IS TO LOSE YOUR LIFE: THE POWER OF REVOLUTION
CH. 12: TURN BACK, PRESS IN, STEP OUT: THEMES FOR THE GOSPEL REVOLUTION
CH. 13: THE GREAT COMMISSION BATTLE PLAN: GOD'S STRATEGY FOR SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION
CH. 2: FROM REVIVAL TO REVOLUTION: THE TIME IS NOW!
CH. 3: DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE: THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF REVOLUTION
CH. 4: SUBVERSIVE SPEECH: THE LANGUAGE OF REVOLUTION
CH. 5: EXPOSING THE GODS OF THIS AGE: THE IDEOLOGY OF REVOLUTION
CH. 6: SMASHING THE IDOLS: THE PASSION OF REVOLUTION
CH. 7: MOVING MUSIC AND A MILITANT MESSAGE: THE SOUNDS OF REVOLUTION
CH. 8: UNCOMPROMISING HOLINESS: THE STANDARD OF REVOLUTION
CH. 9: "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH": THE DRIVING FORCE OF REVOLUTION
CH. 10: TAKE UP YOUR CROSS, PUT DOWN YOUR SWORD: THE JESUS WAY TO REVOLUTION
CH. 11: TO SAVE YOUR LIFE IS TO LOSE YOUR LIFE: THE POWER OF REVOLUTION
CH. 12: TURN BACK, PRESS IN, STEP OUT: THEMES FOR THE GOSPEL REVOLUTION
CH. 13: THE GREAT COMMISSION BATTLE PLAN: GOD'S STRATEGY FOR SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Broadcast notes: Week of 4.19.11 "A body hast Thou prepared Me", Hebrews 10
Last week, we meandered through the 'green grass' and rich fields of Jesus' High Priesthood from Hebrews Chapter 7.
The mystery of the Melchizedek priesthood....the priesthood established by the 'power of endless life', (Heb. 7:16).
AHHHHHHHHHHHH........ZOE!
Endless Life.
Life as God has it in Himself, that He gives to those who believe on His Son to have in themselves.
This Son is the Author of it to all who believe on Him.
He is the sustainer of it during the course of their life on earth.
"Abide in me and I in you....I AM Life".
The Word at work in the Book of Hebrews.
The Word....the High Priest.
The Word....taking on a body prepared for sacrifice.
The Incarnation.
God giving Himself for the Life of the world.... "God was IN Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself," 2 Cor. 5:19.
Before this Word, as High Priest, could enter into the True Tabernacle, not made with hands, He had to have an offering.
The body was prepared.
The Blood shed was for 'ETERNAL' redemption.
The Word, entered in ONCE, into that True Tabernacle,
not with the blood of bulls and goats, but with
HIS OWN BLOOD.
This week we 'feed' through Hebrews Chapter 10.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Broadcast notes: 4.13.11 "Two Priesthoods: One of the Law, the Other of Eternal Life"
In Hebrews 7, the Melchizedec priesthood's connection to Jesus Christ is explained.
Also, the priesthood which functioned under the Law given to Moses and the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai, is compared to the priesthood of Melchizedec.
When studying chapters that have comparative explanations like this, I take a piece of paper and divide it down the middle. Then, going through the chapter, I list the characteristics of each subject. This way I have the lists side by side and can see more clearly and also more indepth what God is saying on that particular subject.
Since I'm not sure how to do that two column listing here, I will have to post two consecutive lists.
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First we will look at the Levitical priesthood:
Levi appointed to priesthood by the LAW (Vs. 5)
Paid tithes to Melchizedec while in loins of Abraham (Vs. 9 & 10), showing the Melchizedec priesthood superior to Levitical priesthood, for the lesser tithes to the greater.
Under Levitical priesthood people received the Law (Moses of the tribe/family of Levi), (Vs. 11)
Couldn't produce righteousness/Life, (Vs. 11,18&19).
The Law establishing the Levitical priesthood was unable to overcome sin, (Vs. 18)
Another priesthood was necessary, one after Order of Melchizedec, not Order of Aaron, (Vs. 11).
