The Spirit of GOD

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The SPIRIT of GOD!

The Holy SPIRIT of GOD is everywhere!

Stop asking Him to come! He is already here, He is always here. Stop asking Him to do things, ask Him what He wants you to do! He is GOD and therefore He is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent!

He already came permanently! Study Acts 2.

If we have been doing GOD’s will, instead of asking GOD’s SPiRIT to come and Bless us we should be asking Him to use us by pouring out The Living Water (gifts, ministries, etc.) through our lives.

“Don’t you know that you are GOD’s Temple and GOD’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys GOD’s Temple, GOD will destroy him; for GOD’s Temple is holy, and you are that Temple,” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

 

When we become a Christian GOD puts His SPIRIT in us, we are vessels of The Holy SPIRIT, we have Living Water in us that GOD wants to flow out according to His Purpose and timing. Holy SPIRIT is not at our beck and call so people can see how spiritual we are.

Christians are those who know and confess that JESUS CHRIST is The Only Begotten Son of GOD Almighty - The True and Living GOD! That He died on the cross to take away our sins. That He rose from the dead on the third day. That He ascended to The Heavenly Father’s right hand. That GOD sent The Holy SPIRIT to live in every believer. And that JESUS is the Head of His Body - The Church in the earth!

The Holy SPIRIT - The SPIRIT of GOD is everywhere in creation. We need to allow Him to move in and through us! (John 7:37-39)

Study Genesis 1:1-2, 6:3; Isaiah 11:1-2, 42:1-4, 61:1-3; Ezekiel 2:1-2, 36:22-28; Joel 2:28-29; Matthew 1:18-21, 3:16-17, 12:16-21; Mark 1:7-12,13:11; Luke 1:35, 1:67, 2:25-27; 3:21-22, 11:9-13, 12:8-12; John 1:29-34; 3:1-7; 4:23-24, 7:37-39, 14:15-18; Acts 1:8, 2:1-4, 2:16-21, 13:1-3, 19:1-7; Romans 8:8-11, 8:26-27, 14:16-18; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16, 3:16-17, 12; 2 Corinthians 3:4-6, 3:16-18; Galatians 3:1-9, 4:1-7; Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:1-6; 1 Timothy 4:1-5; Hebrews 6:4-8; James 4:5-7; 1 Peter 1:10-12, 3:18-20; 2 Peter 1:19-21; 1 John 2:20-21, 3:24-4:3, 4:12-16, 5:6-8; Jude 16-23; Revelation 1:10-17, 2:7,11,17,29, 3:6,13,22,  22:17. These are just a few of The Scriptures about GOD’s Holy SPIRIT.

Get to know your GOD through your imagination! (Hebrew 11:1)

Imagining GOD

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How Do You Think About GOD?

Do not think about GOD using logic or intellect, do not try to understand GOD!

GOD is Spirit and Truth and He can only be known by spirit and truth!

Think about GOD with your imagination!

Think about JESUS The Messiah with your imagination!

Think about The SPIRIT of GOD, The Holy SPIRIT with your imagination!

You can never know GOD unless you can imagine Him; you can know about GOD using logic, reasoning, and intellect; but you cannot know GOD unless you have a personal relationship with Him! You must have a personal relationship with GOD, JESUS and Holy SPIRIT. JESUS said, “I Am The Good Shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My Own.” (John 10:14) “I Am The Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) “However, when He, The SPIRIT of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all Truth; for He will not speak on His Own Authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” (John 16:13) “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may know that You sent Me.” (John 17:20-21)

GOD is personal! He adopts us, we are His Children, join heirs with JESUS CHRIST of His Eternal Kingdom. So use your imitation when you think about them because They are greater than you can imagine.

Imagine when They created everything that exists; you can imagine the “Big Bang” theory; so it is the same, only it happened when GOD said, “Let there be light!” BANG There was light! Before the sun, moon and stars were created, there was light!

The SPIRIT of GOD created JESUS’s human body in Mary’s womb - He just did it and JESUS left His Glory in Heaven and became an embryo that was born of the flesh but not of a man.

GOD, Who created time stopped it once (Joshua 10:12-14); and He turned it back once (Isaiah 38:4-8). Imagine what people in the whole world thought of those events when they did not know how or why they happened.

