OBEDIENCE is the key.
God sent His Spirit giving us power to walk in 100 percent obedience to Him! God placed His Spirit within man to reveal His will to him and teach him His ways. Jesus told His disciples the Spirit would 'lead and guide them into all truth.' Jesus told them, 'He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your rememberance, whatsoever I have said unto you' (John 14:26).The Holy Spirit not only writes God's laws in our hearts, He gives us the power to do them!
What an awesome God we serve! By His Spirit, He has circumcised our hearts...taken out our stony hearts...and has given us new hearts filled with His love. He has restored our will and brought it into harmony with His will, so that we now have a desire to love and obey Him with our whole hearts. He has given us power to obey Him and power over sin!
In this blood-covenant relationship, He has 'given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness' (2Pet.1:4). He has given us 'exceeding great promises' and has made us 'partakers of the divine nature' (2Pet.1:4). He has given us an inheritance as joint heirs of the Kingdom of God.
By His Spirit He placed within me, I am set free from the bondage of the Law. Christ has purchased my freedom! To walk in freedom, I must be led by the Spirit. I must no longer depend upon my own strength, but upon the power of the Holy Spirit God has placed within me. 'So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.......But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law' (Gal.5:16,18).
Sunday, November 30
Our God is a Covenant God - Part 9
Jesus offered Himself as a blood sacrifice so that we would enter into a blood-covenant relationship with Him. His blood....His life flows through us! It is through a continual partaking of His flesh and His blood...His life....that we have life in abundance!
Through that one Sacrifice all the sin of mankind has been erased forever. There is absolutely nothing that remains to be done to secure this everlasting covenant God made with us. No further sacrifice is needed! The work has been done!
'But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time He waits for His enemies to be made His footstool, because by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy' (Heb.10:12-14).
Through that one Sacrifice all the sin of mankind has been erased forever. There is absolutely nothing that remains to be done to secure this everlasting covenant God made with us. No further sacrifice is needed! The work has been done!
'But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time He waits for His enemies to be made His footstool, because by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy' (Heb.10:12-14).
Sunday, November 23
Our God is a Covenant God - Part 8
Fear and Unbelief
Through their fear and unbelief, Israel was disobedient and did not take possession of their inheritance. They forfeited their covenant promises and were forced to wander around in the wilderness for 40 years.
Have you allowed fear and unbelief to hinder you from taking possession of your inheritance??
Through their fear and unbelief, Israel was disobedient and did not take possession of their inheritance. They forfeited their covenant promises and were forced to wander around in the wilderness for 40 years.
Have you allowed fear and unbelief to hinder you from taking possession of your inheritance??
- Know who you are in Christ and what is legally yours.
- Allow these promises to sink deep within your spirit knowing they have been sealed with the Blood of Jesus and that they cannot fail.
- Be filled with hope......an expectation that you are going to receive what you have desired.
- Believe....have faith, be fully persuaded that God is going to do exactly what he has promised He would do!!!!!!!!!
Our God is a Covenant God - Part 7
God Has Given Us a Special Guide....the Holy Spirit!
God sent the 'angel of His presence'.....the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God...before the children of Israel to drive out their enemies, to protect, to lead and guide them to the Promised land. He led them by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. As they were obedient to Him, they were to inherit the promised blessings.
Under the New Covenant, God has given us a special guide...the Holy Spirit...to cause us to know and do the commandments of God, to direct and guide us into the place He has prepared for us. He has placed His Spirit within us to teach us His ways.
God told Israel: 'I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws' (Ezekial 36:27).
Jesus said: 'And I will ask the Father and He will give you another counsellor to be with you forever-the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you will know Him, for he lives with you and will be in you.....But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you' (John 14:16-17,26).
Not only do we have the Holy Spirit to teach, lead and guide us to the promised land...that Heavenly city, New Jerusalem.....it is the Holy Spirit working within us that gives us the will and the power to keep the covenant God has made with us...to walk in obedience to Him.
Allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us is very important! I need to walk each day with the consciousness of His Presence and I need to know the covenant promises-what is mine in the Name of Jesus! How do I know what is mine??? Spend time reading the Word of God!
God sent the 'angel of His presence'.....the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God...before the children of Israel to drive out their enemies, to protect, to lead and guide them to the Promised land. He led them by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. As they were obedient to Him, they were to inherit the promised blessings.
Under the New Covenant, God has given us a special guide...the Holy Spirit...to cause us to know and do the commandments of God, to direct and guide us into the place He has prepared for us. He has placed His Spirit within us to teach us His ways.
God told Israel: 'I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws' (Ezekial 36:27).
Jesus said: 'And I will ask the Father and He will give you another counsellor to be with you forever-the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you will know Him, for he lives with you and will be in you.....But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you' (John 14:16-17,26).
Not only do we have the Holy Spirit to teach, lead and guide us to the promised land...that Heavenly city, New Jerusalem.....it is the Holy Spirit working within us that gives us the will and the power to keep the covenant God has made with us...to walk in obedience to Him.
Allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us is very important! I need to walk each day with the consciousness of His Presence and I need to know the covenant promises-what is mine in the Name of Jesus! How do I know what is mine??? Spend time reading the Word of God!
Saturday, November 15
Our God is a Covenant God - Part 6
Jesus became the Mediator of the new Covenant. Through His Blood we have entered into a blood-covenant relationship with God where we are one with Him.
The Blood of Jesus has been commingled together with ours! His life flows through us.
Through His Blood, we have forgiveness and are given power over sin!
Through His Blood, we have been made partakers of His divine nature!
Through His Blood, we have an inheritance that will never fade away!