Levitical priests stopped being priests at death (Vs. 23)
This priesthood established by the Law (which was a carnal/earthy commandment), (Vs. 16)
This commandment was annulled, (Vs. 18)
Priests of this Order had to offer sacrifices daily for sin, both theirs and the peoples, (Vs. 27)
The Law made men with weaknesses priests, (Vs. 28)
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MELCHIZEDEC PRIESTHOOD
Made a Priest by an OATH (Vs. 20)
King of Salem
Priest of the Most High God (Vs. 1)
Met Abraham returning from battle and blessed him, (Vs. 1)
Received tithes of Abraham, (Vs. 2)
King of Righteousness
King of Peace, (Vs. 2)
No recorded birth date, father, mother, relatives or death,
Therefore a priest still, (Vs. 3)
Made like unto the Son of God (a priest forever), (Vs. 3)
Greater than Abraham and his descendants, Aaron & Levi, (Vs. 4)
Blessed Abraham, the receiver of the PROMISES(Gen. 12:2&3), (Vs. 6)
Abraham who was blessed,
showed his inferiority to the 'blesser', Melchizedec. (Vs. 7)
Melchizedec priesthood not based on family/tribal connections, (Vs. 13)
Not based on a commandment, (Vs. 16)
Made a priest by OATH(Psa. 110:4), (Vs. 20)
Melchizedec priesthood brought in (ushered in, established) a better hope, (Vs. 19)
Eternal priesthood, based on the power of an endless life, (Vs. 17 & 24)
A better testament/covenant, (Vs. 22)
A Eternal Guarantor of this Testament, (Vs. 22)
An unchangeable priesthood/eternally established, (Vs. 24)
Provides utter/total/eternal salvation, (Vs. 25)
Provides us with an Intercessor, to help us in our weaknesses, (Vs. 25)
This Priesthood/Priest is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, made higher than the heavens, (Vs. 26)
One Sacrifice/Offering forever, (Vs. 27)
An OATH made Jesus, Our High Priest after the Order (Similitude/Likeness/Pattern) of Melchizedec, a priest forever. (Vs. 28)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Broadcast notes 4.6.11 "Zoe...the Power of the New Priesthood"
Hebrews 7:15-17
"....it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude (pattern) of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, who is made (a priest), not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless Life (Zoe). For he (God) testifieth, 'Thou art a priest forever, after the order (pattern) of Melchisedec', (Psalms 110:4)."
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The writer of Hebrews here speaks of:
A New Priestly Pattern
A New Priestly Life
A Permanent Priethood
Melchisedec was the 'pattern' for the New Priesthood.
"Zoe" is the Life of the New Priesthood.
Jesus, the New High Priest remains a Priest forever.
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Melchisedec....the 'pattern'
He was BEFORE MOSES, THE LAW AND LEVI.
He established the 'Ordinances' of the New Priesthood...
bread and wine.
He has no recorded geneology....thus, 'no beginning and no ending', or no termination of his priesthood.
His priesthood is the pattern for the Priesthood of the Covenant God made with Abraham.
The Abrahamic Covenant continues into the New Testament/Covenant.
Jesus' offering up of Himself as the New Priest,
His body represented by the 'bread', His Blood by the wine,
fulfilled the prophetic pattern of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac,
which was a figure of the 'True Sacrifice'...
Just as Abraham has carried over into the New Testament, so the priesthood, of which Melchizedec was a pattern, carried over into the New Testament.
FAITH TOWARD GOD IS THE GLORY OF THE NEW COVENANT.
"And, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
Abraham believed Melchisedec was the priest of the Most High God.
He believed God sent this man to him.
He believed that the covenant meal they shared was had a significance beyond his understanding.
Abraham also saw in Melchisedec, the combining for the offices of "priest" and "king".
God never intended the Levitical priesthood with its attending garments, rituals, sacrifices and Temple/tabernacle to be His ultimate purpose.
These things were just 'shadows'....or 'pictures' of all that the New High Priest and the New Priesthood, after the order or pattern of Melchisedec, of the Abrahamic period, would be.
They were a 'parenthesis' in the Ultimate Sacrifice: "The Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world", (Rev. 13:8).
As a Priest, Jesus offered His body as the 'sacrifice for sins', 'once for all'.
At His Resurrection, the 'power of endless life' entered into His Priesthood,
He now sits at the right hand of the Father, 'ever living to make intercession (saying prayers) for us'.
Endless Life (Zoe) is the power that continues to feed/sustain
Him as the New High Priest after the order of Melchisedec.
As a Priest, Jesus offered His body as the 'sacrifice for sins', 'once for all'.
At His Resurrection, the 'power of endless life' entered into His Priesthood,
He now sits at the right hand of the Father, 'ever living to make intercession (saying prayers) for us'.
Endless Life (Zoe) is the power that continues to feed/sustain
Him as the New High Priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Broadcast notes: 3.17.11: "The Earth Lease Is About To Expire"
Let's talk about Jesus....
The King of kings is He,
The Lord of lords,
Throughout eternity...
The great 'I AM', 'The Way',
'The Truth', 'The Life', 'The Door'.
Let's talk about Jesus,
more and more!
"And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book (scroll) written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heavn, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereupon.
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof.