GOD destroyed whole armies to defend Israel; he made one army blind and led them into captivity. He ordained that a king named Cyrus of the Meads and Persians would set the Israelites free from their captivity hundreds of years before Cyrus was born or the Meads and Persians were rulers of vast territories.

When you read The Bible, use your imagination to see how extraordinary the things that He does are. “But as it is written: ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things that GOD has prepared for those who love Him.’ But GOD has revealed them to us through His SPIRIT. For The SPIRIT searches all things, yes the deep things of GOD.”” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (Study Isaiah 64)

Think of the inventions of humanity, where did they come from? GOD!

GOD gave humans great minds to imagine things that did not exist and then to create them. Steam engines, internal combustion engines, rocket engines, electricity, telegraphs and telephones, radios, trains, automobiles, power propelled ships made of steel, airplanes, spaceships, the list goes on and on. GOD did not just give the idea, He showed how to make the materials from what He had already created so that the inventions could be made.

“Seek you first The Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33) So that we would not worry about the things in life that we need. You can imagine the things that you need for life; can’t you imagine GOD providing them for you. Can you imagine GOD providing what you need to fulfill His Will for your life?

Time

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 Time

Isaiah 33:1-4 “Oy, you destroyer, never destroyed, you traitor, never betrayed!

When you have stopped destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you finish betraying, they will betray you.

ADONAI, be Gracious to us!

We long for You.

Be our strength every morning, our Salvation in times of trouble.

From the noise of tumult people will flee; when You lift Yourself up, the nations will be scattered.

Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; like a swarm of locusts, they are rushing over it.”

GOD does things according to His Purpose, not according to our desire, plans or timing!

JESUS told us to, ”Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it shall be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 (If you have been a Christian very long you have heard that preached and they tell us that in the Greek it says, “Ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking, knock and keep on knocking.”) JESUS goes on to say in Matthew 7:11, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”

And if you have been a Christian for a while you know that GOD always hears our prayers and always answers our prayers. But, it is according to His Will and timing for us. GOD is not controlled by time! GOD created time to regulate all of creation to accomplish His Will!

So, what is the point of this message?

GOD has told us some things about time:

It is out of our control! This is the most important thing about time that we need to know and live by. GOD is in control of time and what happens when, where and how. “He said to them, ‘It is not your place to know the times or seasons which The Father has placed under His Own Control.” (Matthew 24:36, 42, 44; 25:13; Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians  5:1-2) Now do not narrow the scope of what JESUS said because their question had to do with His eternal reign from Jerusalem. What JESUS said applies to all of history, past, present and future.

Also, don’t be confused about the control of our life and GOD’s timing; we have control over our life and when we decide to do or not to do something our life is affected. We will also affect other people’s lives; but we do not affect GOD’s Purpose and Timing!

We are to be Holy because He is HOLY! GOD has told humanity from the beginning to be Holy to Him. What does that mean?

Something that is holy is set apart for a special purpose, no matter its value, so how is GOD HOLY? GOD is HOLY because He is The Only GOD, there are no other gods; and He created everything that exists! He is Above everything and everyone! He created everything for His Own Good Pleasure (Genesis 1:1; Leviticus 20:7-8, 26; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 86:10; Malachi 3:2-3; Luke 12:32; Romans 11:34-36; Ephesians 1:3-6, 4:4-6; 1 Peter 1:15-16; Revelation 4:8-11 [in the KJV it says “...for Your Good Pleasure.”])! 

So we must set our desires aside for the Purposes of GOD, we must do what He tells us to do when He tells us to do it, where He tells us to do it, and how He tells us to do it.

JESUS said, “For I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own Will, but The Will of Him Who sent Me.” (Luke 22:42; John 3:15-19, 5:19, 30; 6:38; 8:28-29).

We are to obey His Commandments! “Then JESUS said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My Word. you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free.’” John 8:31-32. (Deuteronomy 28:1, 15; Mark 8:34-38)

We are to be patient! Patience is also translated as persevering, this is hard, waiting is not a strong human habit in our modern fast paced society, we are used to getting what we want now. But GOD requires us to grow and learn through our life so that He can trust us with His Will as He trusted JESUS. “For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward GOD one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what credit is it, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before GOD.” 1 Peter 2: 19-20. (Romans 12:10-13; James 1:3-4, 4:13-17)