Through his Blood, we have inherited all the covenant promises of God!
THANK YOU JESUS!!!!
The Blood of Jesus has been commingled together with ours! His life flows through us.
Through His Blood, we have forgiveness and are given power over sin!
Through His Blood, we have been made partakers of His divine nature!
Through His Blood, we have an inheritance that will never fade away!
Through his Blood, we have inherited all the covenant promises of God!
THANK YOU JESUS!!!!
Our God is a Covenant God - Part 5
What an amazing God we serve!!! He so desires to do us good but we sometimes think that He is so far removed from our situations!!! Just continuing from the previous entry.......
The old covenant proved that man in His sinful state could not save himself. God so desired to be joined together with man in a blood covenant relationship where He was ONE with Him, that He sealed His covenant in His own Blood...in the Blood of His begotten Son. He loved us......He still loves us and will continue to love us!!! John 3:16 says 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that who so ever believes in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life'.
I am so grateful to Jesus because He came willingly to offer Himself as the perfect Sacrifice, to give His Blood that we would enter into a blood covenant relationship with God where we would forever be bound together as one...that we would inherit all that God has and is.
When Christ came into the world, He said: '........Sacrifice and offereings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me (to offer); In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight. Then I said, Lo, here I am, come to do Your will, O God;(to fulfill) what is written of Me in the volume of the Book' (Heb. 10:5-7).
Under the Old Testament, God's one requirement was obedience. Man, in his weak, sinful nature could not walk in obedience. Jesus became the perfect Sacrifice for man's sin because He had come to the earth in the form of human flesh and had lived a life of 100 percent obedience to God. Jesus fulfilled the Law! It was His obedience that made His blood accepted once and for all as the perfect and only sacrifice for the sins of the world.
There is POWER in the BLOOD of Jesus!! Without Jesus, there is no forgiveness...there is no hope...there is no life! Heb.9:22 says; in fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Through His obedience ' Jesus became the author of eternal salvation' (Heb.5:9). Also read Heb.9:12-14.
The old covenant proved that man in His sinful state could not save himself. God so desired to be joined together with man in a blood covenant relationship where He was ONE with Him, that He sealed His covenant in His own Blood...in the Blood of His begotten Son. He loved us......He still loves us and will continue to love us!!! John 3:16 says 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that who so ever believes in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life'.
I am so grateful to Jesus because He came willingly to offer Himself as the perfect Sacrifice, to give His Blood that we would enter into a blood covenant relationship with God where we would forever be bound together as one...that we would inherit all that God has and is.
When Christ came into the world, He said: '........Sacrifice and offereings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me (to offer); In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight. Then I said, Lo, here I am, come to do Your will, O God;(to fulfill) what is written of Me in the volume of the Book' (Heb. 10:5-7).
Under the Old Testament, God's one requirement was obedience. Man, in his weak, sinful nature could not walk in obedience. Jesus became the perfect Sacrifice for man's sin because He had come to the earth in the form of human flesh and had lived a life of 100 percent obedience to God. Jesus fulfilled the Law! It was His obedience that made His blood accepted once and for all as the perfect and only sacrifice for the sins of the world.
There is POWER in the BLOOD of Jesus!! Without Jesus, there is no forgiveness...there is no hope...there is no life! Heb.9:22 says; in fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Through His obedience ' Jesus became the author of eternal salvation' (Heb.5:9). Also read Heb.9:12-14.
Saturday, November 8
Our God is a Covenant God - Part 4
What is the sign of the covenant relationship with God?
Circumcision
This was to be the sign identifying those who had entered into a blood-covenant relationship.
Abraham's righteousness was by faith not in the outward circumcision of his flesh. Through faith, Abraham entred into a covenant relationship with God. His faith in God's promises resulted in obedience to the conditions of the covenant.
I am learning.......it's fascinating to make connections in the Word of God :)
Under the new covenant God still requires circumcision. With us it's the circumcision of the heart! Read Romans 2:28-29 then Colosians 2:11-12. As we come to Christ by faith our hearts are circumcised. God writes His statutes and commandments upon our hearts and places a desire and a will within us to know, to love and to obey Him. Our flesh.......our carnal nature.....is crucified. We are cleansed, our sins forgiven and we are righteous before God.
No spiritual circumcision of the heart-No covenant relationship with God! 'It is through faith in the Spirit of God working within us that our hearts are circumcised, not through our own attempts of trying to crucify our flesh. Our righteousness is by faith, not in works.
Our dependence must not be upon ourselves.....but upon the Spirit God has placed within us to accomplish His righteouness in us'.
Circumcision
This was to be the sign identifying those who had entered into a blood-covenant relationship.
Abraham's righteousness was by faith not in the outward circumcision of his flesh. Through faith, Abraham entred into a covenant relationship with God. His faith in God's promises resulted in obedience to the conditions of the covenant.
I am learning.......it's fascinating to make connections in the Word of God :)
Under the new covenant God still requires circumcision. With us it's the circumcision of the heart! Read Romans 2:28-29 then Colosians 2:11-12. As we come to Christ by faith our hearts are circumcised. God writes His statutes and commandments upon our hearts and places a desire and a will within us to know, to love and to obey Him. Our flesh.......our carnal nature.....is crucified. We are cleansed, our sins forgiven and we are righteous before God.
No spiritual circumcision of the heart-No covenant relationship with God! 'It is through faith in the Spirit of God working within us that our hearts are circumcised, not through our own attempts of trying to crucify our flesh. Our righteousness is by faith, not in works.
Our dependence must not be upon ourselves.....but upon the Spirit God has placed within us to accomplish His righteouness in us'.
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