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
And HE came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne....and I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noice of thunder, one of the four beasts saying:
"Come and see!"
God, the Creator & Owner of this world, gave to the First Adam a 'lease', a period of time in which he was to be God's under-ruler here on planet earth. God knew that Adam was not going to obey His command not to eat of the 'tree of knowledge of good and evil', so He limited the time of this earth least to six 'days' or 6,000 years.
Adam, through his disobedience, sub-let his 'home' to the Devil, the enemy of God and man, and this world is currently 'lying under the influence of the Wicked One', 1 John 5:19. But he knows his time is short and is doing everything he can to cause chaos in this world and take as many souls to a Christ-less eternity as possible.
Even before Adam's 'high treason', God prepared a "Lamb".... slain from the foundation of the world, (Rev. 13:8) From Barnes Notes:
"The meaning here is, not that he was actually put to death "from the foundation of the world," but that the intention to give him for a sacrifice was formed then, and that it was so certain that it might be spoken of as actually then occurring."
The Scroll John saw represents the 'earth lease', and the 7 seals represent the 7 final years of the age of that lease. The end of the lease, means the end of the Wicked One's 'influence' in this world.
John in Revelation 5, wept much when he saw the 'scroll sealed with 7 seals'...he did not realize that the One on Whose Breast he had leaned, was to be the One to 'break' each seal and bring the plan of God to its finish.
He didn't know that Jesus was the 'Second Adam'. It had to be a Son of man to finish the work and cut it short in righteousness.
Daniel 2 & 7, Revelation 13....describes the human ages on earth under the Lease given over to the Devil. Daniel 2 & 7 also tell of the 'Kingdom' that the Ancient of Days would set up in the days of the rulers of these ages (both human and demonic). That this Kingdom would be ruled over by the "Son of man" and that His Kingdom would be an everlasting Kingdom, never to be overthrown.
Daniel concludes by telling Nebuchadnezzar that this 'thing is sure'!
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"The Earth Lease Is About To Expire"(from Charles Capps' book, "The End Time")
Regardless of who you approach on the streets today, whether sinner or saint, they are conscious of the fact that time is about to run out for planet Earth. There are chaotic times ahead for those who refuse to heed God's prophetic warning and continue to walk in their own darkness. They have been caught in the vortex of this triangle of the end and are about to be thrust into gross darkness because they will not honor their Creator and refuse to follow the guidelines set forth in the Bible, the Creator's handbook.
The earth and its inhabitants are caught in a vortex of time and are being hurled toward the Seventh and last Millennium."
Let us prepare our hearts and go out with a 'SHOUT'!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Broadcast notes for 3.16.11: "The Triangle of The End"
Charles Capps had a vision while teaching a seminar several years ago....in that vision he saw the 'Triangle of the End", and he heard the Spirit say: "As you approach the triangle of the end, time shall grow faster and closer, faster and closer....until the wicked shall be cut off."
"As those words came forth, I saw in my spirit, as it were, a large acute triangle. It was standing on end, looking somewhat like an inverted pyramid, with a line drawn down the center from the wide top to the narrow point at the bottom. Being wide at the top and very narrow at the bottom, it resembled a funnel.
Inside this triangle was light, but outside was darkness.
The prophetic word continued: 'There was a time when you could be off from the center line of the triangle and still be inside of the triangle of light. But as you approach the end of the triangle, you must move to the center line, for line must be upon line, precept upon precept.'
I could see that if you were off from the center line, at the bottom end of the triangle you would be outside of the triangle of light, and in the darkness.
I understood that was the way the wicked would be cut off. Even though they were to one side of the center line of God's Word at the top of the triangle of time, they were still in the light. But at the narrow end, which represented the end of the age, everyone who was not on the center line (precept of God's Word) at the end of the age would be in darkness.
As we approach the Seventh Millennium, time seems to have accelerated and prophetic events are being compressed together. We have entered the triangle of the end, in which both the time allotted and prophetic events are being compressed to maximum density to fulfill all the prophetic Scriptures and end this age in God's own time frame.
Time is reacting much the same as liquid flowing through a funnel, being drawn into the narrow end and released into a container of larger dimensions.
It seems that there is not enough time to go around and time controls us.
We all, in one way or another, sense that we are being drawn by the vortex created by time itself. We are spiraling faster and faster through the narrow end of the triangle of time for the purpose of being released into a new Millennium that will forever change planet Earth.
What an exciting time it is to see prophecy being fulfilled almost daily, right before our own eyes. God has allotted a specific time for prophetic end-time events, and they must transpire in His timing to fulfill all prophectic Scriptures concerning the mature and glorious Church refereed to by Paul in Ephesians 4:13 as a perfect man minitering in the fullness of Christ!