Revelation 1:9, “I, John, both your brother and companion of the tribulation and Kingdom and Patience of JESUS CHRIST, was on the island that was called Patmos for The Word of GOD and the testimony of JESUS CHRIST.” What is the patience of JESUS CHRIST? His whole life, birth to death. We see glimpses of it in the Scriptures: when He was twelve and He stayed in Jerusalem in the Temple; when His mother wanted Him to save a wedding in Cana before He began His Ministry; as He taught the disciples about humility rather than greatness; washing the disciples feet; as He prepared to be arrested and crucified. (Luke 2:41-50; John 2:1-12; Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 22:24-30; John 13:1-17; Luke 22:39-46)

So we know that our life is fleeting in the balance of time, but GOD is not pressured to get us to the point of obedient service without question. For some of us it takes longer than for others, that usually means it is harder also because of us. Yet when we are ready according to GOD’s Purpose and Timing He releases us to our calling. Then the real test begins!

Keeping The Law?

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Keeping The Law?

“Do not think that I came to abolish The Law or The Prophets! I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill...” What did JESUS mean when He said, He came to fulfill The Law and The Prophets? This is key to understanding the argument of Law or Grace. We see what JESUS said in the rest of the Gospels and what the disciples dealt with, with the Judisers who wanted to enforce the Law on gentile believers. (Study Matthew 5:17-7:29; Acts 15:1-35)

Let’s take an easy one: The Ten Commandments, which ones do we as Christians not have to keep any longer under GOD’s Grace? None of them, GOD still expects us to keep every one of The Ten Commandments! (Study Exodus 20:1-17)

1. Have no other gods before Me!

2. Make no graven images or likeness of anything in heaven or earth or the seas for yourself; do not worship any other gods or images!

3. Do not use GOD’s Name in vain!

4. Remember to set aside the Sabbath to GOD!

5. Honor your father and mother!

7. Do not commit adultery! 

8. Do not steal!

9. Do not bear false witness!

10. Do not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor!

Have no other gods before Me, if you are a Christian you believe there is only one GOD, JEHOVAH (The Father, The Son and The Spirit), The Only True GOD Who created everything that exists. If you do not believe and practice this you are not a Christian! There are cultures and religions that allow you to add JEHOVAH and JESUS to their pantheon of gods like Hinduism. There are “Christian” religions that relegate JESUS to a lesser role than GOD (Jehovah Witness and Mormon). There is a religion that calls JESUS a prophet but puts their prophet above JESUS (Islam). Of course there are those who do not believe in GOD so they worship themselves. We, as Christians and as humans made in GOD’s Image are all expected to worship only The One True GOD, JEHOVAH. (Study Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Mark 12:29-30)

Make no graven image or likeness of anything in heaven or earth or the seas for yourself, do not worship or serve them for “I, ADONAI, your GOD, am a jealous GOD. bringing judgment or Blessing on the descendents of those who hate Me or Love Me! “ (this is the first commandment with a curse and a blessing - the iniquity of the fathers on the third and fourth generation or lovingkindness to thousands of generations) Seems pretty clear that GOD expects all of our Love and service, no wiggle room there.

Do not take GOD’s Name in vain, does this mean just in vulgar cursing like “GDI” or “GDI to hell”? (This is not just cursing and it is the second commandment with a judgment, “will not be held guiltless”). 

JESUS told us not to be repetitive in prayer like the religious people (Matthew 6:5-8); in the prayer He taught the disciples He only said GOD’s Name (Father) once in about ten sentences (Matthew 6:9-13). What about flippantly, like “omg” or “gosh darn” or other such phrases? What about just saying “JESUS CHRIST!” in anger or frustration? These are all wrong!

This is a big one, “honor the Sabbath”, there is so much controversy over this commandment that families, churches, even denominations have divided. Before the flood there was no mention of a special day to gather and worship GOD, nor was there any mention of sacrifices made to Him except in Job 42:7-9. Noah was commanded to bring five extra each or 5 extra pairs of clean animals on the Ark for food and sacrifices after the flood. As part of GOD’s covenants with Abraham there were sacrifices, GOD told Abraham to sacrifice Issac his son as a test.

But there was no recorded formalized requirement to gather, worship and sacrifice to GOD on any day. Not until GOD led the Children of Israel out of bondage from Egypt and He gave them The Ten Commandments. This requirement was to Israel only! Other peoples who worshiped The Living GOD were not part of the Covenant and were not required to “Honor the Sabbath”.