This will be a short work of righteousness and will culminate with the Rapture of the Church."
(from Charles Capps book, "End Time Events")
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Broadcast notes 3.2.11 "Strength lies in returning to the basics...."
God told Joshua to 'meditate in the Word day and night', so that his faith could remain strong for the job that God had ahead of him. Joshua 1:8
Just as we need to drink water on a daily basis to survive...faith as it goes through its cycle in your life must 'drink' the Word of God on a daily basis to be strong, robust and nourished. We are anxious many time to get on to the 'meatier' matters of God's Word, but it is in the basics that faith finds its greatest faith. We are 'drilling' down into the 'meatier' matters of the basics ....
Just as we need to drink water on a daily basis to survive...faith as it goes through its cycle in your life must 'drink' the Word of God on a daily basis to be strong, robust and nourished. We are anxious many time to get on to the 'meatier' matters of God's Word, but it is in the basics that faith finds its greatest faith. We are 'drilling' down into the 'meatier' matters of the basics ....
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Reviewing:
Faith...IS and Faith Does
"Faith is" (Noun)
a conviction, a trust, what is believed, an assurance.
Here is a verse that is a foundational basic th
Here is a verse that is a foundational basic th
Hebrews 11:6: "He who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."
"Faith does" (Verb)
produces a full acknowledgement of God's truth,
produces a personal surrender to Him,
results in a conduct inspired by such a surrender.
Faith is "Toward" God, Heb. 6:1.
Heb. 6:1&2, the foundational doctrines of The Faith.
Read Hebrews 11...you will see the lives of those who had Faith in God and what that Faith produced. Faith IS & Faith DOES.
Heb. 6:1&2, the foundational doctrines of The Faith.
Read Hebrews 11...you will see the lives of those who had Faith in God and what that Faith produced. Faith IS & Faith DOES.
Jesus is the Author of Your Faith, Heb. 12:2.
Jesus can Author your faith, because He lived it before you.
Heb. 12:2 states that He went to the Cross 'in faith': "who for the joy that was set before Him, despised the shame and endured the contradiction of sinners against himself."
By faith on that Cross, He saw You!
He saw Himself raised from the dead and seated at the Father's right hand.
He saw Himself with the Name above every name.
Jesus faith is an example to us.
He experienced all the happenings of human existence....hunger, tiredness, rejection, misunderstandings.
His faith overcame it all and He went on to fulfill God's plan for His life.
His faith is your example.
His faith is in you now.
He has authored it....it has already overcome the world in His Life and it will do the same in yours.
Whenever the devil comes to you to make you doubt the Promises of God, just remind him of the life of Jesus.
Number 23:19
"God is not a man that he should lie or the son of man that he should repent (change His mind), has he said and shall he not do it, has he spoken and shall he not make it good?"
"Sirs, I believe God!"
Acts 27:25
Walk in the footsteps of THAT faith that Jesus walked in.
One set of footprints, not because He is carrying you, but because you are putting your feet down in His footprints, so there is only one set.
He 'carried' you to the Cross with Him, so you could walk in His footsteps NOW.
When you are a Christian, you see the real arena of battle.
There is a war in the heavenlies....
'we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God has ordained before the world unto our glory'. 1 Corinthians 2:7.
The wisdom, 'which none of the princes of this world knew or they would not have crucified the Lord of glory',
1 Corinthians 2:8.
Book title: "The Death of Death in the Death of Christ".
Jesus went through death to put to death the things that bind you, blind you and confine you.
Rev. 1 - Jesus gives His Testimony
"I am He that liveth and was dead and I am alive forever more!"
His victory has been set to your account.
His faith is now yours.
You are an exact copy of Jesus, the "master" new creation man, the Second Adam.
Remember the mimeograph?
This woman has made a 'master' which she is attaching to the mimeograph machine, and each turn of the drum will produce another just like it.
This is what happens when a person is born again, God produces another 'son' just like Jesus.
Galatians 2:20: "It is no longer I that lives, it is Christ that liveth in me, and the life that I now live I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
I'm a new creation, I'm a brand new man!
Think on these things.....they will cause your faith strong, robust and world overcoming, mature faith like Jesus had when he went to the Cross.
Walk on the high ground.
Strength lies in these basics.
Jesus wants you to walk in faith today, just like He walked in it.
2 Corinthians 2:14
NOW thanks be unto God who ALWAYS causes us to triumph on Christ....
no more two steps forward and three steps back.
I govern myself, I am getting strong in the faith, the Word of God abides in me and I am overcoming the wicked one.
Eph. 5:1
"Be imitators of God as dear children...."
When the father is carrying the child, the child is not IMITATING the father. The child has to be on his OWN TWO FEET in order to imitate his father.
Galatians 3:7
"Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham"
Jesus walked in the faith footsteps of His father, Abraham...
Galatians 3:16
"Now to Abraham and his SEED were the promises made. He (God) saith not, 'And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy SEED, which is Christ.
"....and if you are Christ's, then are YOU Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3:29
The people who count the most to the Church:
God
Jesus
Abraham
Never get tired of rehearsing the basics...
what faith is,
what it is your life for, what it intends to do for you.
Sail on, when the water gets high...
Sail on, when the wind starts to blow.....
No weapon formed against me shall prosper, Isaiah 54:17
What overcomes the world? FAITH
Faith in what?
Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God!
I John 5:1-5
(this is a football!)
Jesus can Author your faith, because He lived it before you.
Heb. 12:2 states that He went to the Cross 'in faith': "who for the joy that was set before Him, despised the shame and endured the contradiction of sinners against himself."
By faith on that Cross, He saw You!
He saw Himself raised from the dead and seated at the Father's right hand.
He saw Himself with the Name above every name.
Have you considered the faith that Jesus had to have when He was offering Himself upon the Cross?
Something to ponder,
and then ask:
what does that example of faith teach me?Jesus faith is an example to us.
He experienced all the happenings of human existence....hunger, tiredness, rejection, misunderstandings.
His faith overcame it all and He went on to fulfill God's plan for His life.
His faith is your example.
His faith is in you now.
He has authored it....it has already overcome the world in His Life and it will do the same in yours.
Whenever the devil comes to you to make you doubt the Promises of God, just remind him of the life of Jesus.
Number 23:19
"God is not a man that he should lie or the son of man that he should repent (change His mind), has he said and shall he not do it, has he spoken and shall he not make it good?"
"Sirs, I believe God!"
Acts 27:25
Walk in the footsteps of THAT faith that Jesus walked in.
One set of footprints, not because He is carrying you, but because you are putting your feet down in His footprints, so there is only one set.
He 'carried' you to the Cross with Him, so you could walk in His footsteps NOW.
When you are a Christian, you see the real arena of battle.
There is a war in the heavenlies....
'we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God has ordained before the world unto our glory'. 1 Corinthians 2:7.
The wisdom, 'which none of the princes of this world knew or they would not have crucified the Lord of glory',
1 Corinthians 2:8.
Book title: "The Death of Death in the Death of Christ".
Jesus went through death to put to death the things that bind you, blind you and confine you.
Rev. 1 - Jesus gives His Testimony
"I am He that liveth and was dead and I am alive forever more!"
His victory has been set to your account.
His faith is now yours.
You are an exact copy of Jesus, the "master" new creation man, the Second Adam.
Remember the mimeograph?
This is what happens when a person is born again, God produces another 'son' just like Jesus.
Galatians 2:20: "It is no longer I that lives, it is Christ that liveth in me, and the life that I now live I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
I'm a new creation, I'm a brand new man!
Think on these things.....they will cause your faith strong, robust and world overcoming, mature faith like Jesus had when he went to the Cross.
Walk on the high ground.
Strength lies in these basics.
Jesus wants you to walk in faith today, just like He walked in it.
2 Corinthians 2:14
NOW thanks be unto God who ALWAYS causes us to triumph on Christ....
no more two steps forward and three steps back.
I govern myself, I am getting strong in the faith, the Word of God abides in me and I am overcoming the wicked one.
Eph. 5:1
"Be imitators of God as dear children...."
When the father is carrying the child, the child is not IMITATING the father. The child has to be on his OWN TWO FEET in order to imitate his father.
"Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham"
Jesus walked in the faith footsteps of His father, Abraham...
Galatians 3:16
"Now to Abraham and his SEED were the promises made. He (God) saith not, 'And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy SEED, which is Christ.
"....and if you are Christ's, then are YOU Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3:29
The people who count the most to the Church:
God
Jesus
Abraham
Never get tired of rehearsing the basics...
what faith is,
what it is your life for, what it intends to do for you.
Sail on, when the water gets high...
Sail on, when the wind starts to blow.....
No weapon formed against me shall prosper, Isaiah 54:17
What overcomes the world? FAITH
Faith in what?
Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God!
I John 5:1-5
(this is a football!)
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Broadcast notes 3.1.11 "Faith....running the course!"
We are still in our series, "The Cycle of Faith". Today we are looking at faith in its operation as a series of recurring events that lead you back to your starting point as a new creation.....you began your life in God when you were born again, and as you are obedient to "THE FAITH", you will come back to your starting point: God. Join me today as we look at another definition of the word, 'cycle', as it applies to faith.