JESUS said He is The LORD of the Sabbath, “And He said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore, The Son of Man is also LORD of the Sabbath.’” Mark 2 :27-28 The requirement of The Law was fulfilled in JESUS as far as gathering and worshiping on the Sabbath.

Before the exile of the Jews under Nebuchadnezzar there were no Synagogues mentioned in The Bible. So the practice of going to Synagogue on Sabbath was still only a few hundred years old in JESUS’ day. This practice is believed to have started during the exile and after, before the Temple was rebuilt.

Paul said, “One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.” (Study Romans 14:1-13)

The disciples of JESUS gathered on the day of His resurrection, JESUS showed Himself several times on that Sunday.

The book of Acts does not mention any of the original believers going to Synagogue, only to the temple and house to house daily. Paul and Barnabas went to the Synagogues on the Sabbath as they traveled the world because that was where they knew they would find Jews and GOD fearers gathered together. Then they would proclaim the Gospel of JESUS.

The Holy SPIRIT of GOD was given to the believers on Pentecost (Shavuot), Pentecost always falls on a Sunday. Therefore it is reasonable that the believers in JESUS, both Jews and Gentiles, started gathering on Sunday to worship their risen Savior JESUS, since the non-believing Jews would persecute them and exclude them from the Synagogues and Sabbath gatherings.

Honor your father and mother; the first commandment with a Promise (Ephesians 6:1-3). The second commandment came with a Blessing and a curse, in the Law there are many Blessings and curses depending on how they were obeyed. Under the Law a child who curses their parents or dishonors their parents was commanded to be put to death. (Study Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9; Matthew 15:3-11).

Marriage and family are very important to GOD, He instituted them from the beginning. (Study Genesis 1-3).

Do not commit adultery, what about the other sexual sins? (Study Leviticus 18). 

Do not steal; Do not lie! These are hated by every culture in the earth. JESUS said, “But the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars - their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8, there is no excuse for unrepentant sin!

Do not covet or desire what your neighbor, or anybody else, has. Covetousness leads to murder, sexual immorality, stealing and lying. Covetousness leads to all other sins, things that you lust for that you do not have will corrupt your soul. “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by GOD’ - for GOD cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is dragged away and enticed by his own desire (lust). Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is full grown, it brings forth death.” (LSD - lust, sin, death) James 1:13-15.

Repentance

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Before The Beginning

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Three Wills

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Three Wills

There are three wills that we have to deal with daily in our life, the good, the bad, and the ugly! Or, GOD’s, the devil’s and our own! Each has a plan for our life:

Our own will is to be happy, healthy and successful in life, no matter the cost to others.

The devil’s will is to keep us from the Will (purpose) of GOD by whatever means he can. Addiction (drugs, alcohol, sex, possessions, work, money, gambling, etc.); immorality (lying, cheating, stealing, murder); sexual perversion (fornication, adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, beastility, rape); deception (false religions, corrupt politics, half truths, space aliens, etc.); he wants people to hate or distrust GOD; he wants people to not believe in GOD; so they are stolen from GOD’s Kingdom and condemned to eternal judgment with himself (there is no salvation for the rebellious heavenly host, Matthew 25:41; 2 Peter 2:4).

GOD’s will is for us to know Him, to believe and confess that JESUS is LORD and Savior and to obey His purpose for our life, so that we can join Him in His Eternal Kingdom of Heaven, John 3:15-21.

The deal is you can only choose and live one will at a time and only one will results in eternal salvation; GOD’s! This happens because someone told us about JESUS (shared The Gospel) and we believed. Now that we believe in JESUS as Saviour and LORD we must yield our will to The Father’s just as He did. If we still try to live our will as a Christian we will fail (Matthew 7:21-29). The devil knows how to make his will look like it is our will but it only leads to bondage and death.

GOD’s Will for our life: we each have a personal purpose in His Kingdom on the earth and a universal purpose. The universal purpose for every believer is to proclaim the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST to all that we can, to lay hands on the sick and see them recover, to cast out demons, to raise the dead and to make disciples and to obey the commandments of JESUS. Our personal purpose in GOD’s Kingdom is based on the gift He gave us as He formed us in our mother’s womb. As we seek Him we will discover our gift and His SPIRIT will teach us from The Bible how to live and use this gift (being discipled).

Philippians 2:12-13 “...work out your own salvation with Fear and Trembling; for it is GOD Who Works in you both to will and to do for His Good Pleasure.”