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Come away with me, Beloved!
Let's be outward bound....let your heart, your spirit man, magnify himself, take a deep breath of heaven's air.
The Holy Spirit is all around you and He is heaven's air!
Be uplifted, refreshed and carried away into God!
I want to make you ‘timeless’ conscious.
God-conscious.
No-limitations conscious.
A definition of Zoe that applies to our study today:
Jesus is the Author of Zoe (we looked at this last week)
In addition to being the Author of Zoe (it is the present possession of the believer: John 5:24, 1 John 3:14),
the life he gives, he maintains, John 6:35 & 63,
and one day that life will extend its dominion to the sphere of the body changing it from mortal to immortal,
(the resurrection of Christ is the down payment toward your resurrection)
"Many times our theologians have been our enemies, they have made the Word a dogma or creed, when it should have been as though the Master were here speaking to us," E.W. Kenyon
Tradition gives us definition of words that are limited in scope, i.e. 'everlasting life' or 'eternal life'. The normal definition is being in heaven forever at the end of our life when we have been Saved.
The Bible gives a additional definition of these words....Zoe, a 'quality' of life, God's life that becomes the present possession of the believe at Salvation. Look at this verse:
John 5:24King James Bible
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
This verse says that 'everlasting life' is the PRESENT possession of the believer, "hath (has) every lasting life (Zoe)", "IS passed from death into life (Zoe)".
John 5:25 New Living Translation (©2007)
"I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
"I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
The death referred to here is SPIRITUAL DEATH, the nature of the devil. The reason you needed to be born again. When you were born again, you passed from spiritual death into spiritual life (Zoe).
I looked for a 'bowl of sunlight' on the web to illustrate what a 'bowl of Zoe' would look like, of course there is nothing in this world that can illustrate Zoe....but this will hopefully give your mind and eye something to look at....this looks like a light beam with its vibrations...and that is what God's life, Zoe, inside of you is doing the same thing, it is living, vibrating, energized....
"out of your belly shall flow rivers of living (Zoe) waters"....John 7:38.
Picture Zoe flowing from the spring in your inner man....
this is the Life that came into you when you were Saved.
You translated out of the kingdom of Darkness and translated into the Kingdom of God's Dear Son, Colossians 1:13, out of spiritual death into Spiritual Life.
Put your hands on your belly, get real quite and become conscious of What is on the inside of you.
John 4: Jesus said to the woman at the well, "I will put within you a well of water springing up to everlasting Life (Zoe)", (Vs. 14).
The God-kind of Faith is a quality of Zoe Life.
Looking at definition of word, ‘cycle’ in relation to faith.
“A course or series of events or operations that recur regularly and usually
lead back to the starting point.”
Strength lies in returning to the basics over and over….no matter what your stage of spiritual growth.
Child – young man – father
Vince Lombardi: “Gentlemen, this is a football!”
The 'football' in this lesson is 'faith'....that faith will lead you 'toward' God, and Jesus in the circumstances of life.
When you have a problem, call Him, not your counselor or friend, your banker of doctor......call Him up, and tell Him what you need.
Then listen for His Answers to your situations.
Remember, the promise that is attached to the 'well' that is on the inside of you:
"He who comes to ME, and drinks of this water shall never thirst again." John 4:14
Faith's cycle:
New Birththen
Spiritual Growth into Christ's image then
The mortal putting on immortality.
This is faith in its cycle as a series of recurring events that lead you back to your starting point as a new creation.....you began your life in God when you were born again, and as you are obedient to "THE FAITH", you will come back to your starting point.
Faith is in the timeless realm. It is an eternal property.
You will never not need, ‘faith TOWARD God’.
When you get into tough times each day, remember who wins in the end: GOD!
Go back to the basics in tough times...
Who is Jesus?
He is my Savior, my Healer, my Baptizer in the Holy Ghost, my Soon Coming King. He is the Alpha & Omega, He was dead and is resurrected and alive forever.
1John.5:1-5
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world...
How? by faith.
Faith in who?
Jesus....
What about Him?
That He is the Son of God.
What does that mean?
That He wins!
Say: "I am born of God, I overcome the world.
I have the God-kind of Faith.
That faith is in Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God.
Nothing conquered Jesus,
nothing can conquer me, as I have faith in Him.
2 Corinthians 2:14:
"Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ."
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Broadcast notes 2.24.11 "The Cycle of Faith".....illustrated by the hour glass
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Hebrews 11:1
"NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Father, let the level of Your kind of Life rise in those who read these words,
in Jesus' Name.
Faith is in the "NOW" tense of time.
"I AM THAT I AM"
"will" is a future tense word,
"was" is a past tense word,
"am" is a present tense word.
An example of the 'cycle of faith': the woman with the issue of blood
Mark 5:25-34
She had said within herself: "If I can but touch the hem of his garment, I will be made every wit whole."
Notice the tense: "If I can, I will be made", (future tense)
It would have been nonsensical for her to continue saying this WHEN she touched the hem of his garment.
I can hear her saying, as she touched,
"NOW, I am being made every wit whole!"
Her faith gave substance or brought into her being what she had previously hoped for.
WILL BE became NOW.
This woman is an example of the 'cycle of faith'....
set this cycle of faith into time.
Her beginning statement (If I can), was a one point in time, her touching Jesus' garment was at another point in time. In between, the cycle of faith was flowing forward to her manifestation.
Her faith was moving forward along the line of time, and each moment was a NOW
of faith.
Look at the hourglass .... I particularly chose a picture that shows the individual grains of time flowing and a man looking intently at them.
We are going to learn something about the cycle of faith by looking at this hourglass.
Look at the top with the individual grains of sand.
Look at the bottom and the grains falling down into it.
The most important part is the smallest part of the hourglass where the individual grains of sand are flowing through.
One grain of sand at a time, yet constantly flowing through that little opening.
The future flowing through the present and into the past.
The smallest part of the hourglass represents the present.
Focus your eye on the smallest part, for it is the NOW of your life.
Think of the individual grains of sand as individual moments of time.
Individual moments of time in YOUR life.
God is at that NOW point of your life.
That is where FAITH MEETS HIM.
Hope...upper part of hourglass....future....wanting....prayers prayed
Faith...middle....NOW.....receiving
Substance....bottom....past tense....having....prayers answered
Hebrews 11:1
Speaking of the cycle of faith again....
let's look at the hourglass again....
this time the hourglass is full of little grains of faith.
The measure of faith God has given you is in the top half of the hour glass.
Faith that is stored up for you.
Those grains of faith flow.....
when you walk in the Spirit and talk in the Spirit,
and live in the Spirit day by day.
The faith that collects in the bottom is 'spent' faith, faith that has finished its cycle concerning a certain matter, an answer to prayer that it has brought into manifestation.
A Spirit-song, given by the inspiration of the Spirit to Lu Hardy
Oh I walk in the Spirit,
and I talk in the Spirit,
and I live in the Spirit day by day.
I'm alive in the Spirit and I thrive in the Spirit,
and I walk with my Lord all the way.
This isn't just talking about the Holy Spirit, it is also meaning YOUR human spirit. The Holy Spirit LIVE in your spirit and when you walk by your spirit, you are walking by the Holy Spirit.
Print yourself a picture of an hourglass from the internet and label it:
top: hope
middle: faith
bottom: substance/answer
Definition of 'cycle' we're looking at today:
an interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is completed, such as a 4-year cycle of development.
Jesus used crops as illustrations of the 'cycle' of the harvest:
Mark 4:27-29
seed....stalk....head of grain.....ripened.....harvest
John spoke of the 'cycle' of spiritual growth:
1 John 2:12-14
child....young man....father
Child....knows their sins are forgiven.
Young man....is strong, the Word of God abides in him, and he is getting experience in overcoming the wicked one.
Fathers.....know God in a way the children and young men don't know Him. (John 17:3)
The 'faith' of the child, goes through a cycle....and pretty soon the devil can't trip you up any more, like a person can trip a child.
Faith begins to get muscles as its growth cycle continues.
Do you notice the word, 'phenomena' is associated with the definition of 'cycle'.
Phenomena: something that is impressive or extra-ordinary; a remarkable or exceptional person; a wonder, a marvel, a miracle.
You are a miracle....if you have been born again you are a phenomenon in this world.
You just can't see the 'real you' because of the veil of flesh that you live in.
But God sees the real you, so do the angels and the devil.
If any man be in Christ, he is in a new world altogether.
"If anyone has entered into fellowship with Christ, a new world has at once opened upon him, an old world has passed away."(Stanley)
"When anyone is united to Christ, there is a new world; the old order has gone, and a new order has already begun." (New English Bible)
Grow up in grace.
Grow up in your knowledge of the Word and the things of the Spirit.
Grow up in your ability to overcome the wicked one.
You are a phenomenon in the spirit world, and that is the real world.
Live 'from' that world in 'this' world.
You are a spirit having a human experience.
Galatians 2:20
"It is no long I that liveth, but Christ that liveth in me".
That is the consciousness we are developing.
Dr. John G. Lake:
Developing Christian Consciousness
In those early centuries of Christianity, Christianity did not go into the world apologizing. It went to slay the powers of darkness and undo the works of the devil, and it lived in holy triumph.
We have not yet learned to keep in touch with the powers of God. Once in a while our soul rises, and we see the flame of God accomplish this wonder and that, but beloved, Jesus Christ lived in the presence of God every hour of the day and night. Never a word proceeded from the mouth of Jesus Christ, but what was God's Word. "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63).
We have not yet learned to keep in touch with the powers of God. Once in a while our soul rises, and we see the flame of God accomplish this wonder and that, but beloved, Jesus Christ lived in the presence of God every hour of the day and night. Never a word proceeded from the mouth of Jesus Christ, but what was God's Word. "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63).
When you and I are lost in the Son of God, and the fires of Jesus burn in our hearts, like they did in Him, our words will be the words of life and of the spirit, and there will be no death in them. But, beloved, we are on the way.
Why, Jesus was the triumphant One. Did you ever stop to think of Jesus at the throne of God? I like to think of the twentieth century Christ, not the Jesus that lived in the world two thousand years ago, not the humiliated Jesus, not Jesus dying on the cross for my sin, but the glorified, exalted Son of God at the throne of God, Who stands declaring, "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" (Revelation 1:18). Blessed be God.
And that is the Christ Who breathes His power into your soul and mine, and that is the consciousness that is breathed from heaven in the Holy Ghost when it comes to your heart. Amen.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Broadcast notes 2.23.11
The very heart of God's my home......
Come with me today, I'm visiting the "Bosom of the Father"....
Are you hungry today?
"Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled",
Matthew 5:6.
Break the bonds of the 5-sense realm today, get into the "River of the Spirit",
let it carry you out beyond the basics of the Doctrine of Christ, into the dimensions of the spirit-realm in which God's moves and has His Being.
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| "I'm in a River of the Sweet Holy Ghost" |
I'm in a River of the Sweet Holy Ghost,
I feel Him bubble, and I feel Him flow,
I'm going to let Him take me where He wants me to go,
Yes, I'm in a River of God's Sweet Holy Ghost."
When you are born again you have a deposit of the God-Kind of faith, it's purpose is to help you escape the 5-sense realm and learn to move around in your new world...the new world of those who are New Creations in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:17.
Your conscious effort to do this will please God.
Read this page out loud to yourself....then you are using the 5-senses (sight, hearing) to escape the 5-sense realm!
Put the conscious effort into 'knowing God and His Son, Jesus Christ', which is knowing Life Eternal, John 17:3.
KNOWING Him is ABOVE knowing the benefits of your Redemption, that is knowing the AUTHOR of Redemption.
Have a 'humble and hungry' heart....
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"The Cycle of Faith"
Faith IS & Faith DOES
Faith is: a conviction, a trust, what is believed, an assurance.
Faith: produces a full acknowledgement of God's Revelation, inspires a personal surrender to Him, and helps you to live the conduct inspired by that surrender.
Jesus is the Author of your faith: Heb. 12:2
Faith is DIRECTED TOWARD God, Heb. 6:1
Faith flows with the Holy Ghost River, and that River flows TOWARD God, carrying you into His Presence, (notice the picture above...that River flowing from you, through the Cross, through Jesus and right up to the very Heart of God).
Jesus came forth from the Heart of God: John 1:18
"No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared him."
Jesus was the Word of God, and where do God's Words come from...
out of His bosom, inside of Him, just as your words come forth from your 'bosom'!
......who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is. (Bible in Basic English)
....no one has ever seen God, but the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. (Living Bible)
No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known. (Weymouth's)
Matthew 11:28 .... "Come unto me all you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest".
Rest upon the bosom of Jesus as John did. There is something about being 'bosom' close....I think of the phrase, 'bosom-buddies'.
Colossians 3:1-3....."If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above...Vs. 3 for you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God."
You hidden in Jesus' bosom.
Jesus is hidden in the Father's bosom.
Think of 'nesting dolls' as an example....here is a photo of them:
You are to live your life 'out of' the bosom of the Father, as Jesus did.
When we say: "the very heart of God is my home"....
this is what we mean.....the bosom of the Father is my 'home'.
Let's look at one of the definitions of the word, 'cycle':
....an interval of time during which a sequence of events or phenomena is completed.
Jesus ministered on earth 3 1/2 years. That was his 'cycle' of ministry.
Jesus went about teaching, preaching and healing.
Acts 10:38.....Jesus "went about (that is the cycle of faith)doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him".
That 'cycle' started with the Baptism of John and was completed when He said on the Cross, "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit."
Faith finished it's cycle in His life.
Faith in you is also moving toward a point in time....when you die, that cycle of faith will be ended, and you will stand before the Lord.
What do you want to be like in that day?
Let faith finish its cycle of work in you.
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